The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-02-05
STATE LEGISLATURE.


and has bill to tax all incomes over
$3.50 per year 1 per cent. The taxes
thus raised must go into the primary
school fund, according To the constltu-
ton. Rep. Green. of ST. Clair, has a
bill for the taxation of inheritances'
The legislature of % exempted farm
ers who used wagons with certain
width tires of one-fourth of their road
tax. This has caused such loss TO
the road improvement fund that Rep
Bricl1er wants TO repeal the law. Rep.
holster has bill 10 submit to the peo'
pie the. proposed amendment TO the \
constitution for the referendum
which gives the people vote on all
| legislation Other important measures
are: Providing penalty for the adul-
| iteration of buckwheat f1our to have
all poisons put up by druggists in bot
ties with a priclIly surface; TO cut of
| the first edition of the Michigan manual
and thus save the state almost one
half of the expense of that costly work.
Pingrce legislation is becoming more
in evidence. Rep. Moster. of Wayne,
has noticed a bill to prevent the eX-
tending of franchises to street railways
until the expiration of the term Tor
which they are granted. This is in
tended TO strengthen the hands of
Mayor Pingree in his fight against the
street railway combination at Detroit.
The latter will put up strong battle
against the measure. The Pingree
bill for fiat two-cent passenger fare
on all railroads of the state is all ready
TO be brought to light and will occasion
another fight. The House committee
on judiciary reported favorably the
bill prohibiting prosecutors from de-
Tending criminals in the county that
elected them To Office and it seemed
that it would pass until Rep. Atkinson
spoke against il and ii was tabled
Rep. Eikhoff, of Wayne, has introduced
a bill to provide that the finding of
nine Jurors shall constitute verdict.
A bill for the sale of the vast amount
of lands held by the state has been
noticed by Rep. +. Nj. Shepard, of Che
boygan. Two years ago a SIMILAR bill
was passed, but vetoed by Gov. Rich.
Among other new and important meas
ures are these: Providing that the
property of the st. Mary's falls shiT
canal and the SOS, 900 in the canal fund
be turned over to the United States
providing the government shall build
with the funds either a dry dock fol
disabled vessels or a marine hospital
. providing that two years service al
: clerk of court of record shall exempt
applicants for admission to the bal
from the necessity of serving two year
. in an attorneys office before they car
: secure certificat tie emitting them t.
: practice: providing that criminals wh'
escape punishment on plea of insanity
shall be committed To- the state insane
asylum; to make express and tas
freight companies liable for damages
10 prevent publishers from collecting
! money for publications sent through
= the mails beyond the expiration of sub
: scriptlon time.
= Labor will receive considerable al
tention Judging by the bills introduced
:, Rep. Eikhof, of Wayne, wants some
thing more permanent IN the contrc
=" of prison labor than the mere passag
of a statutory law which may be re
pealed at the next Legislature in TN
:. interests of prison labor contractor
His measure provides for state fari
for convict labor and an amendment
the constitution so that hereafter TN
&c prisoners sentenced to penitentiaric
p prisons. iails or reformatories, whethc
, under state, county or municipal col
70 troll, shall not work while undt
. sentence at any trade, or occupatio
=. whereby his work or profit shall
"a | contracted, given or sold to any pc
O. son, firm or corporation. But the pri
a. oners must be employed upon sta
a. farm. The prisoners are to be class
~ fed into 10 classes and are to produ'
20 every article consumed by themselv
or used for their maintenance. III
bill also provides for the appointmel
of commission by the governor
carry out the provisions of the &C
:, Rep. holster would utilize convi
y. labor at road-making. Another b
u by Rep. Eikhoff is to prohibit the pa
30 ing of wages in any thing but cas-
Rep. Fuller desires to increase Il
salary of state game warden to ST.
% per year. Rep. Herrig, of Sagina'
u saws that Abandoned salt wells lie
w. open injure other wells al
ne he would have the state
,io spcctor stop up unused wei
ne Rep. Petrowski, of Wayne, has b
IA TO compel street car companies in
cities over $780, 900 inhabitants to r.
OF cars at least every five minutes.
re, some cities the companies run the ca
nd without reference TO the accommoc
vn ton of the people. Rep. Green, of
to Clair, is opposed to graveyard" a
Juvenile insurance of the life of a
he person under II years of age or on
ter 65. The idea of annual sessions of
an legislature is the subject of a measr
he fathered by Rep Pearson. of Sanil
the who would have the 50-day limit
the introduction of bills in the legis
i'm ture constitute one years session
iry the legislature. the session of the 81
GO sequent year to be devoted to action
ms the bills introduced ut the previ'
the years session. This will give the p