The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1893-03-31
THE LAWMAKERS.
Proceedings During the Week in
the State Legislature.
Marquette to Retain the County Seat of
Marquette County-May go Fixed
Upon as the Date for Final
Adjournment.
IN SENATE AND HOUSE.

LANSING, March GA bill was favoraby re-
ported in the house from the committee on state
affairs establishing three new state normal
schools and appropriating e2o,OOD III ala OF eacn
One is to be located in the central portion OF
the state, one in the upper portion OF the lower
peninsula and one in the upper peninsula.
The bill involving the war over the county seat
of Marquette county between the cities
OF Ishpeming and Marquette was Nine, tne sun,
Is now the county seat, and in order 10 retain II
q bill was introduced giving her eleven merl.
beers of the board OF SUPERVISORS. the Dill Went
to a third reading. The senate amended tne
house resolution for final adjournment on May
% by changing II TO May ~ and passed IL, ~
also passed bill appropriating 5000 Tor each
OF the years 1893 94 in aid of the Michigan Pho
neer and Historical society.
LANSING, March 23-The bill granting the city
OF Marquette eleven members OF the board OF
supervisors of Marquette county was passed.
This enables Marquette to retain the county
seat. Favorable reports were made on bills APP
propriating $1,000 for home and training
school for the feeble-minded and epileptic aud
to create dairy commission. The house CON
CURED in the senate resolution liking the date
of final adjournment on May 30 The senate
committee on the state university recon-
mended favorably a bill making an appropra'
tion Of SlS2 300 for the support OF the university
until the fixed appropriation provided Tor Dy
the one-six th mill tax law shall become avaiia-
BILE. The committee on labor interests in the
senate recommended the repeal of the law al;
lowing United States prisoners to be confined
in the prisons OF the state.
LANSING, March "a The war over church
taxation is being fiercely fought in the legis-
iature, the Gleuclllich bill providing for the
taxation of all real estate exceeding $1,000 in
value he'd by any one church society being the
object Of attack. remonstrance containing
1880 names was presented in the senate This
body passed a bill providing that one railroad
company may sell and convey its property and
franchises TO another.
The house committee on ways and means re-
ported favorably bills making appropriation
of S283,1l7 for state institutions, as follows
State normal school, 10000: Industrial home for
girls, $40 1872; school for the blind, $4,000; state
public school. S73 2s5 homo fer discharged
prisoners, az, 400 These appropriations arc
for the biennial period 1893 o. joint resolu-
ton was passed by the house providing for th"
reissue OF volume upon michigan and its re-
sources" intended for circulation at the world :
fair Bills to exempt sewing machines from e%'
ecutions and legalizing voting machines were
also passed in the house.
LANSING. March 2s.-Prompted by MUIR
derer Latimer's escape, Representative sum
ner on Monday night moved that his bill proyid-
| ing the death penalty for convictS or other
| prisoners who commit murder while in Gus
| tody, which has been slumbering on the table
| since il was introduced early in the session, be-
| referred TO the committee on judiciary. This
was done and the early passage of the bill l. AN
| ticipated.