Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-02-24
STATE LEGISLATURE.

cult; amending law relative TO express COM
and duties of Incorporated villages; provid-
Ing legal and uniform system OF interest
ana discount; amending the banking law;
the designations and Company" "a Com
pany," or rs Coz" bringing special charter
board of control for Michigan Asylum for
insane erin. nails; amending the rail
road law; 20 regulate the closing Of barber
shops on the first day OF the week. for state
normal school in the upper peninsula;
amending law relative to primary elections;
to amend the liquor law; for the Rhnes
vote recorder TO be used in elections; regu-
! lating the use, transportation and sale of
fish and game; to fix the salaries of the
state oificers 10 regulate the employment
OF women and children in manufacturing
institutions; limiting appeals to the supreme
Gouft 10 cases eses Whefe me amount involved
| regulating primary elections: empowering
the governor and The hoard Estate auditors
| TO authorize the rebuilding or repair of any
| building owned by the state which may
| have been destroyed. Bill passed. Prohibit
ing the giving away and selling of liquors
| upon the waters OF this state lying outside
the boundaries OF any city, village and town
ship; authorizing water supply companies TO
on With plants wor IN Se%
| HOUsE.-The contested election cases OF
Davock VS. Rusch and schellberg vs.. Griffin
were taken up. IL was shown to tho salts
| faction of a majority OF the House that un-
authorized persons had illegally entered
the voting booths in the Fourth precinct
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cause TO throw out the V 1te of that precinct
which elected the contestants. Davock was
given the seat occupied by Rusch by vote
OF "a TO % MIR. Schellberg was given Griffins
seat by vote of 5S TO "a. Mr.. Barkworth
presented a protest against the action. Bills
| introduced: Regulating the taking or fish
| in inland waters; for the distribution of es-
| tates OF insolvents; regulating distribution
or insolvent corporations; amending law
| relative To assignments of creditors; amend
ing acts relating TO Incorporation OF the
| baptist convention and for incorporation OF
| Baptist churches; providing for the removal
OF suits I'm law or equity from one circuit
| court TO another; apDropriattng money for
marine hospital at sault Ste. Marie; ma sing
first Monday of September legal holiday;
TO prohibit the Manufacture or sale Of in
toXicating liquors ana TO suspend the
general ,n IaEs Tor ora inc taxSitia2n %, or
local option In the prohibition of saloons In
cities, towns or villages throughout the
state; providing for the repayment of com
mutation money TO men drafted during the
war.
Thirtieth day.-No session OF the Senate
HoUsE.-An invitation from Gen. Alger to
attend a reception at his Detroit residence
on Washington's birthday was accepted.
A memorial from the state w. c.. T. U. for
the passage OF prohibition law was
received. The committee on labor in
terests reported favorably bill TO
require blowers in all establishments
where emery wheels are used; also, 10 regu-
late the employment Of women and children
| In manufacturing establishments, and for
the appointment OF inspectors to enforce the
same, concurrent resolution was offered
for "a change in the constitution so that here
after the supreme court shall have 1uris-
| diction over the contest for seats in
the legislature. Bills introduced: Re-
lating to the industrial home for dis
charged prisoners; providing that the mayor
OF Detroit and other city officers be MEM
bers of the board of supervisors; amending
the election law; authorizing the governor
TO inspect annually the Michigan Military
academy; appropriating money for mark
ing position of Michigan state troops at
Chickamauga and Chattanooga; TO prevent
| wilful injury TO insured live stock; Tor
proof OF death OF insured live stock; amend
ing the liquor law; forbidding The keeping
of liquor In local option counties; abolish
ing labor tax en- highways; regulating
charges OF express companies; regulating
| rental of telephones; amending general
| railroad law; regulating sale OF personal
property; amending oil Inspection law; to
regulate pawnbro}dng; regulating trials for
| damages; requiring mining companies To
70 oleomargarlne; relating TO contri-
| butive negligence; regulating the bus
mess of selling real estate; amend
| Ing compulsory education law; also
| amending truancy law; providing for suits
| against foreign corporations in justice
courts and for service Of process on the same;
| repeating law relating TO concealed weapons;
prohibiting the sale of undrawn poultry;
establishing home formothers. widows and
| minor children OF soldiers; creating COM
mission for development Of state lands;
amending act relating 10 public holidays;
establishing normal school at Mt leas-
ant; TO publish the work of Prof. Winchell
| on the Marshall group and to purchase his
cabinet for the University Bills passed:
| Amending laws so that extra compensation
may be paid to sheriifs in the upper penin-
sula; Incorporating Deerheld; amending
general tax law; authorizing Wayne county
TO purchase tract OF land next the county
asylum.
SENATE.-Thirty-frs day.-The bill for
the appointment OF extra judges for the
supreme court caused considerable discus
sion. but was not acted upon. Bills intro
duced; Making an appropriation. for eX-
| penses or commissioners; Tor UNIFORM d.
| lpUiSlnfinu. A licRnga
men; for naval militia; amending laws re-
lative TO disorderly persons; for specific
| tax OF minerals; to limit appeals to the SUI
preme court; amending law relative to ju-
| rlsdiction OF justices of the peace; increasing
salary OF judges OF the supreme court; for
the regulation of sleeping cars; amending
laws relating to public health; relating to
central board of controls; amending law
state board of arbitration; for separate
grades for railroads and highways; amend
ing street railway laws; amending consti-
| tuition relating to the qualifications of
electors for board OF childrens guardians;
for the support of the state public schools;
for the sale of land at the Kalamazoo Asy-
lum; for an appropriation to the state board
OF health for special investigations;
amending the electric lighting law for small
of lawyers, and for their registration as at
torneys; regulating the crossing of railroad
tracks by street railways; regulating height
of trolley wires across railroad tracks: maxi
| ing an appropriation for the School for the
| Deaf; for the commencement OF suits against
| the state; Tor lnQetefmlnate sentences;
amending law relating TO pardon boards;
for the treatment of conyicts licensed TO be
at large; for the inspection of lands delin-
quent for taxes; for an advisory board of
pardons; for a revision OF the constitution;
amending law relating TO dissection; amend
| ing laws relative 10 writs of error; limiting
terms of municipal officers; for statistics
OF poverty; prohibiting attachment of pas
senger coaches TO rear OF freight trains; for
| $4,000 for "A gymnasium at Ypsilanti normal
school for INTERCHANGEABLE railroad tickets;
TO make foreign insurance companies give
bonds for a state census. HOUsE.--Messrs.
Shellberg aud Dayock were sworn In as
members of the House. vice Griffin and
Rusch. Bills introduced: Providing for
commencement of suits at law against the
state in cases of lands sold for delinquent
taxes; for n normal school in the upper
peninsula; for the appointment of a COM
missioner to revise the constitution; also
dividing cities and villages into classes with
uniform charters; prohibiting free passes or
reduced transportation on the railroads by
any state officer, Official or member of the
legislatures 20 prevent unlawful Influencing
OF jurors; for an insane asylum In the upper
peninsula; regulating fees OF telephone
companies; providing for additional judges
of the supreme court; regulating the pawn
broker business; regulating the manner of
paying employees by companies and corpo-
rations: amending the general drainage law:
apprOpriating money to deepen Black
river by the state board OF health,