The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-05-01
MICHIGAN LEGISLATURE


County. and amending the charter Of 'coldws-
ter. bin, which psssed the House by = de-
cisive majority. prohibiting sending hrstterm
prisoners To the Detroit House OF Correction,
was taken up and indefinitely postponed by =
vote OF IA To TO- Bills authorizing the formation
OF loan and trust companies and one for the re-
peal OF the standard time law OF 1885, were ad-
versely reported by the committees. Tho Com
mittee on Insurance made a favorable report
upon senator coigroye's bill to prevent fslse
representations In soliciting life insurance. The
Auditor General, In response to a resolution.
reported the special tax collected from mining
from railroad companies 81 1893 7so and nothing
from smelling and manufacturing companies.
The Senate then went into executive session
and connrped the appointment Of list of
notaries public by the Governor. The House
resumed the con Hideration OF the Damon liauor
tax bill incommittee Of the whole. finishing it
by section. An attempt was made to raise tho
retail tax from 5000 TO $500, and "A long wranale
occurred stampeding a few Of the friends Of tho
bill. call OF the House WAS ordered and q
vote taken under the operation Of the call.
resulting in the passage OF the bill by a
vote OF "a TO Al. An attempt vas made TO give
IL immediate effect, but failed by q vote of 81 to
49, Other bills are pending including a prohib-
itory and local option bill. The retail tax nder
the bill passed IL 5000. bill also passed au-
thorizing Bay City and West Bay City 70 incur
abonded indebtedness for constructing a bridge.
The Governor approved a bill authorizing the
Permenent location Of the State Fair. Messrs. .
Mcmillan, Peabody, and Mellen were appointed
members of n joint committee 10 inquire into
the feasibility OF engaging In the Manufacture
OF binding twine in the State penal institutions.
The Senate assembled at sp. m. on the Odd
resolution Resolved That it is the Judgment
OF the Board OF Estimates that all acts OF tho
Legislature authorizing the issue OF bonds for
either boulevard or Belle Isle Park improve
ment should contain a provision that the Ques-
ton Of their issuance shall be submitted To the
people of Detroit at the election next preceding
their issuance, and they shall shall not be
issued as the majority OF the voters may elect.
Itwas referred to the Committee on Labor In
terests Tie House went into committee Of the
whole and passed numerous bills. Among the
measures considered was the bill making an
appropriation for the support Of the mining
school at Houghton for tho years 1SS9-9O. IL
calls for the sum Of $4,000 Upon the commit
tees arising the House adjourned.
THE Senate passed bills, on the 23d inst, pro-
viding for macedamized road In Bay County:
providing an official stenographer for the Nine
teenth Judicial Circuit for the preservation OF
deer and elk on Boise Blanc Island for period
OF ten years; 10 prohibit taking fish with nets
and seines in Lescheneux Island; 10 authorize
executors, administrators and guardians to
mortgage property for the purpose Of improve
ment and keeping in repair, and n bill more
fully designing who may be administrators
upon estates OF deceased persons. House bill
and Senate bill making an appropriation for
the centennial celebration at New York
the regulation OF telephone rates The
House passed bills prohibiting the wearing
Of the badges OF tfny fraternal organization by
non-meInbers and authorizing the formation OF
companies 10 insure live stock. The appropria-
tiOn bills passed include -, 00J for the dedica-
ton OF the Michigan monument at Gettysburg,
Sc, 900 for the expenses OF the mining school,
$4,000 for equipping the mining school building.
The House also concurred in the Senates
amendment TO the Soldiers Home bin increas-
ing the appropriation TO 900. The House in
committee OF the whole agreed TO q bill provid-
ing for the restoration OF capital punishment
for murdsrers by either banging or electricity
whom the jury unanimously recommends 1t.
The bill provides that the execution shall be-
private. even newspaper men being excluded.
THE Senate passed bills on the Gath inst. to
transfer the Jackson County fair grounds TO the
city OF Jackson, which also. passed the House;
to amend the charters Of the villages of st.
Joseph and Berrfon Springs; for the organiza-
tion of the Union School District of Alpena
reincorporn.ing the city of Corruna TO amend
the law with reference TO commissioners OF
claims on estates OF decea sed persons to autho-
rize corporations 10 transfer their property and
franchise to other corporations the Bay County
bridge loan BILL and the bill prohibiting the
carrying OF explosives in passenger cars or any
vehicle used Tor carrying , Iass;eingers Repre-
facture and sale OF cigarettes passed the COM
Ini6toe OF the whole and the Senate substitute
tabled Representative Watts bill for the
in spection OF beef on the hoof which is prac-
tically to shut out Chicago dressed beef, was
under consideration in the House nearly all
day, with Speaker Diekema in the chair. The
discussion was very animated and nearly every
phase was presented. A bill was passed appro-
printing $500 for the Improvement OF the
Pontiac Asylum.
making appropriation for n State forestry com
mission. House joint resolution for the trans
fer OF 900 from the general TO the military
fund, providing for the preservation OF original
sections and quarter posts, authorizing the APP
pointment OF female deputy county clerks, reg
listers ia chancery, and registers of deeds en-
larging the boundaries OF Battle Creek City,
Incorporating the village OF East Jordan,
Charleyoix County joint resolution appro-
priatng s. 900 for the dedication OF the Michi-
gan monuments at Gettysburg bill for tho
consolidation of the State penal institution
boards was made special order for May ;~the
Jackson bill prohibiting the sale and manu-
fncture OF cigarettes was tabled. the antitrust
bills received an adverse report from the Judi
ciary COMMITTEES. The House had very warm
discussion in committee OF the whole at the
morning session on the Waits beef-inspection
bill. vote was reached ut AS n IN.
under call of the House and the bill
passed by IL vote of So to a. 1t has been
so amended since its introduction that IL ia
practically n localoption bill. Inspectors
may be appointed If the council OF villages and
cities so order, but II they still desire Chicago
dressed beef there is nothing in the bill to pre-
vent. Other bills passed providing for orgarfiz-
ing the township of Mcmillan, Ontanagon Coun-
ty the Rogers tobacco bill, by vote OF 50 to 30;
amending the charter of Battle Greek provid-
ing for the publication OF volume Howells
Statutes ;appropriating S53, 12i. 40 for the sup
port of tho Fish Commission for lsS9-9O. The
committee investigating the Pontiac Asylum
scandal report that Bates and Davidson met
their death from rough usage ut the hnnds
Of attendants and ask for the latter discharge.
but sustain the managers OF that institution.
The Joint committee TO ascertain the feasibility
OF manufacturing binding Irvine III the State
penal institutions recommended the employ
ment OF an export to investigate the subject.
The Governor vetoed the Grand Rapids West
Side Loan Association bill, increasing its capi-
tai stock to 80 900, 000 for the reason that it is
unconstitutional and should be provided for, II
at all. under the general law, and not by special
legislation. He ,approved large number OK
bills, all OF purely local character