A bill to provide for the payment, widening, deepening and straightening of the channel of what is known as Mill creek in the township of Lynn in the county of St. Clair and making an appropriation therefor. Which motion prevailed. On motion of Mr. Bathey The bill was referred to the committee on Drainage. PRESENTATION OF PETITIONS. No. 800. By Mr. Anderson: Petition of F. S. Smith, M. D., Peter Reardon, James F. Hanrahan, Benj. Hill, W. A. Utzman, Henry Sharpstein, Albert Grose, Giles Barlord and 100 others of Grand Rapids asking the passage of the bill to regulate the practice of veterinary medicine and surgery. Referred to the committee on State affairs. No. 801. By Mr. Anderson: Petition of L. P. Ortman, E. O. Phillips, R. J. Ferris, J. M. Bryant, F. Polock and 65 of Grand Rapids asking for the same purpose. Same reference. No. 802. By Mr. Anderson: Petition of Geo. Hazen, Jacob Spiers, J. Braun, H. S. Johnson, John Riedel, L. H. Hanock, M. D., W. Schawolm, and 92 others of Grand Rapids for the same purpose. Same reference. No. 803. By Mr. Holmes: Petition of H. H. Hatch, A. C. Maxwell, F. F. Shepard and 52 others of Bay City for the same purpose. Same reference. No. 804. By Mr. Buell: Petition of W. H. Barr, Thomas Peck and 220 other voters and taxpayers of Michigan asking the creation of the office of dairy and food commissioner. Referred to the committee on Public health. No. 805. By Mr Newkirk: Petition of T. W. Palmer, Helen Jenkins, H. E. Spaulding, Sarah La Tour, A. A. Boutell and 25 others of Detroit asking for municipal suffrage with educational qualifications. Referod to the committee on Judiciary. No. 806. By Mr. Newkirk: Memorial of the Women's Parliamentary Class of Detroit. On demand of Mr. Newkirk, The memorial was read at length, and spread at large on the Journal, as follows: To the Members of the House of Representatives: We, the undersigned, earnestly petition your Honorable body to pass the municipal suffrage bill giving women the ballot in the cities of Michi 1893.) HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. 1731 gan with the educational qualification therein specified. And also the amendment to the Detroit charter giving municipal suffrage with an educational qualification to the women of our city. M. PAMELIA CLOUGH, Sec. MILICENT B. HATCH, Chairman. In behalf of the 44 members of the Woman's Parliamentary Class. REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES. By the committee on State affairs: The committee on State affairs, to whom was referred A bill to establish a permanent State weather service in this State co-operating with the weather bureau, U. S. department of agriculture, for the purpose of the collection and compilation of climatic and meteorologic data, the accurate and rapid dissemination of daily weather forecasts, also frost and cold wave warnings and the weather crop conditions, the same to be used for the benefit of the agricultural, commercial and scientific interests of the State, and making an appropriation therefor. Respectfully report that they have had the same under consideration, and have directed me to report the same back to the House, without recommendation, and ask to be discharged from the further consideration of the subject. E. L. KINGSLAND, Chairman. Report accepted and committee discharged. The bill was laid on the table. By the committee on State affairs: The committee on State affairs, to whom was referred House bill No. 584, entitled A bill for the more effectual prevention of cruelty to children. Respectfully report that they have had the same under consideration, and have directed me to report the same back to the House and recommend that the bill be referred to the committee on Judiciary. E. L. KINGSLAND, Chairman. Report accepted and committee discharged. On motion of Mr. Kingsland, The bill was referred to the committee on Judiciary. The committee on State affairs, to whom was referred House bill No. 693, entitled A bill to provide for the incorporation of mutual fire insurance companies. 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. E. L. KINGSLAND, Chairman. Report accepted and committee discharged. The bill was ordered printed, referred to the committee of the whole and placed on the general order. By the committee on State Prison: The committee on State Prison, to whom was referred A bill appropriating money for building, repairs, and other necessary improvements of the State Prison at Jackson. 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. G. C. GREEN, Chairman. Report accepted and committee discharged. The bill was referred to the committee on Ways and means. 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. 456, entitled A bill to amend section 6 of act No. 349 of the local acts of 1875, entitled "An act to incorporate the village of Freemont in the county of Newaygo," approved April 23, 1875. Which has passed the Senate by a majority vote of all the Senatorselect, and in which the concurrence of the House is respectfully asked. Very respectfully, DENNIS E. ALWARD, The bill was read a first and second time by its title and, pending its reference to a committee, On motion of Mr. Hilton, 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: 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 bill: House bill No. 882, entitled A bill to authorize the village of Bad Axe, in the county of Huron, to raise money by bonding the village to construct water works, And to inform the House that the Senate has amended the same, as follows: 1. By striking out of line 1, of section 3, the words "a majority” and inserting in lieu thereof the word "two-thirds." In the passage of which as thus amended 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. The question being on concurring in the amendment made by the Senate for the bill, On motion of Mr. Sparling, The House concurred, a majority of all the members elect voting therefor, by yeas and nays, as follows: The bill was referred to the committee on Engrossment and enrollment for enrollment. THIRD READING OF BILLS. House bill No. 381 (file No. 303), entitled A bill to provide a penalty for malicious injury to or use of telegraph and telephone instruments and the unauthorized reading or copying mes-. sages therefrom. Was read a third time and, pending the taking of the vote on the passage thereof, Mr. Barkworth moved to amend the bill by striking out in lines 13, 14, 15 and 16, section 1 the words "misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period of not less than ten days nor more than ninety days or by both fine and imprisonment within the limits. herein before specified, at the discretion of the court," and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "felony and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment in the State Prison for a period of not more than two years or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court." Which motion prevailed, two-thirds of all the members present voting therefor. The bill was then passed, a majority of all the members elect voting therefor, by yeas and nays, as follows: |