Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1885-05-14
TERMS OF sUBsCRIprIoN
MICHIGAN LEGIsLATURE.

TIE following bills were passed by the Senate
on the LIST inst: To amend the act relative 70
subjects for dissection for the advancement OF
science; to provide for the preparation and pub
lication OF an alphabetical index to tho laws
passed in 1882. 1888. and 1885. and TO be passed
at stated intervals hereafter. The House passed
bills approprlating $500 for he current ex-
penses OF the State Normal School for 1875 and
1886; to amend the act for the incor-
Roration OF the Grand Council OF Royal
Templars OF Temperance; to amend
the act to reorganize the Union School District
Of Flint; authorizing the settlement OF the claim
OF Peter Despeilder; to amend the act requiring
supervisors, directors, and ov,rseers to make
annual reports to County Superintendents Of
the Poor; TO provide for the publication OF in
formation obtsined by experiments at the Agri-
cultural College. Governor Alger notified both
Houses by message that he had changed his
views R0mewhat since his inaugural message
was given them; that he now recommends
the appointment of board OF four, two from
each dominant political party. as an advisory
board. with such compensation as shall secure
able talent, whose DUTY 1t ehall be to tnvesti-
gate the cases of all now in either the State
Prison or House OF Correction who apply for
pardon, and report their Judgment to the exe-
cutive rs TO pardon. Communication, or non.
action, such recommendation to be acted on by
the Governor as he shall see fit, after a careful
examination. He thinks that Two OF the four
should be lawyers: cites unequal and apparent
unjust sentences, and refers to the fact that
two men are in the State Prison, one for steal
took for a labor debt, and the o her for only
ten years for stealing nearly $l00.tO0.
Both houses adjourned TO Monday, the 4th-
THE bill amending the charter OF Hilsdale
passed the Senate on the 5th inst, and the bill
to provide attorney fees for foreclosure was
tabled. The House Ways and Means Commit
tee reported adversely the Senate bill to increase
the university tax from one-twentieth to one
tenth OF a mill, believing that the university
should obtain all its funds by legislative appro-
pration and not be favored above ether State in
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minority stockholders representation on boards
of directors was sent to the House, The Gov
ernor takes grounds that in enacting laws un-
der which corporations could organize, the
State made contracts with those corporations
which can not be violated. Speaking OF similar
laws In Illinois and other States the Governor
says none of those laws applied to corporations
existing previous to their enactment, only to
those tormRd aftsr tpe passaRe az .htlls..~ &a
thus bill not be parsed over his veto, would
strongly urge in his retiring message the enact
ment OF such law TO apply to conn anies or
Ranized after its passage The vote by which
the bill was passed was reconsidered and the
bill tabled. The Governor also sent a supple
mentary pardon MESSAGE to both houses recon-
mending that IL the Pardon Board bill passes it
be arranged that the board shall not sit more
than ak months during one gubernatorial
term, and that q stenographer be employed,
who shall be Secretsrv OF the. board.
THREE or four election bills were before the
Senate on the 9th inst, and the days session
was largely devoted, In committee OF the whole.
to their consideration. To the Senate the Gov
ernor noted his approval OF the following acts:
For the relief of Peter Des Pelder; amending
chapter le7, Howell. relative to industrial
schools; anending sections 1901. Howell;
relative to reports OF supervisors directors. and
overseers to county sui ertntendente or the
poor: amending act "a of 1882, to provide for
zoe Sa rae orn EorSe Se tSsSs
was a sober short, sharp talk over the resoiu-
tion to e. >tepd the time for completing the Mar
TSs T9PSettS sVasd Id The 0nsso Tessoiutcn was
amendaJ sn "a - requiEe the bui ding OF ten
miles Of 70 road "a % 6y y lsss, and pass passed aS e g
For the preparation of oompiia.ion
the O., laws laws enacted since the cooperating
OF howell was published: reh- e, etc.
lonta; for the opening of stree reIe
In Detroit; amending section $3.50, Howell. q,
lived 20 the appointment OF administrato
amending section 4565, Howell, relative to the
sale OF real estate by executors; incorporating
cunningham; appropriating money to the Nor-
MAJ MAJ school FOR building sidewalks; to prevent
nonresident aliens from acquiring lands in this
ss@se; 1seeSal1yng gr the dtHh taf in nHiBfIqE
deaf and dumb; making appropriation on
State swamp lands TO improve the Looking
Glass River in Clinton and Shiawassee Coun-
ties; joint resolution to hasten the civil
tzatioii OF Indians lost; 10 mt resolution proros-
ing an amendment to the Constitution relative
to the Auditors Of Wayne County; joint resolu-
ton appropriating $1,000 for the semi ccnten-
nial celebration of the admission of Michigan
into the Union; amending section 2275, Howell,
relative TO police regulation of the liquor trafc,
lost, reconsidered, and referred to the commit
tee Of the whole; for the publication OF divorce
statistics, lost: for the punishment OF public
ohcers, enactin9 clause struck out but the bill
amending section 6630, Howell.
relative to subpDnas; Joint resolution for index
Ing the names OF soldiers; amending section
1912, Howell, relative to punishment for cutting
ana @ carrying away timber; amending section
1903, relative to taking depositions; to prohibits
the sale of butterine and oieomargarine.
THE Senate passed the following bills, at its
session on the 7th inst Authorizing the Town
ship OF Leslie. Ingham County, to borrow $20.-
300 for making public improvements; TO pre-
vent the spread of glanders and farcy: appro-
prtating ten sections of swamp land to reclaim
swaP "a m orasl0e County TO amend the act
deceased persons; to amend the act relating to
selecting petit jurors in the Upper PENINSULA; to
regulate the practice OF pharmacy; to provide
or challenge OF talesmen in Justices courts; to
amend the act for the construction of macadam-
zed roads in Bay County; to regulate the pas
'enger and freight traffic; to provide for the
amend the statute relative to the support OF
poor persons; to organize Case Tow nship, In
Presque Isle County; appropriating $Bt,0 for
$70O for building walks at the
'ame institution. After a fight lasting all day
he resolution to extend the time for comp citing
he Marquette, Houghton and Ontonagon Rail-
Dad was defeated in the House, to the sur,
rise Of every one. When the session opened
majority of the House favored the resolution,
'ut as the debate progressed man after
nan was won over to the opposition, and when
he vote was taken IL showed 80 yeas to 46 nays.
The vote was reconsidered, and the resolution
abled as usual when measures are defeated to
How It's friends TO call IL up again. Repeated
alures Of the company to keen its promises to
uild did the business. To the House, the Gov
rnor noted his approval of the act amending
riating SlS,O00 to build two in6rmaries aL the
EASTERN Asylum for the Insane.