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Mr.. Sawyer introduced bill relating to
! tramps. The bill defines q tramp a. person
going about from place TO place subsisting on
charity and provides that when q tramp
receives assistance from the authorities
be fined sl0, or thirty days in Jail that when a
tramp shall enter dwelling house or other
building and kindle fires against the consent of
the owners between May and Dec. 1, or shall
be found carrying fire. arms, he MAJ be fined
sloO, or given two years In prison; that tramps
or clothing by threats, shall get from one to
five years in prison. The act is not to apply to
persons under IL years of age, or females, or
blind persons. Bills passed Asking Con-
gress FOR an appropriation to build light
house on Whales Back point to prevent the
destruction and expectation Of deer; asking
Congress for an appropriation for the harbor
OF refuge at Mackinaw; to amend law relative
to Ann Arbor school
SATURDAY, Jan. 25.-SENATE Bills were in
troduced: BY Mr.. Palmer, TO enable the Super
animated Preachers Aid Society of the Meth
odist Episcopal Church to hold it's annual
meeting at the session of the conference of said
church; by Mr. Amber, 10 amend San act to
provide for the payment of the salaries of the
thoiize boards Of supervisors Of counties toap-
point probate registers 10 authorize boards
OF supervisors of counties 10 appoint assistant
prosecuting attorneys; by Mr.. Moore, to amend
an act relative to Circuit Courts; to incorporate
the village of Columbiaville, in the county of
Lapcer. Bills passed: To amend an act rela-
tive 10 plank roads: TO amend an act relative to
elections other than for militia and township
officers. Mr.. McElroy presented petition
asking that the law be amended 30 as
to more effe!.ctualy protect creditors: -
favorably bill to prevent quackery by com
polling physicians to have diplomas from State
medical societies of the respective schools OF
medicine, the diplomas to be recorded In the
office OF the County Clerk. and providing pun
lshment for heving bogus diplomas. Senator
Weir's bill abolishing toll-gates on plank roads
In city limits passed.
HOUSE. In committee of the whole, joint
resolution was introduced asking for the aboli-
ton of polygamy. The Committee on State
Affairs reported adversely on Sawyer's tramp
bill and several other bills of the same charac-
ter. Referred to the committee of the whole.
=. Bills passed.: Incorporating the village OF
Manchester, Washtenaw county; amending the
law relative to the affidavits OF per-
sons i'll other States and counties, which
shall be valid and regular when authenticated
by court having seal, or by commissioner,
notary public, or justice; to amend the law
relative TO forcible entries and detainers;
amending chapter 2lS relative to foreclosure OF
mortgages by advertisement; joint resolution
to- prevent the adnlteration Of sugar;
bill relative to establishing water courses
and locating bitches or drains; relative to
issues of fact in courts Of chancery 49,.
Bills introduced: For the appointment OF in
spectors Of boilers and stationary engines; to
punish corruption at primaries and elections;
by Mr.. McGurk, relative to Justices fees in
criminal NV Mr. rQIatiVq
turns and summoning jurors; by Mr.: Hamil-
ton, relative to Incorporating the village of
Constantine; by Mr.. Miller, to limit pay of SUI
pervisors on special meetings; by Mr.. May, to
vacate the township of sherman, in Wexford
county, and attach to Springwells, Antioch,
Hanover and Wexford, in Wexford county; by
Mr.. Littell, as to time of statement of account
of County Treasurers to Auditor General; by
Mr.. Barnes, relative TO the appraisal Of estates
OF wards; by Mr.. Shattuck, relative to incorpo-
ration of railroad companies and amendments
thereto; by Mr.. Chase, for tax on dogs; by
Mr.. Iudington, against the killing Of elk in the
State; by Mr. Pailthorp, relative 10 manning,
catching or killing pigeons. "A JOINT resolu-
ton was introduced by Mr.. McNabb relative to
polygamy in the United States. The Commit
tee on the University reported that the total
disbursements in the University account since
the formation of the institution were u, 52l 1877.
MONDAY, Jan. 27.-SENArE.-The following
bills were introduced: By Mr.. Huston, to regu-
late attorneys and solicitors fees in mortgages,
and on the foreclosure of the same; by Mr..
Childs, to amend an act concerning churches
and religious societies, establishing uniform
rules for the acquisition, tenure, control,
and disposition of property conveyed or
dedicated for religious purposes by Mr..
Brown, to authorize the county of Kalama-
zoo to raise money by taxation to
buy and improve grounds for agricultural
fair purposes; by Mr.. Bell, to amend an act
granting and defining the powers and duties of
Incorporated villages; by Mr. Chamberlain, re-
lating to the support of the poor by townships;
by Mr.. Huston, to amend an act relating to
courts held by Justices of the Peace also, to
amend an act to incorporate the village of Vas
sar relative to entry fees in the CircuitCourts.
This body consumed much time in committee
of the whole
HoUsE.-Bills were introduced: By Mr.. Fer
guson, to prevent dissemination Of the disease
known as yellowsfn peach trees; by Mr.. Turck,
for surveying and establishing section corners
Of unsurveyed lands also, relative to primary
schools; by Mr.. Moulton, relative to conduct OF
elections aud canvassng and declaring the re-
suit. Bills passed: To incorporate the vii
lago of Petoskey City; to amend an act relative
to Justices courts; to authorize the allowance
of injunctions by Circuit Judges of adjoining
districts in certain cases.