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Special % the sfEtsaRAa-HBkAIs.
LANSING, Mich, Jan. 1.-THE decks
Of Senators and Representatives. are
already assuming = business aspect.
Piles Of documents, reports and other
legislative pabulum are piled up IN
front of the ardent statesmen, who
have determined 10 make their mark
on the statute books Of the State, be-
fore the session of 1891 passes into
kingdom come" The new member
at first thinks he ought to fill his head
with the contents OF these accretlons.
and makes . desperate struggle with
them for time. He never in his lie
made more manly and perspiring ef-
fort to earn his daily stipend, but the
pile grows on him. With wild and
haggard look. he gives up the fight,
breathes a sigh OF infinite relief, flres
the pile OF documentary literature into
the yawnlng NAV OF the waste basket,
and hnaliy becomes useful member
OF the body to which the mistaken
sympathy. of his constituents elected
business at once. He has "been there"
before, and needs no new experience in
the same line.
Nothing has yet been done by the
special committees appointed to con-
slider the two contested election cases
in the Senate. The committee on
Senator Morse's case. consisting OF
Messrs. Crocker, Bastone. Gilbert,
Taylor and Flesheim-three Democrats
and two Repubhcans-have had no
meeting yet. The Senate today refused
to take from the table q resolution
authorizing them to employ stenog-
raphers, take testimony, etc., and so
the committee is as yet powerless to
act. The committee on Senator Hor-
toms case was appointed today, and is
made up of Messrs. Park, Miller, Will
cox, Mines and Garyelink. It's poll
tical complexion is ike the other.
The following are the more import
ant bills noticed today:
SENATE.
BY Senator Park, to amend law TO in
corporate the /. o. O. F.; also, to in-
corporate Castles of the Knights of the
Golden Eagle.
By Mr.. Richardson, to repeal the
cumulative electiou" law; Fitch, to
create the thirtieth judicial circuit;
Clapp, for the protection of fur-bearlng
animals; Henze, to amend the usury
law; Cook, to provide for the incorpor-
alton of frQternal beneficiary societies;
Bake, to relieve owners of mortgaged
II estate from payment of taxes OH
ts,e mortgage interest; Connor, to
amend the game laws; II. Johnson, te
equalze the State bounty to soldiers;
Watts, to amend Sec. % of the general
railroad law; Shull, to repeal Sections
Is, 10, 20 Of the general tax law; Eaton,
to revise the standard of applicants
for admission to the bar; Perkins, to
organize the county of Dickinson ont of
Menominee and adjacent territory;
Hayward, for cottages at the Soldiers
Home, and homes for soldiers wives;
also. to revise the charter of Grand
Rapids; White, to regulate the plating
of lands oulside OF cities and villages;
also, to amend the law relative to the
Soldiers Home; Botsford, to prevent
the use of adulterated food in the
State public institutions; Henze, to pro-
vide for the change of name and adop-
ton of minors; Leach, to punish drunk
ards and those who furnish them
drink; Hayward, to authorize Grand
Rapids to issue bonds for street I'M
provements; Jackson, to cede juris-
diction over lands To the United States
| IN certain cases.
The following bills were introduced
today:
SENATE.
BY Senator Wilcox, TO amend Sec. 81,
Chap. 176, laws of 1871, relative to
courts OF chancery; Brown. to prohibit
the use OF free passes upon railroads
by members of the Legislature and
State officers; Smith, to fix the compen-
sation per diem Of the members of the
Legislature from the Upper Peninsula
for the session OF 1891; Wilcox, TO pro-
vide for stenographer for the Thir-
teenth circuit; Wilkinson. to provide
for an official stenographer for the
| Twenty-e:ghth circuit.
HoUs2.
By Mr.. Spencer, to repeal the act of
1867, to protect fish; Clapp, to allow
trustees, guardians. executors and ad-
ministrators TO vote in person or by
proxy at corporate meeting; Cook, 70
amend sections and . of act 1i0, OF
| 1889, relative to corporations acquiring
holding or leasing real estate for build
ings, also, to provide for the transfer
of causes and proceedings, civil and
criminal, before justices.
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