A bill to amend section 1 of chapter 72 of the revised statutes of 1846, being compiler's section 4420 of the compiled laws of 1871, in relation to payment of debts and legacies of deceased persons, Was read a third time and passed, a majority of all the Senators elect voting therefor, by yeas and nays, as follows: A bill to amend section 1 of act No. 11, session laws of 1869, relative to interest falling due on written contracts; Was read a third time, and pending the taking of the vote thereon, Mr. Morse, a majority of the Senators consenting thereto, move to amend the bill by inserting in line 1, section 1, after "that," the following: "Section 1 of act No. 11 of the session laws of 1869, being;" Which was agreed to. The bill was then not passed, a majority of all the Senators elect not voting therefor, by yeas and nays, as follows: Pending the announcement of the vote, Mr. Read moved that Mr. Newcomb be excused from voting; Which motion did not prevail. Mr. Newcomb then voted as recorded above. Mr. Morse moved to reconsider the vote by which the Senate refused to pass the bill; Which motion prevailed. The question being on the passage of the bill, It was then passed, a majority of all the Senators elect voting therefor, by yeas and nays, as follows: The question being on agreeing to the title, Mr. Morse moved to amend the title so as to read as follows: "A bill to amend section 1637 of the compiled laws of 1871, relative to interest falling due on written contracts." Which motion prevailed. The title as amended was then agreed to. Senate bill No. 205, entitled A bill relative to deeds and conveyances imperfectly acknowledged; Was read a third time and passed, a majority of all the Senators elect voting therefor, by yeas and nays, as follows: A bill to amend section 1 of an act entitled "An act to regulate proceedings by attachment against foreign corporations in certain cases," approved April 4, 1871, being compiler's section 5519 of the compiled laws of 1871; Was read a third time and passed, a majority of all the Senators elect voting therefor, by yeas and nays, as follows: Title agreed to. Jenney, NAYS. The President called the President pro tem. to the chair. 27 0 House bill No. 166 (printed No. 73), entitled A bill to amend section 4 of chapter 163 of the compiled laws of 1871, being compiler's section 4548, relative to publication of notices of sales by executors; Was read a third time and passed, a majority of all the Senators elect voting therefor, by yeas and nays, as follows: House bill No. 124 (printed No. 82), entitled A bill to amend section 86, of chapter 178, of the compiled laws of 1871, being compiler's section 5334, relative to adjournments of civil causes in justices' courts; Was read a third time, and pending the taking of the vote thereon, Mr. McElroy, a majority of the Senators consenting thereto, moved to amend the bill by inserting before "section 86," the figures (5334); Which was agreed to. The bill was then passed, a majority of all the Senators elect voting therefor, by yeas and nays, as follows: A bill to amend section 578 of the compiled laws of 1871, in reference to the duties of coroner, Was read a third time and passed, a majority of all the Senators elect voting therefor, by yeas and nays, as follows: House bill No. 42 (printed No. 32), entitled A bill to amend section 8 of chapter 206, being compiler's number 6567 of the compiled laws of 1871, relating to surrender of corporate rights; Was read a third time and passed, a majority of all the Senators elect voting therefor, by yeas and nays, as follows: Title agreed to. Senate bill No. 206, entitled, A bill to amend section 9 of an act entitled "An act further to preserve the purity of elections and guard against the abuses of the elective franchise by a registration of the electors," approved February 14, 1859, being section 167 of the compiled laws of 1871; Was read a third time and passed, a majority of all the Senators elect voting therefor, by yeas and nays, as follows: The President resumed the chair. House bill No. 39 (printed No. 79), entitled A bill to amend sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 12 of chapter 67, being sections 2116, 2117, 2118, 2119, 2120, 2121, and 2127 of the compiled laws of 1871, relative to the destruction of wolves and other noxious animals, Was read a third time and passed, a majority of all the Senators elect voting therefor, by yeas and nays, as follows: A bill to amend section 12 of an act entitled "An act to organize Union school district of the city of Alpena," approved April 4, 1873, Was read a third time and passed, a majority of all the Senators elect voting therefor, by yeas and nays, as follows: Mr. Adair, Mr. Morse, Mr. Rankin, Tyler, Waterbury, Williams, By a vote of two-thirds of all the Senators elect, the bill was ordered to take immediate effect. House bill No. 125 (printed No. 219), entitled A bill to amend section 11 of chapter 239, of the compiled laws of 1871, as amended by act No. 189 of the laws of 1873, approved April 29, 1873, being section 7443 of the compiled laws of 1871, relative to fees of deputy sheriffs, Was read a third time and not passed, a majority of all the Senators elect not voting therefor, by yeas and nays, as follows: Mr. Freeman moved to reconsider the vote by which the Senate refused to pass the bill; Which motion prevailed. The question being on the passage of the bill, On motion of Mr. Adair, The bill was laid on the table. Senate bill No. 211, entitled A bill to define and limit the term of office of officers and commissioners, appointed by the governor, in cases not otherwise defined and limited, Was read a third time and passed, a majority of all the Senators elect voting therefor, by yeas and nays, as follows: |