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House bill No. 81, entitled

A bill to incorporate the village of Elkton, in Huron county, Michigan. The bill was read a first and second time by its title and referred to the committee on Village Corporations.

Mr. Redfern moved that the State Superintendent of Public Instruction be given an opportunity to address the joint houses of the Legislature at 10 a. m. tomorrow, Jan. 16;

Which motion prevailed.

The Speaker announced that the hour had arrived for the

SPECIAL ORDER,

Being the naming of a candidate for the office of Senator in the Congress of the United State, in the place of Hon. James McMillan, whose term of office expires on the fourth day of March next; and also the naming of a candidate for the office of Senator in the Congress of the United States in the place of Hon. Francis B. Stockbridge, deceased.

The Speaker announced that the candidate for Senator in the place of Hon. James McMillan would first be named, and after that a candidate for the office of Senator in the place of Hon. Francis B. Stockbridge, deceased, would be named.

The House then proceeded by viva voce vote to name a person for Senator in Congress for the six years following the fourth day of March next, with the following result:

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The Clerk announced that there had been 98 votes cast, of which James McMillan had received 98 votes.

Mr. Donovan, when his name was called, stated in explanation of his vote for Senator, for the full term, that he had communicated with the Hon. Edwin F. Uhl, the candidate of his party, and that it was the personal request of Mr. Uhl, that he give his vote for senator to Hon. James McMillan. Therefore, as a compliment to Mr. Uhl, to Mr. McMillan, and to the whole State of Michigan, he gave his vote to Hon. James McMillan, for Senator in the Congress of the United States, from Michigan, for the full term of six years from the fourth day of March next.

The House then proceeded by a viva voce vote to name a person for Senator in Congress in the place of Hon. Francis B. Stockbridge, deceased, with the following result:

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FOR JOHN STRONG.

Mr. Donovan

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The clerk announced that there had been ninety-eight votes cast, of which Hon. Julius C. Burrows had received ninety-seven votes, and John Strong had received one vote.

The Speaker announced that the proceedings in the special order would be recorded in the Journal for presentation at the joint convention which will convene at twelve o'clock, m., tomorrow, in accordance with the United States statutes.

Mr. Chamberlain offered the following:

Resolved, That the thanks of the Republican members of this House be extended to Hon. John Donovan for his courtesy in voting for Hon. James McMillan for United States Senator for the long term, and thereby conferring upon our esteemed Senator the honor of being the first person ever elected to the United States Senate by the unanimous vote of a Legislature of this State;

Which was adopted.

On motion of Mr. Waite,

The House adjourned.

Lansing, Wednesday, January 16, 1895.

The House met pursuant to adjournment, and was called to order by the Speaker.

Roll called: quorum present.

On motion of Mr. Donovan,

Leave of absence was granted to Mr. Holmes for the day.

Mr. F. A. Chamberlain, Committee Clerk of Group 5, appeared at the Speaker's desk and took and subscribed the constitutional oath of office, and entered on his duties.

The Speaker announced that an error had been made in the mileage allowed to Harry H. Whitely, one of the House Messengers, of $39.20; on the discovery of the error the money had been refunded and a treasury receipt taken therefor.

PRESENTATION OF PETITIONS.

No. 17. By Mr. McNall: Petition of E. R. Crandall and 59 others asking that the boundaries of school district No. 9 of North Star be enlarged, and for the organization of a graded school. Referred to the committee on Education.

No. 18. By Mr. Linderman: Petition of L. G. Ripley, H. H. Terwilliger, E. J. Phelan and others of Montague, relative to the liquor traffic.

Referred to the committee on Liquor Traffic.

No. 19. By Mr. Kingsley: Petition of C. C. Turner, M. V. Crystler and 63 others relative to the liquor traffic.

Referred to the committee on Liquor Traffic.

No. 20. By Mr. Voorheis: Memorial of the board of supervisors of Oakland county relative to the drain laws.

On demand of Mr. Voorheis,

The memorial was read at length, and spread at large on the Journal, as follows:

To the Honorable the Senate and House of Represenatives of the State of Michigan in Legislature assembled:

The board of supervisors for the county of Oakland being convinced that the drain law now in force in the State of Michigan is radically defective, and that under it many abuses have grown up, and many acts of injustice perpetrated; do hereby petition your Honorable body to repeal the said "drain law" and enact another, or thoroughly revise and amend it, to the end that abuses and frauds under it may be prevented. And in addition to the many needed changes which will be dictated by the wisdom of your Honorable body, we would particularly request that the number of petitioners requisite for the laying out of a drain by the county drain. commissioner be increased, and that the order drawn on the drain funds, in the hands of the county treasurer, shall be audited by the board of supervisors of the county or some other proper authority.

The above requests are adopted by vote of the board of supervisors of Oakland county. LA FAYETTE BOSTWICK,

(Signed)

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I, Frederick Harris, clerk of said county of Oakland, and clerk of the circuit court for said county, do hereby certify that I have compared the foregoing copy of petition by board of supervisors of Oakland county, Michigan, with the original record thereof, now remaining in my office, an that it is a true and correct transcript therefrom, and of the whole of such original record.

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In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said court and county, this 15th day of January, A. D. 1895.

Referred to the committee on Drainage.

FREDERICK HARRIS, Clerk.

REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES.

By the committee on Private Corporations:

The committee on Private Corporations, to whom was referred
House bill No. 48, entitled

A bill to amend section 1, of act No. 119, of the public acts of 1893, being an act entitled "An act to define what shall constitute fraternal beneficiary societies, orders or associations, to provide for their incorporation, and the regulation of their business, and for the punishment for violation of the provisions of the act of their incorporation, and to repeal all existing acts inconsistent therewith;"

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Respectfully report that they have had the same under consideration, and have directed me to report the same back to the House without amendment, and recommend that it do pass, and ask to be discharged from the further consideration of the subject. J. T. CAMPBELL,

Report accepted and committee discharged.

Chairman.

Mr. Belknap moved that the rules be suspended and the bill be put upon its immediate passage;

Which motion did not prevail, two-thirds of all the members present not voting therefor.

By the committee on Village Corporations:

The committee on Village Corporations, to whom was referred

House bill No. 74, entitled

A bill to reincorporate the village of Wakefield, in the county of Gogebic, and to repeal act No. 335, of the local acts of 1893, entitled "An act to reincorporate the village of Wakefield, in the county of Gogebic;"

Respectfully report that they have had the same under consideration, and have directed me to report the same back to the House, without amendment, and recommend that it do pass, and ask to be discharged from the further consideration of the subject.

Report accepted and committee discharged.
On motion of Mr. Chamberlain,

E. B. TAYLOR,

Chairman.

The rules were suspended, two-thirds of all the members present voting therefor, and the bill was put upon its immediate passage.

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:

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