The Yale expositor., 1895-05-17
STATE LEGISLATURE.

SENATE -sOth day.-BilIs passed: For the
preservation OF furniture in the state capltol
| for the further geological survey OF Michigan
| creating a commission OF nine persons TO regu-
late the practice OF medicine aud surgery in
Michigan; appropriating sll6,0O) for current
expenses at the Michigan state normal school
ana $4,000 for a training school: appropriatng
| Sl22000 for the state industrial home for boys;
appropriating sl3i .J2l for the state school for
| the deaf and dumb; relative TO the collection
| OF delinquent taxes; appropriating S4s,375 for
improvements at the Michigan asylum for dan
/ gerous and criminal insane; Bialy bill reorgan-
| iZing the state health department Mr. Jami-
| sons bill was agreed TO in committee OF the
whole providing for a jury TO determine the
mental competency or persons against whom
the charge OF insanity may be brought, also
| providing that the estate OF an insane person
committed shall pay such proportion OF the
cost as II may be found able TO pay. The bill
providing that the value OF municipal fran
Cnses shall be assessed and that taxes shall
! be paid thereon, the same on other property
was also agreed to. The committee on legisla-
| tive reapportionment made favorable report
on a bill cutting down the number Of Represent
| atives in the state legislature from lO) to a.
! The state ahairs committee reported the
| Smalley hanging bill as providing for the in
| fticting of the death penalty when recon-
mended by the jury. HOUSEHOLDS passed:
Relative to the appointments of boards of county
canvassers regulating the practice OF medicine
and surgery in Michigan 1890 for the nor
| nal school at Ypsilanti. Sl22,O0O for
tho industrial school for boys s13l ,021
! for the school for the deaf and dumb
In committee OF the whole a measure was
agreed to which will put stop 20 the forma-
| ton OF drinking clubs to avoid paying liquor
| license. The measure Is an amendment TO the
! bill providing that liquor bonds may be OBJ
| tanned in the township whore a village may be
located and is as follows: "All clubs. societies
or other associations or organizations. whether
Incorporated or unincorporated, that shall sell,
I dispense, or In manner furnish any sprituous,
matt, brewed, fernented or vinous liquors to Its
| members or any other person or persons shall
for the purpose OF this act be decrced TO be en-
gagged in the business OF selling or Offering for
sale such liquors, and shall be sui. ect to all the
| provisions requirements, restrictions or penal
ties OF this act,and the possession by such club,
| society, association or organization OF U. s.
| license shall be prime facle evidence that such
| persons or organizations are engaged In the
business OF liquor sell ~ as defined by this act q"
SENATE-slst day.-Bills passed: Authoriz-
ing the unclaimed bodies of pauper dead to be
sent direct to Detroit medical colleges instead
! OF being first sent To the University appro-
| priating $3.50 900 for continuing the work OF
construction at the asylum at Newberry; pro-
| viding that members OF the Detroit school
board may by two-thirds vote OF the body be
! expelled for improper conduct; authorizing
| corporations TO change their names: requiring
| instruction to be given In the public schools on
| the best method OF preventing the spread OF
| communicable diseases; establishing courses
OF reading and lectures on agricultural branches
under the direction OF the state board of agrt-
| culture; relative TO fraudulent conveyances:
| amending the law relative TO the management
| OF asylums for insane so as to require a charge
| OF insanity to be determined by "a jury In GER
/ tain cases; providing for service OF notice on
| prosecuting attorneys In certain proceedings
/ relative to delinquent taxes: authorizing the
audtor-general TO procure certain land plats;
/ authorizing boards OF supervisors to acquire
| by condemnation the rights OF toll road COM
panies In highways. There was sensation
when, in committee OF the whole on bill TO
make Crosse lie, WAYNE county. a seperlte
| township Senator Brundage stated thas an at
tempt had been made to bride senator Smalley
| to vote for the bill. senator Mclaughlin de-
| manded that an investigation be made. Then
Mr.. Smalley said that the effort would be fruit
| less as the attempt was so INDIRECT
| and indefinite that nothing could bo
proven. The bill was defeated. Gov
! Rich objected to the $4,000 appropriation
| for the Michigan mining school ana Senator NJ.
Sheldon had IL recalled to reduce IL. House.
! Bills passed: Making tho bounty on English
! sparrows payable all the year round instead OF
only In the winter months; regulating the
manner in which town plats may be vacated:
amending the drain Jaw; relative to authenti-
Gated copies OF probate court records a futile
attempt was made TO pass the Dill prescribing
| that publishers shall be entitled TO no oompen-
sation for periodicals sent for n longer period
than the subscriber specifies. The ways and
/ means committee favOrably reported the bill
| levying a tax OF one-eiRhth OF u cent for the
support OF the Michigan naval reserve. Reps
| Ferguson. Benoit and Latimer were arrested
downtown by the sergeaut-at-arms for leaving
the House without quorum on the bill pre-
scribtng that the entire amount OF liquor taxes
collected shall be turned into the municipal
| treasury instead OF being divided equally be-
tween the city or village and the county. The
action was taken on the bill.
Eighty-second day.-No session OF the Sem
ate. HoUsE.-This was the first attempt TO
put in six Legislative days in week and IL was
not much OF a success. The bill prescribing
! that the entire receipts from liquor taxes shall
20 TO the township village or city instead OF
being divided with the county, which had been
lett in the air on the ad ournment the previous
day was referred to the judiciary committee.
The factory inspection bill was again agreed
to in committee OF the whole. After a sharp
tight. the appropriation for inspectors was in
creased from % on to $500 and the clause re-
latlve TO the employment of persons under
II years OF age. which had been stricken out
was restored.
SENATE.-s3d day.-Bkls passed: For fish
shutes in Flint and Cass rivers; for incorpora-
ton OF childrens aid societies for the court TO
determine in uries done railway companies by
repeal OF charters; for the parole OF convicts;
Tor board to examine app icants for admis-
sion to bar: amending the act for the forma-
ton of skating RINK OsSociations. The bill
amending the act for the formation OF corpora
tons for the leasing or selling OF real estate
was defeated Teconsidered and tabled. The
mining school appropr alton bill was lXed up
uDon its return from the House. so that IL win
now receive the signature o. ,,ov. Rich. The
vote was reconsidered b. which the bill passed
and was amended by cut rom 00D1, doing
away with 5000 worth OF new buildings. The
Seuate. cOncurrcd in the house amendment 10
the bill for the election OF boards OF county
cnnvassers in the substitution Of the county
treasurer for the presiding udge OF the third
/
board HoUsE-Dils passed: Appropriatlng
o for support OF needy soldiers heretofore
cared for at Harper shospital Detroit. ame i'd
ing law for the Incorporation of trust COM
panies In committee OF the whoe the bill
was agreed to prohibiting the massing OF mill
tary organizations without permission from
the commander-in-chef Several bills re-
ceived their death blow in committee OF the
whole. among them these: Assessment and
collection OF taN on al property that is
I changed from real to personal property during
each assessing year, the intention being that
IL should Apply TO logs. ore and such property;
providing that counties should own the alb
stract books and for the appointment of
county abstractors by the board OF super
visors: to tax druggists who sell liquors the
same as saloonkeepers The committee on
state affairs reported that they had discovered
that the Senate had come against the constitu-
tion when IL passed the bill providing for the
sale OF certain state lands that q home might
be provided for the governor. The land can
only be used for educational purposes. The
bill was therefore tabled.
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