Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1885-06-04
MICHIGAN LEGIsLATURE.


IN the Senate the following bills were passed
ON the 22d OF May: Incorporating Tawas City:
confirming to Martha M. Ingalls, the sale OF GER
tain swamp lands, formerlv made to her. and
now comprising portion of the CITY Of Menom-
inee: Incorporating Pontiac; TO prohibit the
use OF the words warranty deed" In deeds not
| Warrantedi Incorporating Alpena. The bill
annexing Fort Gratiot to Port Huron. and the
Joint resolution TO amend the constitution rela-
I'VE to the Drain Commissioner, were defeated
a concurrent resolution denouncIng the New
York Tribune article on Minister 10th
rop, expressing confidence in Mr.. Loth-
TPSD: Pyos,ds1i and again songratulatipg tho
pointment. was adopted IN the e" House nis and and
| laid on the table In the Senate. The bill estab-
for the psssed the bsPPo0 H6ar eaqg ~ H
2@ The following bills also passed the House:
Amending the jackson city charter; amending
sections 436O-1, Howell relative 10 suits In circut
| courts against mutual benefit, cooperative. O,
| benevolent associations; establishing a homo
t9f disabled soldiers sailors, and msr mes; pro-
| orders; to provide for the continuance OF ac-
heggence en- cscs S s s9HE pa o " te ustde: a mana
| an appropriation Tor improvements at the
state Prison; requiring sureties on official bonds
pecuniary responsibility; making an appropria-
tion Tor the university; amending section 5G29,
Howell; revising and consolidating the public
instruction and primary school laws: relative to
school districts In Tuscola County. TO the
House the Governor noted his approval OF the
| following acts: Providing for the compulsory
reform education OF juvenile disorderly per-
sons; making an appropriation for improve
ments at the State House of Correction; amend
vacating town plats The bill fixing the liabil
lty OF surelies and public bonds was lost the
vote reconsidered, and the bill tabled.
The Senate passed the following bills at its
session on the 2Sd of May: Authorizing ap-
pointments of Probate Judges, amending Sec
L Hon. EaQp
| JUDGMENTS In Justices courts; granting swamp
| lands to improve Portage Lake, jackson Coun-
| ty; amending the Battle Creek city charter;
amending Section 61e4, Howell, relative to courts
held by Justices Of the Peace. The bill requir-
| ing Prosecuting Attorneys to furnish the Attor-
ney General with briefs In all criminal cases in
which an appeal is taken was lost, the vote re-
copsidered, and the bill tabled. The House
worked three hours In committee OF the whole
fHE eenate was unabie to otsls a uof am on
| May %, and adjourned without doing anything.
| The House had brief session. which was con-
sumed in committee of the whole The bill to
regulate the salaries of legislative employees was
| defeated. On the 26th the new general tax bill
was passed, and at once sent to the House. In
/ the latter body an attempt was made to refer 1t
discussion the bill was made the special order
for every afternoon until disposed OF. In the
| Senate the following bills passed: Amending
section 6747, Howell, relative to sales OF lands
under DEGREES In chancery; enlarging the De-
| troit Police Court; amending the Ionia city
charter; amending the Lowell village charter;
| authorizing the village of Brighton to borrow
money; amending the Grand Rapids Police Court
/ act; making it felony to use explosives for
S67i Howell. relative to absent concealed. or non
/ resident defendants In chancery cases; to pro-
| tect defendants when they have given notice OF
seton; providing for bringing suits against CO.
| operative insurance companies organized under
| the laws of other States. Bills lost in the
/ Senate were: Amending sections 1868, 1887,
4 aud al fn ~
/ ejectment; also, amending the general railroad
| law so as to establish legal carload and to
define legal fence. In the House additional
sef " ReE ifAXi rdnkhQQR
| passed the House: Revising the charter of Battle
Creek; for the creation of the Office OF commits
sioner Of toll-roads and toll bridges; authoriz-
ing Bay County to buy and maintain a bridge
across Saginaw River: joint resolution submit
ting an amendment to the people to fix the pay
Of members Of the Legislature at 81 900 per ses-
| sion. House: Amending section 1882, Howell,
| regulating rates of toll on plank-roads; amend
ing section 474l, Howell, relative to burial
grounds; joint resolution submitting an amend-
amending section 5ba Rf Ssas o and
| sale OF swamp lands: amending sections 677l
and 6772, Howell. relative TO probate courts: for
the use OF automatic couplers on railroads. Bills
lost in the House: Providing for uniform text
| books in primary school: increasing the useful
ness of the Michigan weather service. The bill
| to regulate elections was tabled.
THE Dodge telephone bill was defeated In the
Senate on the 27th ult., by vote Of 43 to SO.
This bill placed the rate for telephones at $3.50
per month, with 20 per cent. reduction when
more than one instrument was used by the
same firm, the rate between towns to be 10
cents. The Senate passed bills to authorize
the townships of Albion and Sheridan and the
city OF Albion to transfer city property to
the Board Of Trustees; to amend the Board
| Of Public Works act OF Grand Rapids; TO
incorporate the village of Birmingham, Oak
land County; to amend the statute relative to
their civil rights; to amend the act to estab-
lish Board of Police and Fire Commissioners
or ie sas %
| to amend and consolidate laws governing asy-
lums Tor the insane: to amend the act TO or
| to amend the act to protect floating logs, lumber
| and timber; for the deposit of the funds OF Wash
tensw County; 70 authorize the appointment OF
County to prevent the sale OF obsoono heor~turv,
etc. TO amend the act relative to garnishe:es.
| or judgments from tho docket of one justice of
the peace to another; 10 amend the statute rela-
panies; to amend the charter Of the village OF
| Lowell; providing that certain men who served
in the First Regiment OF New York Light Ar
tillery shall have all the rights and credits Of all
other Michigan volunteers. The House began
the consideration of the Senate tax bill and
| went through with seventy-two sections, with
| very few amendments being made.
THE bill providing for an attorney fee In cases
Of foreclosure of mortgages by advertisement
was lost in the Senate on the 2sth ult. /; the bill
amending section 6S99, Howell, relative to sal
aries Of Justices OF the Supreme Court, was also
tabled Bills passed the Senate: Amending the
labor bureau act; prohibiting the manufacture
or sale Of oleomargarine or butter substitut es |;
making ten hours legal days labor; amending
sections 7S36-7-8-9, Howell, relative to the
action Of ejectment; requiring State In
stitutions to submit their estimates
to the Board Of Charities and Corrections.
The Senate Committees on Appropriations and
Finances and Public Buildings reported a con-
current resolution authorizing ths Board OF
State Auditors to light the Capitol and grounds
with electricity Ordered printed. In the
House the Governor noted his approval OF the
concurrent resolution complimentary to Hon.
Cyreneus p Black; also the acts amending Sec
ton 6Sls, Howell, relative to courts held by
Justices of the Peace, and reincor
porating Alpena. The following bills
passed the House, unless otherwise
noted: Reincorporating Pontiac; revising and
consolidating the laws relative to the govern
ment OF prisoners, lost-yeas ls, nays 25-re-
considered, and tabled; detaching territory
from 6odus and attaching IL to Benton: to reg
ulate the practice Of pharmacy; amending the
general drainage laws. A resolution by
Mr.. Hampton requesting the Governor to call a
special session Of the Legislature next winter to
| perfect tax law was laid over under the rule.
resolution by Mr.. Bates for final adjournment
June Is was also laid over under the rule.