Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-03-17


E.-Forty-fourth day.--only local |
bills were passed and nothing OF general I'M,
portance was acted upon. HOUsE-Ihe PHI
20 allow. the city OF Detroit 20 estaDiish a
board OF electric light commissioners ana TO
own and operate an electric lght plant
under the management OF the commission
ers, six i'm number or III deemed best Oy the
commissioners so TO do, TO, provide. towers
poles lamps and wires and own them, ana
let out by contract TO private parties the
lighting OF the city, came up as aspeclal
order and was passed by a vote a 20 z
other bills passed We're or minor or iocul
import The Dill k idnyad as Michlbhl1lly 70
amend the act entitled. AN Act 10 pre-
scribe the manner of conducting ana TO pre-
vent fraud and deception at elections, pro-
vides that the judge of probate, county
clerk and county treasurer In each county
shall constitute board OF e.eGtioh G4l tI rs
all elections, all party nominatlons 10 DC
filed twenty DAYS before election ana All
tickets 10 be printed on one Dallot: aa,hnes
shall be arranged one below another undef
the title OF the Office without any marx or
designation OF any kind to Indicate TO when
marty they belong, and In order IN Whlch
they are certified TO the commissioners.
Before each name there snail pc ll pia his
mark. There shall be blank space III
which the name of person not nonlnateu
NAV be written. The ballots are 10 ne OF
uniform size and in each precinct there
shall be a booth for each 100 electors. No
precinct shall contain more than 'OO Notets.
| peace and clerk shall be inspectors OF e!ec,
! ton. In cities the hoard OF inspectors shaH
be six in number, appointed by the common
council. In committee OF the whole an
| amendment was adopted placl ng the maxi
mum number of voters IN each preclLct AT
| $50. In the evening Henry KuSsel, or be-
! troit interested the legislators and n large
| audience of citizens. Tie lectured upon
! Japan by invitation or the Two houses;
| The lecture was instructive and described
the manners, customs. religion, history and
strange national ,peculiarities of the Japan
ese, interspersed with humorous fecoiiec ,
tions OF Nr. Russels recent trip 70 thAt
ancient empire. a vote or THANKS was en-
tended to Mr.. Russell.
SENATE. Forty fifth day-Besldes bills To
amend various village charters ana reor-
| ganizing certain townships in certain coun-
ties the following bills were passed; Amehu.s
| ing election law: amendatory or act ~ OF
| 1859 relative To the sales ana conveyance OF
property and franchises by railroad com
panies; authorizing the destruction , Oh IN
fected clothing; authorizing Lincoln,
Arenac Co, to borrow money TO pay toWhshlp
indie btedness. In committee OF the whole the
senate agreed TO the following: The House
joint resolution, provldlng, II3r nlgnhWta{
commissioners; the bill OF MT NeMklIh
chasing obscene and vulgar epithets Ill
| rected by one person at announcer as an as
| suit; allowing railroads organized under the
| laws of this state TO consolidate with compah-
les operated under the laws OF other states.
| HOUsE-Am to the constitution 10
be voted on by the people at the spring eleC-
tion was the principal WORK OF the DAY out-
| side of local Dllls, Measures piONlulllB ipi
amendments to the constitution were us
, | posed of as follows: Re lative To the intro
duction OF bills In the legislature, llmltlhe
the time to Is days, now 5O-passed; proNlu-
ing that male convicts in prisons ana JAMS
| may be employed in improving the hlghway'
, OF the state, and directing the leglslaiuI'
! TO enact the required laws-paSSed; re-
latiVe TO comforting power on the leglsli
ture TO enact laws for the creation OF county
and township boards 9t h abd igsbed nnC
z | afterward passed; providing for Salar!
, | OF $50 each Tor members OF the legislature
| i'm regular session, ana - per uay lor IN
I more than twenty days for extra sessions
5 | mileage being allowed In cach CASE
5 | lost, Reconstructed ana taOled pro
: | viding for an increase of the salaries
l | certain state officers, viz, the Lieutenant
: governor to receive $1,000 the treasurer
= Superintendent of public INSTRUCTION, seer ,,i
| tary OF state and commissioner OF lana ono
l | - 900 each-passed; providing that CONVEX
1 shall not be taught any mechanical trace 4
: | prisons in this state and that all labor shal
! he performed by hand or with hand tools
| lost reconsidered and tabled. other meas
a ures passed: Authorizing the use OF IN
), | upper portion Of the Detroit Market Oullu
inr for a free public hall; amending IN
: general election laws so that no voting pre-
cincts shall containg more than ooo NoteI
% | amending laws so as tOprovide that consl
tutional amendments shall be submitted
e the legislature fifteen days before TN
G elections: providing for quo warranto pre-
ceedings in the supreme court in ceriai
y cases, such as the refusal OF person 10 SUI
e | render an Office upon the expiration OF u
term or his removal from office Tor caus
a | The McKinlay election bill was PARTIAL
" discussed add lacked a two-thr ds maJorit
Al on a vote, but was reconsidered ana taOle'
10 SENATE.-Forty-siXth day.-There was
" lively time in Committee OF the whole ov'
70 the Joint resolution for single represents
>, | tive districts in cities On vote the mea
y ure failed TO pass, but was reconsldered al
w tabled. Very little other business OF gener
n importance was acted upon with the exec
= ton OF one bill of immediate important
sr which was passed by both Senate and lious
T. Ii is an amendment to the election law
NJ 1891, by which in the first place the time 4