Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-06-06
STATE LEGISLATURE.

sESATR-95th day-Biils passed: Amend
ing the law relative TO the incorporation OF the
| that boards OF review In the upper peninsula
shall meet in July instead OF May: prescribing
the size OF fruit packages: relative TO railroad
crossing gates: providing that the question of
bonding county shall be submitted to the
people when IL appears that county Is in
| debted TO the state: relative TO wrlts OF GER
| tiorari in justice courts; amending law govern
ing preliminaries 10 local option elections:
authorizing the payment OF the actual expense
| OF the state board OF auditors when travelling
on state business: prohibiting the sale OF
quail woodcocK or partridge; relative 10 the
Incorporation OF fire insurance companies:
relative TO proceedings against garnishees;
i authorizing recompilation OF Michigan statutes
and making Lewis NJ. Miller. clerk OF the
House. the o'f1cial compiler OF the statutes and
supreme court decisions. senator shaw, chair
man OF the special committee TO investigate
charges against superintendent Clark OF the
school Tor the deaf ut fllnt, gave In "A ma Jority
| report strongly recommending that Clark be
discharged. The minority report was sub
mitted recommending that Clark be retained
The Senators became tangled up in q debate
/ over the reports. resulting in both OF them
! being tabled ant per consequence killed. leav-
ing the matter In statu quo. Gov. Rich sent
the following nominations TO the senate which
were confirmed: II. H. Kinds, OF stanton,
member live stock sanitary commission six
! years; A. v. McAlyay, OF Manistee, and Delos
Fail, OF Albion, members OF state board OF
health, six years Jonn NJ. Longyear. Mar
quette. and Alfred kidder Marquette mining
school board trustees; Chas. > Brown Flint
school for deaf, six years; VIM. j. Spears, as
s ss school Tor deal vice James A. Trotter:
Industrial school for girls. six yeaps'
The senate passed the House Joint resolution
authorl ing the board OF state auditors to in
Yestigate the question OF compelllng return TO
the state treasury OF the illegal salaries drawn
by the state o ncers VINO were removed by the
governor Tor neglect OF duty in connection with
the canvass of the ret rms on the salary amend
ment OF 1898 sen tor Fare offered "a resotu-
ton TO pay the .ourual clerks each - per day
extra The resolution was variously amended
and very bitter discussion ensued. As lima liz
passed IL included the ournal clerk engrossng
and enrolling clerk. bill clerk the clerk OF the
judiciary committee and two or three otner
committee cler at Il per day extra. The
amendments made by the House to the dairy
and FOOD commissioner act cutting the salary
from LOO TO l2W were concurred in. The
conference committee reported a bill TO br ng
building and loan assoc lat ons under state
supervision and IT was passed as recommended.
HOUSE-blllS passed: Providing that the eX
pense OF laying water mains in the city OF De-
troit shall be betrayed by the owners OF prop
ertv abutting on the line OF said m lins:
relative TO proceedings against garnishees;
providing that town meetings shall begin at /
p. IN. AM that record shall be kept OF votes
cast on propositions relative TO township BUSH
ness; amending the act under which skating
rink associations are Incorporated; authoriz-
ing the Michigan Dairvmen association TO
mold Institutes and approprating 1000 there
for during toe next two Years; recurring
county commissioners of schools TO take an
oath OF once; Rep. Waldo called up his bill
providing for submitting TO the Poop the
question OF woman suffrage. There was no
discussion. The bill failed OF passage. "a to b.
two-thirds vote was necessary, as an amend |
ment TO the constitution was proposed. Fer |
guson, who changed his vote from ave to no, |
was Kissed This day was the last OF the formal |
session, and when the two houses ad burned |
the ina lority OF the members made for their |
homes. There will be so-called sessions of /
both houses for three DAYS. but only the |
speaker and one or two members will be pres |
ent to keep up appearances while the governor |
acts on bills passed.
The Closing Scenes
The closing hours we're full OF horse play |
The galleries we're well filled and the members |
OF both houses seemed bent on deviltry. Books |
papers and documents were ured across the |
chambers, and the one who escaped without a
rap or two was exceedingly artful at lodging |
Speaker Gordon. Rep Waite. the leader on the |
floor of the House. and the lone emocrat. Dono-
van, were presented with handsome souvenirs,
highly eulogistic speeches. being made. Among
the last matters prese tied TO the House was
the report of the special committee TO investi-
gate the state board OF health. The ma ority
report SAID that the charges against the board
had not been proved. in substance or in spirit.
IN general or in particular The report char
acterl ed the charges as unfouRded sald
prompted by IN Will, aud so far as made IN tns
House must have been the result of deception.
The minority reported that the testimony Is so
voluminous that the comm ttee could not come
TO run conclusion. and the chairman disagreed
with the statements that the charges were
promp ed by ill-will. clash occurred be-
tween the two houses over the legislative re-
districttng bills. The representative bill as
finally passed is an exact copy OF the law
enacted in 10 ,. The only change made by the
senatorial bin Is the placing of narlevoX
county IL the Twenty-ninth instead OF the
Twenty-seventh district The bill rearrang-
ing the cong esS onal districts did not pass the
senate. and congressman will be elected IN |
isj6 according TO the present districts Among
the bills hung up was the Robinson bill reduc-
ing passenger lares on railroads in the upper
peninsula The capital punishment bill was
not passed. the enorts of the House being
unsuccessful.