REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES. The Committee on Game Laws, by Mr. Barnaby, Acting Chairman, reported Senate bill Nos. 10-144 (file No. 157), entitled A bill to revise and amend the laws for the protection of game and fish; With certain amendments thereto, recommending that the amendments be concurred in, and that when so amended, the bill pass. The report was accepted and the committee discharged. The question being on the adoption of the amendments to the bill recommended by the committee. The amendments were adopted. The bill was then referred to the committee of the whole and placed on the General Order. MESSAGES FROM THE GOVERNOR. A message was received from the Governor announcing the approval, on May 7, of the following bills and joint resolution: House bill No. 193 (file No. 114, enrolled No. 228), entitled A bill to amend Section 98 of Act No. 206 of the Session Laws of 1893, being "An Act to provide for the assessment of property and the levy and collection of taxes thereon and for the collection of taxes heretofore and hereafter levied; making such taxes a lien on the lands taxed, establishing and continuing such lien, providing for the sale and conveyance of lands delinquent for taxes, and for the inspection and disposition of lands bid off to the State and not redeemed or purchased; and to repeal Act No. 200 of the Public Acts of 1891, and all other acts and parts of acts in any wise contravening any of the provisions of this act," being Section 3921 of the Compiled Laws of 1897, as amended by Act 262 of the Session Laws of 1899; House bill No. 43 (file No. 153, enrolled No. 229), entitled A bill to provide for the care and preservation of cemetery lots; House bill No. 201 (enrolled No. 231), entitled A bill to provide for the disposition by the board of control of State swamp lands of the lands unearned in carrying out the purpose of Act No. 169 of the Public Acts of 1897; House bill No. 680 (file No. 117, enrolled No. 232), entitled A bill to amend Section 142 of Act No. 206 of the Session Laws of 1893, being "An Act to provide for the assessment of property and the levy and collection of taxes thereon and for the collection of taxes heretofore and hereafter levied; making such taxes a lien on the lands taxed, establishing and continuing such lien, providing for the sale and conveyance of lands delinquent for taxes, and for the inspection and disposition of lands bid off to the State and not redeemed or purchased; and to repeal Act No. 200 of the Public Acts of 1891 and all other acts and parts of acts in any wise contravening any of the provisions of this act," being Section 3961 of the Compiled Laws of 1897, as added by Act 229 of the Session Laws of 1897; House bill No. 139 (file No. 145, enrolled No. 233), entitled A bill to define and perfect the title to certain State tax homestead House bill No. 919 (enrolled No. 234), entitled A bill to authorize the Township of Whitney in the County of Arenac, House bill No. 244 (file No. 204, enrolled No. 235) entitled A bill making an appropriation for the Michigan State Agricultural House bill No. 918 (enrolled No. 236), entitled A bill to authorize the Township of Au Gres in the County of Arenac, House bill No. 372 (file No. 112, enrolled No. 238), entitled A bill making appropriations for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1904, House bill No. 312 (enrolled No. 240), entitled A bill to reincorporate School District No. 1 of the City of Ann Arbor; House joint resolution No. 804 (file No. 110, enrolled No. 241), entitled House bill No. 1001 (file No. 181, enrolled No. 245), entitled A bill to fix responsibility for making permanent improvements to House bill No. 148 (file No. 61, enrolled No. 246), entitled A bill making appropriations for the Michigan Reformatory at Ionia, House bill No. 1156 (enrolled No. 247), entitled A bill to amend the title and Sections 1 and 2 of Act No. 104 of the Public Acts of 1899, entitled "An Act for the protection of fish in the Kalamazoo River and its tributaries in the Townships of Saugatuck and Manlius in the County of Allegan;" House bill No. 366 (file No. 87, enrolled No. 249), entitled A bill to amend Section 5 of Act No. 200 of the Public Acts of 1897, entitled "An Act to incorporate societies for the study of literature, for general culture and for educational and philanthropic work," the same being Sections 8178 to 8182, inclusive, of the Compiled Laws of 1897; House bill No. 55 (file No. 184, enrolled No. 251), entitled A bill to amend Section 4 of Act No. 147 of the Public Acts of 1891, entitled "An Act to provide for the election of a county commissioner of schools, for the appointment of school examiners, and to define the duties and fix the compensation for the same, and to repeal all existing acts or parts of acts conflicting with the provisions of this act," being Section 4811 of the Compiled Laws of 1897; House bill No. 626 (enrolled No. 252), entitled A bill to provide for the appointment of a stenographer of the probate court for the County of Wayne, to prescribe his duties and provide for his compensation and to repeal Act No. 133 of the Public Acts of 1889; House bill No. 1046 (enrolled No. 258), entitled A bill to amend Act No. 281 of the Local Acts of 1901, being "An Act to provide for the control by the board of supervisors of Jackson county of certain classified index or abstract books, and for the making and maintenance thereof and for the use thereof by the public;" House bill No. 128 (enrolled No. 261), entitled A bill to authorize the City of Grand Rapids to borrow a sum of money not to exceed $150,000, and to issue the bonds of the city therefor for the purpose of meeting the expense of improving and covering the so called West Side Big Ditch, and converting the said West Side Big Ditch into a sewer along its present location, and establishing a pumping station at its mouth, in anticipation of the collection of assessments and taxes to defray the expense and cost thereof. The following message from the Governor was received and read: Executive Office, To the Speaker of the House of Representatives: A bill to amend Section 2 of Act No. 389 of the Local Acts of 1873, entitled "An Act to prevent the destruction of fish in Reed's Lake and Fisk Lake, in the Township of Grand Rapids, in the County of Kent," as amended by Act No. 278 of the Local Acts of 1897. The Speaker announced that the bill would be re-transmitted to the Senate in accordance with its request therefor, to which the House had already acceded. MESSAGES FROM THE SENATE. The following message from the Senate was received and read: Senate Chamber, To the Speaker of the House of Representatives: Sir-I am instructed by the Senate to return to the House the following bills: House bill No. 269 (file No. 158), entitled A bill to amend an act, entitled "An Act to provide for the formation of corporations for the purpose of owning, maintaining and improving lands and other property kept for the purpose of summer resorts or for ornament, recreation or amusement, and to repeal all laws or parts of laws in conflict herewith," approved June 4, 1897, being Sections 7618 to 7638, inclusive, of the Compiled Laws of 1897, by adding two new sec tions thereto to be known as Sections 23 and 24; House bill No. 484, entitled A bill to amend Sections 5, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 21 and 22 of an act, entitled "An Act to create a board of water commissioners in the Village of Marquette, and to define its powers and duties," approved March 2, 1869, being Act No. 243 of the laws of Michigan of the year 1869; House bill No. 920, entitled A bill to authorize and empower the City of South Haven in the County of Van Buren, and State of Michigan, to raise or borrow money and issue bonds therefor, not to exceed fifty thousand dollars, with which to purchase a site for a park and for the improvement thereof in said City of South Haven; House bill No. 827, entitled A bill to amend Section 15 of an act, entitled "An Act supplemental to the charter of the City of Detroit, and relating to parks, boulevards and other public grounds in said city, and to repeal Act No. 374 of the Local Acts of 1879, entitled 'An Act to provide for the establishment and maintenance of a broad street or boulevard about the limits of the City of Detroit and through portions of the Townships of Hamtramck, Greenfield and Springwells, in the County of Wayne,'" approved May 21, 1879, as amended; House bill No. 592, entitled A bill to amend Section 3 of Chapter 1 of Act No. 390 of the Local Acts of 1885, and the amendment thereto, entitled "An Act to amend and revise the charter of the City of Port Huron," approved June 17, And to inform the House that the Senate has passed said bills, and has ordered the same to take immediate effect. The bills were referred to the Clerk for printing and presentation to the Governor. The following message from the Senate was received and read: Senate Chamber, To the Speaker of the House of Representatives: Sir-I am instructed by the Senate to return to the House the following bills: House bill No. 254 (file No. 60), entitled A bill to amend Act No. 57 of the Public Acts of 1899, entitled "An Act to provide for the protection of the health, lives and interests of the coal miners of Michigan and to provide for the inspection of all coal mines in this State," by adding a new section thereto, to stand and be known as Section 11 of said act; House bill No. 357 (file No. 191), entitled A bill making appropriations for the Upper Peninsula Hospital for the Insane at Newberry, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1904, for building and special purposes, and to provide a tax to meet the same; House bill No. 117 (file No. 206), entitled A bill making appropriations for the Michigan Asylum for the Insane at Kalamazoo for building and special purposes for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1904, and to provide a tax therefor; House bill No. 727 (file No. 219), entitled A bill to authorize the formation of corporations for the purpose of buying, selling, exchanging, improving and dealing in all kinds of real estate; And to inform the House that the Senate has passed said bills. ELBERT V. CHILSON, The bills were referred to the Clerk for printing and presentation to the Governor. The following message from the Senate was received and read: Senate Chamber, To the Speaker of the House of Representatives: Sir-I am instructed by the Senate to return to the House the following bill: House bill No. 120 (file No. 266), entitled A bill to provide for expenses necessary to furnish official information from the records of the Adjutant General's office, for which no pro |