The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-05-20
AT THE CAPITAL.

fcnted-Passage Of the Liquor Tax
Btii-SchOOl BOOks-PrOspects for
the New Insane Administering
suffrage Defeated.
LANSING, May IA, 1891.
Somewhat against the expectation OF both
the enemies and friends Of the Howell Com
pliation bill, the Senate received n message
from Gov. Jerome on Tuesday, notifying them
that he had
VETOED THE BILL.
He took mp the bill section by section, giving
its meaning in his own language, and summed
it all up by saying 81 understand this bill to
provide for a compilation and reprint OF the
laws within the intent and meaning of the con-
stitution. Having reached this conclu-
sion my next examination leads me to
compare its provisions with the constitutional
rules that guide the manner of providing such
compilation and reprint find the following
constitutional provision: Art. XVIII, sec.
10. No general revision OF the laws shall here
after be made. When reprint thereof be-
comes necessary the Legislature IN JOINT
convention, shall appoint suitable per-
sou to collect together such acts and parts OF
acts az are in force, and without alteration,
arrange them under appropriate heads aud til
ties. The laws 80 arranged shall be submitted
to two Commissioners, appointed 10y the Gov
ernor for examination. and, il certified by them
to be a correct compilation OF all general laws
in force, shall be printed in such manner az
shall be prescribed by law.
Holding the above views, respectfully re-
turn the bill without my signature to the house
in which 1t originated, for such further consid-
Grafton AZ the constitution provides"
The bill was tabled at the time, but was taken
up next day and passed over the veto by vote
of % yeas TO nays wo-thirds of all the mem
bers-elect OF each house being required in such
case. When the bill went back to the House
for its concurrence i'll the passage it was tabled
by vote of 90 yeas to AZ nays, the friends of
the bill voting to table it. 1t is hardly possible
that the necessary sixty seven votes can be Sc
cured to pass it over the Governors says, but
a member of the Chicago firm that were 10
have done the printing under the bill said to-
day that they only lacked four votes of enough,
ing.
The friends of this bill Cor some OF them)
say that, If they cannot have Howelps COM
pilation, and have it in the way pro-
posed by the bill, they will oppose any attempt
TO
ELECT COMPILER
as provided for III the constitution, and let
Callahan Co. publish the Howell compilation
al private enterprise-as they Will surely do
let those purchase it who can afford to do So
and let others wait another two years for the
next Legislature to act.
prohibitions DEATH BLOW
WAS given IT in the House On the 18th instant.
Since Its defeat early in the session, petitions
have come up from good many thousand
voters asking that tho amendment might be
submitted to the people in 1882, and the advo-
Gates OF the cause as well as numerous other
thousands of those who believe that petitioners
have rights that should be respected, have
hoped that the amendment might receive the
necessary two-thrds vote when 1t again comes
up for its final veI dict at the hands of this
Legislature. But this was not to be, for on the
day mentioned the House gave it its death
blow by voting yeas 81, nays 32-lacking five
votes.
THE LIQUoR-TAx BILL,
however, Jared better, and, with all the attempts
of its enemies to cut down the tax to nearly or
quito the present figures, they only succeeded
in cutting down that on beer-selers from 300
| to 5000, aud, after several long and sharply
| fought contests, the bill was finally passed by
the House on the same day the prohlbitory
amendment was killed, by vote of 62 yeas to
| 81 nays. Tho Senate concurred in the amend
ments made by the House, and the bill is thus
| disposed Of, as there Is no doubt the Governor
will sign 1t. The principal section of the bill
now reads:
SECTION 1. In all townships, cities and
villages of this State there shall be paid annu-
ally the following tax upon the business of
manufacturing, selling, or keeping for sale, by
ali persons whose business in whole or in part,
consists in selling, or keeping for sale, or man
ufacturing distilled or malt liquors, or mixed
liquors, as follows Upon the business Of sell
ing or offering for sale spirituous or intoxi-
eating liquors. or mixed liquors, by
retail, or any mixture or compound,
excepting proprietary patent medicines, which
| IN whole or part consist of splrituous or in
/ toxicating liquors, the sum OF $500 per annum;
| upon the business of selling or offering for sale
| by retail any malt, brewed or fermented liquors,
! $500 per annum upon the business OF selling
brewed or malt liquors at Wholesale, or at
f, Wholesale and retail, 5000 per annum upon
the business OF selling spirituous or intoxicat-
! ing liquors at Wholesale or at wholesale and
retail, $3.50 per annum upon the business Of
| manufacturing brewed or matt liquors for sale,
II the quantity manufactured be less than l, 500
barrels, S65 per annum, and $25 on each addi-
| tional 200 barrels or part thereof; upon the
business of manufacturing for sale spirituous
or intoxicating liquors, $500 per annum. No
| person paying tax on spirituous or intoxicat-
ing liquors under this act shall be liable to pay
any tax on the sale of malt, brewed or ferment-
ed liquors. No person paying manufacturers
tax on brewed or malt liquors, under this act,
the same.
UNIFORMITY OF TEXTBOOKS.
Senator McGurk's bill to provide for uniform
and cheaper school textbooks occupied two
sessions OF The Senate on the 18th, and when it
came up on third reading next day it was
handled rather roughly for time and then lost
by vote of yeas H. nays r. Such bill was
very strongly advocated in the Senate two years
ago, but met tue same fate. Some of us fail TO
seq why such a law would not prove blessing
to the poor man who is compelled 10 buy new
books for large family OF children every year
or two because |" the fashions have changed"
THE nEw ASYLUM
| for the insane is meeting with considerable OPP
position. not because it is not conceded that
tee State needs such additional scconmodG-
| tons as could be had from one. but simply be-
cause of the large amounts already apI ropri-
ated for all other institutions this session, and
that this appropriation, il made, calls for
100000 more. The bill was, however. passed
by the Senate on the 18th, but was afterward
reconsidered and tabled. This was not done
with a view 10 defeat the object' of tho bill,
but TO see If some plan can be agreed upon for
enlarging one or the other OF the present asy
lums. This plan has, however been reported
against by the Committees on Asylums for the
Insane and Appropriations and Finance, having
the bill IN charge.