The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-05-07


Rep Chamberlain bill was agreed
TO in the House committee of the
whole, To prohibit prize fights, glove
contests, sparring matches, or any form
of pugilistic encounter or exhibition;
also the reproduction of the same by
the biograph, vitascope, knetoscope
or any kindred device or machine
An attempt was made by the opponents
of the bill to include foot ball games
in the bill but this was knocked out as
was move to prohibit newspapers
publishing accounts of prize fights.
The Williams election bill, providing
that persons who cannot read the Eng
lish language may select any elector
to aid them in casting their vote, in
stead of being guided by election in
spectors, as at present, was killed in
the House committee of the whole.
Another bill which was laid out" i'm
the House was the one appropriating
81 900 for farmers institutes, and the
farmer members themselves did the
killing. 1t will probably be reconsid-
cred The Senate passed the follow
ing bills: Appropriating $4,000 for
the Michigan college of mines; TO per-
nit sureties on bonds given by execu-
tors, administrators, guardians or
trustees, to appear in probate court in
opposition to the allowance of accounts
of such executors, guardians, ETC.; re-
quiring judges of probate to
give notice to foreign consuls
of an application for administra-
ton of the estate of deceased persons;
for the appointment of guardians of
persons who are habitually addicted to
the use of narcotic or noxious drugs,
and for habitual drunkards; providing
that when factory inspectors order im-
provements TO factories the expense of
the same shall be borne by the owner
and not the tenant; permitting tele
phone stock to be issued in $40 shares;
providing an automatic bell signal at
railroad crossings; appropriating 81, 500
for improvements at the Ionia asylum
The House resolution to adjourn May
81 did not meet the approval of the
Senate and was tabled.
The House killed the Clute local OPP
ton bill for the reorganization of
township road districts, and providing
rates OF taxation and methods of col
lection for township highway purposes.
In committee of the whole the House
agreed TO the bill providing for the iu-
terchange of the products of various
institutions, benevolent, penal and re-
formatory, to be managed by a con-
mission 10 be comprised of one member
from each institutions board of control
Rep. Lees bill to amend the general
election law SO as TO provide for
canvassing the vote for presidential
electors, which was unaccountably
omitted from the law of two years ago.
was agreed to, but the Shisler bill
to change the present system of tax
ing dogs to license system was
killed. Edgar's bill to emasculate
third term convicts and inmates of the
home of the predetermined and epilep-
tic, was made a special order for May
IL, and tax lien bills for May 10. The
Clark-Fuller bill protecting primary
elections by subjecting any person 10 q
maximum penalty of 81 900 fino or q
years imprisonment, or both, who
votes at primary election when he is
not an elector, was discussed by the
House and then referred to the com
mlttee on elections. The Senate
adopted resolutions of sympathy and
coincidence for Senator II. Il. Coleman,
of Kalamazoo, in the loss of his little
son. and then adjourned.