JOURNAL OF 16449 THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN. 1879. Printed by virtue of an Act of the Legislature, under the direction and supervision of W. S. GEORGE & CO., STATE PRINTERS AND BINDERS. 1879. MESSAGE FROM THE GOVERNOR. The President announced the following: To the Senate: EXECUTIVE OFFICE, Lansing, April 11, 1879. S I am directed by the Governor to return, in accordance with the request of the Senate, Senate bill No. 118, entitled A bill to amend section 1 of article 3, of act No. 198 of the session laws of 1873, entitled "An act to revise the laws providing for the incorporation of railroad companies, and to regulate the running and management, and to fix the duties and liabilities of all railroad and other corporations owning or operating any railroad in this state," approved May 1, 1873. SIR, I am instructed by the House to return to the Senate the following. bill: Senate bill No. 120, entitled A bill to make appropriation for the benefit of the Pioneer Society of the State of Michigan, for the years 1879 and 1880. In the passage of which the House has concurred by a two-thirds 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. 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 11th, 1879. S SIR, I am instructed by the House to transmit the following bills: 1. House bill No. 218 (file No. 240), entitled A bill to amend consecutive section No. 3157 of the compiled laws relating to the incorporation of literary and scientific associations; 2. House bill No. 198 (file No. 246), entitled A bill to amend section 8 of act No. 79, session laws of 1873, entitled "An act to provide for the appointment of a commissioner of railroads, and to define his powers, duties, and fix his compensation," approved April 10, 1873; 3. House bill (reprint of) No. 79 (file No. 14), entitled A bill to authorize the allowance of injunctions by circuit judges of adjoining judicial districts in certain cases; |