The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-05-20
MICHIGAN LEGISLATURE

THE House. on the 1:th. passed the Bots
ford bill prohibiting the Importation OF
armed men into the State for police duty.
Also IA bill reducing the legal rate OF inte-
rest to per cent, except In cases OF "a
written contract when the amount shall
not exceed 10 per cent. tho interest
on judgments TO be per cent The
Senate passed the Qafoe bill increasing the
specific tax upon the gross earnings OF par
Tor, chair. and sleeping cars. car loaning
companies, and fast freight lines from 212
To per cent. The Commit'e go on Public
Health reported adversely the bill abolish
Ing the State Board OF Health. Gov. Winans
vetoed n bill making an appropriation OF
500 per month In aid OF the Home for Dis
charged Prisoners at Detroit.
On the 18th, Gov. Winans vetoed the bill
giving each OF tho Justices OF the Supreme
the Richardson bill increasing the specific
tax on railroads. The bill as amended and
passed provides that the tax shall be COM
puted as follows: Upon all such gross In
come not exceeding $4,000 per mile OF road
actually operated within this State, 81 per
cent; upon suuh gross Income In eX
cess OF $4,000 per mile OF road
so operated, per cent; and where
the railroad lies partly within and
partly without this State the gross income
for the purpose OF taxation shall be such
portion OF its gross income derived from the
its operated portion OF road lying within
this State bears TO the whole length OF the
road operated by such company. IL any
company, or the State is dissatisfied with
the computations made under the latter
provision an appeal can be made by either
10 the State Board of Railroad Commission
ers. which shall determine the matter.
This measure will increase the taxes paid
by the railroads fully $780, The bill
granting municipal suffrage to women was
defeated in the Senate by one vote.
In the House, on the 14th inst. the
Grand Army appropriation bill, which
was defeated last week, was called
up i'm IA full house and passed, receiving
three more than the necessary two-thirds
vote. The Senate, by unanimous vote,
passed the Bastone bill providing for the
payment OF all arrears of bounties offered
to soldiers and sailors and still remaining
due. A canvass Of the House shows that
the average Worlds Fair appropriation ia
vored by the members of that body IS $685.
600. At present the Ways and Means Com
mittee Is ready to recommend 500. 900, but
il Is believed that the delegation will sue
coed in having the bill reported at $50, 600.
which amount the House will indorse. The
Dickinson County bill has been amended by
providing that the county shall be in the
Twelfth Congressional. Thirty second Soma
torial, and Twenty fifth Judicial Districts,
and In the Representative district compris
ing Iron, Baraga, and Ontonagon Counties
and has been made the special order by the
Senate for the 21st.
On the 18th the House passed the general
game bill, which is Il substitute for all the
bills that have been introduced this ses-
sion under that head, and provides for
the killing OF game as follows: The
opening season for deer in the Lower
Peninsula is Nov. 10 to Dec. ], inclusive;
I'm the Upper Peninsula the entire mouth
OF September; wild turkeys, Nov. 1 to Dec.
Is; woodcock. Aug. Is TO Dec. Is; ducks,
wild geese, snipe, or other wild water fowl,
sept to December Is; but the open season
for snipe, red head blue-bill canvas back.
widgeon. and pintail ducks and wild geese
TO continue until May 1 of the year follow
ing. Partrid re. Oct Is TO Dec. 15 except
In Upper Peninsula, Sept, 1 to Jan. /;
quail. Nov. To Dec. Is. Both branches ad-
journed until the evening OF the 18th.