The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-02-26

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vices-0cneral Mention.
From Our Own Corespoudent.I
LANSING, Feb. n.
When the long recess closed and the law
makers found themselves on their way to
The scene Of action on Monday, they found
hey had more to contend against than
any rules made by man; in other words,
that man proposes, but God disposes;" so
when Tuesday morning came the members
Who should have been ia their seats,
and expected to be, were snow-bound
ut different points all over the State. and
the Senate was called 10 order with only 13
members Qess than quorum) present and
the House with only 63. The latter body
did some business ON that day, but the
Senate, after taking an informal recess IN
I'll afternoon found itself still short of q
quorum and so adjourned until 2 o'clock on
Wednesday. Many of the detained men,
bers did not arrive for two or three days
after. and even Clerk Crossman, of the
House. who happened to b. at Vassar. did
not reach here until Friday. Thus the
business week of the Legislature has been
q very short one, but some important legs-
lation has passed either one house or the
other-but not both.
UNIFORM TIME.
A bill to make standard time the legnl and
uniform time for the State passed the Sen
ate before the recess, and Saturday passed
the House, so that as soon as Gov. Alger
can sign it, we may sleep twenty. eight min
utes later each morning, but must work SO
much later each night. Either that or else
we must begin work at half-past and quit
ut half past 5 at night
STATE BoUNTIEs.
AS petitions in large numbers and numer-
ously signed are coming in asking for the
passage of bill to equalize the bountics
paid by the State or promised to be ind,
your readers will be interested in Psrcsa|
of the following report, called Cor by reso-
luton Of the House. and which shows that
the amount of money called for would be o
sum far beyond that anticipated by any who
AJAX Tor the passage of The bill:
MILITARY DEPARTMENT MICHIGAN,l
Adjutant Generals Office,
LANSING, Fsb o, 1885.
10 the Speaker of the House Of Representatives.
SIS-In Smpliance with resolution u
the House o. Jan. Goth ultimo, requesting
an estimate Of the amount of money that
would be required TO equalize the State
bounties according TO the provisions Of
House bill No. SO File No. 14). have the
honor to make the following statement:
Enlistments from the commencement OF
the war to Nov. !, 1864, tAdJutant Gener-
Enlistments from Nov. i. 1864. to Feb. i.
1860 ..--................ ............. i,Soo
Total enlistr.snts previous to Feb. 4.
Less re -enlstments credited twice. 80. 5,5i5
77,725
on above enlstments as taken from
statement on file in Quartermaster
Generals Office:
Number who have been paid 500 ......... $3.50
Whole number to be considered IN
- equaizatiof. -. .:.:.............' ,oyS
Number who have received $50. s,11a
Number who have not received any
state bounty.... ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. .63, ~
Approximate amount required to equalize
to $l0U as provided in House bill referred to:
Required to pay $3.50 500 each. Sc, S7s, 0Oo
Required to pay S,ll3 $50 each ......... 405, $50
Total required to equslize on basis
Compliance with that portion of the bill
requiring the deduction of the amount OF
bounties paid by counties, cities, town
ships, and villages is impracticable, as no
eccount thereof has been furnished. to the
| Quartermaster Generals Office or to this de-
partment. Very respectfully. your most
obedient servant, JNo. ROBERTSON,
Adjutant General.
ANOTHER STATE PRISON.
Senator Stephenson has introduced bill
FOR the establishment Of a State House OF
| Correction and q branch of the State Prison
in the Upper Peninsula, and to provide foi
I the location and erection thereof, and max
ing an appropriation therefor" The bill
provides for the appointment by the Cover
nor of q Commission to locate such an in
stitution in the Upper Peninsula; appropr-
ate 100000 with which to begin thu
erection of the necessary buildings, to b.
expended under the direction of the com.
mission. OF course, the appropriation pro-
posed will not be sufficient to complete the
enterprise, but would be sufficient to prose-
| cute the work until another meeting of the
Legislature. The need of such an institu-
ton is so great-the expense of bringing
prisoners from the Upper Peninsula count
ing up in few years to a sum sufficient to
build prison there-that the bill is quite
likely to pass. Just where it would be To-
Gated the Senator says he has no idea.
TO PROHIBIT FOREIGN CoNvICTs.
One of the much talked of bills of two
years ago, to so amend the law for the es-
tablishment of the Detroit House Of Cor
rection as to prohibit the sentencing OF
prisoners from States and Territories out
side this State. well known then as the
| famous DOISer OIL, tnat unhily pas5eu the
House after hard fight, but was defeated
in the Senate. went through the House on
the 18th by vote of 80 yeas to no nays
A fight is likely to be made against the bill
in the Senate by the chair makers and 9th,
ers at Detroit who object to coming in con-
tact with foreign convict labor" as they
term it.
! GENERAL MENTION.
Senator Hubbard has introduced a bill
similar to the one defeated two years ago
TO provide pension on the retirement Of
resignation Of Judges Of the State courts Al
the age of 20 years and of twenty years
service"
The Senate has passed bill re-
curing all who drive horses in the Upper
| Peninsula to have bell or bells attached Il
the horses or sleighs. A good idea, as the
snow in that section is 80 deep as O rul,
that men, women, and children must take
the center of the road, and are very liable
to be injured by careless teamsters without
bells.
The new city charter given to Kalamazoo
two years ago, is already on the sick list
and is to be doctored by this Legis AZURE.
Appropriate resolutions were offered or
Senator Woodruff's celebration Of the
fiftieth anniversary of his marriage, b,