Also: By striking out in section 119, the first two lines, and all in line 3 up to and including the word "city;"

Which was agreed to.

The bill was then 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.

Senate bill No. 155, entitled

A bill to enable the village of New Baltimore, in Macomb county, to erect a school-house from moneys given or devised to the same for that purpose,

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.

On motion of Mr. Cady,

The House took a recess until 2 o'clock this afternoon.

AFTERNOON SESSION.

2 o'clock, P. M.

The House met and was called to order by the Speaker.

Roll called quorum present.

The House took up the order of

REPORTS OF SPECIAL COMMITTEES.

The select committee appointed to examine the bills on the general order, and report such as may be placed on the order of third reading, recommend that the committee of the whole be discharged from the further consideration of the following bills:

1. Senate bill No. 88, entitled

A bill to amend section 2087 of the compiled laws of 1871, being section 1 of an act entitled "An act to prevent fishing with seines and pound or trap-nets in the small inland lakes and streams in the State of Michigan," approved March 11, 1865;

2. Senate bill No. 104, entitled

A bill to repeal act No. 186 of 1871, entitled "An act directing the Secretary of State to provide the electors of this State with uniform ballots on constitutional amendments," approved April 17th, 1871, being section 196 of the compiled laws of 1871;

A bill to authorize the transfer of certain unexpended balances of appropriations heretofore made for the Soldiers' National Cemetery at Gettysburg, and for the Antietam National Cemetery ;

4. House bill No. 207, entitled

A bill authorizing the Hamtramck and Warren Plank Road Company to discontinue a part of their road;

5. House bill No. 220, entitled

A bill to provide for the appraisal and sale of the balance of section 16, in town 2 north, of range three west, in the county of Eaton;

6. House bill No. 223, entitled

A bill to legalize the proceedings of the townships of Tawas and Grant, in Iosco county, in aiding in the construction of the Tawas City and Grant plank road;

7. House bill No. 225, entitled

A bill to amend an act entitled "An act to incorporate the village of New Buffalo," being act No. 419 of the session laws of 1869, and to add a new section thereto;

8. House bill No. 243, entitled

A bill to authorize a Board of Public Works in and for the city of Port Huron;

9. House bill No. 261, entitled

A bill to amend an act entitled "An act to incorporate the village of Midland City," approved April 3d, 1869, and acts amendatory thereto;

10. House bill No. 263, entitled

A bill to provide for the laying out and constructing a State road in the county of Lapeer, State of Michigan, and making an appropriation of non-resident highway taxes to aid in constructing the same.

J. K. LOCKWOOD, Chairman. Report accepted and committee discharged.

On motion of Mr. Shaw,

The committee of the whole were discharged from the consideration of the several named bills, and they were placed on the order of third reading.

The committee on private corporations, leave being granted, reported as follows:

The committee on private corporations to whom was referred House bill No. 172, entitled

A bill to authorize mining and manufacturing corporations and associations to amend their certificates of organization,

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.

J. CAPLIS, Acting Chairman. Report accepted and committee discharged.

The bill was referred to the committee of the whole, and placed on the general order.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS,

Being the consideration of the following:

Resolved, (the Senate concurring), That the Legislature of Michigan recognizes with satisfaction and pleasure the fact that both of its Senators and two-thirds of its Representatives in Congress voted against the measure whereby the 42d Congress, against the public sense of propriety and right, increased the salaries of its members at the end of their term of service.

Mr. C. W. Watkins moved to amend the resolution by adding thereto the following:

"And that we denounce, and hereby express our condemnation of the action of Representatives Sutherland and Stoughton, in voting for such increase of salaries."

Mr. Caplis moved to lay the resolution and amendment on the table;

Which motion did not prevail.

The question being on agreeing to the amendment,

Mr. Caplis demanded the yeas and nays.

The demand was seconded and the amendment was not

agreed to, by yeas and nays, as follows: