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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Lansing, April 19, 1881.

To the President of the Senate: SIR,-I am instructed by the House in relation to the following concurrent resolution:

Resolved (the Senate concurring), That a joint committee of three from the House and two from the Senate be appointed to report to the Legislature a plan for the distribution of Legislative Manuals, for the present session;

Which has been adopted by both houses, now to inform the Senate that Messrs. Cutcheon, Earl, and King have been appointed such committee on the part of the House.

DANIEL L. CROSSMAN, Clerk of the House of Representatives.

Very respectfully,

The President also announced the following:

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Lansing, April 19, 1881.

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To the President of the Senate:

SIR, I am instructed by the House to transmit the following bill:
House bill No. 106 (file No. 275), entitled

A bill to provive for the assessment and taxation of telegraph and telephone lines within the State of Michigan, and to repeal act No. 77 of the session laws of 1879, approved May 20, 1879;

Which has 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.

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

1. House bill No. 461 (file No. 340), entitled

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A bill to amend sections 4, 5, 9, and 11 of title 2; sections 3, 14, and 18 of title 3, and to add a new section to said title 3 to stand as section 27; sections 3 and 33 of title 4; section 12 of title 5; sections 2, 6, 8, 9, aud 16 of title 6; and section 1 of title 9, of an act entitled "An act to revise the charter of the city of Grand Rapids, being amendatory of 'An act to incorporate the city of Grand Rapids,' approved April 2, 1850, as amended by the several acts amendatory thereof," approved March 29, 1877, as amended by act No. 379 of the session laws of 1879, approved May 23, 1879;

2. House bill No. 359 (file No. 319), entitled

A bill to authorize and empower the board of control of State swamp lands to make an appropriation of swamp lands to drain certain overflowed lands in Jackson county;

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.

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The first named bill was read a first and second time by its title, and referred to the committee on cities and villages.

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

The President also announced the following:

To the President of the Senate:

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Lansing, April 19, 1881.

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SIR,-I am instructed by the House to return to the Senate the following bill:

Senate bill No. 293 (file No. 133), entitled

A bill to amend an act entitled "An act to incorporate the city of Coldwater," approved February 28, 1861, by amending sections 10 and 13 of an act entitled "An act to revise the charter of the city of Coldwater," being amendatory of an act entitled "An act to incorporate the city of Coldwater," approved February 28, 1861, as amended by the several acts amendatory thereof," approved February 17, 1873;

In the passage of which the House has concurred by a majority vote of all the members elect, and has ordered the same to take immediate effect by a vote of two-thirds of all the members elect.

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The bill was referred to the committee on engrossment and enrollment for enrollment.

The President also announced the following:

To the President of the Senate:

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Lansing, April 19, 1881.

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SIR, I am instructed by the House to transmit the following bills: 1. House bill No. 181 (file No. 317), entitled

A bill to amend section 5 of article 14, sections 1 and 2 of article 15, and repeal section 3 of article 15, and section 1 of article 16 of act number 291 of the session laws of 1877, entitled "An act to amend sections 2 and 5 of article 14, and sections 1, 2, and 3 of article 15, and section 1 of article 16, of act number 290 of the session laws of 1867, being An act to incorporate the village of St. Johns;'" and also to amend section 5 and repeal sections 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 of article 16 of said act, and to add six new sections thereto, to stand as sections 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11;

2. House bill No. 543 (file No. 347), entitled

A bill to amend section 10 of act No. 355, session laws of 1869, entitled "An act to incorporate the village of Plainwell, in the county of Allegan," approved March 26, 1869;

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 two named bills were read a first and second time by their titles, and referred to the committee on cities and villages. The President also announced the following:

To the President of the Senate:

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Lansing, April 19, 1881.

SIR, I am instructed by the House to return to the Senate the following bill:

Senate manuscript bill No. 302, entitled

A bill to amend sections 4, 15, 17, 19, 23, 40, 46, 56, and subdivisions first and fourth of section 66 of act No. 271 of the local acts of 1877, entitled "An ' act to incorporate the village of Dowagiac," approved March 24, 1877,

And to inform the Senate that the House has amended the same as follows: By striking out of the enacting section the words "and subdivisions first and fourth of section 66,"

And further to inform the Senate that the House has amended the title by striking out the words "and subdivisions first and fourth of section 66;"

In the passage of which as thus amended the House has concurred by a majority vote of all the members elect, and has ordered the same to take immediate effect by a vote of two-thirds of all the members elect.

Very respectfully,

DANIEL L. CROSSMAN, Clerk of the House of Representatives.

Mr. Ford moved that the Senate concur in the amendments made to the bill by the House;

Which motion prevailed, by yeas and nays, as follows:

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The title as amended was then agreed to.

The bill was then referred to the committee on engrossment and enrollment for enrollment.

The President also announced the following:

To the President of the Senate:

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Lansing, April 19, 1881.

SIR, I am instructed by the House to return to the Senate the following concurrent resolution:

Resolved by the Senate (the House concurring), That in recognition of the distinguished services of the late Gen. Dwight May, his portrait, presented by his wife and family, be accepted on behalf of the State of Michigan; that the same be hung in the room of the attorney general; that the thanks of the

legislature are hereby tendered to the generous donors for their munificent gift, and that a copy of the governor's special message and this resolution be transmitted to them;

In the passage of which the House has concurred.

Very respectfully,

DANIEL L. CROSSMAN, Clerk of the House of Representatives.

The concurrent resolution was referred to the committee on engrossment and enrollment for enrollment.

The President also announced the following:

To the President of the Senate:

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,

Lansing, April 19, 1881.

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

1. House bill No. 173 (file No. 293), entitled

A bill in reference to the holding of inquests on the view of dead bodies by county coroners.

2. House bill No. 65 (file No. 297), entitled

A bill to change the name of Elizabeth A. Smeltzer and Lester Smeltzer to, Elizabeth A. Taylor and Lester Taylor;

Which have passed the House by a majority vote of all the members elect and in which the concurrence of the Senate is respectfully asked.

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

The second named bill was read a first and second time by its title, and referred to the committee on state affairs.

The President also announced the following:

To the President of the Senate:

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Lansing, April 19, 1881.

SIR, I am instructed by the House to return to the Senate the following bill:

Senate bill No. 79 (file No. 162), entitled

A bill to establish an upper house in the common council of the city of Detroit,

And to inform the Senate that the House has amended the same as follows: by adding at the end of line 8, section I, the following: "but shall serve without compensation ;"

In the passage of which as thus amended, the House has concurred by a majority vote of all the members elect, and has ordered the same to take immediate effect by a vote of two-thirds of all the members elect.

Very respectfully,

DANIEL L. CROSSMAN, Clerk of the House of Representatives.

Mr. Caplis moved that the Senate concur in the amendments made to the bill by the House;

Which motion prevailed, by yeas and nays, as follows:

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The bill was then referred to the committee on engrossment and enrollment for enrollment.

The President also announced the following:

To the President of the Senate:

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,

Lansing, April 19, 1881.

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SIR,-I am instructed by the House to return to the Senate the following bill:

Senate bill No. 10 (file No. 73), entitled

A bill to amend section one of act number 429 of the session laws of 1869, entitled "An act to amend sections 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 14, 33, 36, 45, 46, 48, 49, 50, 52, 53 and 73, of an act entitled 'An act to set off and incorporate a portion of the townships of Grand Haven and Spring Lake, in the county of Ottawa, into a city by the name of the City of Grand Haven,'" approved March 16, 1869,

And to inform the House that the Senate has amended the same by striking out of section 1 all after the words "twenty-seven," in line 7, to and including the word "thence," in line 11, and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "To the channel of Grand river, thence following down said channel to a point 150 feet above the present highway and swing bridge, across Grand river, connecting the city of Grand Haven with the township of Spring Lake, thence northerly and parallel with said bridge 200 feet northerly from the north bank of Grand river, thence westerly and parallel with said channel of Grand river 300 feet, thence southerly and parallel with said bridge to the channel to the intersection of the north boundary of sections 20 and 19;"

In the passage of which, as thus amended, the House has concurred by a majority vote of all the members elect, and has ordered the same to take immediate effect by a vote of two-thirds of all the members elect.

Very respectfully,

DAN'L L. CROSSMAN, Clerk of the House of Representatives.

Mr. Farr moved that the Senate concur in the amendments made to the bill by the House;

Which motion prevailed, by yeas and nays, as follows:

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