The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-02-25

was rccomrmtteu- Inc rouowlng passed on
third reading To amend an act TO enlarge the
powers and duties Of Deputy SherifRs TO pro-
vide for the sale Of lands by executors In GER
tain cases to amend section IL, article Of the
constitution relative to the Clerk Of the Su-
preple Court; To require the holders Of un-
recorded deeds to record tho same to
reincorporate Benton Harbor = detaching
Cleon from Wexford county and attaching the
same TO Manistee county TO provide for the
disposal OF unclaimed moneys in the hands Of
executors for an appropriation Tor repairing
the steps OF the new Capitol for the sale or
lands by executors in certain cases /; to amend
the charter OF East Saginaw. The Committee
on the Liquor Traffic reported the JOINT reso-
luton for amending the constitution with
amendments, and IL was ordered printed and
placed on the general order. The amend
ment places the sale of liquors in
the hands of regularly appointed
State officials A concurrent resolution was
adopted providing for new fountains in this
Capitol grounds. Bills introduced To amend
the charter OF East Saginaw for the appoint
ment OF an Assistant Attorney General for a
commission TO prescribe methods Of keeping
and auditing accounts at State con-
the support Of the State Public School;
to protect the people from empricism and
quackery appropriating $4,000 for the State
Normal School in reference to County School
Examiners, interest on educational funds, and
to provide for graded schools amending the
law with reference to the Detroit House of Cor
rection amending the laws relating to judg-
ments III criminal cases in reference to the
support Of wives and children in Detroit.
HoUsK.-The House al 50 had tilt at pro-
hibition amendment to the constitution, which
it il proposed to submit TO a vote Of the peo
pie. The following bills were introduced To
establish Justice Court system In Grand Rap
ids; amending the law relative to legacies
amending the charter OF the schools OF Grand
Rapids extending the limits of De-
troit to establish department OF
theology at Michigan University; fixing
the amount Of attorneys fees on mortgage
foreclosure; repeating section $500, relative
to Circuit Court Commissioners for the form
alton of associations Of members Of the bar
organizing the town of Garfield, Schoolcraft
county for the protection OF cranberry
marshes /; for recharteiing Burr Oak amend
ing the law relative to offenses against prop
erty; to provide for the punishment Of con-
firmed criminals relative to disorderly per-
sons; relative to marriage; to license
persons to drink spirtuous liquors amend
ing the laws relative TO interest on money
permitting the Detroit water works to supply
water to residents OF adjoining towns for the
formation Of electric light companies amend
ing the act regarding the incorporation Of Will
ages; regulating widows right Of dowry in
the personal property of her husband regard
ing railroad companies; TO provide for safety
at railway switches and crossings. The fol ow-
ing bills were passed on third reading
Repeating the law relative to lighthouses
amending the laws relative to general
and special election detaching territory from
Little Traverse and attaching the same to Bear
Creek changing the name of Lincoln to West
Standieh detaching territory from Littlefield
and attach ng it to Maple River. A resolution
instructing the Committee on Judiciary to re-
fNnrt han n ha Hnnaa IN oil
matters referring to the compilation Of the
laws was adopted. The bill transferring ST.
Mary's ship canal to the United States was
passed.
SATURDAY, Feb. 19.-SENArE.-The business
in the Senate consisted almost entirely of the
introduction Of bills The last day for the in-
PRODUCTION OF bills is Feb. %, and. in conse-
quence OF the near approach OF that date,
there is q rush Of measures in both houses.
The following are the most important intro
duced Authorizing Hastings to appropriate
certain moneys TO the payment OF in
debtedness on the High School amend
ing the laws relative to damages
for trespass amending the law relative to the
Chippewa and Mackinaw county boundaries (;
amending section 81 Of the mining laws IN
relation to the organization Of the military
forces for the regulation OF certain State in
stitutions to amend the laws for the appoint
Uneut Oh n DOaTQ Oh COMMISSIONER ptudl.
pauper and reformatory institutions amend
ing the act establishing State Prblic School (;
to divide the State into Congressional districts;
to provide for the appointment Of Superin-
| tendent to consolidate and revise the laws re-
| lating to the management Of the State Library;
to empower townships to assess taxes for the
| opening and Improvement OF highways to
provide for the reassessment of taxes on part
paid lands in certain cases for grant Of
swamp lands to drain overlooked lands in Pa
vilon Kalamazoo county. The following bills
passed on third reading Appropriating money
| Tor the Agricultural College turning over the
! st. Marys Falls ship canal to the General Gov
eminent incorporating Worthwhile ; reincor-
porating Howell.
HoUsE.-Bills were introduced To protect
brook trout and grayling in Oceana county rel
alive to disorderly persons; defining who is
authorized to impound animals relative to
offenses against the lives of individuals; amend
ing the act relative to habeas corpus for the SER
vice of civil process on nonresident defendants;
| appropriating money for the State Normal
| School a joint resolution authorizing the pub
ication Of the book, Michigan in the War !"
! relative to injuries T; to ratify and confirm the
action Of the Board OF Control in disposing of
certain lands north and south Of the railroad
from Port Huron to Flint; for the apportion-
| ment Of Senators and Representatives in the
State Legislature revising the act relative to
trees along highways.
| MONDAY, Feb. 21.-SENArx.-TheL Legislature
occupied itself almost entirely with the intro
duction OF new bills. The last day for the in
PRODUCTION of bills is Feb. 20, the constitutional
| limit Of fifty days from the opening Of the ses-
sion. Following arc some Of the principal bills
introduced For penalty for wil!ful discrim-
nation in the assessment of property amend
ing the laws relative to summary proceedings
to recover lands consolidating and amending
the acts for the preservation OF game
amending the laws relative to proceed
ing against debtors by attachment fix
ing the per diem OF members from
the Upper Peninsula dividing the State into
ten Congressional districts regulating the sale
Of liquors to minors and intoxicated persons,
and to provide remedy az ainst persons selling
liquor to husbands or children for the protec-
ton OF children to provide for the placing on
sale OF the Detroit and Milwaukee railroad
land repeating the act establishing House of
Correction at Jackson; relative TO Probate
Registers; appropriations for general ex-
penses OF the State for 1882; for
the incorporation Of railroads, construction
of union depots, and to maintain and operate
railroads to afford access to other railroad COM
panies ; providing for the greater security OF
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