Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-02-25

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or firm for two cents a mile in the
lower peninsula and two and one-half
cents in the upper peninsula. Other
important House bills: Providing for
the assessing of all bank stock in the
place where the bank is located;
TO give township boards the same
power to suppress saloons in any par
ticular locality as the village councils
now hold; to increase the fees for in
cooperating companies to about S25 on
the first 81 900 of capital stock, and to
81 for each additioe al 81 900 of stock;
providing that all property owners
must make sworn statements of the
value of their property, and to do away
with the township boards of review,
creating county board of review; for
n bounty on kingfshers, for the better
protection of trout; providing that un-
married women who are led astray may
secure secret marriage license upon
proper showing before the probate
Judge, and providing 500 fine for
any official or newspaper publisher
who makes the matter public; to make
telephone stock only $40 share so
that small companies can be organized;
providing that verbal threats of injury
to property can be prosecuted; for a
$40, 900 appropriation to improve Kala-
mazoo river in Calhoun county; TO pre-
vent the pollution of streams and lakes
by sewage from cities. the Great lakes
not included; providing that newspaper
reporters need not divulge in court the
secret sources of their information; TO
prevent discrimination between ship
pers of freight on railroads; TO amend
the law relative to Sunday observance
so as to keep theaters closed on that
day; to provide for more severe pun
ishment of assault on women.
Bills by the dozen and bills by the
score. Every legislator seems to have
a whole poclletful he has been holding
back until the 5O-day limit for their
introduction had almost passed. The
most important new ones in the SEN
ate are these: Making the one-sixth
mill tax for the maintenance of the L.
of NJ. wholly dependent upon the re-
moval of the homeopathic school to
Detroit; providing that no member of
| the board of control of the Soldiers
Home shall be eligible TO reappoint-
ment or to the position of commandant
until at least two years after the eX
piration of his term of Office as a mem
Der of the board; for the appointment
of state commission To examine the
records and books OF all building and
| loan associations; to make express com
panies pay 81 tax on each 500 of gross
receipts and to compel them to file an
nual reports; a bill TO permit insurance
against burglaries. robberies and loss
of money by transmission i'm the mails;
to protect heirs of depositors in savings
banks SO that if at the end of Is months
nothing is added or drawn from depos-
| its, the fact shall bc advertised by the
bank: for an amendment to the consti-
tuition providing that the governor
Jn. Y require the supreme court to pass
upon bills sent TO MIN for ms approval:
for revision of the rape law so as to
require the prosecutor, when the girl
/ in the case is between the ares of 3 and
16. and the carnal relation was had
without force, TO show that the girl
was previously of a chaste character i'm
order to secure convictions: to punish
males and females over IL years OF age
for debauching the persons and de-
PRAYING the morals of boys under Is
years of age; permitting hotel keepers
to sell chattels left by nom paying
boarders; appropriating Sl70,925 for
the Michigan School for the Deaf; pro-
viding for the use of district school
houses for religious meetings, where
five people make the request: making
void contracts made payable in gold;
| providing one-tenth of mill tax i'm
townships and cities for the support of
soldiers relief commissions, which the
act provides for; prohibiting the sale
and manufacture of cigare ties; provid-
ing penalty of $50 fine for lowering
upper berths in sleeping ears when
they are not actually in use; to amend
the liquor law, raising the license for
retail dealers to $50, and for
wholesalers to $1,000 per year;
TO divide the state of Michigan into 12
congressional districts. Rep. f.. w.
Moore introduced bill in the House
TO repeal the special charter of the
| Michigan Central r. Il. so as to bring
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! single tax measure was introduced by
Rep. Stoneman. 1t provides for an
exemption of $1,000 on buildings and
personal property or realty so as to re-
lieve the small property owners as far
as possible. Rep. Atkinson has an inn
portant bill which provides for state
commission to regulate the assessed
valuation of property. real and per-
sonal, by which it is hoped. as has
been done in other states, to enforce
cash value assessed valuation on all
property throughout the state Other
new House bills: Imposing specific
tax on persons. firms and corporations
engaged in exporting minerals out of
the state; TO provide for proceedings
in garnisb ment against persons who
have embezzlcd property or money;
TO prevent the use of trap. stake, gill
or set net in waters. connecting
Lakes Huron and Erie; to APP
proprate $4,000 for the state board !
of health to comply with the act pro
viding for teaching in public schools
tLa modes by which the dantrpro /