Which motion prevailed. The question being on the passage of the joint resolution, On motion of Mr. Gibson, The same was laid on the table. House bill No. 320 (file No. 205), entitled A bill to provide for the discharge of chattel mortgages, and the punishment for the refusal or neglect to discharge the same, 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. 216 (file No. 194), entitled A bill to authorize the formation of incorporations of associations of members of the bar, Was read a third time, and, pending the taking of the vote thereon, By unanimous consent, Mr. Shaw moved to amend the bill by striking from section 1, line 1, the word "twenty" and inserting "fifteen;" Which motion prevailed, and the bill was so amended. The bill as amended was then 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. 282 (file No. 170), entitled A bill to regulate the business of co-operative and mutual benefit associations within this State; Was read a third time, and pending the taking of the vote thereon, By unanimous consent, Mr. Caplis moved to amend the bill by adding to section 20 the following: Provided, That no association organizing under this act shall have authority to issue a certificate of membership until such association has obtained sufficient applications for membership that one assessment at its schedule rates upon such members as will pay to the beneficiary of any deceased member at least one-fourth the face value for which such certificate is issued; that no association now organized or may hereafter organize shall have authority to continue to do business, when there are not enough members in such association in good standing, that one assessment upon its members at its schedule rate, or by funds set aside for that purpose, will not pay one-fourth the face value of any certificate that may mature by death; that any officer or trustee who shall conceal or fail to report the true condition of such association as provided in this section shall pay a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars and be confined in the county jail until such fine is paid, not to exceed six months; Which was not adopted. The bill was then 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. By unanimous consent, The committee on cities and villages submitted the following report: House bill No. 461 (file No. 340), entitled 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, and 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, 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. Report accepted and committee discharged. JAMES CAPLIS, Chairman. The bill was referred to the committee of the whole, and placed on the general order. By the committee on engrossment and enrollment: The committee on engrossment and enrollment report, as correctly enrolled, signed, and presented to the Governor, the following: Senate manuscript bill No. 302, entitled A bill to amend sections 4, 15, 17, 19, 23, 40, 46, and 56 of act No. 271 of the local acts of 1877, entitled "An act to incorporate the village of Dowagiac," approved March 24, 1877; Also, Senate bill No. 188 (file No. 99), entitled A bill to fix the per diem of members of the State Legislature from the Upper Peninsula for and during the session of 1881; Also, Senate bill No. 79 (file No. 162), entitled A bill to establish an upper house in the common council of the city of Detroit; Also, Senate joint resolution No. 26 (file No. 8), entitled Joint resolution to provide for the exhibition of the horticultural and pomological productions of this State at the exhibition of the American pomological society, to be held in Boston in 1881. Report accepted. On motion of Mr. Farr, E. T. LOVELL, Acting Chairman. UNFINISHED BUSINESS. The further consideration of Senate bill No. 193 (file No. 172), entitled A bill to regulate the sale of spirituous, malt, brewed, fermented and vinous liquors, to prohibit the sale of such liquors to minors, to intoxicated persons, and to persons in the habit of getting intoxicated, to provide a remedy against persons selling liquor to husbands or children in certain cases, and to repeal all acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith, Was made a special order for Thursday, April 28, at 10: 15 A. M. Mr. Rose asked and obtained indefinite leave of absence for himself on account of business engagements. On motion of Mr. Farr, The Senate adjourned. Lansing, Thursday, April 21, 1881. The Senate was called to order by the President at 10 o'clock A. M. Prayer by the Rev. Benjamin Franklin. Roll called: a quorum present. Absent without leave: Senator Goodwin. Mr. Kilpatrick asked and obtained indefinite leave of absence for Mr. Goodwin on account of sickness. PRESENTATION OF PETITIONS. By Mr. Russell: Petition of 119 citizens of Kent county, for the submission of a prohibitory amendment in 1882; By the same: Petition of 57 others of Kent county, same object. The petitions were referred to the committees on constitutional amendments and liquor traffic jointly. REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES. By the committee on fisheries: The committee on fisheries, to whom was referred House bill No. 228 (file No. 272), entitled A bill to protect brook trout and grayling in the county of Oceana, Respectfully report that they have had the same under consideration, and have directed me to report the same back to the Senate, with amendments thereto, recommending that the amendments be concurred in, and that the bill when so amended do pass, and ask to be discharged from the further consideration of the subject. Report accepted and committee discharged. A. BUTTARS, Chairman. The Senate concurred in the amendments made to the bill by the committee. The bill was then referred to the committee of the whole, and placed on the general order. By of the committee on public lands: The committee on public lands, to whom was referred Senate joint resolution No. 8 (file No. 7), entitled Joint resolution authorizing the commissioner of the State Land Office to issue a certificate of purchase of a lot in the city of Lansing to the Lansing Library and Literary Association, Respectfully report that they have had the same under consideration, and have directed me to report the same back to the Senate, with amendments thereto, recommending that the amendments be concurred in, and that the joint resolution when so amended do pass, and ask to be discharged from the further consideration of the subject. Report accepted and committee discharged. A. BUTTARS, Chairman. The Senate concurred in the amendments made to the joint resolution by the committee. The joint resolution was then re-referred to the committee of the whole, and placed on the general order. By the committee on public lands: The committee on public lands, to whom was referred House joint resolution No. 31 (file No. 23), entitled Joint resolution authorizing the issuing of a patent to William H. Thayer for certain school lands in Berrien county, 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. Report accepted and committee discharged. A. BUTTARS, Chairman. The bill was referred to the committee of the whole, and placed on the general order. By the committee on public lands: The committee on public lands, to whom was referred House bill No. 414 (file No. 285), entitled A bill to authorize the board of control of State swamp lands to make an appropriation of State swamp lands to aid in the construction of a State road from Manistee to Bear lake, via Portage Lake, all in Manistee county, 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. Report accepted and committee discharged. A. BUTTARS, Chairman. The bill was referred to the committee of the whole and placed on the general order. By the committee on public lands: The committee on public lands, to whom was referred 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, Respectfully report that they have had the same under consideration, and a majority of the same 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. Report accepted and committee discharged. A. BUTTARS, Chairman. The bill was referred to the committee of the whole, and placed on the general order. By the committees on public lands and canals and river and harbor improvements jointly: The committees on public lands and canals and river and harbor improvements jointly, to whom was referred House bill No. 550 (file No. 262), entitled A bill to appropriate State swamp lands to aid in dredging and otherwise improving the Ontonagon river and harbor, and for the purpose of reclamation and drainage, Respectfully report that they have had the same under consideration, and have directed us 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. A. BUTTARS, Chairman of Public Lands. JOHN GREUSEL, Chairman of Canals and Harbor and River Improvements. Report accepted and committees discharged. The bill was referred to the committee of the whole, and placed on the general order. By the committee on the judiciary: The committee on the judiciary, to whom was referred Senate bill No. 72, entitled A bill to amend sections 1, 4, and 5 of act number 244 of session laws of 1879, entitled "An act for the collection of damages sustained by reason of defective public highways, streets, bridges, crosswalks, and culverts," approved |