The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-02-16

obtain certificates of safety Of halls etc. from the
proper authority.
HoUsE.-Biils and resolutions were passed a. fol
lows: Joint resolution No. g. amending joint reso-
luton No. 81 of me session laws OF 1875 authorizing
the Board Of State Auditors 10 audit and nav the
claims of the non-commissioned officers and mus-
clans OF the 5th, 9th and It'll regiments of Michigan
volunteer infantry for services rendered In the
month Of August, 1861 joint resolution No.
., asking Congress- for an appropriation to
construct lighthouse the point of
Little Traverse harbor, in the county OF Emmett:
joint resolution No. q, relative TO fisheries in waters
within the Jurisdiction In part of different States
and British provinces; bill 10 amend sections 144
and las Of chapter 49, being $50 and 1871 of the COM
piled laws Of 1871 relative to the courts Of Chancery:
also bill TO provide for the purchase of books for
the State Library, and bin TO provide for the in
corporation Of lodges of Knights OF Pythias.
SATURDAY, Feb. 1O-SESArE-A large por-
ton Of the days session occupied, in committee
Of the whole ON n bill making appropriation for
the current expenses of the State Normal
School. An amendment was offered by Mr. Perrin
10 reduce tho amount from S1s,3OO ~ s14, 500 he
fayoring economy In all branches of the service -
Joint resolution was received from the House ask
ing senators and Members in Congress to use all
honorable means for an appropriation from the
United States to build lighthouse at Stannard's
Rock, Lake Superior. The rules were suspended
and the resolutions passed.
IIoUsE.-Tbe House passed bill to amend sec
HDUN 100, dnu LOO Oi act lD5 session laws OF
1870, entitled can act to provide for a uniform as
sess,ncnt Of property" and for the collection and
return OF taxes thereon, being compilers sections
No. I,I19, 1,I21, and 1,122 compiled laws of 1911
90. A bill 10 amend section As of chapter 49, being
section Dat Of the compiled laws of 1871 relative 10
alienation by deed and the proof and recording of
cOnyeyances and the canceling of mortgages was
passed
MONDAY, Feb. REORGANIZATION were
presented from the State Grange asking for lower
legal rates OF interest, and for stringent Usury
laws. The following bills were passed To amend
sections and of article a. and sections and of
article 10 OF act number 30 of the session laws of
1851 being an act 30 incorporate the village of st.
Johns; to amend section As of chapter
15l of the Revised Statutes Of fsi6,
being section 1850 Of the compiled laws
OF 1871 relating to maliciously injuring houses or
other buildings, etc. to amend section of chapter
5o of the compiled laws OF 1871, being compicr's
section 94 relating the observance of the first
day of the week. The latter measure provides that
"no person shall keep open his shop, warehouse or
workhouse, or shall do any manner of labor, bust
ness, or work, exceps only works of necessity and
charity, and the making of mutual promises of mar
rage and the solemnizaron thereof, or be present
at any dancing or at any public diversion, show
entertainment, or take part in any sport, game, or
play the first day OF the week and every person
offending shall be panished by fine not exceed
ing $40 for each onense.
HoUsE.-Ten petitions and five bills were present.
cd Most of the time spent in committee of
the whole.
TUESDAY, Feb 1a-SESATE were
received complaining OF the defective accommodation
OF the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern railroad.
Bills were read prohibiting betting the results
of political nominations, elections and appointments.
IA resolution adopted inviting c. T. wilbur,
OF Jacksonville, H., to lecture before
troduced providing for the punishment
Of persons convicted of concealng relatives who
guilty Of crime appropriatng $4,000 annually for
the school of mines at the university Ellis
passed changing the names of the Frye family
amending the charter Of the city of St. Johns sup
Elementary to- an act entitled act for the
agement of agriculture, manufactures and the me-
chanic arts, approved March 16, 1S49.
HoUsE.-several petitions relating to local matters
were presented and referred -. Bills were intro
duced TO prevent and punish DEMONSTRATING pro-
vding for tne enlargement of DEGREES in cases of
alimony; providing that persons convicted
of libel sha be pInished by fine Of not less
than sf00, more than 81 900, by Imprisonment in
States prison not less than one nor more than five
years, or both by hne and imprisonment. Bills
passed adding territory to Jordan township,
Antrim county providing that no attorney shall be
allowed TO act al bondsman in civil cases. when pro
fcssiorally Interested.