House bill No. 438 (file No. 226), entitled A bill to require all officers, boards, commissions or departments of the State government to turn over to the State Treasurer at least once each month, all fees or other moneys legally collected by such officer, board, commission or department; and to provide for the disbursing of such money under the warrant of the Auditor General. House bill No. 367 (file No. 227), entitled A bill to amend section 29 of Act No. 182 of the Public Acts of 1885, entitled "An act to provide for the appointment of a State Live Stock Sanitary Commission and a State Veterinarian, and to prescribe their powers and duties, and to prevent and suppress contagious and infectious diseases among the live stock of the State," as amended by Act No. 19 of the Public Acts of 1915. House bill No. 284 (file No. 269), entitled A bill making appropriations for the State Board of Fish Commissioners, for current expenses, and for building and special purposes for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1918, and June 30, 1919, and to provide a tax to meet the same. Senate bill No. 250 (file No. 232), entitled A bill to apply the principles of the budget system, the principles of economy and efficiency, and of farthest reaching success, to the operation of State institutions, by creating the Michigan State Board of Administration. The Clerk announced the enrollment printing and the presentation to the Governor on Thursday March 22, for his approval, of the following named bills: House bill No. 20 (file No. 51), enrolled No. 10, entitled A bill to amend the title and section 1 of Act No. 200 of the Session Laws of 1849, entitled "An act to authorize township boards to raise money in certain cases, to defray township expenses," as amended, being section 2128 of the Compiled Laws of 1915. House bill No. 210 (file No. 62), enrolled No. 11, entitled A bill to amend section 1 of chapter 12 of Act No. 3 of the Public Acts of 1895, entitled "An act to provide for the incorporation of villages within the State of Michigan, and defining their powers and duties," being section 2775 of the Compiled Laws of 1915. House bill No. 67 (file No. 9), enrolled No. 12, entitled A bill to amend section 14 of chapter 3 of Act No. 314 of the Public Acts of 1915, entitled "An act to revise and consolidate the statutes relating to the organization and jurisdiction of the courts of this State; the powers and duties of such courts, and of the judges and other officers thereof; the forms of civil actions; the time within which civil actions and proceedings may be brought in said courts; pleading, evidence, practice and procedure in civil actions, and proceedings in said courts; to provide remedies and penalties for the violation of certain provisions of this act; and to repeal all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with or contravening any of the provisions of this act," being section 12242 of the Compiled Laws of 1915. REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES. The Committee on Public Health, by Mr. Hulse, Chairman, reported House bill No. 351, entitled A bill to provide for the protection of the public health, for the establishment of a county health system, to create county boards of health, to authorize the establishment of county laboratories, and to repeal all acts or parts of acts conflicting herewith, With the recommendation that the bill pass. The report was accepted and the committee discharged. The bill was ordered printed, referred to the Committee of the Whole and placed on the general orders. The Committee on Public Health, by Mr. Hulse, Chairman, reported Senate bill No. 140 (file No. 99), entitled A bill to amend sections 11 and 12 of Act No. 98 of the Public Acts of 1913, entitled "An act providing for the supervision and control by the State Board of Health over water works systems and sewage disposal systems and providing for the appointment, duties, salary and expenses of a State Sanitary Engineer, and providing penalties and defining liabilities for violations of this act and to repeal Act No. 28 of the Public Acts of 1909," being compilers' sections 5034 and 5035 of the Compiled Laws of 1915, and to add a new section thereto to be known as section 14, With the recommendation that the bill pass. The report was accepted and the committee discharged. The Committee on Fish and Fisheries, by Mr. Anderson, Chairman, reported House bill No. 327, entitled A bill to amend section 4 of Act 236 of the Public Acts of 1915, entitled "An act to protect fish in the inland waters of this State and to regulate the manner of taking, possession, transportation, size and sale of fish when taken from said waters, to provide penalties for the violation of this act, and to repeal all acts and parts of acts conflicting therewith," With the recommendation that the bill pass. The report was accepted and the committee discharged. The bill was ordered printed, referred to the Committee of the Whole and placed on the general orders. MESSAGES FROM THE GOVERNOR. Messages were received from the Governor announcing the approval on Thursday, March 22, of the following entitled bills: House bill No. 171 (file No. 41), enrolled No. 4, entitled A bill to amend sections 5, 11 and 25 of Act No. 326 of the Public Acts of 1913, as amended by Act No. 92 of the Public Acts of 1915, entitled "An act to provide for the leasing, control and taxation of certain lands owned and controlled by the State, and the improvements thereon; pro viding penalties for the violation of certain provisions thereof and repealing Act No. 215 of the Public Acts of 1909, and all other acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith," being compilers' sections 610, 616 and 630 of the Compiled Laws of 1915. House bill No. 184 (file No. 63), enrolled No. 5, entitled A bill to amend section 1 of Act No. 136 of the Public Acts of 1893, entitled "An act to authorize the State Board of Education to grant teachers' certificates in certain cases," being section 5814 of the Compiled Laws of 1915. House bill No. 141 (file No. 36), enrolled No. 6, entitled A bill to amend section 24 of Act No. 205 of the Public Acts of 1887, entitled "An act to revise the laws authorizing the business of banking and to establish a Banking Department for the supervision of such business," being section 7993 of the Compiled Laws of 1915. House bill No. 136 (file No. 64), enrolled No. 7, entitled A bill to amend section 1 of chapter 10 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," and acts amendatory thereof, being compilers' section 5734 of the Compiled Laws of 1915. House bill No. 179 (file No. 72), enrolled No. 8, entitled A bill making it unlawful to knowingly and wilfully raise a false alarm of fire at any public gathering or in any public place, or to ring any bell or operate any mechanical apparatus for the purpose of creating a false alarm of fire, and to provide a punishment therefor. MESSAGES FROM THE SENATE. A message was received from the Senate transmitting A bill to amend section 2 of Act No. 33 of the Public Acts of 1915, entitled "An act to provide for the establishment of a general hospital department in the Traverse City State Hospital, to provide for the government thereof and for the reception and treatment of patients seeking medical or surgical aid therein," being section 1368 of the Compiled Laws of 1915. The bill was read a first and second time by its title and referred to the Committee on Traverse City State Hospital. A message was received from the Senate transmitting A bill to authorize the Commissioner of the State Highway Department to determine whether certain lands owned by the State, in the county of Jackson, will be benefited by certain proposed drains, and to authorize such lands to be assessed for benefits and making an appropriation therefor. The bill was read a first and second time by its title and referred to the Committee on State Affairs. A message was received from the Senate transmitting A bill to amend Act No. 167 of the Public Acts of 1871, entitled "An act to provide for the better protection of human life on railroad trains,” as amended, the same being compilers' section 8394 to 8396 of the Compiled Laws of 1915, by adding thereto a new section to stand as section 4. The bill was read a first and second time by its title and referred to the Committee on Railroads. A message was received from the Senate transmitting A bill to amend section 6 of Act No. 274 of the Public Acts of 1911, entitled "An act to prohibit the sale, keeping for sale, loaning, giving away or carrying of certain dangerous weapons; to prevent the carrying of concealed weapons except in certain specified cases when a license is issued therefor; to provide punishment for the violation of the provisions hereof; and to repeal Act No. 129 of the Public Acts of 1887, entitled 'An act to prevent the carrying of concealed weapons and to provide a punishment therefor,' being sections 11513 and 11514 of the Compiled Laws of 1897," said section 6 being section 15241 of the Compiled Laws of 1915. The bill was read a first and second time by its title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. A message was received from the Senate transmitting A bill to authorize highway officials to close roads under construction, improvement or repair, or any portion of a highway whereon a bridge is being constructed or repaired; to require such officials to place in good repair and to mark by proper signs suitable detours around roads, or portions of roads, which are closed hereunder; to provide suitable barriers, and lights shall be maintained at the end of such roads or portions of roads which are thus closed and at the intersections thereof with other roads; to require the removal of signs and barriers located and placed hereunder; and to provide a penalty for a violation of the provisions hereof. The bill was read a first and second time by its title and referred to the Committee on Roads and Bridges. A message was received from the Senate transmitting Senate bill No. 221 (file No. 191), entitled A bill to authorize the Board of Control of the Traverse City State Hospital to sell and dispose of certain lands acquired for the use of said institution in the city of Traverse City, Michigan, and to provide for the re-appropriation of the proceeds of such sale for certain purposes. The bill was read a first and second time by its title and referred to the Committee on Traverse City State Hospital. A message was received from the Senate transmitting Senate bill No. 122 (file No. 202), entitled A bill to authorize and direct the sale of certain real estate now owned by the State of Michigan in the village of Houghton, Houghton county, Michigan. The bill was read a first and second time by its title and referred to the Committee on State Affairs. A message was received from the Senate transmitting A bill to amend sections 1 and 6 of Act No. 48 of the Public Acts of 1901, entitled "An act to provide for a tax upon dogs and to create a fund for the payment of certain damages for sheep killed or wounded by them in certain cases," approved April 8, 1901, being compilers' sections 7274 and 7279 of the Compiled Laws of 1915. The bill was read a first and second time by its title and referred to the Committee on Agriculture. A message was received from the Senate transmitting A bill to amend section 27 of Act No. 302 of the Public Acts of 1915, entitled "An act to provide for the registration, identification and regulation of motor vehicles operated upon the public highways of this State and of the operators of such vehicles and to provide for levying specific taxes upon such vehicles so operated, and to provide for the disposition of such funds and to exempt from all other taxation such motor vehicles so specifically taxed, registered, identified and regulated and to repeal all other acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith or contrary hereto," approved May 19, 1915, being section 4823 of the Compiled Laws of 1915. The bill was read a first and second time by its title and referred to the Committee on Roads and Bridges. A message was received from the Senate transmitting A bill to amend section 2 of Act No. 61 of the Public Acts of 1911, entitled "An act in relation to the division of or changing of boundaries of primary school districts," and acts amendatory thereof, being section 5766 of the Compiled Laws of 1915. The bill was read a first and second time by its title and referred to the Committee on Education. A message was received from the Senate transmitting A bill to provide for safety to life and property in this State in the use and construction of steam boilers; creating a board of boiler rules to prescribe uniform rules and regulations for boilers used in this State; to define the powers of the board of boiler rules; to provide penalties for the violation of this act and rules and regulations of the board of boiler rules, and making an appropriation to carry out the provisions of this act. The bill was read a first and second time by its title and referred to the Committee on State Affairs. |