Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-02-22


the state has control In the matter OF enforce
ment of payment Of specific taxes, and II such
right OF taxation or collection exist II Is desir-
able to take any legislative action ON the sub
ject.
HoUsE.-Petitions were presented for the
formation OF cooperative associations and
trade and labor societies; for the abolition OF
the convict contract system; for the submission
of a prohibitory amendment A large grist of
bills was introduced, the following being the
most important; To provide for the incorpor-
alton OF trade and labor societies; to give GER
tain school trustees special authority 10 exam
inc and license teachers Ito amend the contag-
ious cattle diseases, act 1852, and OF Z. L.,
1871, to regulate trial OF actions for damages
arising from negligence; to revise the kalama-
zoo incorporation act; TO amend and add new
section to the drain law; to amend act $50 OF
1881, relating to sheriffs' fees; to regulate
hours of labor and employment OF children; to
prohibit fishing with nets in Lake st. Clair to
amend the law relating TO selection OF jurors
to Law out highways. Bills were passed to re-
incorporate the village of Dexter In Van Buren,
county and to incorporate the village of Leroy
in Osceola Co.
SENATE, Feb. IA number of cler-
gymen of Northeastern Michigan, presented a
petition urging the passage OF the Bliss bill
relative to marriage. A number of bills were
reported favorably by the proper committee,
and others received from the House for future
action. A bill was rotced by Senator Fast to
amend the election laws, being compiler's sec
ton So, act Of 1871. Said bill contempates the
adjustment Of slips; also all forms of bogus
tickets The indiscriminate use of bogus
tickets asalso the fact that the art OF preparing
slips has so far advanced as to deceive voters
has led to the introduction OF this bill. The
bill authorizing the Howell compilation OF
laws to be received and used as evidence was
passed Several bills were introduced among
them one 10 appropriate $4,000 for books for
state library; TO encourage rifle practice by
state troops; to authorize county supervisors
to appropriate funds to aid local pioneer so
cieties in collecting and publishing records,
historical and statistical; to amend
the act to incorporate companies 10 improve
the navigation OF rivers; to amend the act es-
tablishing a state agency for the care OF 1uye-
nile offenders.
HoUsE-Petitions were received for reduc-
ton of the legal test on oil TO ITO degrees; for
the submission of prohibitory amendment
regarding the sale Of liquors to the constitution
and for the sale of liquors TO the constitution
and for the incorporation OF Alpena; also re-
monstrance against .6etaching Newaygo from
the 18th judicial circuit and attaching it to the
18th judicial district. Mr.. Adams introduced
joint resolution asking Michigan congress
to vote for bill increasing the salary OF in
spectors OF customs In the superior district;
also to provide for the commencement OF sec
tions of test against non-residents, etc Other
bills and resolutions were introduced dealing
with the liquor. traffic, the divorce laws, reg
ulating the fees OF sherifls and under sheriffs
when attending court, amending the charters
of Marshall and Dexter, and authorizing sew
eral townships to borrow money. A bill was
passed TO change the name Of the Michigan re-
form school for girls TO 1.-THE state industrial
school for girls" and also several other bills of
minor Importance.
SENATE, Feb. l5.--A bill was passed,
to take immediate effect, legalizing the tax roll
of Pewamo, ionia county. Several petitions
were received, but all of local character and
OF no interest to the general public. Several
bills were introduced, among them ope 10 Sc
cure TO women the right 10 vote at school,
town, city and other municipal elections.
HousE-,Petitions were, presented for more
stringent laws In regard TO the liquor traffic,
for prohibitory amendments, for instruc-
tion as to the effect of alcohol. A good many
bills were introduced, but oil Of them were
merely repetition of bills that have been in
troduced on other days.
SENATE, Feb. IGNORE petitions for
prohibitory amendment, and for the improve
ment OF lands In front Of the state prison in
Jackson. The following new measures were
introduced: Joint resolution fer the relief OF
ex-judges Daniel Goodwin and Josiah Tgner ::
a bill to amend the acts relating to the Yves
leyan seminary at Albion; TO appropriate $780,
600 for the support of the reform school in 1888
and 1884; to amend the act revising the charter
of Flint: to grant use OF county records for
making abstracts OF land titles: to change GER
tain territory from Charlevoix county TO En-
NETT county. A resolution was ltroduced Tor
the relief of +. +. Meyers. architect OF the
eastern asylum for the insane; also for relief OF
Robert Hood Of Charlevoix county, In respect
to claim for shortage in lands bought from the
state. Agreed to in committee bill 40, to pro-
vide for taking private property for public use,
| and for opening streets and alleys in Detroit.
Briefly considered and referred 10 the com
mittee on cities and villages.
HoCsE.-A resolution was introduced cali
ing on the commissioner of railroads for infor-
| nation as to the earnings and expenses of con-
vcyiug per mile each passenger transported
over the railroads of this state during each
year for the last five years; also resolution
asking the auditor-general for detailed state
ment of the expense of what Is known as the
| STANDARD policy commission which state
| ment Is made to include the cost of printing.
Petitions were received for the passage of a
law reducing the rate Of interest TO three per
cent. The usual number Of bills were intro
duced: For the disposition OF the lands known
as the Detroit and Milwaukee railroad grant
also to provide for the adjustment of taxes up
on the lands granted to construct railroad from
Port Huron TO Grand Haven; making an APP
preparation for the state public school; to pro
vide for the disposition OF lands granted TO the
state by acts of 1856 and 1870, and to refund
| certain back taxes on the said lands regulat-
| ing the practice of dentistry; to create a hui
reau of statistics of labor, and others of lesser
| interest.
SENATE. Feb. 17.-Various petitions
were presented: for the passage Of law allow
| ing persons owning lands on opposite sides OF
| highways to construct culverts or cattle passes
under the highways and for a prohibtory
amendment Bills were passed relative to
| fishing in the Saginaw river, for the relief OF
Robert Hood, and Incorporating Leroy, all OF
| them TO take immediate effect.
HoUsE.-Petitions were presented for the
submission of prohibitory amendment to the
peoples Tor passage OF act TO aue1orize incor-
| poration OF lodges of Templars of Honor and
| Temperance; for the establishment of an insti-
| tuition TO be known as the "Old Ladies' Home
| of Michigan" for relief OF INDECENT old ladies
| for the amendment of the act incorporating
| Brighton. The bill to protect hotel and board
| ing house keepers was reported without rec
ommendation... Move them the usual number of
! bills were introduced numbering nearly so In
all, some Of them being: To appropriate $50
365 for the repair, insurance and support Of the
state normal school for 'S3; to prohibit the de-
post of sawdust and shavings in the waters of
this state; for the organization of telephone
| and messenger service companies In relation
to use Of passes on railroads by state officers,
judges, legislators, etc. etc; for compulsory
education of children, restriction OF their EN-
ployment and for furnishing Of books to indi-
gent pupils; to require circuit judges to hold
courts for each other; TO define duties of JUS
| tees in certain cases. to prohibit law partners
of prosecuting attorneys from defending per-