The House took up the order of

THIRD READING OF BILLS.

House bill No. 207, entitled

A bill authorizing the Hamtramck & Warren plank road company to discontinue a part of their 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.

Mr. Cady moved that the House adjourn ;

Which motion did not prevail.

Senate bill No. 114, entitled

A bill to authorize the transfer of certain unexpended bal

ances of appropriations heretofore made for the "Soldiers' National Cemetery," at Gettysburg, and for the "Antietam National Cemetery,"

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. 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,

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. 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,

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 adjourned.

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Lansing, Thursday, March 20, 1873.

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

Prayer by Rev. Mr. Crosby.

Roll called: quorum present.

Absent without leave: Messrs. Caplis, Howard, Scott, and Warren.

Mr. Lamb asked and obtained leave of absence for Mr. Howard for the day.

Mr. Pierce asked and obtained leave of absence for Mr. Scott for the day.

PRESENTATION OF PETITIONS.

By Mr. Shaw: Petition of O. Johnson and 28 others, that the word "male" may be stricken out of the constitution. Also: Petition of A. R. Bell and 80 others, for the same purpose;

Referred to the committee on State affairs.

By Mr. West: Remonstrance of A. Sturtevant and 74 others, against the passage of the bill amending the charter of the village of St. Joseph;

Referred to the committee on municipal corporations.

The following is the remonstrance:

To the Honorable the Legislature of the State of Michigan : The undersigned, inhabitants of the townships of Benton and St. Joseph, in the county of Berrien, having been informed that a bill is now pending before your honorable body, providing for a new charter of incorporation for the village of St. Joseph, in said county, and that said bill extends the boundaries of said village so as to include all the territory between it and the village of Benton Harbor, in said county, most earnestly and respectfully remonstrate and protest against the passage of said act, unless amended, and against the said extension of the said boundaries of the village of St. Joseph, for the following, among many, reasons, to wit: