The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-06-18
MICHIGAN LEGIsLATURE.

OF Msnitou County; nppropriating 5000 for
boilers and steam heating for the Asylum for
Insane Criminals: 10 amend the statute reia-
tive 10 punishment for libel and SLAM
deR for the incorporation of associa-
tions for breeding aud raising bicoded
sha ting used on fair grounds or other public
places where machinery is running: TO provide
morality and to prevent crime The senate
receded from it's amendment TO the House reso-
luton TO make June n the last day for DO ng
new business, and Saturday. June %, theday Tor
final ad iournment, and then adopted II. thus
settling the question or nnal adjournment. the
Governor nominated and the Senate confirmed
George A. tarr, OF ottawa, and Harry ii. Noble,
OF Antrim, as trustees OF the Northern Asylum
for the Insane for six years; Thomas 4. Bates, or
Grand Traverse. and JOSEF h NJ; French, OF It
Joseph, fer four years. and Alex. Chapotcu,
of Wayne aud Charles NJ Wells for two years:
all TO date from Jan. l. 1885. The House passed
bills 10 amend the statute relative 10 he deter
mination Of estates at will or by suiferance; TO
authorize the specific performance OF contracts
by guardians OF insane or incompetent persons;
TO amend the statutes relative 10 adJournment
OF sales of real estate on executions; To amend
the statute relative TO attachments: arpropri-
ating $500 for boilers and steam heating for
the asylum for insane criminals. The House
committee OF the whole struck out all alter the
cnacting clause of the Senate bill TO reduce the
test of kerosene oil, and the Senate concurred
THE entire session Of the Senate on the sth
inst. was consumed in committee OF the whole.
and large number of bills were disposed Of
The House was in session only twenty minutes
transactng no business OF importance.-The
Senate, at its session on the 9Th inst. passed
bills authorizing the enlistment equipping,
and mastering into the State militia OF
companies at Menominee, Houghton, Mus
kegon. Detroit. Jackson. and Grand Rapids;
to amend the act relating to county
jails appropriating $4,000 for placing the
statue OF the late Senator Lewis Cass in the
gallery OF illustrious Americans In the Capitol
at Washington; to regulate the holding OF eau
cuses; for the sale of certain State tax lands;
to provide for the compensation OF County
Clerks In certain cases relative 10 libel; to COM
pei foreign companies organized for smelling
ores. ETC., 10 report annually to the Auditor
General; appropriating ss2, 700 for the
gOsrd ss Of sh re9sw 6Sg
for the Incorporation or consolidation OF
manufacturing or mercantile companies and to
! fix their duties and liabilities; TO provide for
lighting the Capitol and grounds with mean
| descent eeceric light, TO be in operation by or
before JAN l, 1881; TO provide that all sureties
! on official bonds shall testify under oath as to
/ their pecuniary obligations; to amend the stat
/ ute relative to offenses against property; and
TO amend the statute relative TO the sile
Governor nominated and the Senate
1 confirmed members OF the Board OF Control
OF the Michigan Mining School in the Upper
/ Peninsula James n. Wright, of Calumet, and
Thomas L. Chadbourn. OF Houghton, for six
i years; Charles III. Cady, OF Iron Mountain, and
Alfred Kidder, of Marquette, fdr four years;
John Senter, OF Eagle River, and John II.
Foster, of lngham County, for two years.
Also as commissioners TO secure site
and erect the necessary buildings Tor the
| ger. of Menominee; Eli p. Roys. of Delta;
James M. Wilkinson, of Marquette; Eli Ii:
/ Chamberlain, OF Mackinac; Charles Hebard of
Baraga and John Duncan, of Houghton. The
House passed bills to amend the act to reorgan-
ize the military forces of the State for the pur-
chase of additional land at the State prison: TO
amend the charter of Detroit; providing for
bringing suits against insurance companies or
gained outside the State, but doing business
within: to prohibit sherifs, constables. and
coroners from concealing goods or chat
| tells taken on execution; TO amend
the act for the formation Of com
panies whose capital shall alone be responsible
| for the debts OF the association: 10 amend the
I act relative to garnishees, and relative 10 as
signment OF judgments in justices courts; to
amend the act for the exclusion Of witnesses
and spectators during trials; to prohibit use OF
the words warranty deeds" on any deeds bu;
warranty deeds; to amend the act relative 70 the
| Reform SCHOOL, to regulate the appointments OF
members of boards and trustees OF State insti.
tutons by the Governor: to amend the act Il
| provide tor compulsory education.
ONLY one measure was passed by the Senatt
on the 10th inst. namely the bill TO apportior
the State anew into Senatorial districts, and
this alter n half days fight in which the
! Democrats and Fusionists fought at every pos
sible step. After eleven roll calls and perhaps
twice as many more rising votes, all or which
were strictly party votes, the bill was passed
yeas, II; nays. IL. The Republicans supported
the bill and the Democrats and Greenbacker,
opposed it. The ratio is $4,000, but
of course some districts oyerrun anc
others fall short. The Upper Peninsula, with
only the addition OF Emmett County, is giver
three Senators instead of two. as now Cal
houn, Jackson, Monroe and Washtenaw, here
tofore constituting separate districts, are nov
grouped with other counties. This will give thu
Republicans at least twenty of the thirty tw,
districts. The Senate partially considered
House bill amending the general drain law. Th'
Senate confirmed the b nomination OF menrl
sioner to arrange for the celebration of thu
semi centennial of Michigan's admission int
the Union, vice Thomas ID. Gilbert, resigned
The House passed House bills to correct error
in statements of Inspectors OF Elections, incor
porating two schools of Marquette, amending
the statute relative to treatment at the univer
slty hospitals, and amending the statute rela
tive TO liens on logs and lumber. Also Senat
bill to prohibit the manufacture or sale or i'm
port alton of oleomargarine or butterine. Thi
last bill was amended providing for the pay
ment 10 manufacturers by the State of the valu
of the property thus confscated. The Senat
concurred in this amendment.
BILLS to amend the act to reorganize tn
military forces of the State. and to authoriz
Bancroft, Shiawasse County, TO vote $4,000 TO
aid to the Toledo, Ann Arbor and North Michi
gan Railroad, passed the Senate on the lltl
inst. The bill for Board Of Medical Examin
ers was defeated. The House had bitter part,
fight over the Senatorial and Representative APP
portlonment Dills me apportlonment commltte
reported both bills favorably. The minority
of the committee submitted report violentl!
assailing the Republican members of the com
mittee Tor partisanship and unfairness. sharl
debate overthe question OF printing this report il
the journal arose. 1t was finally ordered print
ed. The motion 10 place the Senate bill on 1t
immediate passage was made and the tumul
began again. Democrats denounced the Repub
licans and the latter claimed they had present
ed fair bill. AT noon a recess was taken, an,
after dinner the contest was renewed. it wa
kept up several hours dilat0ry motions beinj
made. and roll calls on them demanded TO de.
lay action. Finally the previous question wa
ordered. and the bill was passed by a sthc
party vote. The bill makes first, Second. an,
Third Districts out of Wayne County, and tn
other counties are as follows: Fourth
Washtenaw and Monroe: Fifth, Lenawee
Sixth, Jackson and Hillsdale: Seventh
Branch and Calhoun; Eighth. St. Joseph ant
kalamazoo: Ninth, ferrien and Cas-; Tenth
Eaton Twelfth, Shiawassee and Ingham; Thir
teenth Livingston and Genesee; Fourteenth
Oakland; Fifteenth, Macomb and st. Clair
Sixteenth, Sanilac and Lapeer; Seventeenth
Huron and Tuscola: Eighteenth, Saginaw
Nineteenth, Clinton and lona: Twentieth, Kent
Twenty first, Muskegon and Ottawa; Twenty
| second. Mason, Lake. Newaygo, and OceaHa
I wenty-third, Mecosta and Montcalm: Tween
ty-fourth: Gratiot, Midland. Gladwin, Clare
and Isabella; twenty fifth. Atenac an,
Bay; Twenty sixth. Oscoda. Ogemaw, Alpena
Altoona, and Iosco; Twenty Montgom
erv Presque Isle. Roscommon. Missaukee. kai
kaska, Crawford, OtSgo, and Cheboygan
Twenty eighth, Benzie Manistee, Wexford. AM
Osceola; Twenty-ninth. Manitou, Leelenaw
Charlevoix, Antrim. and Grand Traverse; Thir
tieth, Emmett Mackinac, Chippewa, Agei
Schoolcraft. and Delta: Thirty first, Iron, Me
nominee. and Marquette: Thrty-second, Ke
weenaw, Isle Royal. Ontonagon, Ntroqua, an
be- De-.