Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1889-03-28
MICHIGAN LEGISLATURE


House bills for two election precincts in Fen
ton Genesee County, and in Hancock, Houghton
County authorizing the township OF Hillman,
Montgomery County, TO borrow money 70 pay its
floating indebtedness TO amend the charter OF
Kalamazoo City to authorize gas companies TO
increase their capital stock in the larger cities
were passed by the Senate ON the lath INST, -
borrow S25 900 10 aid in erecting hospithl Tor
the Michigan University was passed without OPP
pOsitiOn. The House passed lillB 10 1ncofpOf-
ate the village OF Highland Park. Ing
ham County; TO authorize tho villages OF
Berrien Springs and Oronodo, Berrien County,
to borrow money for public improvements; 10
amend the charter OF the city OF Pontiac; au-
thorizng the city OF Cadillac to sell certain Gem,
etery lands; TO permit the mortgaging OF real
estate by administrators, executors, and guard
ians with an order of the Judge OF Probate; TO
prevent carrying explosives IN any car or
vehicle used for transportation OF passengers.
THE Governor appointed and the Senate con-
firlned John Atkinson, OF Detroit, ana Is. +:
Graves, of Adrian members OF the Board OF
Managers for the Soldiers Home at Grand Rap
ids He also appointed Herman Kiefer, OF De.
troit Regent of the State University, in place oi
the Hon. Moses w. Field deceased.l
AMONG the bills passed by the Senate on the
10th inst. were the following: Amending the
charter Of Bay City; 90 amend the charter ot
titles In certain cases IN Chnrlevoix county
making an appropriation OF S4Ho for each oi
the wears 1S89-90 for continuance OF the
State weather service; a Joint resolution appro-
priating IS, 900 for Michigan statues ut Gettys-
burg; and concurrent resolutions urging Con-
gress TO authorize the Secretary of War to
order a survey of the ship canal from Lake
Superior TO Lake Michigan. The House passed
bills for the better preservation OF plans OF
SURVEYS of county surveyors; Tor conforming
deeds and other instruments conveying real
estate; prohibiting the sale OF liquor in any
place OF amusement or adjacent room, Dy vote
Of G2 to Is to make the Mayor OF Detroit
member OF the Police Board for the rrial OF
charges against members OF the police force; re-
ouirinR the consent OF parents or guardians oI
Ia md females under
lS TO be filed with County Clerks as basis Tor
the marriage license; authorizing Charlevoix
County 70 construct bridge across Bear
Lake requiring a record OF mechanics liens
and other attachments in full in the registry OF
deeds; to amend the charter Of Kalamazoo CITY /;
appropriating 200 for the Mining School nj
Houghton: TO amend the charter at st. Ignace
City, to regulate tolls for grinding grain 10 pro.
vide for q record in the registry OF deeds OF all
decreas affecting titles to real estate making an
APPROXIMATION of SO 600 for improvements in the
| Kalaiiazoo Insane Asylum; Incorporating the
| city OF Mt. Pleasant and to provide for laying
| out stone roads in Bay County.
BILLS were passed in the Senate on the goth
| inst. as follows Exempting farmers mutual
! insurance companies from the operation OF the
standard policy law; TO prevent hunting rabbits
with ferrets in Leflawee County; TO PROVIDE Tor
the construction and maintenance OF bridges
situated in two townships where one refuses 70
| act to provide for the construction OF stone
roads in Saginaw County. Bills were passed by the
House to incorporate tho village OF Merrill, sag
| inaw County; to give the United States exclusive
jurisdiction over land TO be occupied by Govern
| ment buildings at the city of Kalamazoo; Sen
ate bin 10 amend the charter OF Marine City,
| st. Clair County; to make an appropriation oi
SO $50 for the support of the State weather SER
| vice; Joint resolution appropriating S5,OOO Tor
| the dedication OF the Michigan monuments at
| Gettysburg; Incorporating the city OF lronwood,
i'm Gogebic County. Trhe Governor approved
| bills Incorporating the villa Of Linden, Gen.
| esee County; TO regulate tho employment oi
| women and children in the factories OF the State
TO provide for the publication and distribution
| of the Legislature manual; Incorporating the
public schools of Muskegon; to authorize two
| Assistant Prosecuting Attorneys III wayne
| County.l
AMONG the bills passed by the Senate on the
2lst inst were the following: To Incorporate
the public schools in the township Of Burt, Al
ger County amending the charter OF So. lgnact
City; to authorize the city of Grand Rapids to
borrow $4,000 to replace wooden water mains
with iron TO provide for security for costs ~
stay of judgments in Circuit Courts TO pro-
vide that county officers elected to fill vacancies
may enter upon their duties immediately
fixing the time at five years when liens created
by levy OF execution on real estate shall
expire; to provide for better observance OF or.
ders promulgated by local boards of health, and
| providing penalty for noncompliance; to es
tabish the name of certain stone roads in Bay
County; TO extendauthority Of the Millers Mutu
nj Fire Insurance Companies, making creator
diversity of risks to provide for more certain
notice of contagious diseases TO authorize fncor
poration Of pipeline companies for transports
tion of petroleum aud gas The bill for u con
solidation of the villages of Au Sable and Os
coda under the name of the City OF Au Sable
was the subject of a long discussion in commit
tee OF the whole, and was finally reported favor
| ably The House passed the Soldiers Home ap
preparation bill after long discussion in com
nittee of the whole, when a large number OF thu
members irrespective Of party, put themselves
on record in favor of giving the ole
soldier all he needed. THE amoun
appropriated is s77667 for the years o
1859 and 1890 S52372 OF which is Il
be expended this year, and will cover tn
items of $4,000 for new dor1nitory, $50 600 10
n hospital 50 OO0for improving grounds, 81 500 70
a barn, and $425 for "A receiving Vault Nearl.
the whole afternoon was spent in discussing
bill for Incorporating the city of Benton HarboI
in committee, after which IL was put upon il
passage and lost. rho Governor approved hill
for official stenographer in the First Judicia
District and to amend the act Incorporating tn
. village OF Mancelona.l