The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-04-13


THE Legislature met after the election adj
journment on Wednesday. the lth inst. In the
Senate petitions were presented from the char
liable institutions Of Detroit praying for the
passage of bill establishing q Poor Commission
in Wayne county and numerous petitions for and
against the submission OF a pr0hibit0ry amend
mcnt. The following bills passed on third read
ing; The Senate bills to legalize the organ
ization of fractional school district No.
in Forest Home township, Antrim
county; incorporating the village OF
Saline, Washtenaw county; the bill requir ng
the Clerk q the Supreme Court to give bonds;
amending section 1881 OF the law relative to
perempt) challenges OF jurors In criminal
cases: apLropriating 81, 800 for new buildings at
the Pontiac Asylum; appropriating s3, 600 for the
State Pioneer Society, and House joint resolution
authorizing the loan OF State tents to the Sol
diers' and Sailors Association OF Southwestern
Michigan. The House placed large number OF
bill to repeal act 149 of the law of 1881, to provide
for the adoption of a standard form OF fire in
surance policies, was lost. The Governor has
approved the following House bills: To protect
the rights OF laborers; to amend the act relating
to tho support and maintenance OF poor persons;
to establish a Board of Park Commissioners In
Detroit; To incorporate the village OF Breedville,
Van Buren, county, and to incorporate the vii
lage of Cass City, in Tuscola county.
CONSIDERABLE business was transacted in
the Legislature on the 5th inst. In the Senate.
the bill to appropriate money to build bridge
over the Grand river on the State road in Rives
township. Jackson county. was reported ad-
passed. Senate bills TO establish Board of
Poor Commissioners in Wayne county; to amend
act 204 of 1879 relative to foreclosure OF mort
cages, and House bills to amend act t,,, 40
minating oils; to amend the charter
of the city of Grand Rapids; to prohibit the
catching OF fish with nets In certain waters OF the
State, and to repeal the act of 1860 relative to
the incorporation Of savings associations and to
continue associations existing under said act,
and Senate bill to amend the act of 1869 to au-
thorize the formation of corporations forimprov-
ingthe navigation OF rivers. The House passed
House bills as follows: To provide for straight
ening and opening the channel OF Cedar river
and its branches and making appropriation of
State swamp lands to aid the work; to amend
the charter of East Saginaw; to prevent fast
driving or riding over bridges owned by conn-
ties; to amend sections and Q, act 1914 of 1877,
to provide for organizing, regulating and man
aging asylums for the insane; to provide Tor
punishment for assaults on females In certain
cases: to amend section of the act of 1872 rel
alive to the organization and powers or fire and
marine insurance companies doing business with
in the State; to provide for the incorporating OF
local district assemblies of the order of Knights
of Labor: to amend the incorporating act OF ST.
Joseph, Berrien county: TO enlarge the powers
and duties of Commissioners OF Highways; to
amend the act establishing the Detroit House of
Correction so as To prohibit the confinement OF
prisoners therein from other States and Terri
tories; to amend the act relative to the change
of route on the Little Traverse and Mackinaw
State road.
Born houses passed almost the entire day
of April in committee of the whole. The only
bill passing either house was one which passed
the House for incorporating manufacturers
mutual fire-insurance companies. The big
fight over the Minority Stockholders Repre-
sentation bill was resumed in the House
committee of the whole in the morning and
lasted nearly all day. The proviso exempt
ing the Upper Peninsula mining corporations
was stricken out and the committee agreed TO
the bill by a vote of so to 80. Some hot charges
and counter charges were made on the floor and
in the Hobbies. The Senate was in committee of
the whole all day, principally on the proposed
submission of the prohibitory amendment to the
constitution, but failed to come to test vote on
the subject.
CONSIDERABLE business was transacted by
the Legislature, for Saturday, on the 18th. In
the Senate, the joint resolution proposing pro-
hibitory amendment to the constitution was
agreed to in committee of the whole, but sub
sequently laid on the table. Bills were passed
TO provide for marking live stock: TO provide a
penalty for obtaining money, railroad tickets, or
transportation under false pretenses; to
amend the charter Of the village of Bliss
field; TO amend section /, chapter 189 OF the
compiled laws, relative to making the
action of trespass in certain cases. TO punish for
the wrongful conversion OF money or property
by warehousemen, forwarding or commission
merchants; to prohibit law partners of Prosecut-
ing Attorneys from being engaged in the defense
vi pttSouS Deius lioocOuVtu ~ Suu az
torneys; TO protect the rights of laborers: to
provide for the payment OF fees to Wayne
county In PROCEEDINGS in Circuit Court ;
to amend section 10, act 243. of the
laws of 1879; concerning removals from
office; to authorize the formation OF clubs for
special purposes; to amend section 4,971 of the
compiled laws, relating to the transfer of
cases from one Circuit Court TO another; TO pro-
vide for taking the census and statistics OF this
State; to amend sections 5, 7 and %, act 10, of
the laws of 1873 relative to the office of Railroad
Commissioner. The House passed the bill to
detach certain territory from Bay county and to
organize the same into new county TO be known
as Arenac, and the bill fixing the salary of the
Auditor General at $4,000 year was passed to
the order of third reading.