The Yale expositor., 1895-02-15
STATE LEGISLATURE.

pass by vote OF Is 10 6 Senator Mclaughlin
moved to consider the vote; a motion TO table
Senator MoI4aughlins motion was defeated
and the bill was then tabled temporarily.
Aside from the health bill fight the most inter-
esting thing in the senate was the noticing OF
two bills Tor representative reappolntment OF
the state. The Arst was by Senator bialy and
provinces for the usual number OF members,
100. giving Wayne an extra one and taking 10
from ~. Clair county. This Is the committee
bill and has been carefully prepared. senator
Barnard sprung bill to divide tue state into
% districts. the minimum allowed by the con-
stitution. He thinks the present House is cum
bersome and that better results would be
reached by making its membership smaller.
Several bills were favorably reported from
committees: Giving salaried justices exclusive
jurisdiction; with unimportant amendments.
the general village charter bill; 10 incorporate
Masonic associations: appropriating s2lOOO for
monuments Tor the DattleaeldS or Cntcknmauga
and Chattanooga Important bills noticed:
Providing for the payment TO the state treas
urer OF all moneys given the regents OF the
University in trust, to enable regents to take
in perpetual trust land or other property; re.
quiring theatres dance halls. etc. to be closed
on Sunday; to prohibit corporations requiring
employees TO insure IN any particular company;
TO prohi bit wearing OF unsghtiy head coverings
In places OF anu ,ement: for the use OF Me-
DoWell voting machines in all elections: for an
electric lighting plant for the capitol; TO limit
special assessment system in public improve
ments In cities; making IL unlawful to nesmer-
i've or hypnotic any person without such per-
sons consent: Senator wheeler offered
Joint resolution re Iuesting congress TO
resCind its recent action in the matter OF
abandoning Macl1inaw Island as amilitary post.
AoUsE.-The nght for the establishment OF
capital punishment In Michigan is TO be revived
this session. Rep. Fuller, of Delta, introduced
"A bin TO so amend the statutes as to provide for
the infection OF the death penalty. In COM
mittee OF the whole the bill was agreed 10
giving a S9l,0D emergency appropriation for
the mining school: the Dill then passed. the
bill TO incorporate the Leagues OF American
Wheelmen was agreed to. Inc bill was favor
ably reported providing for complete re-regis-
trat.on OF voters prior to the spring election.
a bill was noticed liking the charge for the
transportation OF iron ore In the state at one
cent per ton per mile. 1t does not apply TO
transportation any part OF which Is outside the
state.
SENATE.-Eighteenth day.-No session. be-
cause of the funeral OF Senator Watts at Jack
son. HoUsE.-A short morning session was
held but II was a duh day. A bill was passed
providing for the care and maintenance OF in
sane inmates OF the Soldiers Home in other
state institutions. number OF important
bills were noticed: For appointment OF county
seaiors OF weights and measurcs for instruc-
ton in vocal music in CITY schools and teachers
Institutes amending law relative to compul-
sorry education; TO raise tho bonding limit OF
Detroit to per cent TO enable the city 10 ersct
a new municipal building; TO provide for cleo
tion OF members OF caucus boards in same
manner as ward committee men are now
chosen; stringent compulsory education law;
authorizing the sale OF lands held AVE years or
less, Tor 80 per cent OF the taxes and interest
ana OF lands held for "a longer period for - per
cent OF taxes and interest
SENATE.-eOth day.-The Senate promptly
undid its action OF the previous day, and with
out a word OF debate the Detroit health board
bill. fathered by senator Thompson, was passed
by q vote OF 20 10 .. senator Barnard noticed
a bill from the registration OF physicians and
TO regulate the practice OF medicine. Senator
Fitzpatrick noticed bill creating state
weather service to Cooperate with the United
States weather bureau. Senator Mclaughlin
noticed bill for the branding, stamping or
placarding OF all articles manufactured in
f,sala In 1al ffafn
committee reported the House bill providing
for the determination by probate courts OF the
sanity OF persons heretofore adjudged insane.
In committee OF the whole the village corpor-
alton charter was considered and several local
Dlls agreed to: also the blu requiring secretary
Of state. deputy secretary OF state. private Sec
rotary and executive clerk OF governor TO give
bonds. HoUsE.-Hep. Flood, OF Mason county,
noticed n bill providing the death penalty by
hanging Tor murder The question OF the IN
fiction OF tho death penalty shall be left with
the Jury which tries a defendant for murder.
II the jury tnds in favor OF hanging the con-
victed person must remain In custody FOR one
year subsequent 10 conviction and, in case dur
ing that time IL appears TO the trial judge
or his successor that the penalty should
not be indicted, he may commute the sem
tence TO imprisonment for life.
number of other important measures were
noticed: A Joint resolution for constitutional
amendment injecting the principle OF the refer
endum into the fundamental law of the state;
to prohibit the working OF convlcts on the con-
tract system and providing that they shall be
OF articles for use In the state institutions. and
when this work is not sus1cient TO keep all con-
yicts employed. they may then be employed
in tho manufacture OF such other articles
as the board may rec At on the state
account system, but the total number OF con
victs employed in any one line OF manufacture
shall not exceed per cent OF the whole number
OF persons engaged In that Industry in the
state; for the submission 10 iures OF the ques-
ton OF contrlbutory negligence In negligence
cases; 70 provide for a lien upon the property
or employers in case OF judgment for damages
for injuries TO employees; TO prohibit the trans
portation OF prisoners in uncovered patrol
wagons; TO establish state board OF registra-
ton Tor physicians ard to regulate the practice
OF medicine: TO prohibit the insurance OF the
lives OF children.
SENATE.-2lst day.-Among the bills noticed
was one by Senator Mclaughlin to raise the
age OF consent to rs years. selator Preston
has bin to prevent foreign beneficiary socie-
ties from doing business In Michigan. Senator
Jewell will introduce the bill passed last ses-
sion providing for the taxation OF legacies.
The law was held to be unconstit dtional be-
cause IL did not provide that this tax. specific
one, could go TO some educational purpose. AT
present the unclaimed dead bodies OF convicts,
etc, are sent TO the U. OF NJ for dissection.
The Detroit College OF Medicine and Michigan
College want the cadavers from Wayne county
institutions. and bill to this effect was noticed
by Senator Mclaughlin The street car vesti-
bdle bill came up in committee OF the whole,
and spirited discussion took place In order
to comply with the demand OF the street car
companies for more time, 10 was amended TO
extend the time when all street cars were TO
be equipped with vestlbules TO January I. 1895.
The bill was then passed In the committee and
nov goes to the Senate In formal session.
Senator Martins amendment to the tax law.
exempting 500 worth of property. was
also passed in committee OF the whole.
HOUsG-The most important thing in the
House was the noticing by Rep Covell, OF
Grand Traverse. OF a measure providing for the
collection, compilation and printing OF the
general laws of the state. Such a compilation
has not been made under direction of the legis-
lature since 1871. The usefulness OF the Howell
volumes has become In large measure crippled
through amendments and changes In the
statutes. The whole judiciary committee OF
tho House is convinced that a new compilation
Is desirable. Lewis NJ. Miller. clerk OF the
House, is a candidate for the position of COM
piler. protest was received from the Office
holders OF Manitou county against the proposed
measure 10 dlsorganize that county and attach
us territory TO adjoining counties. Rep. Dono-
van introduced has bill for n state board OF OK
aniuers for plumbers with authority to license
inspectors, master plumbers and ioIrneymen.
Among the bills noticed we're these To Ak
minimum number OF brakemen for passenger
trans; repeating law creating the ONCE OF
dairy and food commissioner; providing that
the warden OF Jackson prison shall under GER
tain circumstances put unemploy ed, short-term
prisoners AZ work quarrylng stone for the i'm
provcment of the prison sewer outlet into
Grand river: allowing boards OF county super
visors 10 vote themselves - per diem extra COM
pensation for important committee work The
senate resolution protesting against the plan
10 do away with the National park at Macklnac
wsHnts .afssa rreeaA In