Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1889-03-07
MICHIGAN LEGISLATURE

THE Legislature reas sombled on the 2Jth ult.
but did no business OF importance in either
committee OF the whole. An important cleo
tion bill Is before the House. 1t provides that
ballots shall be uniform In color and width
amendments. Presidential electors, State officers
and Justices OF the Supreme Court to be white,
and prepared under direction OF the Secretary q
Judges and county officers to be blue, and
prepared by county clerks. Those for members
GERS TO be red and prepared under the direction
OF city or township clerks. Ballots must have
names OF all candidates upon them for each
borne by the candidates. Those upon white
ballots fee Of $50, except Presidential elect
and 20 sA ss en- blue 70
ficial, and bear upon their back fac-simile OF
the signature OF the officers preparing
them The bill also provides for proper
notices, cards OF instruction, two addi-
tional inspectors at each precinct; shelves or
compartments for preparing ballots, not less
than one for each seventy-five voters; for not
more than four voters inside the guard rail at u
time besides the election officers for duplieats
ing the ballots and penalties OF misstatement,
supplied with a ballot, admitted inside the
the ballot must be either deposited In the ballot
box or returned TO the clerk before going out,
and the voter can not return.
BILL authorizing the salo Of the property
and franchise OF one railroad company TO an
other was passed by the House on the 26th ult
The real object Of this bill is to allow the sale
of the Port Huron and Northern Marrow Gauge
Road to the Flint and Pere Marquette Tho
consideration Is said to be 50, ,500W0. The gauge
OF the former will be made standard, and by aid
OF a connection with branch Of the Canadian
Pacific at Sarnia trunk line to
the East will be opened, which is claimed to be
sixty miles shorter to Buffalo than any other.
This bill went to the Senate. Other bills passed
the House enlarging tho powers OF Probate
Judges in appointing guardians in cases OF pa
fental incompetency; also a bill, which passed
the House In the morning, providing for an ex-
ira Judge for the Saginaw Circuit; to
prohibit tho summoning Of talesmen as
jurors in courts OF record; for the IN aim
Of drunken husbands from the husbands es-
tate. bill passed the House to relieve lessees
of liability 10 pay rent for property destroyed
by the elements. The Senate Military Commit
tee reported adversely upon the resolution pro-
viding for a monument to General Custer. The
q bill for the collection of divorce statistics.
Several other bills of local Importance were
passed, and some work done in committee OF the
whole In both houses.
THE Potter raj road bill passed the Senate on
the tn ult., and now goes to the Governor.
The Senate passed proposed amendment TO
the Constitution to legalize the reorganization
have lapsed under the constitutional thirty
y, nrs' limit, provided nine-tenths Of the
stockholders vote for such re1rganiza-
tion The Senate went into executive Session
and confirmed a large number of notary public
appointments from the Governor. A bill passed
cede to the United States certain lends for a
Government building site. All ether business
In either branch was of q purely local character,
and both branches I'D burned until Friday.