Respectfully report that they have had the same under consideration, and have directed me to request of the House that the bill be printed for the use of the committee. Report accepted and committee discharged. GEO. G. COVELL, Chairman. The request was granted and the bill ordered printed for the use of the committee. By the committee on Judiciary: The committee on Judiciary, to whom was referred House bill No. 845, entitled A bill to provide for the keeping and preservation by registers of deeds of all conveyances and other instruments affecting the title of land recorded by them; Respectfully report that they have had the same under consideration, and have directed me to request of the House that the bill be printed for the use of the committee. Report accepted and committee discharged. GEO. G. COVELL, Chairman. The request was granted and the bill ordered printed for the use of the committee. By the committee on Judiciary: The committee on Judiciary, to whom was referred House bill No. 496, entitled A bill to amend sections 1, 3, 7, 9, 10 and 14 of act No. 213 of the session laws of 1893, entitled, "An act to provide a board of jury commissioners for the county of St. Clair and the manner of selecting jurors to serve in the circuit court for said county and to prescribe their duties and fix their compensation, and to punish violations of the act;" 4 Respectfully report that they have had the same under consideration and have directed me to request of the House that the bill be printed for the use of the committee. Report accepted and committee discharged. GEO. G. COVELL, Chairman. The request was granted and the bill ordered printed for the use of the committee. By the committee on Judiciary: The committee on Judiciary, to whom was referred House bill No. 843, entitled A bill to provide for the making an keeping of abstract books, and for the making and furnishing of abstracts of title to land by registers of deeds; Respectfully report that they have had the same under consideration and have directed me to request of the House that the bill be printed for the use of the committee. Report accepted and committee discharged. GEO. G. COVELL, Chairman. On motion Mr. Covell, The request was granted and the bill ordered printed for the use of the committee. By the committee on Judiciary: The committee on Judiciary, to whom was referred House bill No. 234, entitled A bill to provide a board of jury commissioners for the county of Macomb, and the manner of selecting jurors to serve in the circuit court for said county, and to prescribe their duties and fix their compensation, and to punish violations of this act; Respectfully report that they have had the same under consideration, and have directed me to report the same back to the House with amendments thereto, recommending that the amendments be concurred in, and that the bill when so amended do pass, and ask to be discharged from the further consideration of the subject. Report accepted and committee discharged. GEO. G. COVELL, Chairman. The House concurred in the amendments made to the bill by the committee. The bill was then ordered printed, referred to the committe of the whole and placed on the general order. MESSAGES FROM THE GOVERNOR. The Speaker announced the following: To the House of Representatives: EXECUTIVE OFFICE, I have this day approved, signed and deposited in the office of the Secretary of State House bill No. 11 (file No. 63), being An act making an appropriation for the current and running expenses of the Michigan Mining School until the general appropriation for the purpose shall be available. Very respectfully, Hon. W. D. Gordon, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Lansing, Mich. : DEAR SIR-Inclosed find copy of message from Senator McMillan in regard to the Mackinac Island matter, which explains itself. Yours respectfully, RICH, Governor. Washington. D. C., Feb. 23, 1895. HON. JOHN T. RICH, Governor of Michigan: The message was laid on the table. MESSAGES FROM THE SENATE. The Speaker announced the following: SENATE CHAMBER, To the Speaker of the House of Representatives: SIR-I am instructed by the Senate to transmit to the House the following bill: Senate bill No. 203 (file No. 82), entitled A bill to repeal act No. 377 of the local acts of 1891, entitled "An act to authorize the county of Wayne to borrow money and to issue bond for the (purposes) purpose of building a public building and to purchase or condemn lands as a site for the same," approved June 25, 1891; Which has passed the Senate by a majority vote of all the Senators elect, and by a vote of two-thirds of all the Senators elect has been ordered to take immediate effect and in all of which the concurrence of the House is respectfully asked. Very respectfully, DENNIS E. ALWARD, Secretary of the Senate. The bill was read a first and second time by its title and, pending its reference to a committee, On motion of Mr. Fisk, 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 veas and nays, as follows: Title agreed to. On motion of Mr. Fisk, By a vote of two-thirds of all the members elect, the bill was ordered to take immediate effect. The Speaker also announced the following: SENATE CHAMBER, To the Speaker of the House of Representatives: } SIR-I am instructed by the Senate to return to the House the following joint resolution: House joint resolution No. 10 (file No. 48), entitled Joint resolution authorizing and empowering the Commissioner of the State Land Office to revive part-paid Agricultural College land certificate numbered 18539, issued to Benjamin Titus, of Alpena county, January 11, 1893; In the passage of which the Senate has concurred by a majority vote of all the Senators elect and by a vote of two-thirds of all the Senators elect has ordered the same to take immediate effect. Very respectfully, DENNIS E. ALWARD, The joint resolution was referred to the committee on Enrollment for enrollment and presentation to the Governor. The Speaker also announced the following: To the Speaker of the House of Representatives: SIR-I am instructed by the Senate to transmit to the House the following concurrent resolution: WHEREAS, We have learned with profound sorrow of the death of Greene Pack, one of Michigan's distinguished citizens; and WHEREAS, Recalling his successful, honorable and useful career, and remembering that he ever worked for the material advancement of his State and in the cause of good government, we sincerely mourn his death; therefore be it Resolved by the Senate (the House concurring), That we deeply deplore the death of one so well known; so universally respected; one whose i honorable business character and achievements afford a striking example of the possibilities of American manhood; and Resolved, That by his death the State is bereft of one of her worthiest sons, the business interests of Michigan lose one of their brightest and most talented representatives, whose name was a synonym for enterprise and sterling integrity; his home community loses a model citizen whose charity, generosity, good-fellowship and unassuming and genial manner endeared him to all who knew him; and from the family with whom we mourn, is taken a loving and loved husband and father. Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives be directed to forward to the family of deceased friend an engrossed copy of these resolutions; Which has been unanimously adopted by the Senate, and in which the concurrence of the House is respectfully asked. Very respectfully, DENNIS E. ALWARD, Secretary of the Senate. The question being on concurring in the adoption of the resolution, SENATE CHAMBER, To the Speaker of the House of Representatives: } SIR-I am instructed by the Senate to respectfully ask of the House the return to the Senate of the following bill: House bill No. 220 (file No. 80), entitled A bill to provide for the registration of electors prior to the election to be held on the first Monday of April in the year 1895. Very respectfully, DENNIS E. ALWARD, Secretary of the Senate. The question being on complying with the request of the Senate for the return of the bill. Mr. Place moved that the bill be taken from the table and that it be returned to the Senate in accordance with the request therefor; Which motion prevailed. THIRD READING OF BILLS. Senate bill No. 21 (file No. 27), entitled A bill to provide for the incorporation of divisions and clubs of the League of American Wheelmen; Was read a third time and passed, a majority of all the members elect. voting therefor, by yeas and nays, as follows: |