On motion of Mr. Wilber,

The rules were suspended, and the bill was placed on its

immediate passage.

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:

Pending the announcement of the vote, Mr. Gray moved

that Mr. Dewey be excused from voting;

Which motion prevailed.

Title agreed to.

On motion of Mr. DeLand,

By a vote of two-thirds of all the Senators elect, the bill was ordered to take immediate effect.

The committee on enrolled bills made the following report:
The committee on enrolled bills, to whom was referred
A bill to incorporate the city of Ludington,

Respectfully report the same herewith, correctly enrolled, and ask to be discharged from the further consideration of the subject.

JAMES M. GOODELL, Acting Chairman.

Report accepted and committee discharged.

By unanimous consent, the committee on appropriations and finance, made the following report:

The committee on appropriations and finance, to whom was referred

A bill making appropriations for the expenses of certain State officers,

Respectfully report that they have had the same under con

sideration, and have directed me to report the same back to the Senate, with a substitute therefor, recommending that the substitute be concurred in, and that the bill when so amended do pass, and ask to be discharged from the further consideration of the subject.

C. V. DELAND, Acting Chairman.

Report accepted and committee discharged.

On motion of Mr. DeLand,

The Senate concurred in the adoption of the substitute reported for the bill by the committee.

On motion of Mr. DeLand,

The rules were suspended, and the bill was placed on its immediate passage.

The bill was then read a third time, and pending the taking of the vote on the passage thereof,

Mr. Brewer moved that the bill be laid on the table;

Which motion prevailed.

By unanimous consent, Mr. Wheeler moved to reconsider the motion by which the Senate resolved that when it adjourn it should stand adjourned until next Monday evening at 7 o'clock.

Mr. Dewey moved that the motion be laid on the table.

Mr. Wheeler called for the yeas and nays.

Mr. Sparks moved that the Senate adjourn;

Which motion did not prevail.

The question then recurring on the motion to lay the motion.

to re-consider on the table,

The same did not prevail, by yeas and nays, as follows:

The question then recurring on the motion to reconsider, the same prevailed, by yeas and nays, as follows:

The question then recurring on the motion that when the Senate adjourn it stand adjourned until Monday evening, at 7 o'clock,

Mr. DeLand moved as an amendment, that when the Senate adjourn it stand adjourned until 8 o'clock to-morrow morning. Mr. Brewer moved that the Senate adjourn.

Mr. Dewey called for the yeas and nays.

The motion did not prevail, by yeas and nays, as follows:

The question then recurring on the amendment that when the Senate adjourn it stand adjourned until 8 o'clock to-morrow morning,

Mr. Dewey called for the yeas and nays;

The amendment prevailed, by yeas and nays, as follows:

Lansing, Saturday, March 22, 1873.

The Senate was called to order by the President at 8:30 o'clock A. M.

Prayer by Rev. J. Wood.

Roll called: a quorum present.

The President announced the appointment of Senators DeLand, Mickley, Crosby, Childs, and Brewer, as the special committee ordered by the Senate to investigate whether any exclusive school of medicine is taught in the University, and also concerning the alleged sectarian character of that institution.

BILLS PRESENTED TO THE GOVERNOR.

The Secretary announced that he had presented the following bills to the Governor under the rules:

1. A bill to authorize a Board of Public Works in and for the city of Grand Rapids;

2. A bill to repeal act No. 186 of 1871, entitled "An act directing the Secretary of State to provide the electors of this State with uniform ballots on constitutional amendments," approved April 17th, 1871, being section 196 of the compiled laws of 1871;

3. A bill prescribing the duties of the Auditor General in certain cases, and his compensation therefor;

4. A bill to provide for the construction of a State road in the county of Newaygo;

5. A bill to enable the village of New Baltimore, in Macomb county, to erect a school-house from moneys given or devised to the same for that purpose;

6. A bill to amend section two of act No. 387 of the session laws of 1871, entitled "An act to incorporate the public schools of the city of Corunna," approved March 29, 1871;

7. A bill to cede jurisdiction to the United States of America over lands to be occupied in the enlargement and improvement of the Saint Mary's Falls Ship Canal, Michigan;

8. A bill to authorize the transfer of certain unexpended balances of appropriations heretofore made for the "Soldiers' National Cemetery," at Gettysburg, and for the "Antietam National Cemetery ;"

9. A bill to organize the township of Fife Lake, in the county of Grand Traverse;

10. A bill to incorporate the city of Ludington.

REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES.

By the committee on insurance:

The committee on insurance, to whom was referred

A bill to provide for the incorporation of mutual fire insurance companies and defining their powers and duties, and to repeal chapter 97 of the compiled laws of 1871, and also act number 94 of the session laws of 1871, approved April 12, 1871,

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 recommending that the bill do pass, and ask to be discharged from the further consideration of the subject.

C. V. DELAND, Chairman.

Report accepted and committee discharged.

The bill was ordered printed, referred to the committee of the whole, and placed on the general order.