NAYS-0. So, a majority of all the Senators-elect having voted therefor, The bill was passed. The Senate agreed to the title of the bill. The following entitled bill was read a third time: House bill No. 425 (file No. 205), entitled A bill to amend sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 of Act 263 of the Public Acts of 1915, entitled "An act to provide for an angler's license for nonresidents of the State to take or catch or attempt to take or catch fish with hook and line in the lakes and streams within the jurisdiction of the State of Michigan; to provide that licensees may take from the State one day's legal catch; to provide for the issuance of licenses and collection of fees therefor; to authorize and regulate the disbursement of license fees collected; to provide a penalty for the violation of this act, and to repeal Act No. 329 of the Public Acts of 1913. The question being on the passage of the bill, the roll was called and the Senators voted as follows: So, a majority of all the Senators-elect having voted therefor, The bill was passed. The Senate agreed to the title of the bill. On motion of Mr. Osborn, two-thirds of all the Senators-elect voting therefor, The bill was given immediate effect. The following entitled bill was read a third time: Senate bill No. 291 (file No. 256), entitled A bill to provide for the acceptance by the State of gifts, grants and other conveyances of property for use as public hospitals or sanatoriums, or in connection with the operation or maintenance thereof, to authorize conveyances of such property in certain cases, and to provide for the use, operation and maintenance of hospitals and sanatoriums, and other property so acquired. The question being on the passage of the bill, the roll was called and the Sena tors voted as follows: So, a majority of all the Senators-elect having voted therefor, The Senate agreed to the title of the bill. The following entitled bill was read a third time: Senate bill No. 41 (file No. 309), entitled A bill to make appropriations for the Legislature for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1923, June 30, 1924, and June 30, 1925, for maintenance, operation and other specific purposes. The question being on the passage of the bill, the roll was called and the Senators voted as follows: So, a majority of all the Senators-elect having voted therefor, The bill was passed. The Senate agreed to the title of the bill. On motion of Mr. Brower, two-thirds of all the Senators-elect voting therefor, The bill was given immediate effect. The following entitled bill was read a third time: Senate bill No. 313 (file No. 281), entitled A bill to amend section 31 of Act No. 338 of the Public Acts of 1917, entitled, as amended, "An act to prohibit the manufacture, sale, keeping for sale, giving away, bartering, furnishing, possessing, importing or transporting of any vinous, malt, brewed, fermented, spirituous or intoxicating liquors, except for medicinal, mechanical, chemical, scientific and sacramental purposes; to regulate the manufacture, sale, possession, importation and transportation thereof for such excepted purposes; to provide for the enforcement of, and to prescribe penalties for violations of this act; to prohibit certain advertising and advertisements pertaining to the liquor traffic; to prescribe the duties of officers, and of carriers pertaining to the liquor traffic; to prescribe rights of action, recovery of damages and rules of evidence thereunder; and to repeal all acts in conflict therewith," as last amended by Act No. 336 of the Public Acts of 1921. The question being on the passage of the bill, the roll was called and the Senators voted as follows: So, a majority of all the Senators-elect having voted therefor, The bill was passed. The Senate agreed to the title of the bill. On motion of Mr. William L. Case, two-thirds of all the Senators-elect voting therefor, The bill was given immediate effect. The following entiled bill was read a third time: House bill No. 408 (file No. 201), entitled A bill to amend Act No. 163 of the Public Acts of 1921, entitled "An act creating the State Welfare Department, prescribing its form of organization, its powers 652 REGULAR SESSION and' duties; providing for the management and control of State hospitals, prisons and other State institutions of a special nature; to provide for the welfare of persons in the custody or under the tutelage of the State; abolishing certain boards governing institutions embraced within this act, and creating certain commissions in succession thereto; and making an appropriation for certain purposes of this act," by adding a new section thereto after section 14 thereof, to stand as section 14-a. Pending the taking of the vote on the passage of the bill, Mr. Bernie L. Case offered the following amendment: Section 14-a, line 9, after the word "compensation," add "said compensation not to exceed in any event the sum of seven thousand five hundred dollars per year." The amendment was seconded, a majority of the Senators present voting therefor. The amendment was then considered and agreed to, a majority of all the Senators-elect voting therefor. Pursuant to rule 37, it was ordered that the bill lie over one day. The following entitled bill was read a third time: Senate bill No. 247 (file No. 311), entitled A bill relative to the Teachers' Retirement Fund of every city having a population of more than two hundred fifty thousand and comprising a single school district, wherein pursuant to law there is a local public school teachers' retirement fund. The question being on the passage of the bill, the roll was called and the Senators voted as follows: YEAS-30. So, a majority of all the Senators-elect having voted therefor, The bill was passed. The Senate agreed to the title of the bill. The following entitled bill was read a third time: Senate bill No. 241 (file No. 195), entitled A bill to authorize the payment of salaries to certain county officers, to provide for the collection and disposition of fees by such officers, and to designate the times at which the amount of such salaries shall be fixed and determined. The question being on the passage of the bill, the roll was called and the Senators voted as follows: YEAS-30. So, a majority of all the Senators-elect having voted therefor, The bill was passed. The Senate agreed to the title of the bill. The following entitled bill was read a third time: House bill No. 107 (file No. 53), entitled A bill to repeal Act No. 50 of the Public Acts of 1915, entitled "An act to provide for the payment of bounties for the killing of common rats," being sections 7264, 7265, and 7266 of the Compiled Laws of 1915, as amended by Act No. 114 of the Public Acts of 1919. The question being on the passage of the bill, the roll was called and the Senators voted as follows: So, a majority of all the Senators-elect having voted therefor, Mr. Horton moved to amend the title of the bill so as to read as follows: A bill to amend Act No. 50 of the Public Acts of 1915, entitled "An act to provide for the payment of bounties for the killing of common rats," being sections 7264, 7265, and 7266 of the Compiled Laws of 1915, as amended by Act No. 114 of the Public Acts of 1919, and to add a new section to stand as section 4. The motion prevailed. The Senate agreed to the title of the bill as thus amended. The following entitled bill was read a third time: A bill to prevent fraud, deception and imposition in the issuance, sale or disposition of stocks, bonds and other securities sold or offered for sale within the State of Michigan, and for such purpose to create a commission to regulate and supervise the issuance, sale and disposition of such securities; to license dealers and salesmen of securities; to prescribe the powers and duties of such commission; to prescribe penalties for violation of this act; and to repeal Act No. 46 of the Public Acts of 1915. Pending the taking of the vote on the passage of the bill, Mr. Brower offered the following amendment: Section 4, line 41, after the word "States," insert "or any building and loan association organized and doing business under the laws of this State." The amendment was seconded, a majority of the Senators present voting therefor. The amendment was then considered and agreed to, a majority of all the Senators-elect voting therefor. Pending the order that, under rule 37, the bill lie over one day, Mr. Brower moved that the rule be suspended and that the bill be placed on its immediate passage. The motion prevailed, two-thirds of the Senators present voting therefor. The question then being on the passage of the bill, the roll was called and the Senators voted as follows: So, a majority of all the Senators-elect having voted therefor, The bill was passed. The Senate agreed to the title of the bill. On motion of Mr. Brower, two-thirds of all the Senators-elect voting therefor, Mr. Brower moved to reconsider the vote by which the Senate on yesterday adopted the following entitled concurrent resolution: House concurrent resolution No. 29. A concurrent resolution providing for a joint committee to investigate the conduct of the State Highway Department under the laws of this State. The motion prevailed. Mr. Brower moved that the concurrent resolution be referred to the Committee on State Affairs. The motion prevailed. Mr. Connelly moved that the following entitled bill be taken from the table: A bill to amend sections 9 and 10 of chapter 5 of Act No. 283 of the Public Acts of 1909, as amended, 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 condemnation 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," being sections 4386 and 4387 of the Compiled Laws of 1915. The motion prevailed. The question being on concurring in the amendments made to the bill by the House, Mr. Connelly moved to amend House amendment No. 1 by striking out the word "April" and inserting in lieu thereof the word "June." The amendment to the House amendment was adopted. The question then being on concurring in House amendment No. 1 as amended and House amendment No. 2, The roll was called and the Senators voted as follows: So, a majority of all the Senators-elect voting therefor, |