Mr. Beeman also presented House petition No. 102. Petition of C. C. Parker and 32 other citizens of Edwardsburg on the same subject. The petition was referred to the Committee on State Affairs. Mr. Dewey presented House petition No. 103. Resolutions of Farmers' Institute of Oceana county in favor of the passage of a bill in regard to free text books. The resolutions were referred to the Committee on Education. Mr. Farrell presented House petition No 104. Petition of E. F. Zander and 43 others asking for the passage of a bill regulating the sale of railroad mileage books. The petition was referred to the Committee on Railroads. Mr. Stroud presented House petition No. 105. Petition of J. H. Graff and 66 other citizens of Michigan on the same subject. The petition was referred to the Committee on Railroads. Mr. Bunting presented House petition No. 106. Petition of Fred Small and 23 other citizens of Benzie county asking for the passage of the so-called Simpson Veterinary Bill. · The petition was referred to the Committee on State Affairs. Mr. Campbell presented House petition No. 107. Petition of John Sipple and 49 other residents of Kent county on the same subject. The petition was referred to the Committee on State Affairs. Mr. Farmer presented House petition No. 108. Petition of G. J. Pearson and 62 other citizens of Livingston county on the same subject. The petition was referred to the Committee on State Affairs. Mr. Folks presented House petition No. 109. Petition of W. N. Armstrong and 62 other citizens of Jackson county on the same subject. The petition was referred to the Committee on State Affairs. Mr. Towner presented House petition No. 110. Petition of Earl Curtiss and 24 others on the same subject. Mr. Fairbank presented House petition No. 111. Petition of John J. Mathewson and 50 other residents of Flint asking for the passage of House Bill No. 21, relative to the regulation, treatment and control of dependent, neglected and delinquent children, and providing for juvenile courts. The petition was referred to the Committee on Judiciary. Mr. Schantz presented House petition No. 112. Petition of W. H. Pardee and 49 others asking for the passage of a bill to incorporate the village of Freeport in Barry county. The petition was referred to the Committee on Village Corporations. Mr. Ward presented House petition No. 113. Petition of W. C. Stiff and 34 other citizens of Burton asking for the repeal of the act allowing net fishing in the Saginaw river. The petition was referred to the Committee on Fish and Fisheries. Mr. Stockdale presented House petition No. 114. Petition of W. E. Forbs and 160 other residents of Allegan county asking for the passage of a bill permitting fish shutes to be put into the Kalamazoo river in the counties of Calhoun, Kalamazoo and Allegan. The petition was referred to the Committee on State Affairs. Mr. Schantz presented House petition No. 115. Petition of Marshall Norwood and 49 other residents of Barry county asking for the passage of a bill to provide for the lawful taking of suckers from the waters of Crooked Lake in said county. The petition was referred to the Committee on Fish and Fisheries. Mr. Wayne presented House petition No. 116. Petition of O. C. Summerville and 32 other citizens of Midland, asking for the passage of the bill for the protection of fish in the Saginaw river and tributaries. The petition was referred to the Committee on Fish and Fisheries. REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES. The Committee on Towns and Counties, by Mr. Ivory, Chairman, reported House bill No. 112, entitled A bill to amend section 27 of chapter 14 of the Revised Statutes of 1846, relative to the board of auditors of Wayne county, being section 2523 of the Compiled Laws of 1897; With the recommendation that the bill pass. The report was accepted and the committee discharged. The bill was referred to the committee of the whole and placed on the general order. The Committee on Towns and Counties, by Mr. Ivory, Chairman, reported House bill No. 82, entitled A bill to authorize the township of Weldon, Benzie county, Michigan, to borrow money and to issue bonds therefor for public improvements in said township and to provide for the levy and collection of taxes on the taxable property of said township to pay the same in addition to the other taxes now provided by law; With the recommendation that the bill pass. The report was accepted and the committee discharged. Mr. Bunting moved that Rule 44 be suspended, and that the bill be placed on its immediate passage. The motion prevailed, two-thirds of all the members present voting therefor. The bill was then read a third time and passed, a majority of all the members-elect voting therefor, by yeas and nays, as follows: The title of the bill was agreed to. Mr. Bunting moved that the bill be given immediate effect. The motion prevailed, two-thirds of all the members-elect voting therefor. 0 Mr. Agens entered the House and took his seat. The Committee on Education, by Mr. Greusel, Chairman, reported House bill No. 51, entitled A bill to confirm the organization of school district No. 13, fractional, of Richmond, Lenox and Casco townships in the counties of Macomb and St. Clair; With the recommendation that the bill pass. The report was accepted and the committee discharged. Mr. Nank moved that Rule 44 be suspended, and that the bill be placed on its immediate passage. The motion prevailed, two-thirds of all the members present voting therefor. The bill was then read a third time and passed, a majority of all the members-elect voting therefor, by yeas and nays, as follows: The title of the bill was agreed to. Mr. Nank moved that the bill be given immediate effect. The motion prevailed, two-thirds of all the members-elect voting therefor. The Committee on Education, by Mr. Greusel, Chairman, reported House bill No. 63 (file No. 3), entitled A bill to amend section 2, section 9 and section 25 of chapter 3 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 sections 4667, 4674 and 4691 of the Compiled Laws of 1897; With certain amendments thereto, recommending that the amendments be concurred in, and that when so amended, the bill pass. The report was accepted and the committee discharged. The question being on the adoption of the amendments to the bill recommended by the committe, The amendments were adopted. The bill was then referred to the committee of the whole and placed on the general order. The Committee on Fish and Fisheries, by Mr. Bunting, Chairman, reported House bill No. 58, entitled A bill to regulate the taking and catching of fish in all lakes, rivers and streams in Benzie county; With the recommendation that the bill pass. The report was accepted and the committee discharged. Mr. Bunting moved that Rule 44 be suspended, and that the bill be placed on its immediate passage. The motion prevailed, two-thirds of all the members present voting therefor. The bill was then read a third time and passed, a majority of all the members-elect voting therefor, by yeas and nays, as follows The title of the bill was agreed to. Mr. Bunting moved that the bill be given immediate effect. The motion prevailed, two-thirds of all the members-elect voting therefor. The Committee on Drainage, by Mr. Towner, Chairman, reported A bill to provide for the election of a county drain commissioner in and for the county of Midland, prescribe his powers and duties, and fix and provide for his compensation; With the recommendation that the bill pass. |