Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-06-02
STATE LEGISLATURE.

a list of their stockholders and "a transfer
book within the state; authori ing the state
certain cases; appropriatlng $4,000 for an
insane asylum In the upper peninsula;
amending law relative TO visiting of state
institutions amending law relative TO the
salaries of probate judges; providing for "a
public sanitary meeting annually In each
township city or village; for the protection
OF totlers from unjus uemands OF employers;
regulating the length OF time which shall be
days labor by brakemen ard for pro rata
compensation for overtlmei preventing any
employer from coercing any employe from
toininG-any lawfully organized labor organ
water works, the Morrow factory inspection
Dill; liking the salaries of state officers,
among other things u gives the auditor
general a salary OF 5000 IA year; for the
organization of the naval militia; requiring
the Judge OF the Sixteenth judicial circuit
TO hold terms OF court In The Thirty-first
judicial circuit In certain cases. HOUSE.
The general tax law was received from the
judiciary committee and considered by the
House but not acted upon. Bills passed:
kelncorporating Alpena; revising the laws
Tor the government and discipline OF prls-
onS; making an appropriation to mark the
position OF the four Companies OF Michigan
GETTYSBURG; authorizing cities and villages
TO furnish electric lighting; for the enroll
ment, equipment and discipline OF the naval
militia; for an additional judge for the re-
corders court in Detroit; for the mainten-
ance and improvement of highways and
bridges. Bills lost: Authorizing cities and
townships TO acpuire by purchase or con-
domination the rights Of toll or plank road
companies-recon,id ered and tabled: es-
taDliShng a state weather service; for
commission TO develop state lands; for the
assessment OF the real estate upon which
churches and parsonages stand
SENATE Ninety ninth day-Bills pas sed:
TO establish contagious disease hospital
In Detroit; amending the charter of kala-
mazoo; providing for law department in
the city OF Detroit: amending charter OF
Alpena; for the taxation Of drawing palace
~ "a n m m "a ND for
commission for establishment Of a normal
school IN the upper part OF the lower PENN
supreme court at 5000 per year; for county
and township supervision of roads, TO cre-
ate a jury commission for Wayne county,
consisting of seven members; liking the sal
airy of the encouragement at 5000; re-
pealing charter OF Michigan Central rail-
road and bringing the same under the gem
the appointment OF four assistant prose-
cutting attorneys for the county of WaVne:
amending the law relative to the election OF
county school examiners; for the appoint
ment ny the governor OF a commissioner of
escheated estates who shall secure his COM
pensation from estates with which he has To
do; relative to the conveyance OF lands by
executors ami administrators; for the or
ganization OF mutual fire insurance com
panles 10 insure property In cities ana VII
lagos only; amending charter OF Marine
city; amending act establishing board of
police and lire commissioners for the city OF
Grand Rapids. HOUSE. - Bills passed:
Amending the general tax law and return
ing To the state SYSTEM" authorizing
courts TO commit persons found guilty OF
drunkenness 10 establishments for the cure
of inebriety-in the parlance Of the day
the Jag cure bill; repeating the act incor-
porating the Detroit and saline plank road;
appropriating $500 for lonia prison repairs;
amending the laws relating to the holding
OF political conventions; amending the
drainage laws; making an appropriation OF
Tuscola county; repeating the Miner law,
and providing for tie choice OF electors OF
president and vice-president OF the United
states on a general ticket, in
stead of by congressional districts;
making an Appropriation of $4,000 for a
domltory building cottages, etc, for the
wives and mothers OF honorably discharged
soldiers in cases where the wives were mar
ried before $50 ana TO the minor children,
ing OF White Rock TO sherman, Huron
county; amending section ASS How, rela-
tive TO charitable societies.; amending the
law relative to holidays In the payment OF
notes, etc, being the saturday half holiday
for banks: for the relief OF Thomas !. Maze,
OF lronwOod. Sl3UO being the amount Of his
ment In the upper peninsula scrip for which
he contracted not being available when
paid him, to procure lands OF efficient value
TO remunerate himi amending sections 10, %
and 80 OF the general banking law; appro-
priatlng S3B 12j for certain improvements at
the Agricultural college,: creating the
Thirty-fourth judicial circuit out of Arenac,
Gladwin, Roscommon, gemaw, Crawford
and Otsego Bills lost: Incorporating
NtRdunee SO as 10 give III an auulIlOnAl sup
ervisor; authorizing the auditors OF Wayne
to establish the salary OF the coroners OF
that county, but not TO be less than $500.
SENATE.-One hundredth day-Bill passed:
For the formation of corporations for the
prevention of cruelty to children; provid-
ing penalty for cruelty to children; allow
ThoS. r.. y avs, of lronwoOd, a hearing be-
fore the state board OF auditors on the claim
for building state road; amending law rela-
tive to bringing suits against cooperative
for6i Ign insurance companies doing business
In this state; for probate register for Ma
comb county, prohibiting the authorization
OF maple syrup; granting municipal and
school suffrage TO women; amending the
election law; amending law relative TO pro-
bate registers; appropriatlng sJ0UOO for a
home and training school for fee BILE minded
children; appropriating $500 for improve
ments at the lonia reformatory; appropriat-
ing S20.ls5 for the state prison; amending
railroad law by the elimination of de ad ends
of roads in computing mileage; amending
law relative 20 the summoning of jurors:
OF Incorporation renewal or amendments to
the charters or mutual insurance compan-
les; authorizing Ann Arbor TO construct
sewerage system: to incorporate the Union
French-Canadian societies of the United
States; .appropriating S9i725 for the Agri-
CULTURAL colleges, appropriating $1,000 for
the Marquette prison; appropriation $50 for
publication OF the proceedings of the super
intendents OF poor; for the reorganization
closing bill Bills lost: For the. APP
pointment of superintendent OF the
census and to provide for census
of the population and industries
of the state-reconsidered and tabled.
HoUsE.-Bills passed: The senate bill for q
reapportionment of the state into twelve
congressional districts; appropriating not
TO exceed $1,000 annually for Farmers In
stitute; for the Incorporation of French
Canadian societies; amending section 6261,
Howell, relating to appointment of private
secretary for the governor. establishing the
salary OF executive clerk at $3.50 a year;
affiXing tax on inheritances; for the incor-
poration of record of proceedings had in
new trials on bills of exceptions; correcting
errors In bills previously passed relating to
charter OF kalamaZoo; for four assistant
prosecuting attorneys In Wayne county;
for the settlement of the claim of II. NJ.
Mays OF Ironwood; providing for a law de-
partment in Detroit; regulating employ
ment OF males under eighteen and women In
factories-forbidding more than sixty hours
week; regulating the hours OF labor for
railroad workmen ana for extra pay over
time protecting toilers against injustice by
their employers: Incorporating Niles; for
the taxation OF inheritanceS; appropriating
$4,000 to the state fish commission; author
bate for Macomb county at $500 year.
Representative Moore submitted substi-
tute for his free pass bill which passed. 1t
provides for free transportation for all state
officers, justices OF the supreme court, rail-
road, banking and other commissioners,
and all members OF the legislature during
sessions: resolution authorizing
the governor to establish camp
of instruction for Michigan state
troops at Chicago for a period of 10
days was adopted. Resolutions OF regret at