Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-06-03


until June IA. The House was in
state fish commission than the com
mittee had been and the appropriation
was increased from $4,000 to sal, 500
for 1878 and the bill passed Senator
Moore made two unsuccessful attempts
to force the Senate railroad committee
to report the Widoe 500-mile book bill
and Donovan interchangeable mileage
book bill. The House passed the SEN
ate bill appropriating $4,000 for an
electric lighting plant at the U. of M;
also the following bills: Providing that
money from deer licenses shall be used
for protection of fish and game, and TO
prevent use of licenses by more than
one person, and raising fec for resident
hunters from % to rs cents; appropriate
ing 81, sos, 95l.2l for general expenses
of the state for 1s97-s; providing that
no person shall be admitted To insane
asylums or poor houses who shall not
have been resident of the state,
county or city for one year prior TO his
application for help. Capt. Joe Nichol-
son, of the Detroit house of correction,
saw the bill, to extend his contract to
care for u. 5. prisoners two years,
basely slaughtered, as was Eillhoffs
bill to permit saloons to keep
open on New Years, Labor day and
Fourth of July. The Senate also did
some killing and the Wagner capital
punishment bill was one of the bills to
come under the Az The bill to place
- Ion. ~
beer made in the state met like
fate. The following bills were passed:
Amending factory inspection law by
providing that owners of buildings
shall be liable for fire escapes and
hatchways; making it mandatory for
manufacturing institutions to file re-
ports with the state authorities; appro-
priating SO, 200 for the Ionia reforma-
atory; for the punishment of incorri-
gible truants; providing that the mayor
of Detroit shall sign resolutions before
they become operative; providing that
the 70-cent fee in case of delinquent
tax land sales be liens on such descrip-
ton of lands; making oral threats ac-
tionable as offenses against persons
and property; to prohibit the use of in
decent or insulting language in the
presence of women; for the protection
of the interests of the state in es-
cheated estates; appropriating s31, 500
for state fish commission; appropriat-
ing 50, sos, 951.21 for general expenses
of the government for the next two
years. The Senate also passed the
Mackinac island appropriation bill pro-
viding for 5000 improvements, over
the governors veto, there being but
six negative votes.
The closing scenes of the Michigan
legislature OF 1897 were noisy and al
most disgraceful. During the day the
House voted to sustain the governor S
veto of the Mackinac island improve
ment appropriation. A message was
received from the governor appealing
to the Legislators to give further
consideration TO the Merriam bill.
He called attention to the fact that
there is serious objection to the Merri-
man bill from a legal standpoint. The
only action taken on the request was
an order given by each house to have
the message printed. The principal
bills passed were of only local inn
portance, the principal measures passed
by the Senate being: For reciprocal ex-
change of products of the state insti-
tutions-being Rep. holsters bill to re-
duce competition of prison labor with
| free labor; for the incorporation OF
companies for the manufacture of flaN
] fibre; for the incorporation of CONNER
cial reporting agencies: for appoint
ment of commissioners for the destruc'
: ton of noXious weeds; deficiency APP
preparation of $4,000 for the state fish
| commission. The Senate refused to
, pass bill to tax bicycles for the pur
, pose of building side paths. The
, House passed the following bills: APP
} preparation of 81 900 for printing
} worlds fair commissioners report; au
thorizing the bank commissioner Il
, make more than one examination o.
! banks per year at his discretion
: amending libel law, so as to give op
4 portunity for retraction providing fol-
r incorporation of companies making
; fax fiber; for surgical care OF crippled
= | poor clllQren al u. Oh W. luc MdSOl
? tax title bill, providing that the ta'
y title buyer shall give personal NOTES
!; to parties interested in the property o
: intention to apply to courts for abso
J; Lutte title, the tax title men to rest con
r tent with 100 per cent profit in cas-
: the owners redeem the property within
S six months, owner TO pay 80 adver
: Using fee and SO service fee in add
, ton; to permit electric light companie
l. to furnish gas. An attempt was mad
= in the House to pass the anti-cigarett
l. bill over the governors veto, but
Il failed. The evening session of bot
/, Senate and House was devoted almos
d entirely to horse-play, songs wer
l. sung, foolish speeches were made 70
r and against more foolish fake bills, an
e the Representatives finally broke u
|. the session by throwing books, papers
y files of Legislative journals, etc, at eac
n other. They then went over to tn
1T Senate and assisted that body in il
l. dulging in a similar boyish fraca,
ID The only gentlemanly proceeding Z
it the closing hours was the presentatio
rs of silver water set to Speaker Cord