The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-03-13
MICHIGAN LEGISLATURE


RESOLUTION directing the Aud1tor General
10 hunt up tho records OF tho disorsanized
county Of Isle Hoyale and remove them 10 Ian
sing Tor safe keeping was passed by the senate
on the sttnst When the last copper mine In
the island county in Lake superior was hban-
doned eight years ago owing 10 lack OF capital
there was no reason for keeping up county
organization. company Of Eastern capital
lists has been organized TO reopen the mines.
and the Legislative resolution gives tho Auditor
General the power OF county officer 10 re-
Is believed that the mines Islo Royale
viii prove second I'm Importance only to the
great Calumet aud Hecla mines. 1t has been
learned recently that the formation is precisely
the same as the Calumet territory. The com
pany viii be fully organized and begin active
operations within sixty days The House
passed a bill Incorporating the Womens Relief
Corps OF Michigan and its auxiliary corps. The
joint resolution 10 enable the Legislature 10 le-
galizo the reorganization Of corporations whose
charters have expired, and which has been
handed back and forth between the two
branches, was once more called back from tho
Senate and amended 80 IA 10 include churches.
colleges, and charitable institutions.
IL the Senate a long discussion was had on
the 5th-inst. upon a Joint resolution authoriz-
ing the settlement by the Board Of State Audit
ors OF certain claims for damages by parties
forced out OF business by the passage Of the
after amending 10 cut off all possibility of con-
structive damages. The amount OF actual
damages IS To be appraised by commissioner.
created by both parties, 10 be under the
supervision OF the Attorney General. Joint
resolutions were also passed TO provide for the
duration OF corporations; 70 provide for the adj
ditfon OF officers in the city OF Iron Mountain,
Menominee County; To amend the charter of
the city OF Cadillac. A bill authorizing water
works in the city OF Alpena passed both houses.
The House pas sed bills 20 regulate the employ
mont OF women and children in factories OF the
State; TO incorporate the city OF Cheboygan. A
bill for an additional Judge in the Saginaw Cir
cult was killed in the House, and a motion TO
reconsider II lost. The Governor approved u
few local bills.
A JOINT resolution TO fix the salary OF the Gov
ernor at - 00O passed the Senate on the 9Th inst
THE present salary is $1,000 per annum. 1t
now requires tho signature OF the Governor,
when 1t wiki be submitted To the people at the
spring electionl A joint resolution lof vital in
terest 10 sl0o. 900 900 OF capital mostly from the
East invested in mining property in the Upper
PENINSULA also passed the Senate, thus en-
abling the people to vote on the question at the
April election. Other bills passed the Senate:
TO incorporate the city Of Cheboygan making
provision for prevention OF dangerous commu-
nicable diseases. Bills passed the House, In
corporating tho city OF Fort Gratiot to amend
the charter of Port Huron; to amend charter of
the city of Cadillac; 10 prohibit catching OF irh
in Lescheneux Channel, Upper Peninsula; To
require security for costs in cases OF stay OF
proceedings in the Circuit Courts; the appropri-
alton bill for the School for the Blind authoriz-
ing Saginaw County TO issue bonds to the
amount OF $780, 90 for building stone and gravel
roads. and the Ann Arbor charter bill. Adverse
reports were made on a bill 70 repeal the phar
macy law, and for placing railroad tracks under
the street at Woodward avenue crossings in De-
troit. Petitions poured in for the inspection Of
cattle on the hoof that are intended for slaugh-
ter for the extension OF the terms OF county
clerks to four years; for and against local
option and in favor of woman municipal suf
trage.
The Senate passed bills on the 7th inst au-
thorizing Saginaw County 10 issue bonds to the
amount of 100000 to build stone and gravel
rods; TO amend the charter of Port Huron to
incorporate the city OF Gratot; TO authorize the
Auditor General to balance accounts CT the
Blind School by the transfer of funds T; to
thorize the city Of Dowagiac TO borrow money
for public improvements The Senate also
passed resolution OF respect upon the
nouncement OF the death OF ex-senator J. w.
Babcock a member two years ago. The
House passed bills permitting the in
crease OF capital stock OF gas companies to
Sl.0,000 for each $4,000 inhabitants author
ling the city OF Dowagiac, Cass County TO bor-
row money for public improvements TO prevent
the fraudulent removal OF property held by chat
tel mortgage; authorizing the townships OF Hill
man and Asseneke in MontIporency County 10
issue bonds TO pay outstanding debts. A reso-
luton was introduced and adopted providing for
n special committee of three from each house to
investigate the cause of the death OF two in
mates Of the Pontiac Asylum recently, and the
charges of cruelty made against the keepers.
1t went to the Senate and was referred TO tho
Committee on Insane Asylums. The House Or
printed for general distribution. The Governor
al proved several local bills; also joint resolu-
tion authorizing an increase Of the Governors
salary TO $1,000, and one 70 continue the lives
OF corporations that had not lived the constitu-
tional limit Of thirty years; giving the United
States exclusive jurisdiction over land in he.
city Of Jackson, 10 be used TOR public buildings