The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-03-10

rtam Nominations and COnf1rm1-
lions.
LANSING, March 6, 1882.
At the time Of our last letter the House was
deeply and earnestly interested In the consider
alton Of the Tax bill In committee OF the whole.
Thus was kept up day after day, and constant
ly to the exclusion almost Of any o her bust
ness until, on the I'd inst, after a sol weeks
work, the bill WAS brought to its final passage
and passed that body by a vote Of yeas 80, nays
Is, and was ordered to take immediate effect.
When the bill reached the Senate O strong at
tempt was made to refer 1t at once 10 the COM
mittee Of the whole instead OF TO committee,
as is usually done. This attempt failed,
however, and the bin was referred to tho
special committee on taxation, with instruo-
tons to report by the evening OF the 9th
(MoDday). This will bring the bill before
tho Senate for consideration In committee Of
the whole on the 7tb, and it Is expected, judg-
ing from the speed the House made In its con-
sideration, that II will be gone carefully over,
all intended or needed amendments Or any,
made, and the ball passed by the time this
reaches its readers-or before the close Of the
week ut the farthest- The bill is too long aud
complicated to admit Of its publication, or even
OF any extracts or summary. When 1t shall
have finally passed both houses, and become o
law by virtue Of the Governors signature you
may possibly care 10 publish 1t, but not till
then
THE FIRE RELrEY Bull
passed the Senate on Wednesday, by vote OF
yeas 81, nays Monotone Senator being absent
1t passed substantially as reported in our last,
and appropristes S250,0O0 to be used in "furn-
ishing subsistence either in provisions or money
to the sufferers by tue great fire Of 1881, in San
lac, Tuscola, Huron, and other counties affected
thereby; in furnishing subsistence for teams OF
said sufferers during seed time /; in procuring
seed for spring crops for said sufferers, and in
paying taxes for the year 1881 of said sufferers,
and in reimbursing those who have already paid
their taxes for that year." II also appropriates
S15 900 TO be used IN assisting to rebuild the fifty
school houses burned in the counties named
This makes an appropriation of $685., 200, yet
when we remember that 1t will call for o tax OF
only 16 cents upon each person in the State,
and of only 80 cents upon each head OF o
family, we think no right-thinking man or
woman will complain. Qnite an effort was
made by some III the Senate, and We under
stand that tue same effort Is to be made in the
House, to rike out the item OF $4,000 for
aiding in rebuilding the school-houses. This
Will hardly be accomplished, as most members
feel that the education OF the children Is the
salvation OF the State and nation, and that it ia
as much the duty of the State to provide food
ate locality IA food and clothing for their
bodies. The bill will pass the House substan-
.ially as 1t passed the Senate. IL provides for
The assessing and collecting Of $l25, 00a OF tho
amount III 1892 and Sl40,O in 1888
CONGRESSIONAL nEAPpoRTIoNMrNr
was supposed to be the rock upon which all
committees and all sections OK the state would
split, and even yet it isn't Mt all certain that
the bill for dividing the State into eleven in
stead Of nine Congressional districts will got
safely through both houses during the coming
week, Notwithstanding o bill If the kind was
passed by the Senate on the Sd. The bill
was reported (not very unanimously by the
Senate special committee or two Senators from
each of the nine present Congressional districts
on Thursday, ordered printed and referred to
the committee Of the whole. Friday IT
came up for consideration, was passed TO third
reading with no material amendments having
been made, but then the trouble began. 1t
was not generally supposed that 1t would be
forced to its third reading before the next
week, by which time constituents could have
been heard from, but all unexpectedly 1t was
crowded along, several amendments made
to it and then the roll-caii ordered on its final
passage. no member making any effort to delay
the vote until the next week, was supposed
would be the case, and the bill passed by q vote
OF yeas %. nays s. those voting no being Sena-
tors Ambl r, And, us, Fitzpatrick, Tooker and
isiactlon i'll the Senate, and IN the House, where
il now goes, will very likely fare very roughly.
The following Is tho full text OF the bill, as
passed
SECTION /. The people Of 0Ie safe Of Micl,i.
qdn enact, That this State shall be divided INTO
eleven Congressional districts pursuant TO
ratio OF representation fixed by an act or Con-
press, for the year eighteen hundred and
,ilbty-two (l8S2). for the appOrtioning anew
the Representatives. among the several States,
and each district shall be entitled TO elect one
preventative the districts to be constituted OF
the several countess and numbered as fellows.
to-wis:
comfy OF Wayne.
2. The Second district shall consist OF the
counties OF Monroe, Lenawee. Hlllsdale and
Washtcnaw.
3. The Third district shall consist of the
counties of Jackson, Calhoun, Branch, Barry
and Eaton
4. The Fourth district shall consist of the
counties OF Berren, Cass, ST. Joseph, Kalama-
ZOO and Van Buren,.
5. The Fifth district shall consist OF the
counties of Allegan, Kent, Ottawa and Iona.
6. The Sixth district shall consist of the
counties OF Livingston, ngham, Oakland, Shi-
awassee and Genesee.
7. The Seventh district shall consist of the
counties Of Macomb, st. Clar, Sanilac, Lapeer,
Tuscola and Huron.
y. The Eighth district shall consist of the
counties OF Montcalm, Grstiot, Saginaw and
Clinton.
8. The Ninth district shall consist of tho
counties OF Bay. Midland, Isabella, Mecosta,
Osceola. Clare, Gladwin, Missaukee, Recon
mon, O,emaw, Iosco. Altoona, Oscoda, Craw-
ford, Otsego Montmorency, Alpena- Pressure
Isle, Cheboygan and Emmett
10. The Tenth district shall consist of the
counties of Muskegon. Oceana, Newaygo, Lake.
Mason, Manstee, Wexford. Benzie, Grand
Traverse, Leelanaw, Antrm Kaikaska, Charlie
voix and Manitou..
IL. The Eleventh district shall consist Of the
counties Ill the Upper Peninsula, viz. counties
Of Mackinac, Chippewa, Schoolcraft Delta,
Menominee, Marquette, Houghton, Baraga,
Keweenaw. Isle ROYAL and Ontonagon.
ADDITIONAL SHOPS AT IONA.
Both houses have passed and the Governor
has approved one b.n, Iappproprlating $4,000
for bui. ding additional workshops at the State
House OF Correction and Ref ormatory at Ionia,
thus providing for the employment OF those
convicts that cannot now be kept ut work for
want Of room in the present shops.
AID FOR THE SCHOOL Fob THE BLIND.
In the closing hours oil the last session the
Odd Fellows Institute and grounds in this city
we're purchased by a bill passed at that time a.
perm ineut site for the School for the Blind,
but no appropriation was made for making the
necessary improvements TO fit the building for
the use for which IL was purchased. In accord
ernors special message both houses have now
n y