The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-04-09

State Prison. Upper Peninsula. .......... 10000
Asylum Criminal Insane. ............... $1,000
Semi-centennial celebration. ............ 5000
Publishing proceedings State Superin-
tendent-of Poor ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 400
Working capital Northern Asylum ...... 15.0oo
Michigan University ..................... 1900
State Library. .......................... 5000
State Normal School. ........... ....... 10000
State School for Deaf and Dumb. -. 12o. AS
Tenth mill tax for University. l62, 900
Completing and furnishing Northern
~ Asylum Io5 insane; ;;.................. lxl,I0o
Industrial Home for Girls. ............. 99,65S
AS there are yet to be reported the appro-
priations for the School for the Blind, the
Michigan and Eastern Asylums, the State
Prison, the State House of Correction, the
State Public School, the general appropri-
alton for the expenses Of this Legislature
and the State Government for the ensuing
two years, and possibly one or two others
that We have overlooked, it will be seen
that the list above foots up perhaps two
thirds of the grand total that has been and
will be appropriated at the present session.
MAY TEACH LANGUAGES.
The Senate committee reported adversely,
on the Goth, on the bill to prohibit the
teaching of other than the English Ian
guage in the primary schools of the State,
and the further consideration of the bill
was indefinitely postponed. Our children
can still study Latin and German at their
home schools.
PARTIAL PROHIBITION LOST.
The House spent half day on the 26th
in consideration Of bill to SO amend the
liquor laws as to prohibit the manufacture
or sale. or Offering to sell, of any kind
of spirituous, malt, brewed, or fermented
liquors with radius of five miles from the
State University. The committee of the
whole finally struck out all after the enact
ing clause, and when the committee rose
the House concurred-ayes, A; noes. 30
SO the college boys will not be obliged to 60
four miles for their beer.
NEW ORLEANS EXHIBIT.
For some time the bill to appropriate
$40. 200 for the payment Of the Michigan
exhibit Mt the New Orleans Exposition has
seemed to hang fire in the Senate, but il
finally passed that body on the Goth.
so-CALLED CADAvER BILL.
In 1881 the Legislature passed a law that
the bodies Of all persons who should there
after die in almshouses, poorhouses, pris-
ons or jails, who had no means with which
to defray the expenses of their burial should
be sent to the State University ut Ann Ar
Dor for dissection for the advancement of
science. The law has had the effect to
prevent grave bbing-the very purpose
law as to practically report it, took much of
the attention of the House for two days,
and was then lost, reconsidered, and
tabled. 1t was taken up later, and SO
amended as to permit any friend of such
deceased person, excepting those who died
as criminals, to claim such body, and then
it was passsd-yeas GO, nays g.
GENERAL REFERENCES.
BY virtue of a resolution of the House,
Speaker Clark has appointed Representa-
tiyes Blocker. o. n. Case. Oyiatt, Weber
and Grocer as committee to investigate
matter of exorbitant charges by the Man
istee River Improvement Company.
The citizens of Albion, thrifty town OF
5000 inhabitants in Calhoun County, steps
from village to city, bill to that
effect having passed both houses and
been approved by the Governor all in one
day.
The charters of Grand Rapids, DETROIT
East Saginaw, Bay City. West Bay City,
Adrian and several other cities have
been amended, while the number oil
villages that have had their charters doc
tored is legion.
Gov. Alger has issued a proclamation
designating Saturday, April IL, as "Arboi
Day. but many think the time fixed is toe
early. and that the frost will hardly have
left the ground by that date.
The Governor nominated and the Senate
promptly confirmed 600 more notaries pub
lie on the 26th. This makes the sixth loi
nominated to date.
The House has passed bill to organ
ize new county in the Upper Peninsula
to be called the county of Iron" The
State doesn't grow in size any, but the
number of counties is constantly increasing
One or two other new county schemes are
still pending. OBSERVER.