The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-06-08

From Our Own Correspondent
LANSING, MAY ~, 1882
According to the date fixed by both houses
for adjournment, there are but nine work
ing days remaining I'D which the Legislature
can transact any business yet the results OF
the present week have been less than in al
most any week of the whole session-in
fact so little work has been transacted that
your reporter finds il extremely dry pick
Ing" in attempting to report any doings of
~, cial interest In the review of the week
We are not able to report Pnv Appropriation
bills pass ed shat is, through the las, hou.e)
no Cub srnat )rial vetoes and no bills II any
particular Importance Meeting on Tue
day morning, as the two houses did, and
then stopping. the Senate for half day IN
Wednesday and the House nearly whole
day on "Wednesday afternoon and Thur day
tore oon for Senator Palmer's rejection.
the work ny time OF the week has been cut
very short at roth ends and in the center too.
MINORITY REPRESENTATION.
The further consideration of the famous
Barnard Minority Representation bill was
made a special order, as we wrote some days
ago. for the 23d inst and when that time
came the Senate INDUCED in what proved to
lie the lveliest parliamentary squabble of
the session. eleven roll calls being had and
the President being four times called
upon to vote on tie vote of ID to L., when
the further consideration of the bill was
made a special order for June 3 AS the
next day is the last for doing business for
this session 10 is pretty generally conceded
by both the friends and enemies II the bill
that lis chances of getting through so near
to the close of the session are not very flat
teTing
PRESIDING THE CAPITOL.
The House the 18th passed bill max
ing an appropriation for frescolng and dec
Grating the walls and corridors of the State
aapitol. The 81. IN of $50 o is named but
IL Is expected this VIII only be "A starter.
Board OF Commissioners TO supervise the
work consists of Lewis T. Ives, or Detroit,
and the Auditor General and Board of Au-
ditors The original act named the Governor
as a member of the board, but as this Is for
hidden by the constitution Sec. ID, Art. w.,
the name of Mr. Ives was suggested and
adopted. The act contemplates that the
frescoing shall be done in tle main corridors
above the asement throughout the
rotunda, in the various public offices, Senate,
House of Representatives, Supreme Court
CONS Governors rooms, brary, museum.
postoffce, and pioneer room; and that
something in the way Of alleg orical or his
toriCal work may he done in certa II portions
OF the building. The Senate may fail TO pass
the bin, but 1t ought 10 pass. \ strong
eGOrt was made two years ago TO get a bill
OF the kind through. but without success
MICHIGAN MILITARY ACADEMY.
Those who know anything OF the workings
of the Michigan Military Academy, under the
supervision OF the efficient Col. J. SUMMER
Rogers will be interested in the following
bill which has been reported fayOraby by
the Senate Committee on Military Affairs and
now bids fair TO pass both house. 1t reads
az follows:
A b LII for improving and increasing the eff
cheney OF the IN. ltia of the state.
SEC. l. The People Of the state Of hichi-
gan enact, That from and after the passage of
haof inc Son Gng1trr oS
sional district in the State shall be entitled TO
have one cadet at the Michigan Military Academy
at Orchard LAX, also two additional ones ap-
pointcd from the STATE at large; said cadets TO
be furnished with tuition and board by the
Ac deny, free of expense,
Sec. 2. The appointment OF these cadets, ex-
cepting the two at large, which shall be specially
conferred by the Governor, shall be made by
the Governor after competitive examination at
the joint request OF the Senators and Repre-
sentatives residing within the district OF which
the applicant must be an actual resident.
SEC. B. The applicants for admission must be
between IA and Is years OF age, a. least five feet
in height, and free from disease, or any deform-
ity which would render them unfit for military
service. They must be well versed in reading,
writing, arithmetic and photography; they must
also have a knowledge OF English grammar,
descriptive geograpls, particularly of our own
State and country, anu OF the history OF the
United States.
SEC. L. Each.cadet before receiving his war
rent, shall, in the presence of the Superintend-
ent, engage In the following form:
I,..............o OF the county of................
aged. ........ years ........... months, having
been selected for appointment as a cadet in the
Military Academy of Michigan, do hereby en-
gage with the consent of my parent or guar
diam, in the event of my receiving such appoint
ment, that l will in the militia of the
State for four years, unless sooner discharged by
competent authority, and that will at all times
obey the legal orders OF my superior officers
and the rules and articles governing the militia
of the ; ate.
SEC. ). Each State cadet shall serve at the
Academy at least two years before receiving a
diploma. At the time of his graduation, and at
ter an examination by board consisting of the
Adjutant- General, Inspector General and Quar-
termaster General, he shall be commissioned
by the Governor a Lieutenant or Captain of Cav
airy, Artillery, or Infantry, In the State troops
Bs the board shall recommend. These officers
shall be borne on the muster as unassigned Off
GERS, without pay, unless assigned to duty by the
Governor, when they shall receive the pay OF Of
hcers of like grade in the State troops as afore-
said.
SEC. 6. The sum of siO, 900 IL hereby appropri-
ated for the purpose Of carrying into e1Iect the
provisions of this act, which the Auditor Cen
eral shall incorporate with the State tax for the
year 1884, which sum shall be turned oyersto the
Trustees of the Michigan Military Academy, the
same to be expended by tn I'm in the erection OF
school building for the use of said Academy
PTOrided, That the Trustees of said Academy
slral deposit with the STATE Treasurer a bond &c
the people OF this State, with sufficient security
to be approved by the State Treasurer, in the
sum of 10000, conditioned that the prov sions
con aimed In section l OF this act shall be by
them faithfully carried sut.
CHANGED HIS MIND.s
/ On April %, Gov Begole sent to the Sen.
a.e message vetoing a bill legalizing the
issuing of bond by certain school district
and legalizing the action lad IN organizing
the school district. The bill and message
were tabled, and its friends bestir ed them,
selves TO secure its passage over the veto
Not being able TO mus q vote of two third:
in each house for that purpose, they Sc
cured a day or two since a written state
ment from the Governor that he vetoed II
under a misapprehension, and hoped both
holse3 would pass it over the veto Before
that had been made public he on the 18th
took it all back, and sent in his own hand
writing, a message to the Senate asking fol
the return of the bill and veto message
They were cautiously taken from the table
and directed returned to him, but there Is
large sized query in the minds CT many az
to how he expects to be able to make into Q
law bill that he vetoed twenty eight
DAYS ago as the constitution EXPIRE SLY says
that vNlat Governor does To a bill in the
way of an approval or veto must be done
with n ten days after the bill reaches him
and that in case OF veto the bill can only
bee me n Jaw by the passage of such bill
by two-thirds vote in both houses Some
claim that he can now make the bill law
by approving il and depositing 1t with the
- go. he.