House bill No. 607 (file No. 152), entitled A bill to amend sections 1, 6, 21 and 25 of chapter 3, section 15 of chapter 4, section 1 of chapter 6, sections 2, 4 and 5 of chapter 7, section 2 of chapter 10, sections 2 and 7 of chapter 13, of Act No. 164 of the Public Acts of 1881, entitled "An Act to revise and consolidate the laws relating to public instruction and primary schools, and to repeal all statutes and Acts contravening the provisions of this Act," being compiler's sections 4666, 4671, 4686, 4691, 4706, 4717, 4722, 4724, 4725, 4747, 4766 and 4771 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. J. W. HUMPHREY, 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. MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE. 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 retransmit the following bill: House bill No. 485 (file No. 286), By Mr. Lugers, entitled A bill making appropriations for the Michigan Home for the Feeble Minded and Epileptic for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1902, and June 30, 1903, and to provide for a tax to meet the same; Which the Senate amended as follows: 1. By striking out of line 5 of section 1 the word "ninety-five" and inserting in lieu thereof the word "eighty-five;" 2. By striking out section 2 and inserting in lieu thereof the following to stand as section 2: Sec. 2. The further sum of fifty-four thousand one hundred fifty dollars is hereby appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1902, for purposes and amounts as follows: Administration building, twenty-nine thousand dollars; for furnishing custodial cottage, three thousand dollars; for steel ceiling, two thousand seven hundred fifty dollars; for locks and shower baths, three hundred dollars; for telephone system, five hundred dollars; for bake oven, eight hundred dollars; for root cellar, one thousand dollars; for cows, one thousand dollars; for engine and generator, four thousand two hundred dollars; for dairy barn and silo, four thousand three hundred dollars; for epileptic cottage, four thousand seven hundred dollars; for cooling house, two thousand six hundred dollars: Provided, That if the amount designated in this section for any one of the purposes stated be insufficient to complete the work or purchases, any surplus remaining after the completion of the other work or purchases specified in this section may be used in the account or accounts where such deficiency exists, the intent of this proviso being to make the entire fifty-four thousand one hundred fifty dollars available for the purposes stated herein: Provided further, That the board of control may obtain money under this section before July 1, 1901, in such amounts as they may by requisition certify to the Auditor General are necessary for immediate use, which amounts thus advanced shall be deducted from the total amount appropriated when the appropriation becomes available; 3. By striking out of lines 2 and 3 of section 4 the words "one thousand four hundred and fifty" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "thirty-nine thousand one hundred fifty;" 4. By striking out of line 4 of section 4 the word "ninety-five" and inserting in lieu thereof the word "eighty-five;" And now to inform the Senate that in said amendments the House has non-concurred, and asks for a committee of conference, And that Representatives Rulison, Stumpenhusen and McKay have been appointed as such committee on the part of the House. Very respectfully, LEWIS M. MILLER, The question being on acceding to the request of the House for a committee of conference on the matters of difference existing between the two Houses relative to the bill, Mr. Lockerby moved that the Senate comply with the request. The President announced as the conferees on the part of the Senate, Senators Lockerby, Cannon and Pierson. The following message from the House was also received and read: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Lansing, May 2, 1901. To the President of the Senate: Sir-I am instructed by the House to transmit the following bill: A bill making appropriations for the Upper Peninsula Hospital for the Insane at Newberry for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1902, for building and special purposes, and to provide for a tax to meet the same; 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 Asylum for Insane at Newberry. The following message from the House was also received and read: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Lansing, May 2, 1901. To the President of the Senate: Sir-I am instructed by the House to transmit the following bill: House bill No. 106 (file No. 73), By Mr. Hurst, entitled A bill to amend section 9 of Act No. 140 of the Public Acts of 1889, entitled "An Act to authorize the formation of corporations for acquiring, holding, leasing and selling real estate, and for the erection of buildings thereon," approved June 8, 1889, as amended by Act No. 60 of the Public Acts of 1891, approved May 6, 1891, as amended by Act No. 182 of the Public Acts of 1895, approved May 22, 1895; Which has passed the House by a majority vote of all the members elect, 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 Banks and Corporations. The following message from the House was also received and read: To the President of the Senate: Sir-I am instructed by the House to transmit the following bill: A bill to amend section 1 of Act No. 107 of the Public Acts of 1893, entitled “An Act to provide for the incorporation of associations for the purpose of erecting and owning buildings to be occupied for stores, offices, halls and lodge, society and association rooms," approved May 24, 1893, being section 6959 of the Compiled Laws of Michigan; Which has passed the House by a majority vote of all the members elect, 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 Banks and Corporations. The following message from the House was also received and read: To the President of the Senate: Sir-I am instructed by the House to transmit the following bill: A bill to regulate the rates which may be charged by telegraph companies for the transmission of messages; Which has passed the House by a majority vote of all the members elect, 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 State Affairs. The following message from the House was also received and read: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Lansing, May 2, 1901. To the President of the Senate: Sir-I am instructed by the House to transmit the following bill: House bill No. 613 (file No. 244), By Mr. Hurst, entitled A bill to amend section 27 of an Act entitled "An Act relative to free schools in the City of Detroit," approved February 24, 1869, and Acts amendatory thereof; 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 effect June 1, 1901, and in which the concurrence of the Senate is respectfully asked. Very respectfully, Clerk of the House of Representatives. The bill was read a first and second time by its title and, pending its reference to a committee, Mr. Earle moved that the rules be suspended, and that the bill be placed on its immediate passage. The motion prevailed, two-thirds of all the Senators present voting therefor. The bill was then read a third time and passed, a majority of all the Senators elect voting therefor, by yeas and nays, as follows: Mr. Earle moved that the bill be ordered to take effect June 1, 1901. The motion prevailed, two-thirds of all the Senators elect voting therefor. The following message from the House was also received and read: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Lansing, May 2, 1901. To the President of the Senate: Sir-I am instructed by the House to transmit the following bill: A bill to authorize the making of special assessments to pay for the construction of drains and sewers in the Village of Highland Park, in the County of Wayne; Which has passed the House by a majority vote of all the members elect, 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, pending its reference to a committee, Mr. Holmes moved that the rules be suspended, and that the bill be placed on its immediate passage. The motion prevailed, two-thirds of all the Senators present voting therefor. The bill was then read a third time and passed, a majority of all the Senators elect voting therefor, by yeas and nays, as follows: 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: A bill to provide for the submission to the qualified electors of the Village of Pentwater, in the County of Oceana, State of Michigan, the question of the relief of Hobart A. Grant, the treasurer of the Village of Pentwater, in said county, and his bondsmen, from liability on account of the loss of village funds occasioned through the failure of the bank of Neilson & Co., of Pentwater, Oceana county, State of Michigan, in May, 1900; 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, Clerk of the House of Representatives. The bill was read a first and second time by its title and, pending its reference to a committee, Mr. Farr moved that the rules be suspended, and that the bill be placed on its immediate passage. |