Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-04-12
The Legislature.

SENATE.-Mr. Gieusel presented the
petition of Mrs. James F. Joy, president of the
woman's hospital and founding's home; Mrs.
Caleb Van Husen, president of the Detroit In
dustrial school; Mrs. Mary Thompson, prcsi-
dent of the Thompson home for old ladies
Mrs. E. g. Brush, first directress of the Protest
ant orphan asylum Sister NJ. Francis, superb
or Of st. Mary's Hospital; Sister Genevievc,
superior Of the house of Providence; Sister Nj.
Stella, superior of ST. Vincent's orphan asylum,
for the passage of the bill establishing poor
commission In Wayne county. Petitions were
also received for the passage of the Case amend
ments to the liquor laws; against the amend
ment of prohibitory liquor law also, for the
submission OF prohibitory amendment and for
the appointment of homeopath as the supeIin-
tendent OF the new insane asylum at Traverse
City. Bills were passed as follows: Legaliz-
ing the organizations Of fractional school dis
trict of the towns of Forest Home and Crys-
tai Lake, Antrim county, and authorizing pay
ment Of bonds and other Indebtedness; reincor-
ating Saline; requiring clerk OF supreme court
TO give bonds; amending sec. 7051 G. l.. relative
to peremptory challenges of jurors in criminal
cases; amending sec. 6027 relative to peremp
tory challenges of jurors IN civil and criminal
cases; appropriating $3.50 for new boilers at
the Pontiac asylum; appropriating $4,000 for
the state pioneer society; authorizing the town
of Kearney, Antrim county, to sell land to the
county; amending section l, chapter 10, act
164 Of 1881, relative To public schools; to allow
the soldiers and sailors association Of south
western Michigan the use of tents; for the en-
forcement Of specific performance of mining
contracts; the bill asking for grant of land
10 construct the Newaygo and Northport state
road was lost.
HoysE-For the passage a the "Case amend.
ments" to the liquor law; against the incor-
poration Of Hesperia; for instruction In the
nature OF alcohol as a regular study IN the
primary schools; OF citizens of Grand Ledge,
for the management of the house of correction,
the citizens complaining that United States
prisoners are cared for in that prison; remou-
STRANGE Of Aid. Applet and Heck OF Detroit
against the passage OF any law that will redeue
the revenues or impair the efficiency of the
Detroit house of correction. Approved. The
acts to authorize the town Of Garfield to issue
bonds for building bridge; incorporating
Cass City; incorporating Westphalia; amend
ing sec. Q. L. relative to the support Of the
poor; establishing park mmission In De-
troit. The House spent some time In com
mittee Of the whole, and of the bills considered
the following were killed by striking out all
after the enacting clause: To repeal the
standard form of five insurance policy act, be-
ing act lao of 1881; TO amend section Is OF the
general tax law and add 11a to said act, 20
authorize school boards In Paw Paw, Antwerp
and Dexter tn license and examine their own
teachers.
SENATE, April 5-Petitions were pre-
sented for the passage Of law toprevent Mich
igap railroads from exacting from persons de-
livcring grain at depots for transportation any