By a vote of two-thirds of all the members elect, the bill was ordered to take immediate effect.

House bill No. 320, entitled

A bill to provide for using the unexpended swamp lands appropriated for the improvement of the Grand Rapids and Muskegon State road by act number 238, of the session laws of 1863, for the purpose of improving said road in the townships of Egleston and Muskegon, in the county of Muskegon, Was read a third time, and, pending the taking of the vote on the passage thereof,

Mr. Holt moved to amend the bill by adding the following at the end of section 1: "same being two sections of land;" also, by adding the following to stand as Sec. 2:

"SEC. 2. Phillip Bussing is hereby appointed commissioner for that part of the Grand Rapids and Muskegon State Road lying and being in the townships of Muskegon and Egleston, with all the rights, powers, and privileges, and subject to all the penalties, restrictions, and liabilities contained in an act

entitled 'An act to provide for laying out a State road from Grand Rapids to Muskegon Lake,' approved March 19, 1845, and in the act herein before mentioned; and the said Philip Bussing is hereby authorized to carry into effect the provisions of this act;"

Which motion prevailed.

The bill was then passed, a majority of all the members elect voting therefor, by yeas and nays, as follows:

The title was amended by adding thereto the words "and

for the appointment of a commissioner on said road."

The title, as amended, was then agreed to.

On motion of Mr. Holt,

By a vote of two-thirds of all the members elect, the bill was ordered to take immediate effect.

Mr. Adams, unanimous consent being granted, offered the following:

Resolved, That hereafter all bills which have been read through and considered in committee of the whole, shall be read by their titles only on the order of third reading, unless the House shall otherwise order;

Which was not adopted.

House bill No. 323, entitled

A bill to provide for the laying out, establishing, and constructing a State road in the county of Alcona, and appropriating certain non-resident highway taxes therefor, to be known as the Pine River State road,

Was 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.

House bill No. 325, entitled

A bill to detach certain territory from the county of Tuscola, and to attach such territory to the county of Lapeer, Was read a third time and not passed, a majority of all the members elect not voting therefor, by yeas and nays, as follows:

A bill to amend sections 1, 2, 3, 5, and 8, of act No. 125, of the session laws of 1869, being an act entitled "An act to revise and consolidate the several acts relating to the protection of game, and for the better preservation of elk, deer, birds, and wild fowl," approved April 3, 1869,

Was read a third time, and, pending the taking of the vote on the passage thereof,

Mr. Ferris moved to amend the bill by inserting in line 3 of recited section 2, before the word "December," the words "fifteenth of;"

Which motion did not prevail.

The bill was then passed, a majority of all the members elect voting therefor, by yeas and nays, as follows: