A bill to amend section 4907 of the compiled laws of 1871, relative to the supreme court;

12. House bill No. 19 (file No. 220), entitled

A bill to amend section 5179 of the compiled laws of 1871 relative to courts of chancery;

13. House bill No. 227 (file No. 210), entitled

A bill to amend section 23 of act No. 359, session laws of 1873, approved April 12, 1873, entitled "An act to amend sections 1, 7, 8, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, and 23 of act No. 90 of the session laws of 1853, entitled 'An act to amend the laws relative to supplying the city of Detroit with pure and wholesome water, and to provide for the completion and management of the Detroit water works,'" approved February 14, 1853;

14. House bill No. 185 (file No. 161), entitled

A bill to amend section (2) two, chapter (8) eight, public acts of 1881, relative to the selection of jurors to lay out highways;

15. House bill No. 381 (file No. 115), entitled

A bill making appropriations for the current expenses and for buildings, etc., for the Michigan School for the Blind for the years 1883 and 1884; 16. House bill No. 558 (file No. 276), entitled

A bill to incorporate the village of Montague, in the county of Muskegon; 17. House bill No. 508 (file No. 279), entitled

A bill to amend section 23 of an act entitled "An act to incorporate the village of Caro, in the county of Tuscola, being act No. 200 of the session laws of 1871," approved February 21, 1871;

Have made no amendments thereto, and have directed their chairman to report the same back to the Senate, and recommend their passage.

The committee of the whole have also had under consideration the follow

ing:

18. House bill No. 22 (file No. 74), entitled

A bill making an appropriation for the support of the State Public School, and making improvements at that institution;

19. House bill No. 17 (file No. 217), entitled

A bill to amend sections 5059 of the compiled laws of 1871 relative to the jurisdiction of circuit courts in chancery;

20. House bill No. 252 (file No. 173), entitled

A bill to provide for the construction and maintenance of stone or macadamized roads in Bay county;

21. House bill No. 224 (file No. 174), entitled

A bill to prevent fast driving or riding over bridges owned by counties;

22. House bill No. 221 (file No. 73), entitled

A bill relative to justices' courts in the city of Detroit;

Have made sundry amendments thereto, and have directed their chairman to report the same back to the Senate, asking concurrence therein, and recommend their passage.

The committee of the whole have also had under consideration the following:

23. Senate bill No. 16 (file No. 7), entitled

A bill to regulate the management of, and to provide for a uniform rate. for the transportation of freights upon railroads within this State, and to prevent unjust discriminations against local freights upon such roads;

Have directed their chairman to report the same back to the Senate, with the recommendation that it be laid on the table.

The committee of the whole have also had under consideration the following:

1. House joint resolution No. 13 (file No. 12), entitled

Joint resolution authorizing the Governor to issue a patent of certain lands. to Sarah E. McLain, Harriet A. Hedges, and John L. Hedges;

2. House joint resolution No. 14 (file No. 13), entitled

Joint resolution authorizing the Governor to issue a patent of certain lands to Sarah E. McLain, Harriet A. Hedges, and John L. Hedges, heirs at law of Elias W. Hedges, late of Monroe county, deceased;

Have made no amendments thereto, and have directed their chairman to report the same back to the Senate, and recommend their passage.

JAS. W. ROMEYN, Chairman.

Report accepted and committee discharged.

The first seventeen named bills and the two named joint resolutions were placed on the order of third reading of bills.

On motion of Mr. Romeyn,

The Senate concurred in the amendments made by the committee to the eighteenth, nineteenth, twentieth, twenty-first, and twenty-second named bills, and the same were placed on the order of third reading of bills.

On motion of Mr. Romeyn,

The Senate concurred in the recommendation of the committee regarding the twenty-third named bill, and the same was laid on the table.

By unanimous consent,

The Senate took up business under the order of

THIRD READING OF BILLS.

House bill No. 381 (file No. 115), entitled

A bill making appropriations for the current expenses and for buildings, etc., for the Michigan school for the blind for the years 1883 and 1884,

Was read a third time and passed, a majority of all the Senators elect voting therefor, by yeas and nays, as follows:

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

Senate bill No. 112 (file No. 155), entitled

A bill to amend section 1897 of the compiled laws of 1871, relative to compensation to the trustees of Michigan asylums, and to members of the board of education,

Was read a third time, and the question being upon its passage, pending the taking of the vote thereon,

Mr. Manwaring moved to lay the bill on the table;
Which motion did not prevail.

After a lengthy discussion on the merits of the bill,
Mr. Bliss moved that the same be laid on the table;
Which motion did not prevail.

The bill was then not passed, a majority of all the Senators elect not voting therefor, by yeas and nays, as follows:

Mr. Roost moved to reconsider the vote by which the Senate refused to

pass the bill.

Mr. White moved to lay the motion to reconsider on the table;

Which motion prevailed.

Mr. Monroe moved that immediate effect be given to

House joint resolution No. 31 (file No. 9), entitled

Joint resolution authorizing the Governor to issue a patent to George Punches for the southwest quarter of the southeast quarter of section sixteen, town four north, of range thirteen west, the same being primary school land; Which passed the Senate this forenoon;

Which motion prevailed, two-thirds of all the Senators elect voting therefor, On motion of Mr. Greusel,

The Senate adjourned.

Lansing, Wednesday, April 18, 1883.

The Senate met and was called to order by the President at 10 o'clock A. M.

Prayer by the Rev. Mr. Taylor.

Roll called: a quorum present.

PRESENTATION OF PETITIONS.

By Mr. Shoemaker: Memorial of W. B. Reid, manager for Warder, Bushnell and Glessner; F. D. Bennett, President of Central City Soap Company; and Schofield & Moe, dealers in agricultural implements, relative to the injustice of present discriminating rates on freight on railroads.

On motion of Mr. Shoemaker,

The memorial was ordered printed in the journal, and referred to the committee on railroads.

The following is the memorial:

To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan:

Your memorialists present for your consideration a portion of the schedule of rates established by the Michigan Central Railroad Company, and ask its consideration as evidence of discrimination made and injustice done the interior stations, at points where it cannot be claimed that competition is the cause of the marked difference in rates.

REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES.

By the committee on cities and villages:

The committee on cities and villages, to whom was referred

House bill No. 364 (file No. 226), entitled

A bill to incorporate the village of Emmett in the county of St. Clair, Respectfully report that they have had the same under consideration, and have directed me to report the same back to the Senate, without amendment, and recommend that it do pass, and ask to be discharged from the further consideration of the subject.

The rules were suspended, and the bill was placed on its immediate passage. It was then read a third time and passed, a majority of all the Senators elect voting therefor, by yeas and nays, as follows:

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

The President announced the following:

MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Lansing, April 17, 1883.

To the President of the Senate:

SIR,-I am instructed by the House to transmit the following:

1. House bill No. 208 (file No. 240), entitled

A bill supplementary to an act entitled "An act making an appropriation for the relief of sufferers by the great fire of 1881, in several counties of this State," approved March 11, 1882, and amendatory of section 6 of said act; 2. House bill No. 503 (file No. 258), entitled

A bill to confirm the action of the board of school inspectors of Crystal Falls township, in Marquette connty, in the formation of the several school districts in said township;

3. House bill No. 359 (file No. 261), entitled

A bill to amend section 9 of an act to provide for the incorporation of Holland Christian Reformed Churches, approved April 1st, A. D. 1881;

Which have passed the House by a majority vote of all the members elect, and by a vote of two-thirds of all the members elect been ordered to take immediate effect, and in which the concurrence of the Senate is respectfully asked.

Very respectfully,

DANIEL L. CROSSMAN, Clerk of the House of Representatives. The first named bill was read a first and second time by its title, and referred to the committee on appropriations and finance.

The second named bill was read a first and second time by its title, and referred to the committee on education and public schools and counties and townships.

The last named bill was read a first and second time by its title, and referred to the committee on religious and benevolent societies. The President also announced the following:

To the President of the Senate:

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Lansing, April 17, 1883. (

SIR, I am instructed by the House to transmit the following: