The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-06-10
MICHIGAN LEGISLATURE


the necessity OF II much more liberal appro-
| priation for the state exhibit than has yet
been contemplated. and say that the close
| proximity To Chicago renders IL imperative
that Michigan should take no other than
| first position. They estimate the attendance
| from Michigan from 300, 900 To 500 600, and
recommend an appropriation OF S250, 900.
The committee report recommended
Sl25, 600. Tho attempt To subsii-
tute the name of St. Joseph for
that of Port Michigan given by the
House 10 the consolidated villages of ST.
Joe and Benton Harbor failed by vote of
16 to H.. but the vote TO reconsider carried
| The consolidation bill is temporarily dead,
however. resolution was introduced u
investigate the official conduct Of Repre-
sentatlVeS Doyle and Murthe from the Up
per Peninsula, charged In "A Detroit paper
with bribery. In their absence, action up
on il was made the special order for the Sd.
The Senate passed n | Ill consolidating the
boards OF control OF the State penal inst-
tutions, placing them under one central
board OF control, composed OF four menu
bers. no more than three To be from one
! political party; IL also provides that the
board shall exercise the powers and fulfill
the duties of IA State board OF pardons
The House on the Sd passed bill appro-
| rriating 500 900 for the state exhibit at the
Worlds Fair. The committee of the whole
| agreed To Sl50.000, but the House did not
concur committee was appointed to i'm
vestigate the charges of bribery against
| Representatives Doyle and Munthe OF the
| Upper Peninsula The House passed n
bill providing for an entire change in
| the system OF control OF schools 1t provides
for the election or one County Commissioner
OF Schools by the people. and two assist
ants by the Board of Supervisors i'm each
| county, the three 90 constitute Board OF
Examiners. The compensation is graded
| according To the number of schools i'm the
county; that In counties having fifty schools
TO be not less than $500, and in counties
! having high as l25 not less than $1,000,
but amounts In excess of these sums may
be allowed IN the discretion Of the Board OF
! Supervisors. The Senate passed bill APP
propriatng $1,000 for establishing employ
mcnt bureaus ut Detroit, Grand Rapids
| Saginaw, kalamazoo. Mani-tee. Sault Ste.
Marie. 81. Joseph, and lshpeming.
SENATOR BAsToNE's bill to provide uni
| form school text books passed the House on
the 18th. The ill was amended so that il
will not go into operation until the fiji 81
Monday in June, 1893. After that day all
school books except in cities of over 1900
population must be uniform. A commits
sion composed of the Secretary OF State and
! the State Board Of Education will purchase
| Il g books on five years contracts or order
| them printed at State expense IL they can
not be purchased as cheaply as Mich
igan can print them. The branches
on which uniformity will be re-
quired are reading, photography, writing
| civil government, history. grammar physi-
ology, hygiene, arithmetic. geography, and
the theory and art OF teaching. The books
will be supplied through the Office of the
Secretary of State TO the districts at cost.
The House passed AS a substitute for the
Senate redistrlcting bill "A measure in which
Detroit is divided up among three districts.
Both Houses, under suspension OF the
rules, passed bills consolidating Benton
Harbor and st. Joseph as Independent cities.
This ends all attempts To consolidate the
rival towns. In the House the bill 10 in =
crease the specific tax on express companies
to per cent. Of their earnings on Michigan
business was defeated by close vote.
On the 9Th, the committee investigating
the charges OF bribery made against Rep
resentatives Doyle and Munthc, Of the
Upper Peninsula, called as first witness
Representative Eaton, Commander of the
Michigan Department of the q. A. r., who
testified that William G. Graves, a news
paper correspondent, had shown him AN
affidavit signed by Senator j. II. d. Stevens,
of norwood. which contained the charges
OF bribery substantially as they have APP
peared in public press. Mr.. Graves was
next summoned, but, upon being asked il ho
showed Col. Eaton the affidavit referred
To, he refused TO answer and further
declination. This brought the investiga-
tion To a standstill, and the committee re-
ported the matter to the House, with the
recommendation that Graves be adjudgcd
TO be in contempt of the House and ordered
arrested The senate passed the House
game bill, but has changed the season for
shooting deer in the Upper Peninsula from
the month of September To the two weeks
between Oct. Is and Nov. 1. The Senate
also passed Jackson's fish bill giving
the public the right TO fish on nav
igablc waters wherever fish have been
or may he planted at the expense OF the
State. The bill was designed to prevent
sporting clubs from securing exclusive priv
ileges, but its usefulness in this direction
was sadly impaired by the striking out OF
the provision granting she right To shoot
wild fowl on navigable waters. The House
passed the bill providing an annual salary
for county clerks, trcasurers, and registers
of deeds. In lieu of the present fee system,
and killed the bill requiring private bankers
To report to the Commissioners OF Banking
and submit To examination by that official