Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-18
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

ihittec OF thfee 10 arr Win q ike cOm-
mission already appointed by the Gov
ernor of Ohio for the purpose of adjusting
the dispute relative 10, The boundary line
between the two States. The resolution
will be acted upon ut an early date.
"A blu that will undoubtedly attract
naturalization ip,the Legislature Is nowS
being prepared. 1t Is a bill to tax church
property, a measure for which purpose
was smothered two years ago. This time
the bill is to be introduced by Representa-
tive Nj. q. Moore, of Detroit. -
In the bin to be introduced by the home
opathic physicians committees for the
removal of the homeopathic department of
the University of Michigan to Detroit. ii
will be provided that there be separate
board of trustees, making the separation
of the school from the university the more
distinct This is i'm accord with sugges-
ton contained in the pamphlet issued By
the regents i'm the Ann Arbor university
opposing the plan of removal. In that
circular the regents say that in their opin-
ion the school in Detroit would be very ex
pensve, and that If established in that
city under the regents jurisdiction the
homeopathic would be apt to lay the blame
for the expense upon their unfriendly at
titude. The regents themselves suggest
that IL the school is removed that it be
under separate board of trustees. The
bill will provide that the site for the school
in Detroit shall be donated, the $4,000
appropriation for the school building and
it's equipment to come from the State.
The House Committee on Ways and
Means recommended the appropriation of
$21 900 for the agricultural college. Ev-
cry dollar was granted that the college
people asked for.
Representative Dudley's bill for beet
sugar bounty has been revamped. The
Committee on State Affairs would not re-
port it out without provision for an APP
preparation, so that the representatives
might have some idea as to the probable
cost of the innovation. Dudley prepared
a substitute providing for an appropria-
ton of $4,000 for the first two years, and
1t also says II shall run. only for seven
years. At the end of that time the law
may be re-enacted IL successful.
Two important steps were the resurrec
ton of NJ. q. Moores tin-horn gamblers
bill in the House after being nearly killed,
and the knocking out by the Senate of
Kimmis' bill providing for the appoint
ment of two women on each of the boards
of control of State asylums for the insane.
The declaration by Congress of the re-
suit of the vote for President and Vice.
President has revealed a secret which has
been carefully guarded in official circles
in this State for more than year. 1t
appears that in revising the laws Great
ing boards of county canvassers and pre-
scribing their duties the last Legislature
omitted to make any provision whatever
for canvassing the vote cast for presiden-
tial electors. The error was discovered a
year ago, and Coy. Rich seriously con-
templated calling an extra session of the
Legislature to correct il. The expense of
such a session caused the abandonment
of this idea, as it would have been prac-
tically political suicide, and all parties
aware of the situation were sworn to Sc
crecy. During the campaign these per-
sons were on the verge of nervous prostra-
ton for fear the opposition would discover
their error and cause the rejection of
Michigan's electoral vote The secret was
so well kept that the county boards can
vassed and returned the vote as usual,
having no knowledge that there was no
provision in the statute for doing this.
The present Legislature will remedy the
defect.
Some of the talk in the House commit
tee of the whole is amusing. Much time
was taken up with Representative Weier's
bill prohibiting the killing of muskrats
from Dec. to March 1 in the marshes
along the Detroit river and Lake Erie.
Representative Clark wanted to have the
law applied to the whole State, and then
the farmers rose up in protest. Clute
said the pesky muskrats got into farm
drains, built nests and stopped the drains.
Colvin, always sensational, said: MANY
farmers wife now raises ducks and
geese. If we stop KILN these muskrats
they won't raise enough ducks and geese
to let us farmers come back to the Legis-
lature with" And that settled Clark's
amendment
Senator Maitland has given notice of
bill to abolish daysof grace, and he. has
another bill by which the Mackinac Island
State Park Board of Control viii be en-
abled to collect rent for buildings vn leas-
ed park ground.
A measure which Senator Barnard will
introduce is for primary election law
a2ecting the entire State, which will pro-
vide that all caucuses in a county shall
be held upon the same day and at the
same hour. BY this he hopes TO do away
with colonization for caucus purposes.
Senator Hughes has a measure to pro-
hibit the sale and manufacture of cigar
cites. Senator Moore will bring out
similar bill. tr
The State Board Of Corrections and
Charities put its foot down in way that
will hurt the corns of the board of control
of the Newberry asylum for the insane.
The board of corrections and charities
says. by its actions that they believe the
Newberry board have been too extrava-
CANT in spending the peoples money for
buildings. and that they must cali a halt
for n while. The Newberry board sent
to the board of corrections and charities
the plans for an administration building
that is, n building to be used for the Off
GERS of the asylum. At the meeting of
the boarl there were present Bishop Gil
lespie. DIR. Il. w. jerks, of Detroit: James
NJ. Shepard, of Cassopol;s, and &. A. Cow
err, of Lansing. 1t was found that the
Newberry board had been awarded $685.
900 two years ago for buildings, and 1t
was found that there was not enough
money left to build the proposed admins
tration building. Accordingly the board
said that the money already used had
gone too rapidly, and that they would not
approve the Newberry plans. Which
means that the Newberry board can't
have the building.