taries west of the eastern boundary of the Township of Arthur, Clare county, Michigan, and defining the duties of the health officers of said townships; Recommending that the substitute be concurred in and that the bill, as substituted, do pass, and ask to be discharged from the further consideration of the subject. GEO. E. NICHOLS, Chairman. The report was accepted and the committee discharged. Mr. Nichols moved that the Senate concur in the adoption of the substitute reported by the committee. The motion prevailed. The bill was then ordered printed, referred to the committee of the whole and placed on the general order. By the Committee on Normal College: The Committee on Normal College; to whom was referred House bill No. 1027 (file No. 284), entitled A bill making appropriations for the Michigan State Normal College at Ypsilanti for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1902, and June 30, 1903, and to provide for a tax to meet the same; Respectfully report that they have had the same under consideration, and have directed me to report the same back to the Senate, with the accompanying amendments thereto, recommending that the amendments be concurred in, and that the bill when so amended do pass, and ask to be discharged from the further consideration of the subject. W. H. LOCKERBY, Chairman. The report was accepted and the committee discharged. Mr. Lockerby moved that the Senate concur in the amendments made to the bill by the committee. The motion prevailed. The bill was then referred to the Committee on Finance and Appropriations. By the Committee on State Affairs: The Committee on State Affairs, to whom was referred Senate bill No. 371, entitled A bill to provide for taking the census of this State for the year 1904, and once every ten years thereafter; Respectfully report that they have had the same under consideration, and have directed me to report the bill back to the Senate, with the accompanying substitute therefore, having the same title, recommending that the substitute be concurred in, and that the bill, as substituted, do pass, and ask to be discharged from the further consideration of the subject. A. J. DOHERTY, The report was accepted and the committee discharged. Mr. Doherty moved that the Senate concur in the adoption of the substitute reported by the committee. The motion prevailed. The bill was then ordered printed, referred to the committee of the whole and placed on the general order. By the Committee on Taxation: The Committee on Taxation, to whom was referred A bill to amend section 53 of Act 206 of the Public Acts of 1893, entitled “An Act to provide for the assessment of property and the levy and collection of taxes thereon, and for the collection of taxes heretofore and hereafter levied; making such taxes a lien on the lands taxed, establishing and continuing such lien, providing for the sale and conveyance of lands, delinquent for taxes, and for the inspection and disposition of lands bid off to the State and not redeemed or purchased; and to repeal Act No. 200 of the Public Acts of 1891, and all other Acts and parts of Acts in anywise contravening any of the provisions of this Act," being section 3876, Compiled Laws of 1897; Respectfully report that they have had the same under consideration, and have directed me to report the same back to the Senate without amendment and recommend that it do pass, and ask to be discharged from the further consideration of the subject. GEO. W. MOORE, Chairman. The report was accepted and the committee discharged. The bill was referred to the committee of the whole and placed on the general order. By the Committee on Taxation: The Committee on Taxation, to whom was referred House bill No. 368 (file No. 128), entitled A bill to amend Act No. 206 of the Public Acts of 1893, entitled “Am Act to provide for the assessment of property and the levy and collection of taxes thereon, and for the collection of taxes heretofore and hereafter levied; making such taxes a lien on the lands taxed, establishing and continuing such lien, providing for the sale and conveyance of lands delinquent for taxes, and for the inspection and disposition of lands bid off to the State and not redeemed or purchased; and to repeal Act No. 200 of the Public Acts of 1891, and all other Acts and parts of Acts in anywise contravening any of the provisions of this Act," by incorporating therein a new section to be known as section 143, limiting the time for the commencement of actions questioning the validity of tax titles and tax deeds in certain cases; and to repeal section 143 as added to said Act by Act 229 of the Public Acts of 1897; Respectfully report that they have had the same under consideration, and have directed me to report the same back to the Senate without amendment and recommend that it do pass, and ask to be discharged from the further consideration of the subject. GEO. W. MOORE, Chairman. The report was accepted and the committee discharged. The bill was referred to the committee of the whole and placed on the general order. By the Committee on Taxation: The Committee on Taxation, to whom was referred House bill No. 514 (file No. 237), entitled A bill to amend section 28 of Act No. 206 of the Public Acts of 1893, entitled “An Act to provide for the assessment of property and the levy and collection of taxes thereon, and for the collection of taxes heretofore and hereafter levied; making such taxes a lien on the lands taxed, establishing and continuing such lien, providing for the sale and conveyance of lands delinquent for taxes, and for the inspection and disposition of lands bid off to the State and not redeemed or purchased; and to repeal Act No. 200 of the Public Acts of 1891, and all other Acts and parts of Acts in anywise contravening any of the provisions of this Act," being compiler's section 3851 of the Compiled Laws of 1897; Respectfully report that they have had the same under consideration, and have directed me to report the same back to the Senate without amendment and recommend that it do pass, and ask to be discharged from the further consideration of the subject. GEO. W. MOORE, Chairman. The report was accepted and the committee discharged. The bill was referred to the committee of the whole and placed on the general order. By the Committee on Finance and Appropriations: The Committee on Finance and Appropriations, to whom was referred House bill No. 544 (file No. 344), entitled A bill making appropriations for the Central Michigan Normal School at Mt. Pleasant for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1902, and June 30, 1903, and to provide for a tax to meet the same; Respectfully report that they have had the same under consideration, and have directed me to report the same back to the Senate without amendment and recommend that it do pass, and ask to be discharged from the further consideration of the subject. CHARLES SMITH, Chairman. The report was accepted and the committee discharged. The bill was then referred to the committee of the whole and placed on the general order. By the Committee on Finance and Appropriations: The Committee on Finance and Appropriations, to whom was referred House bill No. 300 (file No. 289), entitled A bill making appropriations for the Northern Michigan Asylum for the Insane for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1902, for building and other special purposes, and to provide for a tax to meet the same; Respectfully report that they have had the same under consideration, and have directed me to report the same back to the Senate without J amendment and recommend that it do pass, and ask to be discharged from the further consideration of the subject. CHARLES SMITH, Chairman. The report was accepted and the committee discharged. The bill was referred to the committee of the whole and placed on the general order. By the Committee on Finance and Appropriations: The Committee on Finance and Appropriations, to whom was referred House bill No. 1027 (file No. 284), entitled A bill making appropriations for the Michigan State Normal College at Ypsilanti for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1902, and June 30, 1903, and to provide for a tax to meet the same; Respectfully report that they have had the same under consideration, and have directed me to report the same back to the Senate without amendment and recommend that it do pass, and ask to be discharged from the further consideration of the subject. CHARLES SMITH, Chairman. The report was accepted and the committee discharged. The bill was referred to the committee of the whole and placed on the general order. By the Committee on Supplies and Expenses: The Committee on Supplies and Expenses have had under consideration the following accounts: M. J. & B. M. Buck, rent of chairs. $2.00 $13 30 Total. And have directed me to recommend that the accounts be allowed and ordered paid. The following message from the House was received and read: To the President of the Senate: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Sir—I am instructed by the House to transmit the following bill: Which has passed the House by a majority vote of all the members elect, and by a vote of two-thirds of all the members elect been ordered to take immediate effect, and in which the concurrence of the Senate is respectfully asked. Very respectfully, LEWIS M. MILLER, Clerk of the House of Representatives. The bill was read a first and second time by its title and referred to the Committee on Labor Interests. The following message from the House was also received and read: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Lansing, April 30, 1901. To the President of the Senate: Sir-I am instructed by the House to retransmit in accordance with the request of the Senate the following bill: House bill No. 559, entitled A bill to amend sections 57 and 61 of chapter 7, sections 6, 7, 8, 9and 10 of chapter 10, sections 1, 34, 35, 36, 37, 42 and 43 of chapter 11, and section 11 of chapter 15 of the Session Laws of 1883, entitled "An Act to provide a charter for the City of Detroit, and to repeal all Acts and parts of Acts in conflict therewith," approved June 7, 1883, and to repeal sections 58 and 63 of chapter 7, and section 18 of chapter 20 thereof. Very respectfully, LEWIS M. MILLER, Clerk of the House of Representatives. Mr. Holmes moved to suspend rule 36, limiting the time within which a motion to reconsider a vote may be made. The motion prevailed, two-thirds of all the Senators elect voting therefor. Mr. Holmes then moved to reconsider the vote by which the Senate, on April 15, ordered the above named bill to take immediate effect. The motion prevailed. The question being on the motion that the bill be ordered to take immediate effect. The motion did not prevail, two-thirds of all the Senators elect not voting therefor. Mr. Holmes then moved to reconsider the vote by which the Senate, on April 15, passed the above named bill. The motion prevailed, a majority of all the Senators elect voting therefor. The question being on the passage of the bill, Mr. Holmes moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Cities and Villages. The motion prevailed. The following message from the House was also received and read: To the President of the Senate: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Sir-I am instructed by the House to transmit the following bill: |