Senator Collins entered the Senate Chamber and took his seat. House bill No. 398 (file No. 186), entitled A bill to provide for the condemnation by public corporations of private property for the use or benefit of the public, and to define the terms "public corporation" and "private property" as used therein; Was read a third time and passed, a majority of the Senators-elect voting therefor, by yeas and nays, as follows: Mr. Moriarty moved to discharge the committee of the whole from the further consideration of House bill No. 490 (file No. 261), entitled A bill to regulate the operation of steam engines and boilers within the jurisdiction of this State, except boilers on railway locomotives, boilers on automobiles, boilers on steam fire engines, boilers carrying pressures of less than fifteen pounds per square inch, which are equipped with safety devices approved by the chief inspector, boilers under the jurisdiction of the United States, and boilers inspected and approved by the boiler insurance companies whose inspectors are duly licensed under the provisions of this act. The motion prevailed, a majority of the Senators-elect voting therefor. Mr. Moriarty moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Judiciary. The motion prevailed. By unanimous consent the Senate returned to the order of REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTES. By the Committee on Banks and Corporations: A bill to amend section 16 of Act No. 244 of the Public Acts of 1903, entitled "An act to amend sections 1 and 4 of Act No. 191 of the Public Acts of 1877, entitled 'An act to authorize the formation of partnership associations, in which the capital subscribed shall alone be responsible for the debts of the association, except under certain circumstances,' as amended, the same being sections 6079 and 6082 of the Compiled Laws of 1897, and to further amend said act by adding five new sections to stand as sections 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16," approved June 18, 1903, relative to reorganization of partnership associations; With the recommendation that the bill pass. F. B. KLINE, Chairman. The report was accepted and adopted and the committee discharged. The bill was referred to the committee of the whole and placed on the general orders. By the Committee on Finance and Appropriations: The Committee on Finance and Appropriations reports A bill making appropriations for special purposes at the Michigan F. B. KLINE, The report was accepted and adopted and the committee discharged. The bill was referred to the committee of the whole and placed at the head of the general orders. Mr. White moved that the Senate resolve itself into the committee of the whole on the GENERAL ORDERS OF THE DAY. The motion prevailed. The President called Mr. Murtha to the chair. After some time spent therein, the committee rose, and through its chairman made the following report: The committee has had under consideration the following: A bill to amend sections 7 and 8 of chapter 9 of Act No. 283 of the Public Acts of 1909, entitled "An act to revise, consolidate and add to the laws relating to the establishment, opening, improvement, maintenance and use of the public highways and private roads, the condemna tion of property and gravel therefor; the building, repairing and preservation of bridges; setting and protecting shade trees, drainage, cutting weeds and brush within this State, and providing for the election and defining the powers, duties and compensation of state, county, township and district highway officials;" Also: House bill No. 454 (file No. 213), entitled A bill to provide for the appointment of an auditor of school district accounts by the Superintendent of Public Instruction and fix the salary for the same; Also: House bill No. 143 (file No. 228), entitled A bill to provide for the transfer of an unexpended balance of special appropriation for a new roof and approach to the training school building of the Central Michigan Normal School to the fund appropriated for installing a man's lavatory in the Normal School building; Also: House bill No. 474 (file No. 217), entitled A bill to amend section 14 of Act No. 217 of the Public Acts of 1903, as amended by Act No. 335 of the Public Acts of 1907, entitled "An act to revise and consolidate the laws organizing asylums for the insane, and to regulate the care, management and use thereof, and to provide for the apprehension of persons believed to be insane, and for their care and custody;" Also: House bill No. 520 (file No. 257), entitled A bill to amend sections 7, 10, 14 and 25 of Act No. 300 of the Public Acts of 1909, entitled "An act to define and regulate common carriers and the receiving, transportation and delivery of persons and property, prevent the imposition of unreasonable rates, prevent unjust discrimination, insure adequate service, create the Michigan Railroad Commission, define the powers and duties thereof, and to prescribe penalties for violations hereof; Also: House bill No. 537 (file No. 260), entitled A bill to amend section 43 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 section 3866 of the Compiled Laws of 1897, as amended by Act No. 28 of the Public Acts of 1903; Also: House bill No. 477 (file No. 226), entitled A bill to amend section 4 of Act No. 235 of the Laws of Michigan for the year 1849, entitled "An act to incorporate the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Michigan," as amended by Act No. 342 of the Laws of Michigan for the year 1871, and by Act No. 1 of the Public Acts of the State of Michigan for the year 1905; Also: House bill No. 342 (file No. 251), entitled A bill to provide for uniform bills of lading, to fix the punishment for violations of this act, and to repeal all acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith; Also: House bill No. 543 (file No. 276), entitled A bill to amend section 9 of Act No. 190 of the Public Acts of 1891, entitled "An act to prescribe the manner of conducting and to prevent fraud and deception (deceptions) at elections in this State," being compiler's section 3620 of the Compiled Laws of 1897, as amended by Act No. 189 of the Public Acts of 1907; Also: House bill No. 523 (file No. 235), entitled A bill to amend section 2 of Act No. 8 of the Public Acts of 1897, entitled "An act to provide permanent headquarters in the capitol building for the Grand Army of the Republic, to designate the purposes for which the same shall be used, and to provide for an annual report by the commander;" Also: House bill No. 455 (file No. 279), entitled A bill to provide for the formation of corporations with power to acquire, control, own, maintain, improve and convey property for parks, playgrounds, drives and boulevards, and hold the same and the proceeds thereof in trust for municipalities and take private property therefor; Also: House substitute for House bills Nos. 43 and 173 (file No. 15), entitled A bill to provide for the election of inspectors of mines in certain cases and the appointment of their deputies, for the appointment of such inspectors of mines and their deputies until the election and qualification of the first inspectors of mines, to prescribe their powers and duties and to provide for their compensation, and to repeal Act No. 213 of the Public Acts of 1887; Also: House bill No. 424 (file No. 271), entitled A bill to amend sections 4 and 6 of Act No. 299 of the Public Acts of 1909, entitled "An act to regulate the practice on appeal in chancery, and to repeal Act No. 340 of the Public Acts of 1907, and all other acts contravening or inconsistent with the provisions of this act;" Also: House bill No. 310 (file No. 220), entitled A bill to amend section 1 of Act No. 209 of the Public Acts of 1909, entitled "An act to provide for the sale of real estate or any interest therein, under license of the probate court, by executors, administrators and guardians;" Also: House bill No. 192 (file No. 224), entitled A bill to amend section 5 of Act No. 310 of the Public Acts of 1909, entitled "An act to amend sections 1, 5, 9, 11 and 13 of Act No. 6 of the Public Acts of the extra session of the Legislature of 1907, entitled 'An act to define and to regulate the treatment and control of dependent, neglected and delinquent children; to prescribe the jurisdiction of the probate courts and the powers, duties and compensation of the probate judges with regard thereto; to provide for the appointment of county agents and probation officers and to prescribe their powers, duties and compensation."" Also: House bill No. 406 (file No. 263), entitled A bill to prevent fraud and deception in the sale of fruits and vegetables, and to provide penalties for violations of this act; Has made no amendments thereto, and has directed its chairman to report the same back to the Senate, and recommend their passage. The committee of the whole has also had under consideration the following: House bill No. 553 (file No. 282), entitled A bill to provide for clerks for justice courts in cities of over twentyfive thousand inhabitants; Has amended the same as follows: By adding to section 4 the following proviso: "Provided, That this act shall not apply to any municipal court now governed by any special act." And has directed its chairman to report the same back to the Senate, asking that the amendment be concurred in, and recommend that, as amended, the bill pass. The committee of the whole has also had under consideration the following: House substitute for House bills Nos. 91, 158, 159 and 285 (file No. 169), entitled A bill to amend sections 1 and 2 of chapter 2, section 2 of chapter 3, section 1 of chapter 5, sections 2, 4 and 8 of chapter 7, section 1 of chapter 8, and to repeal section 8 of chapter 2 of Act No. 254 of the Public Acts of 1897, and section 9 of chapter 7 of Act No. 320 of the Public Acts of 1909, as amended, entitled "An act to provide for the construction and maintenance of drains, and the assessment and collection of taxes therefor, and to repeal all other laws relative thereto;" Has amended the same as follows: By striking out of line 20 of section 1 the words "the premium on which shall be paid by the county." 2. By striking out of line 21 of section 1 the words "By the Board of County Auditors or the Board of Supervisors as the case may be.” And has directed its chairman to report the same back to the Senate, asking that the amendments be concurred in, but not having gone through therewith, has directed its chairman to report progress thereon and asks leave to sit again for the further consideration of the bill. The committee of the whole has also had under consideration the following: House bill No. 160 (file No. 174), entitled A bill to provide that all articles of jewelry, watch cases, spectacles, |