Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-05-09
STATE LEGISLATURE.

SFSAvE.-74th day-Bills passed. Amending
me ash shute law; amending the drain law:
the MI pleasant Normal school bill; providing
for a commission OF three TO locate normal
school in the northern part OF the lower PENN.
two wears for current expenses OF the Michi-
| gan Normal school at Ypsilanti, and $4,000 for
| building q training school; appropriating
slsi.OO for the industrial home for boys; pro-
yidinp for the filling up OF abandoned salt
wells: appropriating 9,4I5 for cottages az the
upper peninsula prison at Marquette HOUSE
bills passed: Mt. Pleasant normal school
| bill; relative 10 records OF judicial proceedings
| i'm foreign countries; $4,000 appropriation Tor
| the Soldiers Home: providing that DEGREES In
| divorce cases shall not be issued until 80 days
after judgment In sHch cases Is rendered; rela-
| tive To the examination OF witnesses and their
| competency; approprating $4,000 for repairs
/ and Tor compensation OF student labor at the
| Agricultural college; authorizing corporations
| To change their names; amending the act rela-
! tive TO county school examiners and county
1 commissioners OF schools repeating the rem,
| nants OF the act OF 1891 establishing "a central
| board for the control OF penal and reformatory
| institutions; appropriating $500 for the Michi-
gan Pioneer aud Historical society
SENATE - 18th day. = The township unit
school board bill was killed. In committee of
| the whole the bill repeating the Detroit &
Saline plank road charter-a blow at plank road
| companies throughout the state-waS passed
| The committee ON taxation unanimously re-
| commended the passage OF the Dill providing
| that municipal franchises shall be assessed
and taxed as other personal property. Com
panies paying less than . per cent DIVIDENDS
are exempt. An adverse report was made by
| the judiciary committee on the bill authorizing
| the release of convlcts on parole Inc SENATE
passed the general game protection bill with
amendments, including one prohibiting the
! shooting of migratory ducks IN the spring.
HoUsE.-The effort TO commit the members 10
an early adjournment was successful resolu-
ton liking May 81 as the day being adopted
| 81 TO II. Bills passed: Appropriatlng slOOOO
for a statue TO eX-GoV Blair; regulating Neter-
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supervise such practice; appropriating tlOO2lO
for improvements and currt mt expenses at the
industrial home for girls; prohibiting the eX-
posture OF polsons In such a way as 10 endanger
the lives OF anmas reforming the system
under which state publications are issued.
SENArE.-76th day.-Providing that Detroit
public school teachers, after % years service,
may retire on a pension OF S409 per year and
creating retirement fund from which TO pay
such PENSIONS. for the licensing OF hawkers
| and peddlers: relative to infants under guard
ianship; amending act relative to fraternal
| beneficiary societies.; regulating fishing IN
| Saginaw river and bay; relative TO fees IN the
| ofhee OF the secretary OF state; relative TO the
admission of pauper children TO the school
nearest the poorhouse; placing building ana
loan associations under the supervision OF the
commissioners OF insurance Inc Dill was also
passed TO change the costly system or county
canvassers by providing that the can.
vases shall be made by a commission OF
tve-the presiding circuit Judge, the pro
bate Judge, two county auditors with the
longest term TO serve and one member OF the
apply only TO Wayne county for the present.
The judiciary committee favorably reported
the bin prescribing that in cities OF 10000 or
more inhabitants there shall be police matrons
to look after female offenders in custody.
HoUsE-Among the bills passed were these
For the protection OF fish and encouraging the
propagation thereof: regulating legal procedure
in the case OF assignments for the beneht OF
creditors and making such assi2nments volu
unless the same shall be without preferences
between creditors. The most OF the DAY was
spent In committee Of the whole.
SENATE.-77th day-The vote by which the
bill was passed providing a new system OF
conducting county canvasses was reconsidered
and referred again TO the judiciary committee.
In committee OF the whole bill was agreed TO
prohibiting the killing OF polecats between
April and November. HousE-The House
passed two bills. authorizing the establish
ment OF a municipal reform school in Detroit,
and compelling certain classes OF juvenile
offenders TO receive instruction In an ungraded
curriculum. In committee of the whole there
were several hot contests The bill designed
TO prohibit fences composed wholly or barb
wire on lines between farms, encountered a
, Lstubtorn opposition, and the committee only
ordered IL printed. The bill providing that
: patrol wagons shall be covered vehicles was
5 agreed to. The bill was taken up regulating
: the employment OF women and children In
= manufacturing establishments, and TO provide
l for the inspection of factories The provisions
, OF this bill are not nearly as stringent as the
, | requirements OF the existing law In many par
ticulars, as 1t places within the discretion OF
the factory inspectors many requirements
. which were made mandatory. The action rela-
tive to providing exhaust fans for the purpose
of carrying of dust from emery wheels wher-
C ever deemed necessary by the inspector was
4 stricken out, although existing law requires
: such fans In all cases The section re-enacting
a clause of the present law, so as to make II
3. mandatory on prosecuting attorneys to prose
Y cute to finish complaints preferred
by the factory inspector or any other
: person. also modified so as to
v make IL optional with prosecutors. Can
ming factories, which operate during very
short season OF the year, were exempted from
/, the provisions OF the bill. The section prohlb-
>. lting the employment OF children under Il
wears of age inractores was stricken out, bu'
z further sections require the consent OF parent
k or guardian The existing law requires such
q persons to attend school for a certain number
= | OF months each year The original appropria.
ton for factory inspectors in the bill authorized
the expenditure OF $1,000 This cut Il
=. 5000 by the Senate and was still further re
: duced by the ways and means committee OF thu
IL House TO 5000. The section requiring the US,
OF automatic openings at elevator shafts wa
stricken out, but the bill as IL stands imposes
n the duty of seeing that such shafts are ade
a Quately secured Bills agreed to: Prohibiting
: the killing of beaver until November, 1901; 4
e prohibit killing mink, otter and muskrats ex
e cept during the months OF September ant
a | October: for the appointment by the governo
:, | OF commission OF three to revise all the law
u relative to private corporations, their repor
: TO be submitted TO the next legislature.