The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-06-03
AT THE CAPITAL.
Final AdJourmnaent Day Fixed-Thc
OntOnagOn and Brulc River Hill
Passed by the acknowledgements
tive AppOrtiOnment- More al the
Compilation Mattcr-Sundry Refer-
encess .H..
LANSING, Nav 2s, 1881.


came up in the House on the gath for final de-
cision, that body decided that they couldn't
finish the work by the LIST of jane AZ proposed
| IN the Senate resolution, 40 u WAS amended 30
AZ to provide that June \ should 10 tho last
day for doing business (other than finishing
that now under wav), nd on the llth ut - m.
the gavel should fall Tor final adjournment.
La that amendment the Senate concurred, and
thus the stake is driven beyond which they
cannon go.
When the famous and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
oSToNAaoS AND BRULE RIVER n. n.
Land-Grant bill came up IN the House on the
18th, as indicated last week, its enemies resort
ed to their usual attempts to amend as Oppo-
nents of all bills do, and the roll was called on
It's final PASSAGE showing 50 yeas and "a nays,
with eleven members absent. The bill was de-
clared lost by Speaker Moffat, not having re-
ceiyed two-thirds of tho votes of all the mem
bers-elect. An appeal was first taken from the
rulings OF the chair, but 1t was finally decided
to withdraw that, reconsider the vote and try
again that evening to secure the necessary
slxty-seyen votes When that vote was reached,
| three more members were present, and one
! Representative Grant, changed his vote in re-
Spouse to kilograms from his constituents and
the bill went through, yeas 60, nays %. senator
Chandler, OF the Thirty-second district, who is
Chairman OF the Railroad Committee To whom
the bill IL referred, well as Senator from the
district In which most of the lands i'll question
are located, says the bill will DO reported on
Tuesday, and that 1t will surely pass
as at least twenty-three Senators are already
pledged to vote for 1t. III 10 that will dispose
of'one of the most hotly -contested matters he
fore the present Legislature. 1t the United
States Government has allowed innocent pur-
chasers Cor others) to patent any portion OF
these Iauds that were granted 10 the State of
Michigan for building railroads, and for no
other purpose, and which the General Govern
further IA N (aS will la
pretty clearly indicated If the bill finally passes)
they are able and should be very willing to re-
fund to such purchasers their money with in
terest
The House has been having lively squabble
for some weeks, through their special commit
tee on apportionment, over the
REPRESENTATIVE REAPPoRTIoNMENT,
and on the 9th the forenoon was passed
i'll the discussion III committee of the whole on
the Senate bill. All attempts to amend 1t ma
terially failed, and 1t WAS finally ordered re.
printed and placed on Its final passage, when il
will no doubt pass substantially as 1t passed
the Senate and AZ given in full ia this CORE
| spondence at that time.
THE COMPILATION QUESTION
has been AGAIN thoroughly canvaSsed in the
! House during the week, and the bill TO pro7lde
| for the collection, compilation and reprinting
| OF the general laAs OF this State, which pro-
| vides that the two houses of the Legislature
shall, AZ soon az possible after the passage of
tue bill, meet in int committee for the cleo
| ton OF compiler, who shall collect together
such acts and parts of acts are in force and
without alteration, arrange them under appro-
pirate heads an titles, with marginal notes
and digests of decisions on the same. with refer
ences 10 decisions OF the Supreme Court of this
! state and other decisions bearing upon said
acts, pursuant to the provisions of section
| iteen OF article eighteen OF the constitution
| Of this State. The Governor shall also ap-
| pouIt two Commissioners TO examine said COM
platlon and II found correct to SO certify to the
Governor. The remaining sections specify
how and in what form the PRINTING,
and binding shall be done, how the contract for
the same shall Us let, that tic compiler shall
| receive 5000 and the Commissioners $500
each, and that the books are to be sold at not
| more than 10 PER cent. above the actual cost.
which must not exceed ~ per set Of two vol
unes, having been placed Oh the order Of third
reading, was re-referred 10 the committee OF
| the whole, on the Goth. a substitute for this
WAS offered, and Is under consideration, which
Is entitled - A Dill to provide Tor supplying the
| pubic officers Of this State and other persons
with copies of a work entitled The General
Statutes Of the State OF Michigan, in Force,
with Notes and Digest of the Deci-
slonS OF tho Supreme Court Relating
Ihei eto. This bill provides that
=" the Secretary Of State shall, us soon as the
same can be prepared and published after the
! Adjournment OF the present session OF the
! Legislature. and from time TO time thereafter
| as may be needful for distribution or sale by
the State, procure such number of copies of The
general statutes of the State OF Michigan, III
force, with notes and diSeSts of the decisions
OF the Supreme Court rel ting thereto con-
piled and annotated by Andrew Howell, as
may be required for the u,e of the State and
for the supply OF and distribution to the Of
! ticers and others entitled by law TO copies of
| the puulic acts of the Legislature, and Tor sale
TO citizens OF the State. If the State snail
choose TO keep the same Tor sale" 1t further
provides that 1t shall also include all the
laws p ssed ut the present session, that the
State shall pay not 10 exceed 80 per set of two
volumes, thai they shall be re dy for delivery
within one year that $40 09J-bond shall be
given TO the State within fifteen days after the
! bill shall become law, etc. IL /, claimed that
this purchase would b. III line with the pur-
chase Of Judge Green's work ON township Off
GERS and their duties, which the Governor re-
| Gently approved and that he would not there
fore veto this, rs ne did the original Howell
bill. Ii is not quite certain yeC which, or that
either one of the bulls above alluded to, will
pass.
sUSDRY REFERENCES.
No one need fear to remain in Michigan for
at least two years, as there Is no possibility that
they will be changed by the neck until they
are dead" the Senate having, on the 26lh. III.
definitely postponed the further consideration
! OF WyCkohs bi for the restoration of capital
punishment which the House succeeded in
passing on the 18th by 56 yeas to 81 HAYS.
1t il generally understood now that the diff
ferences between the champions of the Union
Depot bill for Detroit, and the transit railway,
witch were alluded to in our last, have been i'd
justed by the sale by the latter
company OF the land needed for the
depot and grounds, for S2lG.975 Ii
this is true, it is the KEY to the solution of an
other matter that promised ut one time to cal
ont unpleasant results in either event. and will
necessarily spare the Legislature much time
and trouble.
Petitions a king for the passage OF the Senate
bill for the location and erection OF an add
tional insane asylum, are beginning TO te sent
| ~, the Board OF Trustees of tho Kalamazoo
Asvlum having 80 petl;ioncd.
Detroit very properly comes in for her share
OF legislation, al she ought, with her popula-
ton OF about one-ffte nth OF the whole State.
Both hous.s have ju,t passed one bill to repeal
an act relating TO n public park for said city,
Iud another amending certain section OF the
ehaiter proper, relative to the Board of Alder
men, etc.
The bill "for the establishment Of a depart
ment OF eclectic medicine at he University of
Michigan" occupied quite part of the time OF
Ill. Ert.1 FIR.