Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-05-14
MICHIGAN LEGISLATURE

THE Senate. ON the 5th. passed bills pro-
viding for the Incorporation OF mutual
provident associations of miners; authoriz-
Ing the organization OF companies for con-
struction OF union railroad stations and
depotsi providing for extra clerks In the
office OF the Supreme Court reporter; also a
bill nppropriating $4,000 for current ex-
penses OF the Blind School 1801-2 The
House In COMMITTEES OF the whole agreed "a
the bill creating the Thirty first judicial
Circuit from the counties OF Ontonagon and
Gogebic. Mr.. Gibbons bill reducing the
legal rate OF interest TO per cent had all
after the enacting clause stricken out, but
when the committee rose the House refused
TO concur and the bill was placed ON order
OF third reading. There Is very lively
new county OF Dickinson from Menominee,
Iron and Marquette Counties.
The House, on the 9th, defeated the bill
appropriating $4,000 to aid In entertaining
the National G. A. X. Encampment at De-
troit I'm August. The vote was reconsidered
and the bill tabled. The House passed the
Senate bill creating the Thirty first judicial
Circuit from the counties OF Ontonagon and
Gogebic; appropriating $4,000 for the col
lection OF labor and industrial statistics
The joint Committee on Military and State
| Affairs reported favorably the Dodge bill
providing bounty of 500 each to soldiers
of the rebellion, and I'm committee OF the
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appropriation bill. The Senate passed the
House bill providing for stenographer for
| each OF the Justices of the Supreme Court
and defeated the Brown local option bill.
THE House, on the 9TH, by party vote
passed the once defeated bill creating the
new county OF Dickinson out OF territory
taken from Iron, Ontonagon and Marquette
Counties. The Senate passed the House
bill changing the method of inspecting
kerosene oil and reducing the test about IL
degrees, which will reduce the price ga
cents per gallon. 1t Is reported that a
scheme has been fixed up TO end the war
between ST. Joseph and Benton Harbor by
consolidating the two towns. discarding the
old names OF both, and giving the joint
city an entirely new appellation. President
Palmer addressed "a joint meeting of both
ranches OF the Legislature In favor of a
100000 appropriation for Michigan's eX-
hibit at the Worlds Fair. President Palmer
dilated at length upon the greatness OF the
Fair. and said that IL would be the school
for humanity of this generation. He would
rather his boy would stay week In the
Exposition than spend two years In the
Michigan University. Secretary Ben But
terworth spoke In detail of the plans of the
Fair. He believed IL was to be the event OF
the century. Several others urged a liberal
appropriation. The President and Secre-
tary have made a winning campaign so far
as the Legislature Is concerned, but TO their
surprise were assured by Gov. Winans that
he was disposed TO veto the bill IL 1t appro-
priated over $4,000.
On the sth, the Senate passed bill abol-
ishing the State Forestry Commission, which
was created by the Legislature OF 1887. The
commission is composed of the State Board
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was or temporary nature, its purpose as
assigned by the act creating IL being to in
quire into the extent to which the Michigan
forests are being destroyed by fire and
wasteful cutting, and the effects of the
lessening of the timbered surface OF the
country upon the water supply and the
conditions of the climate. The introducers
OF the bill abolishing the commission claim
that its reports are unsatisfactory, and that
but little of practical value has been ac-
complished. Bills approprlating $50. 900 for
the Agricultural College and providing for
township school districts in the Upper Pc
ninsula passed the House.