The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-03-21

LANSING, March Is, 1879.

TRIC.S.
After considerable wrangling the fol-
lowing bill was passed in the
House, last Wednesday:
A bill to reorganize the First Fourth, Sew
enth. Thirteenth, Sixteenth, Eighteenth, Nine
teenth and Twenty first Judicial Circuits, and
to create the Twenty fourth, Twenty-fifth and
Twenty sixth Judicial Circuits
Under the provisions of the above
named bill, the changes and additions
will be thus: First Judicial Circuit,
Hillsdale and Lenawee counties; Fourth
Circuit, Jackson and Ingham; Seventh
Circuit, Shiawassee, Livingston and
Genesee; Thirteenth Circuit, Kalkaska,
Grand Traverse, Leelanaw, Antrim,
Charlevoix, Emmett and Cheboygan
Sixteenth Circuit, Macomb and Saint
Clair; Eighteenth Circuit, Bay and
Ogemaw; Nineteenth Circuit, Osceola,
Lake, Mason, Manistee and Benzie
Twenty-frst Circuit, Isabella, Midland,
Gladwin, Clare and Gratiot; Twenty
fourth Circuit (created), Washtenaw and
Monroe Twenty fifth Circuit (created),
Sanilac, Huron and Tuscola Twenty
sixth Circuit (cre lted), Roscommon,
Crawford, Otsego Missaukee and Wex-
ford.
This matter OF our Circuit judiciary is
a vexed question and perplexing one.
The Judges all contend, and Justly, too,
that 81 800 each per year is too small q
salary. On the other hand, the tax
payers say there are too many circuits
in the State, necessitating too many
Judges. / incline to the opinion that
there is some truth in what beth tax
payeA and Judges say. What the State
needs in this direction is less circuits,
more able and experienced men on the
benches and far less changes among the
Judges. With such class of lawyers
for Circuit Judges and the number of
the districts reduced, doubt not the
people would be willing to pay their
judicial servants fair salaries.
SESSIONS OF SUPERVISORS.
The Senate Wednesday morning
passed the bill to amend the law rela-
tive to the sessions of Boards of Super
visors. 1t provides that leach member
of such Board of Supervisors shall be
allowed a compensation of not exceed
ing SO per day for his services and ex-
penses, to be determined by resolution
of said board, III attending the meetings
of such board, and 6 cents for each mile
of necessary travel in going to, and re-
turning from, the place of meeting. 1t
limits the pay in Wayne, Saginaw, Mid
land and Gladwin counties to the first
fifteen days of any regular session, and
the first three days of each special ses-
sion, of which there shall be no more
than two in any che year. In commit
tee of the whole the proposition to
make the limitation general for all the
counties in the State was defeated. In
the course of the debate upon this
question the fact was brought out that
in one of the northern counties, few
years ago, the Board of Supervisors
drew pay for seventy-five days SER
vices(O.
THE LIQUOR TRAFFIC AGAIN.
BY invitation of the Legislature, Mrs.
Mary L. Lathrop, of Jackson, an able
temperance advocate and noble Chris
lluI hOIllhll, iNiUltSStd VIC luCUlDCIS
and the public, in the Hall of the House,
at the close of the session last Wednes-
day. Mrs. Lathrop took strong ground
in favor of a prohibitory liquor law
She warmly urged the members to rise
above all party considerations, honor
God, act up to the light they possess
and "dare to do right" 1t is thought
this whole matter will come before the
House some day next week, when a
sharp and bitter debate may be expect
ed Quite a large proportion of the
members of the Legislature have iden-
tilted themselves with the temperance
society.
REFORM SCHOOL FOR GIRLS.
A delegation of prominent ladies had
hearing, Tuesday, before the Joint
Committee on State Affairs in refer
ence to the proposed Reform School
for Girls. There are five bills asking
for the establishment of school Of
this class. 1t was practically settled in
the committee chat the proposed insti-
tuition should he penal III it's character
and that commitments to it should be
made by sentence of the courts; that
the age at which girls should be liable
to apprehension upon charges of
viciousness and immortality should be
placed at ii years; that the institution
should be confined to household duties
that the Board of Trustees should con-
sist of six persons, four women and two
men, chosen for terms of six years, and
so'arranged in classes that two of the
members should go out of Office each
year.
THE KERosENE-TEsT LAW.
This subject has occupied consider
able time this session. The morning
session in the House, last Thursday
was taken up with the consideration OF
the matter Profs. Kedzie, of this city
and Langley, of Ann Arbor, have al.
dressed the Legislature upon this sub.
ject, expressing views widely divergent
The oil test in this State is now 140 de.
grees, but the general sentiment is for
test of 100 degrees. Mr.. Thompson, OF
Sanilac, made strong speech in favor
of lower test He stated that Prof
Chandler, of Columbia College, holds
that oil of 100 degrees test is safe. Prof
Langley thinks that there need be nc
accidents from oil of 10 degrees test
The test of oil in the State of New
York, am told, is 10 degrees, thus re-
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