Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-07-02
MICHIGAN LEGISLATURE

THE Senate Financial Committee re-
ported. on tho Esd. In favor OF reducing
from s125,000 20 500. 900 the appropriation
for State exhibit at the Worlds Fair.
refused TO make the reduction. but agreed
20 increase the number of commissioners
from Fix 10 twelve and decrease the pay
from 50 70 80 per day. The House killed
the Senate bill making ten hours a legal
days work. The House has passed the
mining school appropriation OF s55,600--a
cut Of $4,000 from the amount voted by the
Senate. Both houses agreed TO appropriate
SEQ. 900 for the Traverse City asylum and
st7. 900 for the Kalamazoo asylum, TO be ex-
pended In new cottages for the patients.
The House agreed 10 the Senate bill making
the legal rate OF interest per cent. and the
contract s per cent Tee bill repeating the
local option liquor law was defeated In tho
Senate by vote OF 60 Is.
THE Democratic members OF the LegIsla-
ture held a caucus on the gath. 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 TO 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 5000 for additional
buildings for the mining school at Hough-
ton. The House concurrcd In the Senate
amendments to the bill creating central
board of control to 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 25th, passed the bill
combining the management or the In ane
asylums at Kalamazoo. Pontiac, and
Traverse City under one board OF control
OF six members, TO be appointed by the
Governor and 10 serve without compcnsa-
tion. This board will have an Office In
Lansing, with n Secretary TO have charge
/ OF IL. The entire control OF the asylums Is
vested In this board OF control. who will
have power to appoint oil the asylum ofii-
| Gals. The Governor must appoint one local
member Tor each institution. The Senate
4 adopted n resolution providing for final adj
| journment on the 30th, but the House re-
| fused to concur At a caucus of the Demo-
| cratic members II was decided 70 agree To
| the congressional redistricting bill just as
| Il came from the Senate.
BOTH houses ON the Goth 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 $50, 900 annually
| The Congressional redistricting bill passed
| the House. 1t had been passed by the Sem
ate carrier In the week. Ine tWelFt us
| 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 ,,l Ecorse Nj Mon q
1 wyunoutte. in Wayne. Third-Hillsdale
| Branch, Calhoun. Kalamazoo and Eaton
| Eourth-St. Joseph, Cass, Berrien, Van Blu
/ rem, Allegan and Barry. Fifth-Ottawa
| Kent and Ionia. Slxth-Oakland. Gene
| see. Livingston. Ingham and the town
| ships OF Dearborn, Nankin. Redford
| Springwells and Llvonia, In the Coun
| ~ of Wayne. and the Twelfth. Four
| teenth and sixteenth Wards OF Detroit
| Seventh-Huron, Sanilac. Lapeer, st. Clai
] and Macomb, aud the townships of Cross
| Point and Hamtramck In Wayne. Eighth
| Tuscola. Saginaw, Shiawassee and Clinton
| Ninth-Muskegon. Newago, Oceana. Mason
Lake, Wexford, Mauistee. Benzie. Leelenav
| and Manitou. Tcnth-Midland. Gladwln
| Arenac, Ogemaw, Iosco, Altoona, Oscoda
Otsego, Crawford Montmorency, Alpsna
| Pressure Isle. Cheboygan and Emmett
Mecosta, Osceola, Glare, Roscommon, Mis-
saukee, Kalkasla, Grand Traverse. An
trim and Charlevoix. Twelfth = Delta
schoolcraft, Chippewa. Mackinac, Ontona
gon. Marquette, Menominee, Dickinsol
Baraga. Houghton. Kewcenaw. Isle Royalt
| Alger. Luce, Iron and Gogebic.' The Hous
tabled a motion TO concur in the Senat
amendment reducing the amount OF til
| Worlds Fair appropriation from S125,000 d
100000.
|