ABSTRACT of Reports of Stock Insurance Companies, Organized under the Laws of the State of Michigan, for the Year 1868, as Returned to the Office of the Secretary of State. SIR-I am instructed to return to the House the following bills: 1. House bill No. 40, entitled A bill to legalize the terms of the circuit courts in the counties composing the twelfth judicial circuit, for the years 1865 to 1868, inclusive; 2 House bill No. 24, entitled A bill relating to interest upon installments falling due upon written contracts; In the passage of which the Senate has concurred by a majority vote of all the Senators elect. Very respectfully, HENRY S. SLEEPER, Secretary of the Senate. The bills were referred to the committee on enrolled bills, for enrollment. The Speaker also announced the following: SENATE CHAMBER, Lansing, February 16, 1869. To the Speaker of the House of Representatives: SIR-I am instructed by the Senate to transmit the following bills: 1. Senate bill No. 75, entitled A bill to amend an act entitled "An act to incorporate the village of Ionia," approved February 17, 1865; 2. Senate manuscript bill, entitled A bill to detach certain territory from the township of Otisco, in Ionia county, and attach the same to the township of Keene, in the same county; 3. Senate manuscript bill, entitled A bill to repeal act No. 430, of the session laws of 1867, approved March 25, 1867; Which have passed the Senate by a majority vote of all the Senators elect, and by a vote of two-thirds of all the Senators elect, been ordered to take immediate effect, and in all of which the concurrence of the House is respectfully asked. Very respectfully, HENRY S. SLEEPER, Secretary of the Senate. The bills were read a first and second time by their titles, and On motion of Mr. Smith, The rules were suspended, and the bills were placed on the order of third reading. The Speaker also announced the following: SENATE CHAMBER, To the Speaker of the House of Representatives: SIR-I am instructed to return to the House the following bill: House bill No. 32, entitled A bill to provide for the incorporation of the "Father Matthew Total Abstinence Benevolent Societies;" In the passage of which the Senate has concurred by a majority vote of all the Senators elect, and has ordered the same to take immediate effect by a vote of two-thirds of all the Senators elect. Very respectfully, HENRY S. SLEEPER, Secretary of the Senate. The bill was referred to the committee on engrossment and enrollment, for enrollment. The Speaker also announced the following: SENATE CHAMBER, To the Speaker of the House of Representatives: } SIR-I am instructed to return to the House the following bill: House bill No. 20, entitled A bill to authorize the construction of a draw-bridge across the Menominee river, in Menominee county; In the passage of which the Senate has concurred by a majority vote of all the Senators elect, and has ordered the same to take immediate effect by a vote of two-thirds of all the Senators elect. Very respectfully, HENRY S. SLEEPER, Secretary of the Senate. On motion of Mr. McKernan, By a vote of two-thirds of all the members elect, the bill was ordered to take immediate effect. The bill was then referred to the committee on engrossment and enrollment, for enrollment. The Speaker also announced the following: SENATE CHAMBER, To the Speaker of the House of Representatives: SIR-I am instructed to return to the House the following joint resolution: House joint resolution No. 2, entitled Joint resolution asking for a grant of $50,000 in money, to deepen St. Mary's Falls ship canal; In the passage of which the Senate has concurred, by a majority vote of all the Senators elect. Very respectfully, HENRY S. SLEEPER, Secretary of the Senate. The joint resolution was referred to the committee on engrossment and enrollment, for enrollment. |