Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-04-25
ATS OMNIBUS BILL
He Proposes TO Consolidate Three
Boards Into One
AND GIVE TIE DEMOCRATS CONTROL
DsrAa's sleeping Car Bill Meets Igsomia-
isas Defeat. Bat iii Be ksesasta-
sEsa-Bisdiax Iw Inc for Iona
Other LssislAtiss-

lASsISG, Mich. April 2i--The Sen
ate this morning made the passage Of
the Miner Electoral bill the special
order for Wednesday next al .. N.
Senator Brown tried to have the Com
mltlse on Liquor Trafic discharged
from the further consideration OF his
local option bill. and have the same
referred 10 the committee Of the whole.
But Senator Park had this notion so
amended as 10 send the bill To the
Judiciary Committee. The following
balls were passed senator Holcomo's
bill 10 regulate the placing OF section
posts, quarter section posts and eighth
section posts. and TO regulate the de-
Signs 10 be placed thereon; also Repre-
sentative A. +. Ferguson's bill To
amend the OIL inspection Law, and gave
it effect July l next On motion of
senator Morrow, the Senate tins after
noon reconsidered Representative A.
+. Ferguson's bill TO amend the oil IN
spectlon law, and recommltted II 10 the
Committee on Public Health. IL is
feared that the test IS reduced by the
bali below ihe point OF safety 10 lite and
properly. Senator Doran's bill to com
pei sleeping car Companies To keep the
upper berth closed " hen not IN use was
the special order and failed TO pass.
Only yeas were recorded IN It's favor,
while Is nays were gwen. Ii was re-
considered and tabled.
Banks, OIeo' and Binding rwine.
The Committee on Banks and Cor
poratlons recommended the passage OF
Senator Benson's bill To prohibit the
use OF the word bank" banker" or
"bankers' by anyconceIn not organized
under the general banking laws,
amended 50 as 10 strike out "banker"
and "bankers." Ia committee of the
whole the senate passed Representative
Bottstord's blll 10 prohibit the use of
oleonlargarino or butLerlne III State
institutions and also Representative
ChIsbolm's bill to admit Mexican war
veterans TO the Soldiers Home. A
partial consideration Was also given
Senator Benson's bill % prohibit the
use of the word bank" Senator
Brown offered = concurrent resolution
for the appointment OF n Joint COM
mittee OF three from each house to
consider the feasibility of establishing
plant TO manufacture binding twlne
at the Iona House OF Correction,
authorizing the committee TO appoint
person TO visit localities where twIne Is
manufactured and raw material sold,
and lnstructlng the committee TO report
with ali convenient speed. The reso-
luton was tabled.
Routine of the House.
Speaker Wachtel appointed as the
select committee 10 revise the general
election bill, Representatives Doremus,
Barkworth and Hall. Tie purpose of
this committee - TO make harmonious
the numerous amendments made to the
DILL during It's consideration IN commit
tee Of the whole. The House this fore
noon passed Representative Lambert's
ball 10 require tive holding OF certain
terms of the BerrIen circuit court IN
the city of Niles; Representative Miners
ball 10 amend the act for the incorpora-
ton Of sporting associations; Represent
ative Connor's bill TO amend the law
relative 10 the appointment OF the Su-
preme Court reporter, giving hlm more
clerical help; Representatives y. Fitch
and Carpenters bill to amend the law
relative to the tax on dogs and payment
for sheep killed, so that the moneys
raised shall be returned to tile
townships as under the old law.
The Committee on State Affairs in
tie afternoon fayorably reported SeEa-
tor Bougnner's bill To establish a de-
partment of stationery and supplies for
the State; Senator Doran's bill 10 amend
the law relative to q uniform system of
accounting III State institutions. and
Representative Richardson's bill relative
To the taxation of railroad companies.
increasing the rate OF specific taxation.
Later IN the afternoon the same CON-
mIttee reported adversely on Represen-
tative 81. Glars bill tor a Normal school
IN the Upper Peninsula, and also on
speaker Wscnteis bill FOR a branch
Normal school at Petoskey. The former
was referred ID the committee of the
whole aud the latter tabled. Repre-
sentative CurtIss' bill To repeal the
tame Warden act was favorablv re-
ported by the same committee. The
Judiciary Committee favorably report
ed Senator stevens bill to organize the
Twenty third judicial circuit, composed
of GogebIc and ontonagon counties.
The Committee on State Affairs re-
ported a substitute for several bills
amending the game law.
whites Consolidation BIN.
The special order this afternoon was
Representative Whites biIl TO provide a
central board of control for the manage
ment Of the state Public school at Cold
water. the school FOR the Blind at Lam
sing and the School for the Deaf and
Dumb at Flint. IL is to he composed of
Sx members, three women and three
a'en, and the Governor ex-ofiicio. One
member shall De resident of Ingham
county, one of Geneses county and one
9t Branch county. They hold for sx
years, two gong out of Office every two
years. They are IN receive 81 per day
FOR all time actually spent ia the dis
charge Of duty, and necessary expenses
All the officers. agents and employees Of
the institutions are 20 be appointed by
the board. On or before June Is next
the board a TO meet at the capitol and
organize by eiecting from its number a
secretary and treasurer. All moneys
drawn from the State Treasury for the
benefit of the Institutions shall be upon
the warrant Of The treasurer Of The
tsosrsf iudorsed BY the Secretary. The
bill passsd through the committee Of
the whole, a. amended "a 10 permit the
Governor or the Legislature To remove
members or the board At pleasure.
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