The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-07-01
MICHIGAN LEGISLATURE


ported, ON the ed. In favor OF reducing
from Sl25,00O 10 500. 600 the appropriation
for "a State exhibit ut the Worlds Fair.
The Senate by the conclusive vote OF 20 10
refused TO mako the reduction. but agreed
10 increase the number OF commissioners
from tx To twelve and decrease the pay
from s. 60 SO per day. The House killed
the Senate bill making ten hours legal
days work. The House has passed the
mining school appropriation OF $50, Goa
cut of $4,000 from the amount voted by the
Senate. Both houses agreed To appropriate
$4,000 for the Traverse City asylum and
S17, 900 for the Kalamazoo asylum, To be OK
pended in new cottages for the patients.
The House agreed to the Senate bill ma king
the legal rate OF interest per cent. and the
contract per cent. Tee bill repeating the
local option liquor law was defeated In the
Senate by vote OF TO Is.
THE Democratic members OF the Legisla-
turc held II caucus on the cath, and reached
an agreement To pass no bills altering the
present liquor laws. The Senate voted
down the bill repeating specific taxation
and requiring railroads 20 be taxed locally.
and also refused To accept the conference
report on the Richardson specific tax bill.
The House voted down the bill providing
for factory inspectors The Senate agreed
on an appropriation of $4,000 for the Agri-
cultural College. and $4,000 for additional
buildings for the mining school at Hough-
ton. The House cOncurred In the Senate
amendments To the bill creating "A central
board OF control tn manage the Lansing
Blind school, the Coldwater state Public
school, and the Flint school for the Deaf.
The amendments reduce the members OF the
board from six TO four, and strike out the
clause providing that three shall be women.
THE House, on the 95th, passed the bill
combining the management OF the in ane
asylums at Kalamazoo, Pontiac, and
"a NO pd ~ tpp Al
OF SIX members, to be appointed by the
Governor and to serve without compensa-
ton. This board will have an office In
Lansing. with IA Secretary To have charge
OF It, The entire control OF the asylums is
vested In this board OF control, who will
have power To appoint all the asylum Off
Gals. The Governor must appoint one local
member Tor each institution. The Senate
adopted resolution providing for final add
jOurnment on the 30th. but the House re-
fused TO concur. At "a caucus of the Demo-
cratic members IL was decided to agree To
the congressional redistricting bill Just as
IL came from the Senate.
BOTH houses on the 2Gth agreed To the
amended railroad-taX bill. As finally
passed, the measure makes no radical
changes In the present law, the increased
tax amounting TO about st50, 900 annually.
The Congressional redlstrcting bill passed
the House. IL had been passed by the Sem
ate earlier in the week. The twelve dis
tricts are as follows: First District-First.
Second. Third, Fourth, Fifth. Sixth. Seventh.
Eighth, Ninth. Tenth, Eleventh, Thirteenth
and Fifteenth Wards OF the city of Detroit
Second-The counties of Lenawee, Monroe.
Jackson. and Washtenaw, and the town
ships OF Rrownstone, Canton. Ecorse. Mon
gaugon, Plymouth, Romulus, Sumpter,
Taylor, Van Buren. Huron and the city of
WyandOtte, in Wayne. Third-llillsdale.
Branch. Calhoun. Kalamazoo and Eaton
Fourth-St. Joseph, Cass. Berrlen, Van Blu
rem, Allegan and Barry. Fifth-Ottawa.
Kent and Ionia. SXth-Oakland, Gene
see. Livingston, lngham and the town
ships of Dearborn, Nan1in. Redford
Springwells and LivOnia, in the Coun-
~ of Wayne. and the Twelfth. Four
tcenth and sixteenth Wards of Detroit
Seventh--Huron. Sanilac. Lapeer, st. Clair
and Macomb. and the townships of Crosse
Point and Hamtramck in Wayne. Eighth
Tuscola, Saginaw, Shawassee and Clinton.
Ninth-Muskegon Newago, Oceana. Mason.
Lake, Wexford, Manistee. Benzie, Leelenaw
and Manitou. Tcnth-Midland, Gladwin.
Arenac. Ogemaw, IoscO, Altoona, Oscoda,
Otsego, Crawford, Montmorency, Alpena.
Pressure Isle, ChebOygan and Emmett
Eleventh 49, Montcalm, Gratlot Isabella,
MecOsta, Osceoa. Clare, Roscommon, Mis-
saukee, kalkaska, Grand Traverse. An
trim and CharlevoiX. Twelfth 49, Delta.
Schoolcraft, Chippewa. Mactinac, Ontona-
gon, Marquette, Menominee, Dickinson
Baraca Houghton, keweenaw. Isle Royal
Algcr Luce, Iron and Gogebic The House
tabled motion to concur in the Senate
amendment reducing the amount OF the
Worlds Fair appropriation from Sl25, 900 &c
500 900