four hundred twenty-three of the local acts of eighteen hundred ninetyseven. But in no case shall the aggregate amount so audited and allowed exceed the sum of three thousand two hundred sixty-three dollars and seventy-six cents.

This joint resolution is ordered to take immediate effect.
Approved June 23, 1899.

[No. 21.]

JOINT RESOLUTION for the relief of Fred L. Wait, member of Company F, First Infantry, Michigan National Guard.

WHEREAS, Fred L. Wait, a member of company F, First Infantry, Michigan National Guard, while performing duty as such member on April twenty-nine, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, at the encampment of the Michigan National Guard at Island Lake, Michigan, was seriously ruptured by a fall occasioned by the caving of a bank of earth over which he was compelled to pass while at drill, and while acting under the orders of superior officers, such injury being occasioned through no fault of his; therefore be it

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That the Board of State Auditors are hereby authorized to investigate, examine into, and if they see fit, audit and allow the claim of the said Fred L. Wait. On such allowance the Auditor General shall issue his warrant in favor of said Fred L. Wait for the amount so audited and allowed, payable out of any money in the State Treasury not otherwise appropriated: Provided however, That the amount allowed shall not exceed the sum of two thousand dollars. And upon the receipt of the above mentioned amount or any part thereof allowed by the Board of State Auditors, the said Fred L. Wait shall sign a receipt in full for all claims against the State of Michigan on account of said injury. This act is ordered to take immediate effect.

Approved June 23, 1899.

CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS, 1899.

[No. 1.]

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION relative to the death of General William Humphrey.

WHEREAS, The Legislature has learned with deep regret of the death, at his home in the city of Adrian, on Sunday, the fifteenth of this month, of General William Humphrey, who had filled with distinction the offices of captain, colonel and brigadier-general in the late war of the Rebellion, and in the State, that of Auditor General, and many other offices of trust and responsibility, and

WHEREAS, We desire to express our appreciation of the ability, honesty and integrity, and our respect for the personal worth of the deceased, be it

Resolved by the House (the Senate concurring), That in the death of General Humphrey the citizens of the State of Michigan have lost one whose loyalty has ever been pre-eminent, whose integrity has never been questioned, whose life has been irreproachable, and whose devotion to his country and to his State is worthy of emulation.

Resolved, That the sympathy and condolence of the Legislature of Michigan be extended to the sorrowing family, whose affliction is much greater than ours, and whose grief can only be alleviated by Him whose sustaining arm can best support them in their irreparable loss.

Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be sent to the bereaved family and also made a part of the records of this body. Approved January 24, 1899.

[No. 2.]

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION relative to the death of Hon. Nelson Dingley, member of Congress, from Maine.

Died, in the city of Washington, D. C., January thirteen, eighteen hundred ninety-nine, Hon. Nelson Dingley, M. C. of Maine.

A great leader, scholar, patriot is dead. He was a true American, a

lover of his country. He stood always for the right, as God gave him wisdom to see the right.

He was a teacher of truth, a minister of love.

"His life was gentle, and the elements so mixed in him,

That nature might rise up and say to all the world-Here was a man."

WHEREAS, The Michigan Legislature has learned with profound sorrow of the death of that honored and distinguished son of Maine, Hon. Nelson Dingley, and

WHEREAS, His death removes a notable and honored figure in the official life of the nation and is a cause for common regret and sorrow; therefore, be it

Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That we share in the general grief of our sister State, recognize the nation's loss, and tender our sympathy to our associate in this body, Hon. E. N. Dingley, and to all members of the afflicted family, and further

Resolved, That these resolutions be spread upon the Journal and a copy be forwarded by the Secretary of State to the family of the deceased, and an additional copy be placed in the hands of our associate on this floor.

Approved January 24, 1899.

[No. 3.]

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION relative to the passage of the bill in Congress limiting the hours of service of laborers, workingmen and mechanics employed upon public works.

WHEREAS, There is now pending before the United States Senate a bill known as House bill number seven thousand three hundred eightynine for the limiting of the hours of daily service of all laborers, workingmen and mechanics, employed upon the public works of the United States to an eight-hour work day, and

WHEREAS, The passage of this measure would place our government on record as a humane government and in favor of advancing the cause of labor, as less hours give better wages, better homes and better lives. therefore be it

Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That our Senators in Congress be respectfully requested to use their earnest endeavors to secure the passage of said bill.

Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be forwarded by the Secretary of State to each of the Senators of this State.

Approved January 24, 1899.

[No. 4.]

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION asking for the naming of a Battleship after the State of Michigan.

WHEREAS, It is provided by the act of Congress, known as the Naval Appropriation Act, approved May four, eighteen hundred ninety-eight, that hereafter all first-class battleships of the United States shall be named for the States of the Union; and

WHEREAS, The name of the State of Michigan has not hitherto been recognized in the naming of the ships of the United States navy except in the case of a very small and antiquated vessel which has done duty on the great lakes since the days of the civil war; and

WHEREAS, The naming of a battleship of the navy for the State of Michigan would be a deserved and appropriate compliment on the part of the federal government to those sons of Michigan who have, in the recent war, maintained on land and sea her time-honored prestige for patriotism and valor; be it therefore

Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of Michigan (the Senate concurring), That the Senators in Congress from the State of Michigan be and are hereby requested to present to the President of the United States and to the Secretary of the Navy the request of the Legislature of Michigan, made in behalf of the people of the State, that the next battleship in construction or to be constructed, and for the naming of which no provision has already been made, shall be called the "Michigan."

Resolved further, That two copies of the foregoing resolution, duly attested by the Secretary of State, and sealed with the great seal of the State, be transmitted to the Senators in Congress from the State of Michigan, for presentation by them to the President and to the Secretary of the Navy.

Approved March 3, 1899.

[No. 5.]

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION favoring the granting of a service pension.

Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of Michigan (the Senate concurring), That the Senators and Representatives of the State of Michigan in the National Congress be requested to favor and assist in securing a fair and liberal service pension to every Union soldier, veteran of the civil war, not already a pensioner, regardless of any disability accruing from said service or since, whenever any soldier shall have arrived at the age of sixty-two years.

Approved March 7, 1899.

[No. 6.]

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION.

WHEREAS, The Legislatures of eighteen hundred ninety-five and eighteen hundred ninety-seven who ordered and provided for the publi cation of the compiled laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven are included in the regular distribution of the same; and

WHEREAS, The Legislature of eighteen hundred ninety-nine was called upon to make final arrangements relative to the binding and issue of said compilation; therefore

Resolved, (the Senate concurring), That each member of the present Legislature, who was not a member of the Legislatures of eighteen hundred ninety-five or eighteen hundred ninety-seven, shall be entitled to receive one copy of the compiled laws of eighteen hundrd ninety-seven in the distribution of the same by the Secretary of State. Approved March 21, 1899.

[No. 7.]

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION for the return of the Flag of the Fortieth North Carolina Confederate Infantry.

WHEREAS, At the battle of Bentonville, N. C., on March nineteenth, eighteen hundred sixty-five, the flag of the Fortieth North Carolina Confederate regiment was captured by the members of the Fourteenth Michigan infantry; and

WHEREAS, The said flag is now in the Military Museum of the State of Michigan, in the custody of the Quartermaster General of the State; and

WHEREAS, The surviving members of the Fourteenth Michigan greatly desire that they may be allowed to return the flag to the survivors of the Fortieth North Carolina regiment, and believing that the fraternal feeling already existing between the surviviig soldiers of the Union and Confederate armies will be greatly strengthened by such action, and loyalty to a common cause be intensified and enhanced thereby; there fore be it

Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of Michigan (the Senate concurring), That the Quartermaster General is hereby authorized and instructed to forward the flag referred to above to to G. H. Swayze, Elmira, N. Y., as the representative of the said Fourteenth Michigan regiment, to be by him presented to the survivors of the said Fortieth North Carolina regiment, or their representative, and with it to convey to the survivors of the said Fortieth North Carolina regiment the compliments of the House and Senate of the State of Michigan. and the assurance that we rejoice with them in a country united not