The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-03-15
The Law-Makers.

Tuesday succeeded in attaching to the bill
for the incorporation of fourth-class cities
an amendment providing that the repre-
sentation of the several cities in the State
upon the boards of supervisors shall not
be changed by its provisions. This amend
ment practically destroys the uniformity
sought and will doubtless end in the de-
feat of the scheme. In committee of the
whole the House passed bill to provide
for the incorporation of Baptist churches
SO as TO permit women TO become trustees,
and n bill to prevent blindness in infants
by requiring reports to be made TO health
officers of the birth of children giving evil
dences of diseased eyes within two weeks
after birth. A bill was passed by the
House providing that no person shall be
commissioned i'm Office of the line in the
Michigan National Guard until he shall
have passed satisfactory examination
before commission consisting of the in
spector general and two officers of the
line.
A joint resolution fixing the salaries of
State officers as follows: Governor, ST.,
600; circuit judges, $500; State Treas
urer, Secretary of State, State Land
Commissioners, Superintendent of Public
instruction, each $4,000; Auditor Cen
eral, $1,000; Attorney General, S3,oOO
was passed by vote of 81 to 10 by the
House Wednesday. 1t will be submitted
TO the people in the form of constitu-
tional amendment.
After a brisk contest, the Senate Thurs
day afternoon passed the bill TO perfect
the factory inspection laws of the State.
The inspection will cost the taxpayers
$4,000 annually, and is under the control
of the State Labor Commissioners. The
present measure corrects the defects IN
the former law. and gives the State n
system of inspection that is nearly perfect.
The bill passed by the Senate prevents
the employment of males under is and
females under 81 for llore than SIXTY
hours in each week. and prescribcs strict
regulations for the construction or fac
tories. A bill for the apprlsal Of the
swamp lands of the State was given II
vicious blow in the House, from which it
will probably not be able To rally. The
House passed bills giving the authorities
of the Soldiers Home at Grand Rapids
power 10 restrain those inmates of the
home who are in the habit of becoming
drunk on every possible occasion.
There was q lively discussion in the
Senate Friday afternoon over the Kill
patrick bill, which make corporations ac-
cepting n bonus of any nature Us con-
sideration for locating in city or village
liable for the full amount of cash or other
property received in the event that they
remove from such locations. An attempt
was made TO exempt corporations already
located from the operations of the bill,
and also to void the forfeiture i'll case the
municipality makes any misreprcsenta.
ton in its efforts to secure the industry,
but both were unsuccessful. Several
Michigan cities have suffered severely
from the operation of the fly-by-nght con-
Germs the bill is intended to reach, and il
is believed it will become n law. Favor
able reports were made on bills providing
local option by townships, villages, cities,
or counties in the matter of prohibiting
the liquor traffic; appropriating $126,000
for additional buildings at the Home for
the Feeble Minded and $4,000 for the
current expenses of the Soldiers Home
An adverse report was made on the joint
resolution providing for the submission at
the April election of an amendment to in
crease the salaries of several State Off
GERS In the House the Campbell bill
providing before any corporation can do
business in Michigan the entire amount
of the authorized capital must be sub
scrihed and % per cent. thereof actually
paid in was opposed by the Upper PENN
sula delegation, who asserted that
would drive vast numbers of Michigan
corporations into other States. No con.
clusion was reached and the bill will
come mp again.
In the Legislature Monday the bill
making an appropriation of 1000 for the
recomplation of field notes in the office
of the Adjutant General was passed by
the House. Alarm because of the numer-
Gus bills TO cripple the homeopathic col
legc at the State University by reducing
number of its chairs brought a swarm
of the disciples of Hahnemann To Ian
sing. There has been considerable trou-
BILE ut the university on account of the
homeopathic school, which recently re-
suited in the resignation of all the pro-
fcssors being called for. The decapitated
professors are nearly all of them in favor
of removing the school TO Detroit, while
Dean Obetz and other influential doctors
are in favor of amalgamating the school
with the allopathic branch, rcscrving to
the school chair in matera medica.
The homeopathic physicians decided TO
ask the Legislature and the Board of
Regents To amalgamate the two schools
of medicine at the university after the
plan suggested by Dean Obetz. giving
the homcopaths four chairs in the college
of medicine.
Utilizing Cork.
This country imports more cork from
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