Telegram-herald., 1891-05-29
HANNERING At BILLS
Eoth Houses Do q Solid Days
Work for the People.
SEy. WHEELER WANTS TO co HONE
Aaa ksmAia Untii August whsa the
House wtii Have Something for the
ssaAts To Do-ssndry ApprsPri-
alton Biits Considered.

LANSING, May 2s.-The. Senate again
found itself without any visible means
of working through the morning hours.
Senator Wheeler asked leave Of alb
sence for himself, until the third week
IN August. deeming that by that time
the House would have caught up with
the Senate and gwen 1t something TO do.
His request was refused however,
merely for the looks oI tho thing and
not on account of its unreasonableness.
The senate then disposed of little
routine work and took recess. The
Senate has got IN resolution 10 give
each OF Its enrolling clerks s. per day
extra for the session. Inc Committee
on Finance and appropriations will
pass upon the resolution. The mining
school appropriation bills. which were
the special order in the Senate this
afternoon, were postponed until Thurs
day next.
Progress of Bills.
The Senate refused 70 pass Senator
BeusOu's DsIi, auLhOrlzingcountY boards
of school examiners 10 issue cert .icates
without examination and max ng such
certificates good IN any county, and
then recOnsdered and tabled tue bill.
The Committee on the Agricultural Col
lege reported the Senate appropriation
I'LL, having made a larger cut in the
amount asked, VIZ: from s62, ,620 10 S3l. :
49, tor tile two years. The item of $1,000
for students labor WAS cut out. The
reduction met with considerable oppo-
sitlon and the blll was sent To the COM
mittee on Finance and Appropriations
10 consider the proprlety OF so much
economy. The senate passed Repre-
sentative uarry's bill 10 provide for
electmeut against business corporations.
whose term of existence has expired;
Representative WachtePs bill 10 estab-
llsn the Ihirty-thIrd judicial circuit.
House Appropriations
The house committee on ways and
means reported the senate bill TO make
appropriations for the reform school
for 1912. The bill was sent again to
the committee on the reform school as
they wish 10 take further action on it.
The bill as originally introduced IN the
senate appropriated s62 900 far 1891 and
$J7 80 for 1892. The senate struck out
some items and reduced the former
sum 10 $50 2j0 and the house committee
desires to restore the bill. The judici-
AIRY committee reported a substitute for
the antl-pass bill of Representatives
Cook and Diekema, but made no ma
terIal cnange IN the purpose and pro-
visions of the bill. The bill TO provide
for the election of county commission
ers of schools came up on the order of
third reading, and nearly the whole
forenoon was spent In amending 1t,
work that should have been done IN
committee OF the whole. The bill was
undisposed of at noon and was tabled
TOR recess.
Worlds Fair Bin Reported.
The committee on ways and means
had been waiting all the forenoon To
get III a report on the Worlds FAIR ap.
preparation bill and now improved tue
OPT ortunity. and the bill was made the
special order for Wednesday next nj
1880 a. IN. The committee on rail-
roads also hustled IN an adverse report
on Representative Richardson's bill. to
increase from to ) per cent the speci-
fic taxation on express companies. The
bill was sent To the committee of the
whole. Then the House stopped for
%lAtiA ltit tPultF
commissioner bill was postponed until
next Wednesday. as 2:l5 p. m. when
the whole ground will doubtless have
10 be gone over.
Lots of Bills Passed
In committee of the whole the House
rassed Senator Parks bill to incorpor-
ate the Deutscher Landwehr-Under
stuetzungs-NerelnR Regiment; Represen-
tative Henze's bili TO amend compiler s
section 67Sl, relative to notice of ap-
peal from orders of probate courts;
senator Bastone's Free Textbook bill;
Representative W. Il. Jackson's bill to
amend compiler's section 1916, relative
% competency of husband or wife as
a witness; Representative Richsrdson's 5
bull 10 regulate the rates for telegraphic
messages; senator Mines bill To amend
sections - and 80, of article 2, of the
general railroad law, relative to the
consolidation OF lines; Senator Mines
ball To add three new sections to the
general railroad law. relative to con-
solldsted roads; Senator Benson's bill
To paw arrears OF bounty to soldiers:
senator Fieshiem's bill to amend sec
tions 2, Z, :, Is and L. OF the act for
winding up mining and manufacturing
companies where charters have expired.
BsotbIscss Provided for.
The House passed Senator Doran's
bull to amend the act relative to the
uniform regulation Of State institutions:
Representative Clamps bill to authorize
cities and villages 10 run gas or electric
light works. The Senate bill for the
better protection of dealers IN tomb
stones aud monuments failed to pass
\ motion TO reconsider was then tabled.
Senator Parks bill 10 amend the com
puIsory education law 50 as to rake in
hootblacks and newsbovs was passed
also Representative Cooks bill to Moor
porste subordinate hives of Ladies Of
Maccsbees.