Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-05-12
STATE LEGISLATURE.


| The whole: Providing that Justices OF the
! peace may sentence drunkards and disor-
| derby persons 10 "A ninety-days trial of the
| gold cure, in lieu of imposing fine upon
| them or sentencing them to confinement;
! providing for the inspection OF factories
under the direction of the state bureau OF
labor; the Ferguson Insurance bill proyid-
Ing that cOlored persons shall not be dis
eliminated against by insurance companies,
and the bill for the Incorporating or omnl-
bus lines The committee arose and the
Ferguson insurance bill was passed The
gold cure bill was laid upon the table, and
The factory inspection bill failed OF passage
by one vote The vote by which the Dill
was defeated was Reconstructed and the bill
tabled. other bills passed: Amending the
law relative To BENEVOLENT and charitable
institutions by providing that such institu-
tions may have capital stock OF 100000 In
stead of Si00,OlO, as At present; apprOprlat-
Ing $50 for the publishing Of tue proceed
ings of the state superintendents or the
poor, bill authorizing the public schools OF
the cityl of Gladstone, Delta county
to borrow money TO be used In
/ the payment OF outstanding school orders.
/ IIOUsE.-The "Orangc lOIge" bill was re-
ceived from the Senate with amendments
providing that citizenship OF the United
states shall be n qualification for member
! ship In the order, the House refused to con-
cur In the amendment ana the speaker APP
pointed u conference committee. In COM
m ittee OF the whole the following bills were
| agreed TO: Providing for food and dairy
commissloner-theD bill provides for the APP
| pointment bv the governor of a commits
sloner for n term OF Two years at salary of
b,2O0 per annum, for state analyst, who
| shall receive fees not TO exceed $1,000; the
| bill for the Incorporation of Happy Home
| club was killed: prohibiting the catching of
/ fish I'm Maple river; making LABOR lay a
| legal holiday; amending the law for the APP
pointment OF visitors TO state educational
| institutions by making 1t mandatory upon
! the superintendent of public instruction;
| regulating the manufacture of cheese, and
for the Incorporation OF charitable and
| benevolent associations for the purpose OF
| UNDERWRITING, and the appointment OF guard
| ians
| SENATE.-Fightv-secon day-The bill ap-
propriating $1,000 for Michigan : educational
| exhibit AT the World Fair was favOraDy
| reported and passed. The appropriations
| committee reported a substitute for the
| university bill, providing that the tax of
| One-siXth Of a mill be made available for
| 1893 instead of taking effect year hence,
and IL was passed. The judiciary COMM ttee
| favorabiy reported "A bill increasing the sal
| airy OF the state treasurer from 500 To S3OD:
| auditor-general from $500 TO 5000 per
| annum. Additional bills passed.: Amend
| ing the charter of the city of Negaunee;
| for the selection OF seats for members in the
| hail OF the House OF Representatives;
| for an additional Judge for Wayne county.
| HoUsE.-Bills passed: Amending the act
| relative to alienation by deed and the proof
| and recording of conveyances and the can
| ceiling of mortgages; To amend the act rela-
| tive TO otfenses against property; to amend
| the act defining the qualifications OF deputy
| sherins and under sheriilsi two bills amend
| ing tn act Incorporating the Baptist
| churches of the state Of Michigan: pension
| ing uemDcfS or the metropolitan pOllCe OF
| the city OF Detroit after twenty-five years
| OF service, ut the option OF the board of
| commissioners; empowering the cities and
| villages OF the state 20 construct and oper-
ate electric lighting plants, when their
| council shall so decide and the taxpayers
| shall so elect; amending the life insurance
| act by providing for a hearing before pro-
| bate Judges to establish the fact of dea TIA
| and for other purposes: amending the act
| relative to the opening and improvement OF
| highways and the construction OF bridges;
| protecting Antwerp or hOming pigeons;
prohibiting the taking or killing OF hsh in
| Maple river or its tributaries. except with
| hook and line; making Labor Day, sept. |, a
! legal holiday; to amend the act providing
| for the incorporation OF Institutions OF
| learning; TO Incorporate the order OF Her
| mann Sons of America, German benevo-
| lent order of the upper peninsula; to pro-
| vide for and confirm "A board OF health for
| the city OF Detroit, ana TO define It's duties;
for the selection Of seats in the house of
Representatives by lot. Bills lost: Creating
the Office of state dairy and food commits
siOner. TO De appointed by the governor for
| period of two years, salary > ,2JO per an
mum, with a deputy commissioner at 800,
Sl,2UO for 1893 and like sum for 1894 for the
| maintenance of discharged prisoners, re-
considered and tabled.
| MISUNDERSTANDING day-Bills passed
| To establish a public hospital In the city of
| Detroit; authorizing the city of Grand Rap
Ids TO issue Its bonds for the Improvement
| OF Grand river and for the appointment OF a
| board OF commissioners; regulating frater-
| nal beneficiary societies, orders or associa-
tions; authorizing justices OF the peace 10
| sentence persons charged with intoxication
| TO treatment at an Incorporated gold cure.
The general tax law was under considera-
tion in committee of the whole to the eXclu-
sion of everything else. HOUSE. = BIS
passed: Authorizing the village OF Crystal
| Falls TO construct water power system &c
| operate an electric lighting plant; to au-
| thorize the city of Grand Rapids to raise
money for the Improvement OF Grand river
n substitute bill imposing tax of one
al ff N mi fnn A mn N ~ ~
University In 1898 and each year thereafter;
| a concurrent resolution OF regret at the
death OF Alexander Chapoton sr; TO regu-
and Little Clam lakes. In committee OF the
whole bill was taken up which proposes e
appropriate one-one hundredth OF IA mill
tax, between $1,000 and $1,000 for each OF
the years 1898 and 1894 to pay the premiums
awarded by the state Agricultural society
The bill was passed in committee ana placed
on the order of the third reading.
SENArE.-Eighty-four day.-The Senate
refused to concur in the House amendment
| to the Michigan Insane Asylum appropria-
ton bill! allowing $500 for electric
light. The appropriations committee re
| ported the Northern Michigan insane asy-
lum appropriation bill at $500. cut OF
$1,000, bill was passed amending the law
relative to the republication and sale OF
the reports of the supreme court, After a
| session i'm committee OF the whole the Senate
adjourned HOUsE.-The only work of the
day was In committee of the whole which
| ~
| OF choosing electors OF President and
| Vice President of the United States on q
| general ticket. A concurrent resolution fol
an amendment TO the constitution, desig-
mating the qualifications of electors, requir-
| ing that persons of foreign birth must re-
| side In this state two years and six months
| before declaring their intentions, was taker
up in committees and amended by making q
residence of 20 days In ward or township
| necessary.
SENATE-Eighty- fifth day-Only 20 mem.
| bers present and the only business was the
| discussion of the tax bill in committee OF
| the whole HOUSE.-Petitions were received
for and against church property taxation
| TO regulate the liquor traffic, and to regu'
late the practice OF medicine, A bill to incor'
porate the village of Boyne Falls was passed
| A bill to provide a general law under which
corporations may be formed to carry on in.
| stitutions for the treatment of disease and
| for instruction therein and In hygiene was
passed as were the following bills: To in
| corporate ladies auxiliary societies to the
| Sons of Veterans; amending law relative tC
actions of tort against non-residents;
amending laws of 1S91relative to organization
of school districts in the upper peninsula
the bill appropriating Sl2,0O1 per year for
two years to pay state fair premiums came