The Yale expositor., 1895-05-10
STATE LEGISLATURE.

SENArE.-74th day-Bllls passed: Amending
the fish shute law; amending the drain law:
the Mt. Pleasant Normal school bill; providing
for commission OF three 20 locate normal
school in the northern part OF the lower PENN
sula: appropriating sbS,i00 for each of the next
two years for current expenses OF the Michi-
gan Normal school nj Ipsilanti and $4,000 for
building a training school; approprlating
sl33.4j for the Industrial home for boys; pio-
vidiIB for the hlling UP OF abandoned salt
wells; appropriating 9,416 for cottages at the
upper peninsula prison at Marquette. HOUSE
bills passed: Mt. Pleasant normal school
bill; relative To records OF judicial proceedings
in foreign countres $4,000 appropriation for
the Soldiers Home; providing that DEGREES in
divorce cases shall not be issued until 30 days
after judgment in such cases Is rendered; rela-
tive TO the examination OF Witnesses and their
competency; appropriating $4,000 for repairs
ana Tor compensation OF student labor ut the
Agricultural college; authorizing corporations
to change their names; amending the act rela-
tive 10 county school examiners and county
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 q
Saline plank road charter-a blow at plank road
companies throughout tho state-was passed.
The committee on taxation unanimously re-
commented the passage OF tho bill providing
that municipal franchises shall be assessed
ana taxed rs 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. The 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 TO
an early adjournment was successful, resolu-
tion fixing May 81 as the day being adopted
81 TO II. Bills passed. Appropriating $1,000
for a statue to eX-tiov Blair; regulating veter-
mary practice and creating commission 10
supervise such practice; approprlatlng slOO,2lC
for improvements ana currt mt expenses at the
industrial home for girls; prohibiting the eX-
posture OF polsons in such way as TO endangeI
the lives of animals; reforming the system
under which state publications are issued
SENArE.-76th day.-Providing that Detroit
public school teachers. after y years service
may retire on u pension of 500 per year and
creating retirement fund from which TO pay
such pensions: for the licensing or hawkors
and peddlers; relative to infants under guard
ianship; amending act relative TO fraternal
bene dciary societies. regulating fishing III
Saginaw river and bay; relative 10 fees IN the
ONCE OF the secretary OF state; relative 10 the
admission OF pauper children TO the school
nearest the poorhouse; placing building anc
loan associations under the supervision OF the
commissioner OF insurance. The bill was also
passed TO change the costly system OF county
Canvasscrs by providing that the can
vases shall be made By commission OF
hve-the presiding circuit Judge the pro
bate Judge, two county auditors with the
longest term to serve and one member OF the
board of supervisors. The bill was amended tC
apply only to Wayne county for the present
The judiciary committee fayorably reported
the bill prescribing that in cities OF 10000 oi
more inhabitants there shall be police matron:
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 o.
creditors and making such assignments voiC
unless the same shall be without preferences
between creditors. The most OF the day was
spent in committee Of the whole.
SENATE.-7Ith day-The vote by which thu
bill was passed providing a new system o
conducting county canvasses was reconsidcreC
and referred again TO the judiciary committee
In committee OF the whole "a bill was agreed &
prohibiting the killing OF polecats between
April ana November HpUsE-The House
passed two bills. authoyi ing the establish
ment OF a munic. pal reform school in Detroit
and compelling certain classes OF juvenile
offenders to receive instruction in an ungradet
curriculum. In committee OF the whole there
were several hot contests. The bill designed
10 prohibit fences composed wholly OF bari
wire on lines between farms, encountered
stubborn opposition, and the committee only
ordered 1t printed: The bill providing tina
patrol wagons shall be covered vehicles wai
agreed to- The bin was taken up regulatins
the employment OF women and children II
manufacturing establishments, and to provide
OF this bill are not nearly as stringent as the
requirements OF the existing law in many par
tculars, as II places within the discretion o
the factory inspectors many requirement.
which were made mandatory. The action rela
tive to providing exhaust fans for the purpose
OF carrying OF dust from emery wheels wher
ever deemed necessary by the inspector wai
stricken out although existing law require!
such fans IN all cases. The section re-enactins
clause OF the present law, 30 as to make 4
mandatory on prosecuting attorneys to prose
cute to u finish complaints preferred
by the factory inspector or any othei
person. was also modified so as L
make IL optional with prosecutors. Can
short season OF the year, were exempted from
the PROVISIONS OF the bill. The section prohlb
Itlng the employment OF children under 1
years OF age in factories was stricken out, bu
further sections require the consent OF paren
or guardian. The existing law requires sucl
persons to attend school for a certain numbe
OF months each year. The original appropria
ton for factory inspectors In the bill authorized
the expenditure OF $1,000 THIS was cut L
5000 by the Senate and was still further re
duced by the ways and means committee OF tn
! House To $1,000. The section re Iuiring the u.s.
| OF automatic openings at elevator shafts wa
| stricken out, but the dill as IL stands impose
the duty OF seeing that such shafts are ade
| quatelY secured. Bills agreed to: Prohibitin
| the killing of beaver until November 1901: {
| prohibit killing mink, otter and muskrats ex
cept during tae months OF September AM
| October. for the appointment by the governo
| OF a commission of three to revise all the law
| relative to private corporations, their rcpor
! TO be submitted TO the next legislature