The following message from the House was also received and read: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Lansing, May 23, 1901. To the President of the Senate: Sir-I am instructed by the House to transmit the following bill: A bill to repeal section 2 of Act No. 37 of the Public Acts of 1899, entitled "An Act to provide for the salary of the State Game and Fish Warden and for the appointment of a chief Deputy Game and Fish Warden, and to prescribe his powers and duties;" 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 Gaming Interests. The following message from the House was also received and read: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Lansing, May 23, 1901. To the President of the Senate: Sir I am instructed by the House to transmit the following bill: A bill to require any sheriff or constable who shall make a levy upon any personal property by virtue of any process, to file a notice with the clerk of the court out of which such process issues or with the justice of the peace, stating where such property is held or stored; 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 Judiciary. The following message from the House was also received and read: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Lansing, May 23, 1901. To the President of the Senate: Sir—I am instructed by the House to transmit the following bill: A bill to amend sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18 and 19, and to repeal section 16 of Act No. 188 of the Public Acts of 1899, entitled “An Act to provide for the taxation of inheritances, transfers of property by will, transfers of property by the intestate laws of this State, or transfers of property by deed, grant, bargain, sale or gift made in contemplation of the death of the grantor, vendor or donor, or intended to take effect in possession or enjoyment at or after such death;" 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 Taxation. The following message from the House was also received and read: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Lansing, May 23, 1901. To the President of the Senate: Sir-I am instructed by the House to transmit the following bill: A bill to provide for the better drainage of highways in certain cases; 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 Roads and Bridges. The following message from the House was also received and read: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Lansing, May 23, 1901. To the President of the Senate: Sir-I am instructed by the House to transmit the following bill: A bill to provide for the establishing of schools for the embalming of dead bodies of human beings, and to prescribe the manner of conducting the same; 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 Public Health. The following message from the House was also received and read: To the President of the Senate: A bill relating to plumbing and drainage, and providing for the inspection thereof and for the examination, regulation, licensing and registration of plumbers and for the punishment of offenders against this Act; Together with the Senate substitute therefor, having the same title; And now to inform the Senate that the House has amended the substitute as follows: By inserting the following section: Sec. 15. This Act shall not apply to cities containing less than 15,000 inhabitants; In the adoption of which substitute, as thus amended, the House by a majority vote of all the members elect has concurred, and in which the concurrence of the Senate is respectfully asked. Very respectfully, LEWIS M. MILLER, Clerk of the House of Representatives. The question being on concurring in the amendment made by the House to the Senate substitute for the bill, The amendment was concurred in, a majority of all the Senators elect voting therefor, by yeas and nays, as follows: The President announced that the hour had arrived for the special order and laid before the Senate House bill No. 183 (file No. 333), entitled A bill to apportion anew the Representatives in the State Legislature among the several counties and districts of this State. Mr. Murfin moved that the Senate resolve itself into the committee of the whole on the special order. The motion prevailed. The President called Mr. Robson to the chair. After some time spent therein the committee rose and, through their chairman, made the following report: The committee of the whole have had under consideration the above named bill, have made sundry amendments thereto, and have directed their chairman to report the same back to the Senate, asking concurrence therein, and recommend its passage. The report was accepted. JOHN ROBSON, Chairman. Mr. Palmer moved that the Senate concur in the amendments made to the bill named in the report. Mr. Kelly demanded the yeas and nays. The motion made by Mr. Palmer then prevailed, a majority of all the Senators present voting therefor, by yeas and nays, as follows: The bill was then placed on the order of Third Reading of Bills. By unanimous consent the Senate took up the order of THIRD READING OF BILLS. House bill No. 183 (file No. 333), entitled A bill to apportion anew the Representatives in the State Legislature among the several counties and districts of this State; Was read a third time and passed, a majority of all the Senators elect voting therefor, by yeas and nays, as follows: By unanimous consent the Senate returned to the order of REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES. By the Committee on Constitutional Amendments: The Committee on Constitutional Amendments, to whom was referred House bill No. 393 (file No. 337), entitled A bill to repeal Act No. 29 of the Public Acts of 1887, entitled "An Act to provide for the payment of bounties for the killing of English sparrows," approved March 15, 1887, the same being continuous sections 5586, 5587, 5588 and 5589 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. HIRAM M. HIGH, 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 Public Health: The Committee on Public Health, to whom was referred House bill No. 154 (file No. 329), entitled A bill to provide for the establishing of schools for the embalming of dead bodies of human beings and to prescribe the manner of conducting 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. FRED F. SOVEREIGN, 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 State Affairs: The Committee on State Affairs, to whom was referred A joint resolution for the relief of Ben Stresen Reuter, late of Company G, Second Infantry, Michigan National Guards; 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. DAN P. MCMULLEN, Chairman. The report was accepted and the committee discharged. The joint resolution was referred to the Committee on Finance and Appropriations. |