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. R. B. LOOMIS, The report was accepted and the committee discharged. Mr. Loomis moved that the Senate concur in the amendments made to the bill by the committee. The motion prevailed. Mr. Murfin 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 question being on agreeing to the title, Mr. Murfin moved to amend the title so as to read as follows: A bill to amend sections 4, 8, 9 and 23 of an Act entitled "An Act to amend the laws relative to supplying the City of Detroit with pure and wholesome water," approved February 14, 1853, as amended by the var ious Acts amendatory thereof. The motion prevailed, and the title was so amended. The title, as amended, was then agreed to. Mr. Murfin moved that the bill be given immediate effect. The motion prevailed, two-thirds of all the Senators elect voting therefor. By the Committee on Judiciary: The Committee on Judiciary, to whom was referred Senate bill No. 450, entitled A bill to amend sections 19 and 28 of Act No. 186 of the Public Acts of 1897, approved May 29, 1897, being compiler's sections 254 and 263 of the Compiled Laws of 1897, entitled "An Act defining the limits of the judicial circuits of the State of Michigan," as amended by Act No. 15 of the Public Acts of 1899, approved March 8, 1899, and to add a new section to said Act to be known as section 37; 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 therefor, entitled A bill to amend section 22 of Act No. 186 of the Public Acts of 1897, entitled "An Act defining the limits of the judicial circuits of the State of Michigan," as amended by Act No. 15 of the Public Acts of 1899, and to add a new section thereto; 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. HIRAM M. HIGH, Acting Chairman. The report was accepted and the committee discharged. Mr. High moved that the Senate concur in the adoption of the substitute reported by the committee, The motion prevailed. Mr. Loeser moved that the rules be suspended and that the bill be placed on its immediate passage. Mr. Helme demanded the yeas and nays. The motion made by Mr. Loeser then did not prevail, two-thirds of all the Senators present not voting therefor, by yeas and nays, as follows: The bill was then referred to the committee of the whole and placed on the general order. By the Committee on Judiciary: The Committee on Judiciary, to whom was referred A bill to amend sections 25 and 25a of Act No. 137 of the Public Acts of 1849, as amended, entitled "An Act to authorize proceedings against garnishees, and for other purposes," the same being compiler's section 1014 of the Compiled Laws of 1897, as amended by Act No. 257 of the Public Acts of 1899; 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, Acting 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 Judiciary: The Committee on Judiciary, to whom was referred House bill No. 439 (file No. 295), entitled A bill to amend section 3 of chapter 109 of the Revised Statutes of the year 1846, entitled "Of the partition of lands owned by several persons," being section No. 11015 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. Acting 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 Judiciary: The Committee on Judiciary, to whom was referred 4 A bill to repeal Act No. 75 of the Public Acts of 1889, approved May 8, 1889, entitled "An Act to provide for one additional judge in the judicial circuit in which the County of Saginaw is, or may be situated, being now the tenth judicial circuit," the same being sections 276. 277, 278, 279, 280, 281, 282, 283 and 284 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. Acting 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 Counties and Townships: The Committee on Counties and Townships, to whom was referred A bill to appropriate certain tax lands of the State for the purpose of straightening, cleaning out the channel of the Kawkawlin river of Bay county, Midland county and Gladwin county, and removing obstructions from the channel of said river; such improvement to be done under the direction of the Commissioner of the State Land Office; 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. O. B. FULLER, 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 Finance and Appropriations, to whom was referred House joint resolution No. 144 (file No. 101), entitled A joint resolution directing the Board of State Auditors to investigate and examine the claim of Henry M. Kingsley, of Kendalls, Van Buren county, Michigan, against the State of Michigan on account of injuries received by him while in the employ of the State at the Michigan Asylum for the Insane at Kalamazoo, and to provide for the payment to him of a sufficient sum of money to compensate him for his damages sustained; 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. Mr. Humphrey moved that the rules be suspended and that the joint resolution be placed on its immediate passage. The motion prevailed, two-thirds of all the Senators present voting therefor. The joint resolution was then read a third time and passed, twothirds of all the Senators elect voting therefor, by yeas and nays, as follows: 1 The title and preamble of the joint resolution were agreed to. Mr. Humphrey moved that the joint resolution be given immediate effect. The motion prevailed, two-thirds of all the Senators elect voting therefor. By the Committee on Finance and Appropriations: The Committee on Finance and Appropriations, to whom was referred A bill providing for the extension of the work of the State Board of Geological Survey, making an appropriation to meet the expenses thereof, and providing 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. MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE. The following message from the House was received and read: To the President of the Senate: Sir-I am instructed by the House to return to the Senate the following bill: Senate bill No. 288 (file No. 112), entitled A bill to prohibit foreign corporations from carrying on their business in the State of Michigan, unless they shall have been admitted thereto in the manner prescribed by statute, and to define the rights, duties and liabilities of corporations so admitted; And to inform the Senate that the House has amended the same, as follows: 1. By striking out of lines 8 and 9 of section 1 the words "franchise fee and such other fees as are prescribed by law," and inserting in lieu thereof the words "the requisite filing and recording fees and franchise fees in amount and to be determined as follows: Such corporation, by its president, secretary, treasurer and superintendent, or any two of them, shall make and file with the Secretary of State a statement duly sworn to by at least two of such officers, in such form as the Secretary of State may prescribe, containing the following facts: 1. The location of the office or offices of the company in Michigan, and the names and addresses of the officers or agent of the company in charge of its business in Michigan. 2. The value of the property owned and used by the company in Michigan, where situated, and the value of the property owned and used by the company outside of Michigan, the aggregate amount of business transacted by said company during the preceding year, and the proportion of such business transacted in this State, the proportion of the |