Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-03-12
LANSING LEGISLATION.
SHORT SESSIONS YESTERDAY
No Afternoon Session la Either House
A Report 90 Abolish ihe immi-
grafton Comma sslonershtp

lansing. March ll.-the sessions weft
short IA boti heuseS thi- morning. ln tl.e
House the following bills asre Iasseo Sea.
ale bill. prescribing thai q cspis- mas be
issued on vacation or teTIs time and made
returnable on the frst Iuesdsy II any
mouth, and also on any day IA lhe term, and
senate bill. cutting down the liSi II articles
exempted by laW ia cases where aeats are can-
tracted for labor. Senate bill Increasing the
namber of school trustees for graded schools
from five ID siK, aud providing that such
trustees shall be elected 10y majority and
not plurality vote, senate bill. relative to
formation OF health Institutes: Senate biil.
reincou,orating the village Of kOsoOmm0ni
Senate blli, compelling owners Of teams IA
the Upper Peninsula ID place bells on their
horses during the sleIghlng season; Senate
bail. ameuding ihe laW III reference TO the
transfer OF interest Of personal estate IL cor
IsOrati0ns.
Aresolution offered boy Senator Hubbeli,
was adopted, citing that Governor BegOie
had stated that a certain sum had been re-
ceived by the state from the general govern
ment through Friend Palmer, OF Detroit,
concerning the disposition OF which 10 men
ton wac made by him, and that u WAS gen
orally alleged IL was paid 10 the Quarter
muster general. The resolution provides
that the Committee on Military Afiairs In-
vestigate the transactions and report the
amount 6f money received by Gov. BegOle;
what commission WAS paid, and by what
authority that commission WAS pald 10 Pal
mer: 20 what State officers and by what au-
thority the money was PAD. the committee
To have power 10 send for persons and papers
and administer oaths. Senator Hubbell
holds that the $4,000 80 received was appro-
priated TO the Military Department bA Gov.
Begole without authority. The money was
spent and the Department Is now short.
After few minutes spent III general OF
der ia the Committee of the Whole the Senate
took recess until 40 tins evening. The
Senate and House convened at a. IN. -
hurry through a little business aud then take
in the convention. The floors were
crowded with convention delegates. ln the
House bills passed allowing the owners Of III
terest In limited partnerships 10 sell the inter
est as personal pro- erty the purchaser ID be
come "A member OF such partnership: com
pelling the use of sleigh bells on teams 10 the
Upper Peninsula amending the primary
school law; amending section iOpo. Howell
statutes. relative 10 findings by Juries rela-
tive 10 township boards; for the protection
of labor debt; against exemptions; for the
better protection Of labor debts. attaching
the County of Isle Royal 10 HOught0n
County for judicial purposes.
The House considered the action of the
committee of the whole striking ont al alter
the enacting clause IN the bill relative 10 the
payment of fees TO officers conveying prison
ers TO the lonia prison. \ petition numer
ously signed by business men of st. CLAIR
was presented, favoring the passage of the
minority representation bill.
This evening the Committee on immigra
tion reported recommending the abolition
of the Office of Commissioner of lmmigra-
ton by the passage of a bin pending for the
purpose. Bills were passed Incorporating
the village of An Sable and for the relief of
the purchasers aud settlers on swamp lands.
The balance of the evening was spent iu the
Committee of the Whole.