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

| SENATE-Thirty-third day.-Bills intro
claims OF suits for personal injuries may be
entered: providing for the selection OF can
didates for all elective officers: establishing
fares for sleeping cars; making an appro-
priation 10 aid the State horticultural So
| ciety in making an exhibit for the Worlds
Fair; authorizing guardians to have APP
| praised and sell on private sale the interest
| or share In real estate of minors: amending
lawregulating telephone companies; amend
| Ing law relative 10 the voluntary dissolution
] OF corporations; for the establishment OF an
asylum for the incurable insane; amending
| the law relative TO the registration of cleo
| tors i'm Townships; amending law relative to
| contracting for payment by municipal au-
thorltles OF cities for Improvements, ETC.;
/ regular station for the prevention of Injury
| 10 cattle, horses and other domestic animals:
providing for the purchase OF additional
| criminal insane; amending law relative to
public instruction and primary schools;
amending game law amending act for wind
! ing up of mining and manufacturing COM
panies; amending liquor law; amending law
| relative TO the care and management OF the
| insane amending law Incorporating sporting
| associations. HOUsE--Bills were introduced
| for the governments OF the school for the
! blind, the Ionia asylum for criminal insane,
the state Public school at Coldwater, the
| Reform school and the State Industrial
| home for girls Other bills introduced: For
license on sleeping cars, regulating the
! fare charge and the method of operating the
| berths; making the age OF commitment TO
the Reform school ten years; for a woman's
|
| lege; establishing tax OF one-twentieth OF
! a mil for the state Agricultural college:
for The selection by lot OF seats In the hall OF
| representatives by members at the opening
| OF the sessions of the legislature; amending
! laws for state agency for the care OF jul
venile offenders; providing for the purchase
| or condemnation of highways for the right
| OF way OF street railways: for the retire.
ment OF circuit judges, after long service;
| providing for inspection OF illuminating
oils; providing the placing on passenger
cars OF gauges 70 regulate temperature;
amending laws relating to drainage; amend
| ing general railroad laws; also. for taxation
! OF railroads: amending laws relating to eX-
| press companies; amending law relating TO
| labor debts: requiring the teaching or
music I'm the public schools; amending laws
| relating TO Insurance business; regulating
the business of insurance companies;
| protecting fish by prohibiting certain
| deposits in the waters; To prevent the UNI
| lawful adultcration or mixture OF seeds;
| amending law relating to the Incorporation
| OF libraries for religious purposes; amend
| ing the building and loan associations act;
| amending laws relating 10 taXation;amend-
| ing the constitution relative to internal i'm
provements; for the election OF commits
| sioner OF railroads. for a series OF text books
defining the duties. OF officers; for an appro-
priatlon of 5000 for an exhibit OF public
| school work at the Worlds Fair; for revis-
| ion OF the constitution; making an appropri-
| alton for a school OF trades; for the taxation
| OF sleeping cars; for commission TO locate
| a state normal school; for an improved bal
lot; for the payment of the troops who
| attended the dedcatory ceremonies OF the
| Worlds Fair; for local taxation OF railroads:
for an increase in the amounts raised for
highway. purposes In the upper peninsula
| prescribing the manner OF conducting
municipal elections; No 952. and last,
amending the general Insurance laws. An
| evening session was held and the time occu-
pied by music and the Introduction of bur
/ leSque bills.
| sENATE.-Thirty-fourt day-A bill to in
| corporate the village of ColOma, Berrien
| county, was passed and given Immediate eff
| feet Senator Mcars su Omitted n resolution
| commencing the President for his nomina-
| ton OF Hon. Benton Hanchett 10 the va
| cancy on the bench OF the Sixth Judicial cir
| cult, adopted. HoUsE.-Several petitions
| were sent up, among them number from
!, upper peninsula towns asking for nor
| NAL school in that section The senate
! joint resolution providing for vote on con-
| stitutional amendments at the spring cleo
ton was called up. IL had passed the Sem
| ate. but defects were discovered, and on
motion IL was referred TO the committee on
| Judiciary for correction A few bills that
| had been heaped upon the table during the
/ rush were rescued and referred to commit
tees after which the House adjourned. The
1 temper Is to at once get to work in commit
| tees and see how rapidly IL can be acco m
| plished.
SENATE Thirty-6fth day. The Worlds
| Fair appropriation bill was considered and
| laid over, but the Senate did not concur In
the substitute bill TO cut the amount to s2O,-
| 600 which leaves the sum under considera-
| ton at $4,000, as presented. In committee
of the whole the bill approprlating Sl5,0OOf for
|
passed. Amending the charter OF Midland;
| Incorporating the village of Deerheld; in
| cooperating the village of White Pigeon;
| fixing the salary of the probate judge OF
Bay county at $500; authorizing chambers
| OF commerce TO hold property to the amount
OF $4,000; increasing the salary of the lieu.
| tenant-governor TO $1,000; superintendent OF
| public instruction to $1,000, secretary of
| state TO 5000 and commissioner of state
| land Office to 81 OOO. HOUsE.--The legislative
| visit TO Ann Arbor was changed from March
| 1 to March g. The committee on judiciary
| reported favorably on bill for the en-
! ployment OF convict labor on streets and
( highways. Senate bill for admission OF in
] sane Inmates OF the Soldiers Home TO the
| insane asylums of the state was noncon-
| CURED in. Senate resolution commencing
| President Harrison for his appointment OF
| Benton Hanchett, of Saginaw, to the sixth
petseSnS fesritor wSf from PSepmfasE hnd at.
| taching the same TO Doyle, Schoolcraft Co.;
| authorizing Frankenmuth. Beuna Vista and
| Blumheld townships to borrow money TO
| deepen Cheboygan creek, saginaw county.
| The Governor has approved the acts author
izing Ann Arbor 70 borrow money, 70 build
| sewers; and 20 prohibit the sale OF liquor on
| the water-being the bum-boat bill"
| SENATE--Thirty-sixth day--Bills passed:
| The appropriation bill calling for $4,000 for
the Soldiers home; the joint resolution pro-
| posing an amendment TO the constitution
| relative TO the salaries OF state officers; the
| bill changing the name OF August johnson
| to August Hammer; amending the law rela-
| tive TO the Incorporation OF boards OF trade
and chambers OF commerce.; making an APP
! preparation OF $4,000 for the temporary re-
| lief of the Mining school. The president an
| nounced that he had appointed Senator'S
| Earle, mckinley, Mears, Crane and Hough
to visit the Detroit house OF correction and
the governor made known that he had ap-
| proved the bills changing the name of the
| reform school to the Industrial school for
| boys, and the bill Incorporating the village
| OF baskerville, Sanilac county. HOUSE,
| No session.
| SENATE --Thirtv-seventh dav--A hill for
uniform textbooks was considered In COM
| mttee of the whole. but not acted upon
| HOUsE.--The speaker and the speaker pro
| tenn. were absent and Representative Buell.
was called to the chair. Petitions we're pre-
sented; For the taxation of church prop
| erty; and for "a state reformatory for women
A resolution was adopted providing medical
| attendance and nurse for Representative
| Leavitt, who was dangerously Ill In Grand
Rapids. Adjourned.