Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-06-06
THE STATE.
LIQUOR TAX BILL.
Uniform Tax of $500 on Retailers,
and SOS on Brewers.
Legislative Summary,


The bill to tax the II ,.or ,lailic came up
in the senate the other afternoon. mo
ton was made 10 increase the tax on brew
ers from SO 20 $50, and after discus ion
was adopted by vote of - TO I.
The proposition by the committee as re.
ported in the bl. 10 make the tax on VIII sky
$500 anu on beer $500, did not como 10 di-
rectVote. MIR. COlgrove moved 10 make the
tax uniform at $500. The proposition car
ried without division.
The provision regard ng druggists--re-
enacting the present law-was adopted
without division. The amendment that
bOudsmen may be taken from the county ut
large, instead OF the city, township or village
in which the retail dealer does business,
was lost. Mr. Wesselius supported it by "a
speech, but the vote decided yeas 10, nays
10.
The amendment making it unlawful 10
sell or give liquor to students at any public
or private institution, or to permit any
student or minor TO play at cards, dice, bill
lizards or any game OF chance in place
where liquor is Sold was adopted. So was
the following new section: section 81
During the time when, by the prov siOns OF
this act, places where liquor is sold or kept
for sale must he closed, all curtains,
screens, partitions and other things that
alley or road in front of or at the side or
end Of said building, or the bar or place in
said room whore said liquors al sold or
kept for sac shall be removed. ANY per-
son who shall violate any of the provisions
OF this section, shall, upon conviction there
of, be punished rs provided in section of
this act"
The bill was put upon its immediate pas
sage anu carried by vote OF Il TO D. The
bill now goes TO the house for concurrence.
On the lst inst the secretary Of state had
on fi.e 1870 local bills and liz general bills
passed by the legislature this session.
The senate committee has reported ad-
versely on the bill 10 build a $4,000 resi-
denco for the governor
The house has passed the bill doctoring
the mortgage tax law. It's not known what
the senate will do with the bill 1t is be
leved that the governor will veto it If it
reaches him, Following is that part of the
law as amended by the jackson bill:
tenant OF real estate may pay the taxes
thereon and deduct the same from his
rent unless there be an agreement to the
contrary. Any person paying I Xes upon
land owned by h m, which nd is mortgag
ed, may retain out Of the interest due or TO
become due on such mortgage, such proper
ton of the taxes paid by him on said land
as the amount of the morty gage bears to the
assessed valuation Of the land, unless there
shall be an agreement in the mortgage TO
the contrary, and when such agreement
sha appear in any mortgage il shall be
evidence that such mortgage Is liable to be
taxed against another person, in which
case it shall not be assessed to the person
holding or owning the same, provided such
person shall exhibit such agreement to the
assessing osficcr Such payment Of taxes
may be made 10 the town treasurer while
the tax roll is in his hands, or afterward to
the county treasurer or the state treasurer.
The receipt given shall be evidence of such
payment