Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-04-08
MICHIOAN's LEGISLATORS.

| 5000 session, through but the vote
was reconsidered and the resolution laid
on the table to be taken up again later
ON. The bill to permit the practice of
osteopathy was passed by the Senate
as were the following measures: For
the protection of side paths constructed
for the use of bicyclists; providing a
penalty for neglect to have the stars
and stripes displayed outside or within
public school buildings. Bills passed by
the House: Restoring Fort Mackinac
to the United States, and authorizing
the Mackinac Island State park COM
mission to convey the fort site, which
includes 400 feet of land around and
contiguous TO it; providing for plugging
abandoned salt wells exempting only
those where fresh water is injected
into the salt bed, and exempting all of
Huron county; limiting the realty hold
ings of corporations formed from leas-
ing and selling real estate to 400 acres;
requiring administrators, executors
and guardians TO file accounts at least
once year; TO prevent the adultera-
ton of baking powders; authorizing
board of supervisors to reduce the
number of road commissioners to two.
The Senate refused to dictate to the
L. 5. congress what legislation it
should consider, by killing Senator
Bostwicl<'s measure calling upon Mich
igan's delegation in congress to favor
a law for the establishment of postal
savings bank system by the govern
ment. The following bills were pass
ed, however: Limiting the liability of
hotel keepers upon the baggage and
valuables of guests; repeating the law
allowing prison authorities to sell tick
cts of admission to their institutions;
providing a penalty for the giving of
false information to school census
enumerators; for service upon corpora
tions of process issued from the cir
cult court; for the use of any thor
oughly tested voting machine in cleo
tions of the state; for the bonding of the
village of Yale for water works The
most of the business transacted in the
! House was in committee of the whole
and the most important matter there
considered was the oleomargarine bill,
which was agreed TO. and which provides
penalty for the coloring of butter sub
stitutes in imitation of butter. The
House passed the following bills: Au-
thorizing the use at elections of any
thoroughly tested voting machines;
authorizing Grand Rapids to bond for
$500, 600 for improving the navigation
of Grand river; restricting the size of
nets used for fishing in the Clinton
river to II feet square.
With only II Senators present the
upper house of the state legislature
passed the following bills, but at
tempted very little other business: At
taching Isle Royale to the county Of
Keweenaw; amending the laws so that
street cars need not come to full stop
before crossing steam railroad tracks
where interlocking switches are used;
providing that the lowest step of the
railroad car platform must not be
higher than II inches above the Tails;
authorizing Lake Linden to purchase
property for water works. The
House passed the oleomargerine bill by
a vote of SO to 10, but an attempt will
be made by It's opponents to reconsider
it. Other bills passed by the House: To
prohibit children under l6 from being
on the streets. parks or alleys in cities
and incorporated villages after $50
o'clock at night; to prevent the intro
duction of San Jose scale or other in
! furious insects or infectious diseases
| of trees, vines or plants; authorizing
the board of state auditors to investi-
gate and settle any claims found TO be
due the county of Alpena against the
state; TO regulate and license the bust
ness of hawking and peddling goods,
wares and merchandise in the several
townships and villages of the state.
This is a specimen of the proceedings
a weekend session of the Senate.
! Twenty members present; Senator
Loomis read the twenty-third Psalm
and repeated the Lords prayer; a reso-
! luton passed authorizing payment of
a bill of SIS 30 for mineral water used
in the Senate during March; Senator
Barnum given leave of absence for one
week by a unanimous vote; adjourned
| for four days. The House accomplished
something more than this, but there
were many evidences of feverish
haste to get through the business OH
hand and get away. Bills passed by
the House: Authorizing street railway
! companies to do a suburban express
business and to carry the same through
cities between 5 p. IN. and a. IN. with
out permission of common councils,
and to carry in the day time, under
such regulations as common councils
may prescribe; authorizing the govern
ing bodies of religious societies TO re-
ceive up to 100000 by gift or request,
when the same is to be invested and
| the income derived therefrom applied
| to the payment of the salaries of
clergy, provided none of the money is
loaned on real estate at more than half
the value of the realty; prohibiting
circuit judges or their law part
ners from practicing law in the state;
| giving state factory inspectors power
to inspect elevators and requiring all
factories to furnish proper wash rooms
and dressing rooms for employees.
Gov. Pingree sent in a message vetoing
the Flint charter bill. He said that
he had received petitions aggregating
| 1000 names of electors of Flint asking
him not to sign the bill and it seemed
to him to show plainly the need of a
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