Petition No. 580. By Mr. Newton: Petition of Wm. E. Stevenson and 15 other citizens of Washtenaw county, in favor of the initiative and referendum. The petition was referred to the Committee on Judiciary. Petition No. 581. By Mr. Taylor: Petition of Jesse R. Cropsey and 56 other citizens of Vicksburg, in favor of the passage of House bill No. 383, relative to the regulation of the liquor traffic. The petition was referred to the Committee on Liquor Traffic. Petition No. 582. By Mr. Putney: Protest of F. H. Greene and 5 other druggists of Sanilac county, against certain provisions of the Vaughan bill for the regulation of the liquor traffic. The protest was referred to the Committee on Liquor Traffic. MOTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS. Mr. Kline moved that when the Senate adjourn today, it stand adjourned until tomorrow at 9 o'clock a. m. The motion prevailed. Mr. Kline moved that when the Senate adjourns tomorrow, it stand adjourned until Monday, April 10, at 9 o'clock p. m. The motion prevailed. Mr. Taylor offered the following resolution: Whereas, by statute, the steam railroads of this State whose gross passenger earnings per mile per year amount to twelve hundred dollars or more are now prohibited from charging to exceed two cents per mile passenger fare; and Whereas, under similar laws and conditions the railroads in the State of Indiana, a state bordering on Michigan, are by law prohibited from collecting in excess of two cents per mile; and Whereas, the Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad Company, operating in both the States of Michigan and Indiana, now charges on intestate fares in excess of two cents per mile, thereby imposing a rate of fare upon passengers who have travelled from Michigan into Indiana in excess of the rate charged in both states. Therefore be it Resolved by the Senate, (the House of Representatives concurring) That the Michigan Railroad Commission be and is hereby authorized to immediately take such steps as shall require the Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad Company to reduce its interstate fares to two cents per mile, and that said Commission is requested to, if necessary, lay this situation before the Interstate Commerce Commission or to take such other legal steps as will cause the Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad Company to reduce its interstate fares to two cents per mile in either direction. The question being on the adoption of the resolution, The resolution was adopted. Mr. James arose to a question of PERSONAL PRIVILEGE And stated he was temporarily absent from the Senate Chamber yesterday at the time the vote was taken on concurring in the amendment made to Senate bill No. 269 (file No. 251), the so-called Home Rule bill, which amendment struck from the bill the power of cities to recall all elective officers; that he was the member of the Committee on Cities and Villages that cast the deciding vote to report the bill to the Senate for consideration, and that had he been present yesterday when the vote was taken to concur in the amendment to strike this feature from the bill, he would have voted "nay," believing that cities should have the power to insert in their charters the recall provision. Senator Kingman entered the Senate Chamber and took his seat. REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES. By the Committee on Finance and Appropriations: The Committee on Finance and Appropriations reports A bill to provide a tax to meet the amounts disbursed by the State for the current expenses of the Michigan State Prison, the State House of Correction and Branch Prison in the Upper Peninsula and the Michigan Reformatory. With the recommendation that the bill pass. WILLIAM H. BRADLEY, Chairman. The report was accepted and adopted and the committee discharged. The bill was referred to the committee of the whole and placed on the general orders. By the Committee on Liquor Traffic: The Committee on Liquor Traffic reports A bill to amend section 15 of Act No. 207 of the Public Acts of 1889, entitled "An act to prohibit the manufacture, sale, keeping for sale, giv ing away or furnishing of vinous, malt, brewed, fermented, spirituous or intoxicating liquors, or any mixed liquors or beverages, any part of which is intoxicating, and to prohibit the keeping of any saloon or other place for the manufacture, sale, storing for sale, giving away or furnishing of such liquors or beverages, and to suspend the general laws of the State relative to the taxation and regulation of the manufacture and sale of such liquors in the several counties of this State under certain circumstances; to authorize the qualified electors of the several counties in this State to express their will in regard to such prohibition by an election and to authorize and empower the boards of supervisors of the several counties, after such election, if they shall determine the result to be in favor of such prohibition, to prohibit the manufacture, sale, keeping for sale, giving away or furnishing of the same within their respective counties; and to provide for penalties and rights of action in case of its violation," the same being section 5426 of the Compiled Laws of 1897, as last amended by Act No. 170 of the Public Acts of 1903; With the following amendment thereto : By adding to section 15 the following further proviso: Provided, further, That every such person, partnership, or corporation so owning or leasing a brewery in said county shall keep a record of all sales made containing the name and address of the purchaser, and the amount and character of the goods sold, which record shall be open to the inspection of the police officers and prosecuting attorney of said county at all times, and be it Further provided, That such person, partnership or corporation shall not knowingly sell or furnish any malt, brewed, fermented or intoxicating liquors to any person or persons to be sold, given away or furnished in violation of law. Recommend that the amendment be concurred in but without recommendation as to its passage. WILLIAM H. BRADLEY, Chairman. The report was accepted and adopted and the committee discharged. Mr. Bradley moved that the Senate concur in the amendment made to the bill by the committee. The motion prevailed. Mr. Newton moved that the bill be referred to the committee of the whole and placed on the general orders. The motion prevailed. By the Committee on Liquor Traffic: A bill to prescribe the form and manner of service and the cancellation of notices required under the general liquor laws of this State, forbidding the giving away, selling or delivering of malt, brewed, fermented or vinous liquors to certain persons; With the recommendation that the bill pass. WILLIAM H. BRADLEY, Chairman. The report was accepted and adopted and the committee discharged. The bill was referred to the committee of the whole and placed on the general orders. By the Committee on Counties and Townships: House bill No. 322 (file No. 176), entitled A bill to amend section 14 of Act No. 156 of the Public Acts of 1851, as amended by Act No. 36 of the Public Acts of 1909, same being section 2487 of the Compiled Laws of 1897, and relating to the organization, vacation, division or alteration of townships; With the recommendation that the bill pass. JAMES A. MURTHA, Chairman. The report was accepted and adopted and the committee discharged. The bill was referred to the committee of the whole and placed on the general orders. By the Committee on State Affairs: The Committee on State Affairs reports Senate bill No. 382 (file No. 354), entitled A bill to regulate the operation of billiard and pool rooms outside of incorporated cities and villages; With the recommendation that the bill pass. F. B. KLINE, Chairman. The report was accepted and adopted and the committee discharged. The bill was referred to the committee of the whole and placed on the general orders. By the Committee on Judiciary: The Committee on Judiciary reports Senate bill No. 102 (file No. 92), entitled A bill to promote the general health and welfare of the people of this State by providing compensation for accidental injuries or death of workmen arising out of and in the course of employment in hazardous industries; to define such industries; to provide a method for determination of the amount of such compensation; and to restrict the right to compensation or damage in such cases to such as are provided by this act; And Senate bill No. 172 (file No. 161), entitled A bill to promote the general health and welfare of the people of this State by providing compensation for accidental injuries or death of workmen arising out of and in the course of employment in certain hazardous industries, and to prescribe the conditions and procedure governing the determination of the amount and the payment of such compensation; With the accompanying substitute therefor, having the following title: A bill to promote the general health and welfare of the people of this State by providing compensation for accidental injuries or death of workmen arising out of and in the course of employment, and to prescribe the conditions and procedure governing the determination of the amount and the payment of such compensation; Recommend that the substitute be concurred in, and that the bill as substituted, pass. CHAS. E. WHITE, Chairman. The report was accepted and adopted and the committee discharged. Mr. White moved that the Senate concur in the substitute recommended by the committee. The motion prevailed. Mr. White moved that the bill as substituted be ordered reprinted and that it be made a special order for Tuesday, April 11, at 2:30 o'clock p. m. The motion prevailed. The following is the substitute: A bill to promote the general health and welfare of the people of this State by providing compensation for accidental injuries or death of workmen arising out of and in the course of employment, and to prescribe the conditions and procedure governing the determination of the amount and the payment of such compensation. The People of the State of Michigan enact: Section 1. If any employe to whom this act applies shall receive personal injury by accident arising out of and in the course of his employment, his employer shall, subject as hereinafter mentioned, be liable to pay compensation to the said employe in accordance with the provisions of this act; provided that the employer shall not be liable in respect of any injury to the workman which is caused by the wilful carelessness of the workman, or in whole or in part by intoxication from the use of liquor or drugs or by any breach of any statutory regulation by that workman. This act shall apply to all industries, trades and occupations except domestic service and agricultural industries, provided the workman who is injured and his employer or employers shall have elected according to section 3 of this act to come under the provisions of this act. Sec. 2. Nothing in this act shall effect the liability of the employer to a fine or penalty under any other statute. Sec. 3. Every employer desiring to be subject to the provisions of this act and to be entitled to the privileges and advantages therein shall file notice of such election with the Commissioner of Labor and shall deliver to each of his workmen notice in writing to the effect that he accepts the provisions of this act. The filing and delivery of such notices shall constitute an acceptance and operate to subject such employer to all the provisions of this act until such time as he shall give notice to the contrary to each of his said employes and to the Commissioner of Labor. Sec. 4. Any employe as a part of his contract of hiring shall be deemed to have accepted and to be subject to the provisions of this act, if at the time of the accident on which liability is claimed; (a) The employer charged with such liability is subject to the provisions of this act; (b) At the time of entering into his contract of hire, express or implied, with such employer, such workman shall not have given to his employer notice in writing that he elects not to be subject to the provisions of this act. Or in the event such contract of hiring was in force at the time the employer elects to become subject to the provisions of this act, such workman shall remain in the service of such employer for thirty days after the employer so becomes subject to this act without giving such employer notice in writing that he elects not to become subject to the provisions of this act. |