Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-02-28
WILL INTEREST MANY.
a Bill Providing for the Appointment
OF an Expert Grain Inspector.
Our E.nns,ng budget.

pert to DO known as chief inspector OF grain,
and this officer IS TO give bonds in the sum
of 900 for the faithful performance of
his duty. An ass slant chief inspector and
n corps of deputy inspectors are also pro
vided for in fun each town where public
elevator Is located TO have an inspector
and these are required TO give bonds OF
$4,000 The bill also requires the owner,
lessee or manager Of every public ware
house or elevator to procure from the cir
cult court a license 10 transact business.
lie must file II bond varying in amount ac-
cording to the capacity OF the elevator as
follows:
For an elevator not over SO, 900 bushes,
bond of $3.50; 100000 bushels, 5000; 200
Coz bushels $1,000; 10000 bushels, $l5,-
600; 400, 900 bushels, $4,000; 500,0OJ bush
els, SIS 900; 100 bu shells, S31 800; 1,0O0,-
coo bushels, $4,000; over 10000 bushels,
100000.
The elevator men are required 10 make
uniform charge for warehouse service, and
must not discriminate During the first
week of January In each year they are re
quircd TO fix a schedule of prices, and may
not deyiate from il during the year. No
grain can be delivered until II has been
examined by an inspector and found TO be
of the Craze called for by the warehouse
receipt, and the elevator people are forbid
den TO mix grain Of different grades or al
low 1t TO be done with view or result OF
profit To anyone. The issuing Of receipt
quantity, quality OF grade Is made felony
and is punished by state prison sentence
OF one TO two years. The receipts cancelled
and issued must be repOr ed daily to the
railroad and warehouse comm iSsioner. The
latter is empowered - appoint arbitration
committees wherever an elevator is located
10 look after points Of differences.
The governor has appointed John c.
Mason of Adrian, and Mrs. Perry Mayo Of
Calhoun county, for the full term, and Mrs.
Jane M. Kinney OF Port Huron, TO I'LL va
cancy, as members OF the board of control
of the industrial homo for girls: Alfred II.
Heath of louia az commissioner OF labor for
two years from March |, and ID. Bethune
Duflield of Detroit, John Is. Boies Of Hud-
son, Harry A. Conant of Monroe, Charles
G. Ellsworth of Greenville, Guy M. Trow-
| bridge OF Pontiac, and John Duncan OF Cal
| umet as members of the board Of control
| of railroads for four years from Febru-
| airy %.
In the house the other day Mr. Waite of
| Menominee offered resolution 10 pay
| members of committees visiting state insti-
| tons ten cents "a mile for travel and s.
day extra for expenses. An acrimonious
| debate eusued, and the res )lution was hot
| ly antagonized, but was finally passed by
vote OF ~ TO ~
1
| a law to prevent tho selling OF intoxicating
| liquors within five miles of the university
| Of Michigan have been sent in from the fol-
| lowing localities: Ann Arbor, 1876; state
at large 402; Adrian (all voters), 393; Stur-
| gis, li0; Caro-, 1913: Saginaw, 40; Dexter,
IS; Newago, 90; Clinton. rs; Britton, 20;
| resident students Of Ann Arbor, 2s3; non
resident students of Ann Arbor, ls6.
| The house has passed Joint resolution
| urging congress 70 pass the bill now before
| it in the relief Of ex prisoners OF war.
The adjutant general has issued commits
| sions to Anthony Vogel and John +. Heck
err. to be respectively first and second lieu
| tenants OF Co &. Fourth regiment MIST,
| located at Detroit.
| After an exciting debate in the house a
| resolution was adopted fixing the rate Of
| mileage at six cents Il mile.
| A bill has been introduced providing for
| an election next November on the question
| of holding a constitut onal convention in
| 1891. There has been no such election held
since 1851.
| Abbott's hanging bill has been introduc-
| ed. 1t provides that the sentence for muir
der in the first degree shall be imprison-
| ment for life, except when the jury brings
|
recommending the death penalty. The
Judge may then al his discretion impose
| hanging or Imprisonment for life.
Representative o. S. Smith has intro
| duced a bill TO retire supreme court judges
| after 10 years service, when, III they shall
| have reached the age of 20 years, they shall
| be given an annual pension of s. 800 Cir
cult judges, under similar condition, are to
| receive "a pension OF 81 200.
| A bill has been introduced providing for
| the incorporation of the Lewis Cass Home
| in Detroit for the reformation of drunkards
The home is TO receive such cases as are
| sent to it from the house of correction, and
| for compensation is TO receive 10 per cent
| of the wholesale and retail liquor tax Of
| Wayne county. The homo Is to be private
institution, but its management will be par
| italy under the Charge of the state.
| bill has been re-introduced providing
| FOR the appointment of state marshalls 10
$50 that the liquor law is enforced.
A bill has been introduced in the senate
providing that In legislative dist riots where
there are more than two Legislative candi-
| dates the voter may cast as many ballots
for any one candidate as there are candi-
dates in the field - something after the
principle of the minority representative
law.
The last phase of the wages gnrnishee
question, W hich has attracted considerable
attention at the hands of the legislature, is
bill istrolUced by Mr.. Iogelmeyor, ex-
empting 50 a week from attachment, and
allowing that amount TO be paid over at
once 10 the defendant debtor. The 81 per
day exemption bill could ind nobody to
father 1t.
An antitrust bill has been introduced in
the senate. 1t provides that all associa-
tions, trusts, etc, must file their ar.icles
of agreements with the auditor general and
shall be open for inspection by all. Under
the terms of tho bill an annual report must
also be filed.
A bill has been introduced requiring cor.
oners to be legally qualified physicians.
Mr.. Bignall has introduced resolution
providing tha6 tho log IS AZURE adjourn from
April TO January l. 90,to give the farmer
members a show. MIR. Bignall stipulates
in his resolution that the members shall not
draw pay during tho proposed recess.
The number of bills introduced In tho
house during the present session Is sol; In