Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-01-22
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MICHIGAN LEGISLATURE

ON the 18th, introduction OF bills was the
only business OF both houses. They were as
follows; To abolish the State Board OF
Health, the State Board OF Charities, the
ONCE OF Game Warden, and the State
weather service; to make IL penal onense
for any one to offer, or for any member 70
accept, a railroad pass, providing penalty
of 81 900 TO $4,000 fine or six months 20 one
year imprisonment, or both; TO provide
uniform system OF school textbooks, nnder
State contract; to punish drunkenness by
fine of 500 for the first oifense, 5000 for the
second, etc, and like system OF lines Tor
persons selling TO intoxicated persons, with
alternative of imprisonment; symptoms OF
drunkenness are defined, and committee
OF two under oath shall pass upon the In
toxication of persons arrested. Adjourned,
On the 14th the four Patrons OF Industry
Senator'S, who hold the balance of power In
the Senate, departed from their custom OF
voting with the Democrats and voted with
the Republicans against resolution 70 In
vestigate tho claims of the Democratic con-
tostant OF the seat OF Senator Morse or Alpe-
ma. Bills were introduced I'm the Senate 20
create the Thirtieth judicial Circuit; TO fix
the Compensation OF Upper Peninsula mem
bers at IS per day. In the House to repeal
the cumulative voting law of 1889; TO pro-
hibIt the use of adulterated food In the
State institutions; to make passenger fares
two cents per mile on all railroads whose
gross earnings reach 81 500 per mile, and
three cents for roads earning less than
| 81, 500; to revise the standard required for
admission to the bar. A concurrent reso-
luton to amend the State Constitution so
| as to fix the compensation OF members or
| the Legislature at $500 for the regular
sessions and 500 for special sessions, and
| prohibit the acceptance OF railroad passes.
| The first bill to pass the House was that
| providing for the Lansing Public Building
| site.
so~1vro W Icurrt on tho 1Sth an
nounced n standing committee of the
| House composed of one from each Congress
sional district, seven Democrats and four
| Republicans, TO whom all matters referring
| to a rearranging of the Congressional and
Representative districts will CO. bill was
| introduced fixing the legal rate of interest
| at per cent, which may be Increased by
| contract TO z. In the Senate a bill was In
troduced creating the Thirtieth Judicial
Circuit (the bill has passed the House).
The recommendations contained In the
| Governors message were referred TO
| the several committees. The reso-
luton for investigation In the
| contest for the seats of Senators Horton
and Morsep was taken from the table and
| passed Bills introduced In the Senate: To
| establish State fish hatchery in the Upper
Peninsula; to prohibit charging a travelling
| fee for returning legal processes by mail,
| and to establish legal mailing fee there
| for; making an appropriation for the sup
port OF the Michigan Mining school; eA-
| empting soldiers and sailors of the war OF
| the rebellion from poll tax; TO prohibit
/ holding more than one township Office by
/ the same Individual; TO regulate the mak-
Ing OF abstracts OF title and fixing compen-
| sation for the same.
BILLS passed the Senate, the 10th, ceding
| TO the United States a site for a public
! building at Lansing and two bills OF local
| Importance. Bills were introduced appro-
prlating $1,000 for support of the mining
school at Houghton; exempting from pol
tax honorably discharged soldiers and sail
ors of the rebellion; prohibiting the holding
| OF more than one township office at the
| Same time; making appropriation for the
| support of Michigan University and the
State Normal School; making ten hours O
days labor on street and elevated rail-
| roads. Resolutions we're adopted requiring
report of the clerical force In al
the State departments, and the amount paic
| by assessment for political purposes in the
campaign OF 1890; requiring the State
Treasurer to furnish statement OF State
funds where deposited, the rate of interest
received, and TO whose benefit It accrued
to establish a State board of prison In
spectors to control all the penal institu'
tions In the House bills were introduced
TO exempt mortgages from taxation; to cre-
ate a lien on railroads for labor and ma
terial furnished I'm construction. Bott
branches adjourned till the 10th.