The true northerner., 1875-03-12
TIE LECIsLATURE

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petitions wed in the Senate for the repeal
OF the County superinterdcncy OF Schools, and both
for and against a Prohibitory Liquor Law and
favorable reports were made 10y committees on the
bills appropriating money 20 detray te expenses OF
"A Commissioner 10 supervise tho Michigan Depart
ment at the Centennial Lxhibition and making APP
preparations 10 the Agricultural College The bll
making appropriations for stone cornice 10 the new
Capitol was reconsdered and reeolnmitted The
Housc was requested 90 return the bill Tor the eEb-
lishrnont of a State Prison IN the upper peninsula.
-. The House bill amendatory of the act regulat-
ing the rafting, booming, and running OF logs was
passed.
Ho,tse-Petitions were received asking the Legisa-
ture to memorable Congress TO grant TO soldiers
5000 in lieu of 100 acres OF land The bills estab-
fishing a Superior Court at Grand Rapids. and va
eating the towns of Huron and Webster and attach
ing them 10 Portage township Houghton county !;
re-incorporating Marquette. prohibiting the use OF
coal oil In passenger cars, and authorizing Pawpaw
70 borrow SO 600 TO pay judgments against the town.
were passed.
THURSDAY. March 4.-Sen0te - Bills were
passed directing the placing of the funds arising
from the sale of Agricultural College lands to the
general fund in the State Treasury, but appropr-
ang the interest thereon 70 the support OF the COL
legc reorganZ!ug the Tenth and establishing the
Twenty first Judicial Circuit; authorizing railroad
employees to cut oYerlanging trees that endanger
the safety OF trains aad amending the act relative
10 embezZlement 10y officers of corporations.
House-A lengthy memorial was received from
the Officers of the Michigan Homeopathic
Medical Society, demonstrating against the
pavmept 10 the University OF onc-twenteth Of
mill tax, until tho Regents % that institution shall
establish two Professorships Of Homeopathy in the
Medical Department, as required by the act passed
II 1875. Numerous remopstrauces we're received
dcpreCating the proposed repeal OF the Frohibtory
Liquor law. ....A bin authorizing the appointment
OF Commissioners 10 each county, whose duty Il
shall bc to look after juvenile offenders, and 20 OBJ
fai "a e.
lilies, rather than 10 coahne thom 60 the Reform
School, passed. A long debate took place en-
the hin fixing the salaries OF the military officers of
the State, which ended in leaving The pay Of the
Adiutaut-Gcneral. QuartermastCl-Cyu yutral, and In
spector-General established at 5000 per annuln.
FRIDAY. March 5.-Stndte-The bill to pro
vide for state House Of Correction in the Saginaw
valley was ordered printed, and placed on the gen.
eral order The bill TO prevent frauds il. the mix
ing Of Michigan wheat with inferior kinds and qua-
ties was reported back by the Committee on state
Affairs, ON whose recommendation u was referred TO
the Judiciary Committee. The BIZ granting 10
sections of State lands 20 the mile, IN aid o: rail-
road to be constructed from Marquette to the Straits
OF MacluIaw, passed and was ordered to take I'M
mediate effect a joint resolution proposing an
amendment TO the Consttution, 20 repeal the
provision which prohibits the licensing Of the sale Of
liquor, was tabled. The design ~ to have all meas
ures relating to license or prohibition discussed at
one and the same time.
HoUse-Bls passed Excmpting private burial
grounds from taxation; to prevent trespasses by
hunters and trappers and amending the law relative
to Township Commissioners of Highways, as 10
REQUIRE the election OF but one instead OF three as at
present. -. The bin giving the Railroad Commi.-
sioners authority 10 regulate the height OF bridges
over railroads. was lost All the bills before the
House relating to the liquor traffic some half dozen
in number, lave been made the special order for
March %.
SATURDAY. March G.-Sndte-The House
g.oJt 90 +I,a ~,
judicial circuit, the Twcnty-frst, it being shown
that the proposed circuit had but 26oC0 people, and
would constitute the smallest circuit by far in the
State The Committee on Public Health reported
fayoraby bill 10 establish Board Of Medical
Censors. but not including the matter of midwifery,
which is not TO be controlled by the board. A bill
passed 20 pay the military called out TO suppress
a miners riot in Marquette and Montcalm counties
also, bill for the relief of rciornatory institutions,
and detachng territory from Schoocraft county and
attaching it to Marquette county
HOuse-The House, in committee Of the whole,
agreed to the bill amending the act regulating the
furnishing of dead bodies for dissection Il pro-
fvides that Supcrntendents of am-houses and
prisons shall furnish the University of Michigan,
when required, the dead bodies of persons who
would have TO be buried at the public expense,
and shall receive $l5 in each case for boxing and
preparing for shipment. Preference must al
ways be given TO the orders Of the University
.... The State Treasurer announced that unma-
tured States bonds to the amount Of $4,000 had
been bought up since the passage OF the law for
that purpose this session. The premium paid was
S3.3l3.14.....T The judiciary Committee report
ed in tavor of paying +. B. Gilbert Trustee. S2l,
44S49 the balance due for improving the navigation
of the Muskegon river. The Committees on the
University and Normal Schools reported against the
bill forbidding the State Treasurer to pay any money
to the University unless homeopathic Professors Of
Medicine are appointed, and also against The estab-
lishment OF a department OF dentistry there.
MONDAY. March 8.-Senate-The House bill
in reference TO Illuminating oils was adversely re
ported upon, and tabled &c. The House amendment
to the act establishing State agents to care for
Juvenile offenders was favorably responded TO. II
authorizes the appointment Of agents in the various
counties. who are TO exercise supervision over
neglected and abandoned children or juvenile
offenders, and to find homes for them by adoption,
if that course il deemed better than contning
them in the State Reform School. Among other
duties the State agent is to look after the well
fare of the children and, if improperly treated by
their adopted parents has authority 10 cancel the
indentures of adoption. Should the bill pass the
Senate the Governor viii appoint agents tor only
such of the more populous counties contain large
cities IA considerable number of bills were
agreed 20 in committee of the whole, among them
those appropriating money for copper roof to the
Capitol. and for exhibition OF the pomologi-
cal products Of Michigan at Chicago in june next,
and at Philadelphia ia 1876.
House-The Senate bill transferring 100000 from
the sinking to the general fund was taken from the
committee on the whole and placed on the general
order. The bill 70 reduce the NUMBER of swamp
land State Road Commissioners from three to one
passed the committee. fruitlcss effort was made
to cut down the pay from $500 TO $500 per annum.
TUESDAY, March 9.-Sendtc-The bill to re-
peal the act establishing Township Drain Commits
sioners adversely reported upon, and tabled
Bills to permit the establishment Of cooperative
stores, to appropriate $1,000 TO aid in exhibiting
Michigan productions ut the Centennial, and to
provide for the appointment by tAe Governor of
four Commissioners to supervise the same, appro-
priating 81 900 in aid of the American Pathological
Exhibition at Chicago next summer. and incorpo-
rating thovillage OF Hancock were passed.
Housc-Thc bill requiring friction matches to be
labeled poisonous was indefinitely postponed, as
was also the bill for the protection OF worknen en-
ployed in mines The bills for the transfer of the
sinking fund TO the general furd. and to reduce the
number of State Swamp Land Road Commissioners
from three 20 two, anu TO diminish their pay from
$500 TO $500 per annum, were passed.
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