Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-06-18
MICHIGAN LEGISLATURE

The House. on the 9th. passed the Senate
| Oil for a consolidation OF the penal institu-
| tion boards OF control after making "A
sweeping reduction In salaries. Those OF
the wardens OF the prisons and Of the SUPER
intendents OF the criminal insane asylum
and OF the reform school were reduced from
$500 10 $1,000 with board; those OF deputy
wardens and clerks from 81 200 70 81 600
and all provisions for board for subordinat e
oficers were struck out. Bills were pas sed
appropriating $1,000 for the support OF
the State weather service, repeating
and Michigan Southern Railroad and
bringing it under the provisions Of
the general law; bill for a recompilatlon of
"Michigan and Its Resources The Senate
refused 20 concur I'm the amendments made
70 the Congressional apportionmcnt bill.
and the bill was returned 10 the House
The Senate confirmed the appointment OF
Chauncey l.. Whitney as q member OF the
Board OF Control OF the Northern Michigan
Insane Asylum Proceedings In the Doyle
Munthe bribery case eliminated In the AR
rest OF w. 9. Graves for contempt In not
answering specific question. substitute
providing for Imprisonment was rejected
by vote of 40 to 49, but the House re-
fused TO release the witness from custody.
THE Senate on the 10th passed the House
game bill. amending IL so that deer can be
shot In the Upper Peninsula on " from Oct
is TO Nov. /. The bill appropriating $685.
900 for the Fish Commission this year and
next passed the House The Senate in.
committee OF the whole. passed "a bill
placing al specia charter railroads on the
same footing as other roads In the matter
OF taxation, and another abolishing
all specific railroad taxes aud SUBJ
stituting local taxation instead The
investigating committee In the Doyle and
Munthie scandal has sent officers TO Iron
wood TO secure the witnesses necessary to
ma N. a..
Charge and a searching investigation will
be made. Although Reporter Graves who
made sensational charges against Doyle
ana Munebie, escaped punishnaantl for CON-
tempt, the House voted TO expei him from
the floor The expulsion resolution was
extremely severe in tone, characterizing
Graves as icing actuated by desire 20
gain personal notorety.
THE bill appropriating $40, 900 for enter
tainment OF the National G.. A. X. at De-
troit, which had passed both houses by a
two-thirds vote. and was vetoed by the
Governor came uD again on the 18th, but
tailed OF passage. The Senate passed the
Richardson House bill providing for bring
ing all railroads OF the State under the
general law for taxation purposes; also
the Senatorial apportionment bill.
Both houses on the 12thpassed an i'm
portant bill affecting thesUpper Peninsula
mining properties. The measure repeats
All the acts which impose specific tax
upon mines, and provide that hereafter
they shall be taxe1 locally the same as
other property. Last yeaf the State re-
ceived $4,000 from the mines In specific |
taxes. The bill also repeats the law which |
exempted from state taxation GAO acres |
Tor each mining company. The con ference |
reported IA substitute for the Con- |
zressional gerrymaDder. IL makes changes |
from the bill which passed the House only |
m the proposed Second and Sixth Districts. |