Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1889-04-25
MICHIGAN LEGISLATURE


BILLS were passed by the senate ON tho 18th
inst. to discharge from further liability tho
bOndsmen of Mitchell Sanford the dofaulting
treasurer OF Maple Ridge Township, Emmet
County; to incorporate tho w. G. Il. u. OF Michi-
gan a House joint resolution authorizing tho
State Board OF Education 10 balance the
accounts Of the Slate Normal School by
transfer of funds. Senator's Holbrook, Green.
and Harshaw appointed a committee to
inquire into the feasibility of manufacturing
twine IN the State penal institutions. Bills
purchase OF cooking and other utensils at the
lonia House of Correction to establish State
road In Bay County; Senate bill amending the
charter of.sault Ste. Marie. Bills were approved
by the Governor: To authorize the villages of
Berrien Springs and Oronoko 10 borrow money
and issue bonds for public improvements, and
bill for the relief Of Cornelius DwYor
THE Senate passed bills. on the 10th inst, fz-
ing the compensation OF Upper Peninsula men,
bers at S5 per day; Incorporating the village of
Highland Park, Wayne County; authorizing the
Auditor General to balance the account of the
Industrial School by Girls for a transfer Of the
funds giving municipal courts OF record power
TO issue writs Of habeas corpus; amending the
charter of the city OF Marquette requiring
notaries public TO be 21 years of age crediting
Isabella County with taxes and interest charged
on certain vacant Indian reservations; author
izing the township OF Roscommon to issue
bonds to the amount OF 1900 TO cover indebted
ness. Bills passed the House amending the
highway laws by directing the commissioners To
make contracts for building bridges when the
amount OF expenditure exceeds $500 70 protect
school for manual training in School District
No. !, city of Jackson to make kidnapping an
ofense punishable by Imprisonment for life or
term OF years providing for mechanics liens
on the property OF employers; for submission
to the people in November, 1890, of proposition
for convention for the general revision OF the
State Constitution, to meet the first Tuesday In
December, 1891 bill repeating the law
for taxation Of mortgages Which passed two
ling the west Side Building and Loan Associa-
tion of Grand Rapids, to increase its capital
stock to 80, 600 600; joint resolution for the
amendment to the constitution requiring voters
to have a residence Of six months in the State
instead OF three as now, and thirty days in tho
town or ward instead Of ten as now. Senate
manuscript bill authorizing the trustees OF the
State Agricultural Society to receive proposals
and permanently locate n State fair at other
than annual meetings passed the Senate, but
was hung up in the House. The Governor APP
proved u bill authorizing the Attorney General
to settle the claim of Ransom Bartlett.
THE meat-inspection bill was favorably re-
ported TO the House, on the 18th inst, by the
Committee on Public Health. The committee
spent several weeks in considering its constitu-
tionality, and believes that no flaw can be found
in the bill in that respect. In the shape re-
ported, however, one of the main props of the
bill has been knocked out. 1t provides that the
Councils Of the various cities and villages may"
that they shall" appoint such officers, as was
specified in the bill originally clause
provides that, in addition to inspecting the ami
NAL before slaughtering, the viscera must be
examined Immediately after The House spent
the whole afternoon in committee OF the whole
on the Damon bill, increasing the retail liquor
tax to 5000 aud the Wholesale to $3.50. Only
three sections were passed upon before adjourn
ment.
Bills appropriating $4,000 for the blind
school at Lansing and $4,000 for the soldiers
home Mt Glapd Rapids, were passed by the Sen
ate en- the 18th inst. The House passed a Sem
ATE bill which will cradle the executive commit
tee of the State Agricultural Society TO select
permanent location for the State fair an exhibit
which has boon transferred from one city to nm
other until ii has become bankrupt Other bills
passed by the House were TO repeal the law en-
abling judges TO sentence first time offenders to
the Detroit House of Correction; TO amend the
charters Of Benton Harbor and ST. Joseph by
adding new territory, and to cede TO the United
States all lands required in opening the now
Hay Lake channel below Lake Superior.