The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-06-17
MICHIGAN LEGISLATURE

The House. on the 9th. passed the Senate
bill 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
81. 500 20 $1,000 with board; those OF deputy
@ardens and clerks from q, 200 To 81 900,
and all provisions for board for subordinate
officers were struck out. Bills were passed
appropratng $4,000 for the support OF
.he State weather service. repeating
ihe charter OF the Lake Shore
and Michigan Southern Railroad and
bringing under the provisions Of
the general law; bill for recompllation OF
"Mchigan and Its Resources The Senate
refused To concur I'm the amendments made
10 the Congressional apportionment bill,
and the bill was returned to the House
The Senate confirmed the appointment of
Chauncey L. Whitney as 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. &. Graves fer contempt in not
answering n specific question. A substitute
providing for Imprisonment was rejected
by n vote OF 46 to 40, 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. 1. The bill appropriatlng $751;
900 for the Fish Commission this year and
next passed the House. The Senate. in
committee OF the whole, passed bill
placing all special charter railroads on the
same footing "a other roads In the matter
of taxation, and another abolishing
all specific railroad taxes and SUBJ
stitutng local taxation instead The
investigating committee in the Doyle and
Munthle scandal has sent officers to Iron
wood To secure the witnesses necessary &c
prove the truth or falsity OF the bribery
charge. and a searching investigation will
be made. Although Reporter Graves. who
made sensational charges against Doyle
and Munthie. escaped punishment for con-
tempt, the House voted To eXpel him from
the floor. The expulsion resolution was
extremely severe in tone, characterizing
Graves as teng actuated by desire to
gain personal notOrlety.
The bill appropriating $50. 900 for enter.
tainmcnt 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 up again on the 18th, but
| failed 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 18th passed an i'm
| portant bill affecting the.Upper Peninsula
mining properties. The measure repcal'
all the acts which impose a specific tan
| upon mines, and provide that hereafter
they shall be taxed locally the same a.
| other property. Last year the State re-
| ceived $4,000 from the mines in $40 cifC
| taxes. The bill also repeats the law which
| exempted from state taxation go are,
| for each mining company. The conference
| committe reported substitute for the Con-
| gress a.f;errymander 1t makes changes
| from the bill which passed the House only
| in the proposed Second and Sixth Districts