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

years bofvtc&s 70 o9SeOaAou xous0 " SOt10o-
ton and branch OF the State Prison in the Up
wln In the Upper Peninsula; TO provide for
bringing suits against CO. operative and mutual
Of isTs. which provides pSniskmsnt FOR libel and
SANDER; to enlarge the supreme Court and In
crease the salaries OF the Judges: TO
Of ry the State against Iron Ciif Mining COMPANY
The following bills passed the Senate: bill TO
establish uniform time; the Senate Joint resolu-
ton appropriating 81. 900 for an exhibit az the
exhibition OF the American Pathological Society
at Grand Rapids In September. The House bill
to amend ths act to establish the Detroit House
of Correction 30 to prohibit the sentence there
TO of prisoners from other States and Territories
A majority OF the Committee ON Liquor Traffic
reported favorably q Joint resolution for sub
hitting the prohibition question TO the people.
In the House bills were introduced: To pno-
hibit the running Of traction and portable en-
0sr IN To
buildings or grounds: to amend the act relative
to the sale OF swamp lands
The following bills were introduced In the
Senate on Feb. 16: To amend Sec sos5. Howells
Statutes. relative to carnishees: to regulate the
incorporation of societies to hold and manage
property for religious purposes; TO amend Sec.
9468. Howells Statutes, relative to exclusion OF
witnesses and spectators at trials before magls-
trates. In the House. bills were introduced:
To regulate the compounding by physicians and
the sale of drugs and medici les: to amend Sec.
2Oss. Howeli's Statutes, to protect logs. lumber,
and timber. wnile floating upon the vat rs in
this State. or living upon the banks or shores
thereof: to provide for the election OF Solicitor
General.
The following bills were passed in the Sem
ate on Feb IT: Attaching Isle Royal to Hough-
ton for judicial purposes: reviewing motions for
new trials In the Supreme Court; amending Sec
ton s727. G. L.. relative to writs: anne noing
section 43oo Howell, relative to millers' m utual
lrQn anfa nj "A
Howell, relative to trials OF issue OF facts.
amending section 1868, Howell Bills were In
Produced as follows; For an appropriation OF
Iosco County; for disposal OF State swamp
lands otherwise undisposed OF; repeating
General to pay accounts Of the STATE House Of
Correction; appointment OF State Game and
Fish Warden: increasing the salary OF the State
Librarian; extending the time for the com
pletion OF the Marquette, Houghton end Onton-
AEON Rail road for registration Of births, mar
riages, and deaths: making an appropri-
ing section sisi Howell, relative to State
Prison funds The senate In executive
session confirmed the appointment OF Martin
The House was filed with persons who expected
to hear hot debate on the prohibitory amend
ment. but the resolution providing for submis-
sion went through the committee OF the whole
quietly. Bills were introduced In the House
authorizing the building or an infirmary and
making an appropriation for erecting GER
for the Insane; to organize Alger and Iron
Counties in the Upper Peninsula; to pre-
vent nonresident aliens from acquiring or hold
ing lands In Michigan: to amend section 1887,
Howell, relative to the inspection of illumipat-
ing oils: to define the duties OF Notaries Public
In certain cases: amending acts relative to levy
ing and collecting taxes; amending act 262,
1881. relative to fish shutes: amending Section
61o3, Howell relative TO fraudulent claims;
amending Section 1881, Howell, relative to tax
ing the liquor traffic: amendi0g the Grand Rap
III.
1862 relative to interest on instahments on con-
tracts: Incorporating societies for breeding
Relative TO town plats: detaching Ogemaw
County from the Eighteenth and attaching IL to
the Twenty third Judicial Circuit.
IN the Senate bills were introduced as fol-
lows on Feb. ls To amend Howell's statutes
relative to punishment for libel and Islander; to
provide for placing under ground all telegraph,
telephone, and electric light wires in all
incorporated cities; to amend an act relative
to exceptions In criminal criminal cases:
to amend an act relative to fishing in
rivers; TO protect fish and preserve fisheries; to
provide for the appointment OF Deputy At
and sale of cattle afflicted with CHAMBERS.
Charles V. Deland, of Jackson, whom Gov.
Alger had determined to appoint Labor Com.
missioner, and who was opposed by several
labor unions and by Senators who resent his
course in the Ferry fight two years ago, with
drew his name. q. v. T. Pond, OF Quincy, was
once by the Senate The House spent the
greater part OF the day in discussing a
resolution TO rnbmit the prohibitory amend
ment to the Constitution at the State cleo
ton, and after hot and exciting debate the
resolution was passed by a vote OF CT to 25 ex-
actly the necessary two-thirds vote being cast
for IL. Nineteen Fusionists voted for and two
Republicans against submission. favorable
report was made on a bill providing for tho cleo
ton OF a Solicitor General, while the bill pro-
viding for capital punishment for certain cases
of murder was reported unfavorably. A bill
abolishing the contract laoor system in the
Ionia House OF Correction was partially consid-
cred in committee OF the whole.
A CONCURRENT resolution asking Michigan
members of Congress to support the Sumner
postal telegraph bill passed both houses Feb.
10. The House debate was warm. and Jay
Gould, the Western Union Telegraph Company.
and the Associated Press were roundly de-
nounced. In the Senate, a bill was passed to
provide for the incorporation OF mutual fnsur-
ance companies to insure against cyclones and
tornadoes The following bills also passed the
Senate: incorporating Three Oaks, detachinQ
territory from Higgins and attaching IL TO
Richfeld Township, incorporating Grass
h int saloons in the vicinity Of schools.
The House deluged with flood OF new
bills. The most important were: To license
circuses, etc.; to punish the using of pro
fame obscene. or insulting language; to amend
the law relative to evidence in divorce cases
relative TO the formation of street railway com
panies: relative to the construction OF rail-
ways; to provide for a uniformity OF text
books in schools; to provide punishment for
wife heaters; to provide for free TEXTBOOKS
in public schools; to facilitate the col
lection of judgments against railway companies
or corporations; to encourage the construction
Of fences along highways to prevent snow
drifts; providing for the incorporation of build
ing. loan. and savings associations. bill 70
abolish the convict contract system in the 1onia
House OF Correction was passed, after an un-
awaiting effort TO break its force by amend
ments The House also passed the bin. The
bill to give the Supreme Court addition was
ate. The bill fixed the salaries at $1,000. and
the farmers defeated IL for that reason II
was then reconsidered, and salaries made IS ,o0o