Printed by virtue of an act of the Legislature, under the direction and supervision of ROBERT SMITH PRINTING CO., STATE PRINTERS AND BINDERS 1898 SENATE. Tuesday, March 22, 1898. Pursuant to a proclamation issued by the Governor, Hon. Hazen S. Pingree, calling an extra session of the Legislature, the Senate of the State of Michigan convened in the Senate Chamber of the Capitol, in the City of Lansing, this 22d day of March, 1898, at 12 o'clock M., and was called to order by Hon. Thomas B. Dunstan, Lieutenant Governor and President of the Senate. On invitation of the President of the Senate, religious exercises were conducted by Rev. Fred George Cadwell, pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Lansing. The President directed the Secretary to call the roll of the Senate. The roll was then called by the Secretary, Charles S. Pierce, and the following Senators answered to their names: Barnard, Barnum, Blakeslee, Bostwick, Campbell, Colman, Flood, Forsyth, Hadsall, Holmes, Hughes, Jibb, Latimer, Lawrence, Loomis, Maitland, Mason, Merriman, Moore, Mudge, Prescott, Robinson, Savidge, Teeple, Thompson, Wagar, Wagner, Warner, Westcott, Youmans. The following named Senators were absent: Covell, Preston. Mr. Barnum entered a formal protest against the calling and recording of the name of George G: Covell as Senator from the 27th District on the ground that since the adjournment of the regular session of this legislature Mr. Covell has been appointed to a federal office, basing his protest on section 6 of article 4 of the Constitution of the State of Michigan, which reads as follows: Section 6.—No person holding any office under the United States [or this State] or any county office, except notaries public, officers of the militia and officers elected by townships, shall be eligible to or have a seat in either house of the Legislature; and all votes given for any such person shall be void. The protest was ordered entered on the Journal. Mr. Colman entered a formal protest against the calling and recording of the name of Arthur D. Hughes as Senator from the 15th district on the ground that since the adjournment of the regular session of this Legislature Mr. Hughes has removed from said 15th district, basing his |