Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-04-19

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sented were the same as on preceding days
The Senate reconsidered and laid on the table
the following bills, which were lost on their
final passage: To protect the rights Of labor
ers; to provide for marking and branding live
| stock. The bill to protect the rights OF labor
ers was again taken up and lost onits final vote
| The bill amending the law relative TO conveyance
of lands by infants, idiots, lunatics, and other
incompetents, pending its passage, was re-
| ferred back to the committee on the judiciary.
| The following were tabled for further considera-
| ton: Amending act 1856 Of 1877, relating to
courts and powers of certain judicial officers;
| ceding certain lands now owned by the state TO
| the city OF jackson; making grant of state
lands to remove obstruction In Cass river, SAM
| lac county. The Senate passed bills relative to
prosecutions and suits for libel; to provide for
the establishment of wills during the lifetime of
testators; Incorporating Portland; amending
| sec. 626 Z. H. relative to removals from Office.
HoUsE.-The usual number of petitions were
| presented after which the House went into
committee Of the whole, and spent nearly the
entire day in this manner
SENATE, April 10-Petitions were re-
ceived In favor Of the passage of bill to amend
the charter of the village of st. Joseph for the
prevention OF unjust determinations in railroad
| freight rates; for the prohibition of exactions
| from farmers who ship grain of extra weight
| for waste or shrinkage; for favorable action on
the Blacker bill, House bill 100, In the interest
of the laboring classes. The following bills
were acted upon: To amend section of the
| Michigan Central Railroad act of March %,
| 1916, was passed, yeas %, nays none. Immedi-
| ate effect. To amend certain sections of the
| state prison act of May 4, 1875, was lost, yeas
| l6, nays 10. Vote reconsidered and bill laid on
the table; to protect the rights of laborers, be-
| ing the ''Blacker" bill The vote by which the
| bill was defeated at former session was re-
considered and the BIZ laid on the table; to
| provide for an asylum Tor insane criminals,w was
passed; to organize the county of Arenac out
OF the northern part OF Bay county, was passed;
| to prevent fast driving over bridges owned by
counties, was reported adversely from the Com
mittee on Road and Bridges and was laid upon
| the table; to authorize the organization Of n
| fire department in Norway township in the
county of Menominee, was passed: TO amend
certain sections Of the act TO revise the charter
| OF the city of st. Clair, was passed. The gov
ernor by message announced his signature and
approval OF the following measures; TO add a
new section (secton 81 to an act for the protec-
| tion of human life on railroad trains; TO pro-
vide for the laying out OF a state road in Lee
| lanaw county; to lay out state road in Grand
Traverse county; to settle claim Of Robert
| Hood, for shortage In school lands.
HoUsE-Petitions were submitted for and
| against the passage OF prohib.tory liquor law,
and against establishing poor commission In
Wayne county, after which the House proceed
ed to pass the following bills: Re-incorporat-
| ing Saline; appropriating $l2l, 80 for the
school for the blind; legalizing the ditch tax
roll Of Leroy, Calhoun Co.; to punish persons
| guilty OF assault with intent to do great bodily
HARM TO provide for the commencement OF
actions OF tort against non-resideDts; TO define
| duties of justices Of the peace In certain in
| stances; amending act Of 1879 relative TO sale
| of lease-hold interests In lands on execution;
| for reassessment of delinquent taxes for main
tenance of stone roads In Bay county;
amending act relative to Detroit Water Works
| amending section 81, act 8 of 1882, being the
| general tax law; granting state lands TO i'm
prove Elk River, Antrim Co.; amending acts
relative to Albion College; amending section
80 Of general tax law of 1882; increasing the
salary of the Auditor-General appropriating
| $4,000 for the State Public School at Cold
| water; amending sections ABB and AGA of
compiled laws relative TO divorce: for payment
Of wages earned and materials delivered public
buildings and public works; amending act
| of 1881, relative to the selection of jurors
To lay out highways; appropriating $4,000
for the State Library: amending act
| creating Board Of Public Works, Detroit;
Amending section 534, compiled laws, relative
| TO compensation OF prosecuting attorneys;
amending section SO33, compiled laws, relative
to county jails; incorporating Caro-; amending
act incorporating Caro- Incorporating Sara
nae; requiring terms of the lngham Circuit
Court TO be held at Lansing; amending section
5l59, complied laws, relative TO courts of chan
Gerry; amending section 1907, compiled laws,
relative to the Supreme Court; in reference TO
statistics TO be published by the Secretary of
the State Board of Health; amending section
5059, compiled LAYS, relative to courts of
chancery; disseminating a highway In Troy,
Oakland Co.
SENATE, April l1.-After the usual
number of petitions had been presented the
Senate proceeded to take action on the follow
ing measures, all of which were passed. Re-
organizing township of Republic, Marquette
county; Incorporating Manistee; to protect
the rights Of laborers; 10 provide for the pur-
chase and distribution Of volumes containing
the general laws of the state amending sec
tion 7542 G. L., relative to the crime Of abor
ton; Incorporating the schools Of Battle
Creek; amending sections 1913 Z. l.. relative
TO notice OF trial OF chancery cases; relative to
executions In judgments In courts OF record;
for leyyiug school tax In fractional district
two of Plymouth and Novi; amending sec. 6630
G. L., relative to proceedings against corporate
bodies; to regulate the incorporation Of asso-
Citations to hold and manage property for re-
ligious purposes. The bill providing for the
appointment Of a state building superintend-
cnb 40 tduItu pCuuiuS uudl pussdSc.
HoUsE.-The House listened to the usual
number of petitions, and also TO reports from
the committee on drainage, concerning the con-
solidaton of drains, and from the committee
on state affairs relating to the better protec-
ton of game. The following bills were passed
upon third readings To reorganize the town
ship of Republic In Marquette county to amend
section 4724, compiled laws, relative to marriage
between whites and blacks; to amend section
ID of chapter 3 and section of chapter IL of
act 164 of 1881, relative to public instruction;
to appropriate S66,9o for university expenses
in 1888 and 1854; to appropriate state swamp
lands for the benefit of Koylton township, Tus-
cola county, and Whiteford township, In Mon
roe county; to amend act incorporating the old
fire department of Detroit and perpetuate the
society; to amend the act TO incorporate Cor
unna; to incorporate Montague village in Mus
kegon county.
SENATE, April 12-Petitions were
presented from fifty business men of East Sag
NAV for the passage of the Bolger House of
Correction bill, and from 328 voters from Ing
ham County against the bill to give Lansing
two terms of the Circuit Court. Favorable
reports were submitted on divers bills, one of
them being Senate bill No. los, to amend the
actt provide an additional Circuit Court Com
missioner for Wayne County. All put on
general order. Over a score of bills having
been defeated In days past and afterwards
reconsidered and laid on the table for ''another
chance,n Mr.. Romeyn offered the following: |
Resolved, That II is the sense of the Senate |
that the action had at third reading upon any |
bill or joint resolution, after consideration OF
the same by It's appropriate standing CON- |
mittee and In committee Of the whole Senate
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