The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-05-13
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 ra 'lrOad stations and
depots providing for extra clerks I'm the
office of the Supreme Court reporters also n
Dill apprOpriating $4,000 for current ex-
penses OF the Blind School 1s01-2. The
House in COMMITTEES of the whole agreed to
the bill creating the Thirty first Judicial
circuit from the counties OF OntOnagon and
GogeDic. Mr. Gibbons bill reducing the
legal rate OF interest 60 per cent. had all
after the enacting clause stricken out. but
when the committee rose the House refused
10 concur and the bill was placed on order
OF third reading. There Is II very lively
hght In the House over bill creating the
new county OF Dickinson from Menominee
Iron and Marquette Counties.
The House, ON the 9th, defeated the bill
appropriatlng $4,000 to aid i'm entertaining
the National G.. A. II. Encampment at De-
troit In august The vote was reconsidered
and the pill tabled. The House passed the
Senate bill creating the Thirty first Judicial
Circuit from the counties of Gntonagon and
Gogebic; appropriating $4,000 for the coll
lection OF labor and industrial statistics
The joint Committee ON Military and State
Affairs reported favorably the Dodge bill
providing n bounty of 500 each TO soldiers
OF the REBELLION. and in committee OF the
appropriation BILL The Senate passed the
House bill providing for a stcnographer for
each OF the Justices of the Supreme Court
and defeated the Brown local option bill.
THE House, on the eth, by party vote
passed the once cYfeated bill creating the
new county OF Dickinson out OF territory
taken from Iron, OntCnagOn and Marquette
Counties. The Senate passed the House
bill charging the method of inspecting
kerosene oil and reducing the test about Il
degrees, which Will reduce the price pa
ceSts per gallon. IL i reported that Il
scheme has been fixed up to end the war
between st. Joseph and Benton Harbor by
consolidating the two towns. describing the
old names OF both, and giving the joint
city an entirely new app2llation. President
Palmer addressed a joint meeting of both
ranches OF the Legislature in favor Of Il
$500, 900 appropriation for Mlchigan's eX-
hibit at the S'orld's 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 it was to be the event of
the century. Several others urged "a liberal
appropriation. The President ard 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 if IL appro-
priated over SIS, 900.
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
of Agriculture. The mission Of the board
was of temporary nature, its purpose as
assigned by the act creating it 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
lessenng OF the timbered surface of the
country upon the water supply and the
condition, of the climate. The ntroducers
OF the bill abolishing the commission claim
that its reports are unsatisfactory, ana that
but little of practical value. has been ac-
complished. Bills appropriating $50. 900 for
the Agricultural College and providing for
township school districts in the Upper Pc
ninsula passed the House.