The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-04-24
MICHIGAN LEGISLATURE

Bills were passed. by the Senate on the 18th
inst. TO discharge from further liability thu
bOndsmen of Mitchell Sanford. the defaulting
treasurer OF Maple Ridge Township, Emfnet
County; 70 incorporate the w. c. 4. u of Michi-
gan a House joint resolution authorizing tbs
State Board of Education 70 balance tho
accounts Of the Slate Normal School by
transfer OF funds Senator's Hoibrook, Green,
and Harshaw were appointed committee 10
inquire into the feasibility OF manufacturing
Irvine In the State penal Institutions. Bllls
passed the House apprOpriating S!,S Tor tho
purchase OF cooking and other utensils AT the
lonia House OF Correction 70 establish q 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 Dwyer.
The Senate passed bills. on the 10th inst, FIX
ing the compensation OF Upper Peninsula MEM
beers at % per day. Incorporating the village or
Highland Park, Wayne County; authorizing tho
Auditor General To balance the account OF the
Industrial School by Girls for n transfer OF tho
funds giving municipal courts Of record power
10 issue writs Of haboas cOrpus; amending the
charter OF the city Of Marquette; requiring
notaries public to be 81 years OF age; creditng
Isabella County with taxes and interest charged
on certain vacant Indian reseryations author
izing the township of Roscommon TO issue
bonds to the amount of "a, 900 20 cover indebted
ness. Bills passed the House amending tho
highway laws by directing the commissioners 10
make contracts for building bridges when the
amount OF expenditure exceeds 500; 60 protect
the holders OF township orders; establishing n
school for manual training in School District
NO. i, city OF Jackson, TO make kidnapping an
Onense punishable by imprisonment for life or
term OF years providing for mechanics liens
on the property OF employers for submission
to the people I'm November, 1890, OF n proposition
Tor 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
years ago. the vote being 90 to % n bill author
izing the West Side Building and Loan Associa-
ton, OF Grand Rapids, TO increase its capital
stock TO 81, 100000; joint resolution for the
amendment 10 the constitution requiring voters
TO have residence OF six months in the State
instead OF three AS now, and thirty days in the
town or ward instead OF ten as now. A 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 n bin authorizing the Attorney General
10 settle the claim OF Ransom Bartlett
THE meat-inspection bill was favorably re-
ported To the House, on the 18th inst, by tho
Committee on Public Health. The committees
spent several weeks in considering its constitu-
tionality, and believes that no flaw can be found
in the bill in that respect In tho shape re-
ported, however, one OF the main props Of the
bill has been knocked out. 1t provides that tho
Councils of the various cities n nd villages may
appoint beef inspectors instead OF providing
that they shall appoint such officers rs was
specified in the bill originally A new clause
provides that, in addition To inspecting the ami
NAL before Strengthening, 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 and the wholesale TO $500. Only
three sections We're passed upon before adjourn
lnent
BILLS appropriatng $4,000 for the blind
school at Lansing and 500 900 for the soldiers
home at Grand Rapids, We're passed by the SEN
ate on the 18th inst. The House passed SEN
ate bill which will enable the executive commit
tee of the State Agricultural Society TO select n
permanent location for the State fair, exhibit
which has been transferred from one city TO an
other until IL 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 10 cede to the United
States all lands required in opening the
Hay Lake channel below Lake Superior.