Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-03-29

anu Illinois 10 consolidate, amending section SoS |
OF 1877, relative to bridges across the Menomlnee
| River between Michigan and Wisconsin; amend |
Ing section ATT, relative TO evidence In divorce
cases; for the payment OF fees TO the County OF
Wayne In suits before the circuit Court; au- |
| thorizing Garfield, Newaygo County, To issue
bonds TO construct bridge over the Muskegon
| River. The speaker appointed as special
comnittee, to cooperate with the Senate COM
mittee In investigating the charges against the
| Flint Institute, Messrs. Black, Youngs and
Dunstan. Adjourned.
| SENATE, March q. The petitions
presented to day we're for the uniformity Of
| freight rates. for the submission of a prohibit
tory amendment, and to place the northern
asylum under homeopathic control. The joint
resolution proposing an amendment to the con-
stitution SO as TO prohibit the traffic In liquor,
was favorably reported, ordered printed and
referred to the committee Of the whole. The
| following bills were passed: Amending section
| 5 OF act of 1916 to authorize the sale OF the
Michigan Southern railroad; to amend certain
sections of act LAB of 1881, providing, for the
incorporation OF Knights of the Maccabees, and
| the following were killed: To prevent tres
passes upon railroads, had all after the enact
| ing clause struck out by the committee OF the
| whole; all after the enacting clause was struck
| out from the bill amending act relative 10 dam
ages sustained by reason Of defective high
| ways, bridges, etc.
HoUsE.gMany bills were reported from
| committees with favorable recommendation
and were placed on the general order. One
| bill, however, was reported adversely, and was
| laid on the table, TO wit: Bill TO amend sec
ton four of act 1913 of the laws of 1877 relative
| TO the incorporation and management of COM
| panies for mining and smelling, etc. The bill
| to reincorporate Alpena was reconsidered and
1t was referred 10 the committee on munich
| pal corporations for further amendments.
The question being on the adoption OF the
| unanimous report OF the elections committee
| against the claim of Peter Mulvaney TO the seat
in the House now held by Stephen 4. Snyder
Of the first district of Calhoun county after de-
| bate the said report was adopted, ayes SO, noes
30. Bills were passed TO amend sec. GIGS, e. L.,
relative TO proceedings against garnishees and
| for other purposes; to amend sec. 5325, {. L.,
| relative to justices courts; to amend sec. 10 of
act 243 of 1879, relative tc removals from office;
TO organize public library in West Bay City;
to allow owners Of lands on opposite sides OF
public highways TO construct and maintain
cattle passes under such highways. Ayes a,
noes none; TO amend section 81 Of chapter ISL,
G. L., relative 10 wills Of real and personal
estate, being compiler's section 43i2; TO trans
fer Benzie county from the 10Th 10 the 2Sth
judicial circuit. The bill TO increase the salaries
of judges of the supreme court from $4,000 10
$1,000 per year, was defeated. The petitions
submitted to-day were for the passage OF the
Case bill amending the liquor laws; in opposi-
ton 10 the holding of terms of the Ingham cir
prohibitory liquor legislation; both for and
against the passage of bill TO amend the char
ter of Saransc; for an appropriation OF swamp
lands to widen and deepen Thornapple river;
for and against the submission TO the people Of
prohibitory constitutional amendment; for
the homeopathic medical control CT the new
Northern asylum for the insane.
SENATE, March 90 Petitions were
presented against the holding of Ingham Circuit
Court sessions at Lansing; for the passage of the
Case liquor bills; for and against prohibitory
liquor law agalnstthe importation into Michi-
gan from other states and territories of con-
victed criminals; for the improvement of the
Thornapple river; for and against the submis-
sion Of a prohibitory constitutional amendment;
for homeopathic medical control Of the new
Northern asylum for the insane. A concurrent
resolution providing for an adjournment OF the
legislature from the 10Th inst, IN Wednesday,
April 4, was adopted The consideration of the
| Reilly Jennison contest came up as a special
order and occupied the time Of Senate until Its
adjournment
Observation-Disclosures were rece We d
against the passage OF the Bolger bill to restrict
the operation OF the Detroit House OF Correc-
ton. Petitions were received for a law per-
hitting q portion OF the military fund TO be
used for the expense az rifle practice; for the
amendment of the Liquor Tax law; against
| the OF u prOulDltOry llQuOr law ,dRhlllet
, allowing terms OF the Ingham Circuit Court TO
be held at Lansing; for the establishment OF a
Board of Poor Commissioners In Wayne Coun-
ty; that the control Of the Northern Asylum
be given to the homeopathic school of med-
cine. The Committee On Municipal Corpora
tions reported unsavorably upon the bill to
authorize East Saginaw to raise money by tax
. or loan to extend the city water works. The
, bill was laid OF the table. The remainder Of
. the session was taken up In the discussion of
nnptRSta6 Al .lnd0H
, against Judge Jennison.
SENATE, March 23.-Tho considera-
ton Of the Reilly-Jennison contested election
case was resumed at a. m. The question be-
ing upon a resolution to meet the House In
. Joint convention to take order requiring viii
E liam Jepnison to answer the petition Of Cor
nelius J. Reilly, and TO order the hearing of the
contest, the resolution was lost, yeas II, nays
| IS. The report favoring the view that there
e was no contest requiring the legislature to take
! action in the matter was adopted. Petitions
: we're received for uniform rate for railroad
: freights; for the submission OF prohibitOry
I amendment: for law requiring instruction in
schools upon the nature Of the effects OF
, alcohol on the human SYSTEM; demonstrating
against the passage OF a prohibitory amend
ment; requesting that the medical control OF
the new northern asylum be given over TO the
proval OF the acts 10 detach Benzle from the
10Th judicial circuit and attach 1t TO the 2Sth
circuit; amending section 81, chapter l54, C.L.,
relative to wills and real and personal estate ;
. allowing persons owning land on both sides OF
| highways to maintain culverts and cattle passes
| under them The Senate considered favorably
| a large number Of bills IN committee of the
| whole and struck out all after the enacting
, clause of s. b. 96, to provide medical attend
ance TO the poor Of Michigan; II. b. 81. TO pro-
d vide for the incorporation of investment asso-
= Citations was indefinitely postponed.
@ HoUsE.--The resolution for full hearing and
determination of the Reily-Jennison case in
Joint legislative convention was lost ayes AZ,
n noef 80. Later, the reports on said case came
4 up for consideration and the whole subject was
indefinitely postponed. A resolution for the
: limitation of debate hereafter, both In House
:, and committee of the whole, was tabled. Peti-
4 tions were presented for and against the sub
o mission of prohibitory amendment and the pas
o sage of the Case liquor bill: for establishment
c of uniform freight rates, against the proposed
: enlargement of the boundaries OF Grand Rapids.
: The following bills were reported unfavorably
6 by divers committees and were laid upon the
: table: II. b. 81, to authorize Saginaw county
: TO buy and maintain certain bridges II. b.
e Al, to regulate breadth of wagon rims on lum-
Der wagons; II. b. 3l6, to amend act 80, s. l..
1875 relative TO sleeping, parlors and chair
e III. Il. 80, to appropriate state swamp lands to
r improve Clio and Chessaning state road; II. B
, 81, to remain certain lands In st. Joseph Co. :,
" b. 39S and 80, to reclaim certain lands In Ber-
D rien and Tuscola counties; II. b. $685. to amend
certain sects. of the Agricultural college act |;
: the governor, by message, announced his sig
nature and approval OF following acts recently
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