The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-05-04
MICHIGAN LEGISLATURE.


LANSING. Mich, April e4-The senate on
Tuesday passed q bill providing for state
medical board. consisting Of four regular ply
sicians. two homeopathic. two eclectic and
one physio-medical. to constitute board OF
registration for the regulation OF the practice
OF medicine. The Eaton apportionment bill,
the first of O series OF measures for dividing
the state into twelve congressional districts,
was killed In the senate
LANSING, Mich. April 25.-The senate
Wednesday night by unanimous vote dis
posed OF the liquor tax question by passing the
bill which passed the house two weeks
ago. fixing the uniform tax ut 800. A de-
termined effort was made to make the tax
payable July instead OF May 1. and also TO Sc
cure concessions which would permit saloons
to be kept open on secular holidays, but they
were unsuccessful
LANSING, Mich. April io-The senate on
Thursday In committee Of tho whole agreed to
the Bially health bill. repeating the present
law and providing for tho appointment OF u
new board OF six members, OF which tho gov
ernor shall DO member ex officio. Tho
committee also agreed to the Foote deer
bill, making the open season from November
/ to Is inclusive and limiting to five tho num-
Der OF deer each hunter may kill In one sea-
SON The senate agreed to bill establishing
the Maclunac Island park commission and
making an appropriation OF $1,000 therefor;
also to q bill for the erection or purchase OF IN
executive mansion
The $500 uniform liquor tax. which passed
the senate Wednesday night, was signed by
the governor Thursday and will become O law
In May
LANSING, Mich. April Ex-senator Townsend
on Friday introduced q resolution dcploring
1.-THE lack Of principle In the national govern
ment's conduct OF foreign affairs, fresh ex-
ample OF which Is given In the cowardly atti-
tude OF the United States In view OF England's
treatment OF our sistar republic. Nicaragua"
A majority OF the senators were OF the
opinion that the resolution was In bad
taste and 1t was withdrawn. Tho senate has
passed the bill appropriating $4,000 for "a
statue OF Austin Blair, Mchigan's war
governor, to be erected on the state capitol
square The johnson pure-food bill was
agreed to by the senate in committee OF the
whole. II contains the same provision pro-
hibiting colorng of oleomargarine or butterine
to resemble butter that was stricken out In
the house the present week
House.
LANSING, Mich. April 24-Tho house
passed the senate municipal commission char
ter bill for fourth-clnss cities. under which
about fifty-three cities become Incorporated
by passive consent January I, 1885, unless
they previously decide to the contrary by
vote The Redfern pure food bill was agreed
to In committee OF the whole after striking out
the most important provision, which probib-
tied the coloring OF oleomarganne or butter
Inc An amendment was adopted carly In the
discussion to the effect practically that It
could be colored with any substance not In
furious to health.
LANSING. Mich. April 26-The house on
Wednesday agreed to u Joint resolution sub
hitting to the people in November 1906, the
proposition requiring oil electors to be able to
write their names end TO read the constitution
OF the state In the English language The
committee on education reported favorably q
bill for free text books in public schools
LANSING, Mich. April 26-The house on
Thursday for the second time defeated the
bill repeating the mortgage law OF 1898 on final
passage, ana although the vote was reconsid-
cred and the bill tabled II is not likely To pass
The house also killed bill for the establish
ment OF u state normal school at Mount Pleas
mt