The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-05-07

FULL Text Another state Prison big
Dose of Appropriations SOLDIER Boun-
Ties Minor Notes.
IRON Our Own Correspondent
LANSING. April 81. 1885.
After hard fought battle the bill pro-
viding for minority representation on
Boards OF Directors passed the House on
the 18th day OF March (as here ofore men
toned in this correspondence. by vote Of
ayes So, noes 20. Since that time the lob
bying on the bill has been per, istent and
plenty, and no bill of the session has been
more largely worked for and against than
has this. 1t finally came up for dis
cussion in committee of the whole Of
the Senate on tho 22d on q special
order, and after full halliday had
been occupied in Its consideration the com
mttee rose and were granted leave to sit
again. Next day another half day was oc-
cuped in the same manner. the discussion
during the time being participated in by
Sena' ors Hawley, Caryeth, S. w. Smith.
and Moore, who championed the bill, and
by Senators Hubbell and Monroe, who OPP
pored it. The discussion at last ended, as
do all things earthly. and the bill was
placed on the order of third reading. On
the oath Senator Hubbell and one or two
Others, who were opposed to the bin, were
unavoidably detained until few moments
and, in what seemed very unfair manner.
the friends of the bill forceda vote through
to take up the bill ut once and put
it on its immediate passage, without
waiting for the regular order to be reached.
and while its opponents were away The
fight to stave off the vote then began, and
for an hour the ground was fought inch by
inch. Mr.. Hubbell soon came and led the
fight against the bill, but after an hour
spent in dilatory parliamentary motions
and roll-calls for adjournment. previous
questions, on appeals from decisions by the
Chair, ETC., the final vote was reached, and
the bill declaredby vote of yeas 20, nays 0.
Mr.. Hubbell at once gave NOTES Of a mo-
ton TO reconsider the vote by which the
bill passed, so the end of the bill is not yet
Indeed, there is flying rumor herethat the
Governor will veto the bill If it ever I, aches
him, but it's friends fee confident that they
can muster the necessary two thirds vote to
pass il over a veto. The bill in full reads
as follows:
A bill to secure the minority of stock
holders. in corpontions organized under
general laws, the power of electing a repre-
sentive membership in boards of directors:
SECTION /. The People Of the State of
Michigan enact, That in all elections for
directors of any corporation organized IN
der any general law of this State. other than
municipal, every stakeholder shall have the
right to vote, in person or by proxy, the
number of shares of stock owned by him
for as many persons as there are directors
to be elected; or to cumulate said shares,
and give one candidate as many votes as
will equal the number of directors multi
piled by the number of shares of his stock;
or to distribute them on the same principle
among as many candidates as he shall think
i N l<o1l ala MT <ln,~
directors annually. and the entire number
of directors shall be balloted for at one and
the same time. and not separately.
NEW STATE PRISON.
A bill that passed the Senate on the oath,
by q vote of yeas %, nays 3. is of such i'm
portance in its effects upon the Upper Pen
insula, and also appropriates such an
amount of money, as to make it worthy Of
| special mention. 1t is entitled "A bill to
establish a State House of Correction and
n branch Of the State Prison in the Upper
Peninsula, and to provide for the location
and erection thereof, and making an appro-
priation therefor" 1t provides for the ap-
pointment by the Governor of a board of
six commissioners residents of the Upper
PENINSULA, whose duty it shall be to Sc
j lect and secure to the : tate suitable site
for such State House of Correction and
branch of the State Prison, and to erect
the necessary buildings thereon. This site
shall be obtained by donation 10 the State,
if they shall receive such gift ia suitable
locality and shall decide to accept the same
by or before Sept 16 next, but if not
so secured by that date they shall purchase
a suitable site. They shall then secure
plans specifications and estimates, and let
the contracts to the lowest responsible bid
ders. AS soon as prisoners can be made
secure therein they shall be employed in
the completion of the work on the build
ings. The bill appropriates $3.50. 600. for
the erection of the buildings and surround
ings, $1,000 of which may be drawn for
securing site. plans, specifications, etc., in
1885. and S45, 900 in 1886, $50, 900 in 1887,
and $50, 900 in 1888. 1t now costs the
State snug little fortune for each prison.
er that is brought from that far-away part
of our State to Jackson or Ionia, as the
route takes them through Wisconsin and
Illinois, as we'll as clear across our own
State so it will not be many years before
the new prison will pay for itself in saw
ings. Besides this, the prisons at Jackson
and Ionia are both very much crowded, and
the State is rapidly growing in population.
MORE APPROPRIATIONS.
The Senators resolved early last week
that they would push the appropriation bills
through as rapidly as possible, even If at
the expense of other business. and so 1t
happened that on the oath large grist had
been considered and placed on the order Of
third reading. and when they tackled the
Job and passed bills appropriating a grand
total Of 1851 $40 in q single day they felt
that they had pushed things" The items
making up this sum are: 10 complete the
Northern Asylum for the Insane at Traverse
City, $121, 700: books for the State Library,
$4,000; working capital for the Northern
Insane Asylum, $4,000; for current ex-
penses and new buildings at the Reform
School for Boys, Sl27 900; for current ex-
penses, repairs, etc, for the School for the
Blind, 500, $780, for current expenses and
improvements for the State Public School
at Coldwater. $91, 200; to connect the State
House of Correction with the Ionia City
Water Works, So. 600; for building kitchen
and infrmary at the Kalamazoo Insane
Asylum, So. 900; State Prison for Upper
Peninsula, $50, 00o; for building two in
firmaries at the Pontiac Insane Asylum,
$50. 0OO Most of these amounts are to be
raised partly In each Of the years 1885 and
1886. and the prison appropriation is di-
vided over three years.