Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-03-21

troit women the right TO vote at school
elections.
A bill making IL lawful to shoot ducks
from Oct. 10 May has lssei the house,
and given immediate effect. The present
law limits the time from Oct TO Jan. 10.
Gov Luce has ordered the board Of cor
rections and charities to conduct the Pom
tiac asylum investigation.
The senate hes passed the bill to cut
down the number of Grand Rapids justices
Of the peace from four TO two, and TO pro
vide them with clerks.
Tho bill prohibiting boards of registra-
ton from meeting in rooms or buildings
where liquor is sold, has been favOrably
reported.
The bill permitting women to vote for
school inspectors passed the senato oy
vote of 20 10 (, the adverse vote including
Nagel and Grosfield. The bill was amend
ed TO provide separate ballot boxes Tor
school inspe tors. lnasmuch as tho effort
10 give the measure Immediate effect failed
il will not do the Detroit women any good
this year. unless a reconsideration is Sc
cured.
The bill 10 amend the old law requiring
grist mills TO grind the wheat Of customers
and return the wheat thereirom, taking
each customer in order, has been agreed 10
by the house committee Of the whole.
When the law was enacted nifty years ago
there were no steam mills, aud all millers
ground for Gus, omers. Now everything IL
changcd-steam and the new process roller
mills ruled the day. Nevertheless the old
law obliged all milers TO grind for custom
ers, quite regardless of their wishes. The
prime. pal mill in jackson had recently been
mulcted by the supreme court because the
millerS had refused to grind samp OF
four bushels of wheat brought TO them by
farmer, with an offer TO pay the toll and
demand To have the flour from his own
particular grain returned TO him The
amendments 10 the law prescribe that 1t
shall operate only with custom millerS
grinding grain for toll.
The Damon bill to amend the liquor law
has been found 10 be SO crudeiy drawn that
it has been referred to "a committee Tor re-
construction
The bill nppropriating 1928, 529 co TO the
deaf and dumb institute at Flint has passed
the house
New buildings are needed for the incar-
ceration of insane criminals. There are
two bills for this purpose now before the
legislature-one providing Sl21,OO, for
new building and the other $4,000 for
present building The board are in favor
Of the Sl2j, 900 appropriation and will bend
every energy 10 get it. They consider the
outlook favorable II is not decided that
the building, ii the appropriation is made,
will be erected at Ionia. Some other place
may be Sc ected. The board argue that it
will be absolutely necessary for the state
TO have large new building for the iucar-
Ceration Of insane criminals, and that they
better take time by the forelock. Gov.
LCcS agrees with them.
Petitions have been presented to the
house asking that tho kindergarten system
of education be added to the system at
present in operation in the public schools.
Representative Watson of Montcalm,
chairman OF the committee on liquor traffic,
reported a substitute Tor the local option
b II presented by him few weeks ago and
asked that it be ordered printed for The use
of the COMMITTEES. This is the old measure
revised to meet technical objections. 1t will
come up for discussion IL, committee OF tho
whole soon.
The bill authorizi.z a second assistant
prosecuting attorney for Wayne county,
has passed both houses and been given i'm
mediate effect.
The house judiciary COMMITTEES has &c
ported a substitute for the Damon liqECc
tax bill. The original bill required brew
err who wholesaled beer 10 pay only u
! manufacturers tax of sos. The substitute
! requires that "A brewer who sells shall pay
the reyI!ar tax of SS00--in substance this
makes Tic manufacturer liable TO the re
! tail license. A new clause provides that
| when a brewer sells TO saloon that has
lot paid its tax the debt is not cole cta5le
at law. 1t Is the opinion here that the su-
| preme court will knock out that clause
According TO existing laws all insurance
| companies must conform 10 certain stan
dard form of insurance policy, except farm
ers' mutual insurance companies. Senator
| Holbrook has bill TO enable any mutual
| insurance company TO insure buildings in
cities without regard to the standard form
of policy The senate Judiciary committee
have reported the bill favorably.