The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-03-12

passed by the Senate to provide for a
Michigan exhibit at the Tennessee eX-
position, but an attempt will be made
TO reconsider the vote on the ground
that it was illegal to introduce bill
after time limit had expired. Other
than this bill only local measures were
disposed of in the Senate. Rep. Lusk's
home rule measure was the first on the
general order but,sbeing thought too
important TO act upon without more
consideration il was laid upon the table
and 1000 copies, ordered printed. A
special day will be set for its consider
alton. 1t provides that the people
may vote on a constitutional amend
ment under which the people of cities
and villages may amend their own
charters instead of having the legisla-
ture act at all in such matters; the leg
islature to obtain the power to amend
city charters as to taxation, borrowing
money, contracting debts and loaning
credit; judgeships to remain elective.
There was test of the economic feel
ings of the farmers of the House when
the appropriation for the state library
came up. The ways and means COM
mittee had cut the amount from Sl4,-
600 to Sl2,O 900, of which 81, 900 was to
be used for the travelling library. This
amount was raised to $4,000 in com
mittee of the whole. The farmers had
no object to this feature of the bill, but
they objected to the regular appropria-
ton. The amount was raised To Sl3, 900,
| 4 ~ no
bills providing that municipal corpora
tons may be garnisheed in circuit and
justice courts were passed by the
House. Speaker Gordon appointed as
the committee to investigate the vot-
ing machines with a view of recon-
mending one of them for use in Miehi-
gan at all elections Reps. Hoffmeister
and Wetherbee. After wading through
the March slush until they tired of il
the Representatives passed "a resolu-
tion calling upon the state auditors to
keep the capitol sidewalks clean.
There have been numerous complaints
that the lighting of Representative
hall was very poor and Speaker Gordon
appointed committee to investigate.
Gov. Pingree has again sent the
name of Gen. WIN. Hartsuf, of Port
| Huron, to the Senate, this time as q
/ member of the board of control of the
| Soldiers Home. John McCrath, Of
| Grand Rapids, was named for a
! like position and both were re-
ferred TO a committee. The Senate re-
ferred TO the committee on state affairs
the House concurrent resolution to com
memorate in the legislature March 10
as the sixtieth anniversary of the ad-
mission of Michigan into the Union and
the fiftieth anniversary of the found
ing of the capital at Lansing. The
auditor-general reported To the House
that the state prisons to date have cost
the state the following amounts: jack
son, 81, 454 ,657. 65; Ionia, 81, 1886, 969. SO;
Marquette, Sass, O57. 90; board of female
prisoners at Detroit house of correction,
! Sl3, 800. So. Total, So, 294, 4s6.12. Rep.
Eilxhoff. of Wayne, who asked for this
report. hopes to show by n compilation
of figures that the great benefits of the
present system of convict labor accrue
! to the contractor to the detriment of
the state The House passed resolu-
tions upon the death of J. b. Porter,
of Lansing, formerly secretary of state,
and committee was appointed by
Speaker Gordon to represent the legis-
lature at his funeral. The House
passed the bill. which the Senate had
already passed, providing for the COM
pilation, printing and distribution of
all laws of Michigan, inclusive of'1s97.
This means an expenditure of about
$50, 900 In the House committee of
the whole three important bills were
agreed 70, viz: To permit fraternal
beneficiary organizations to deposit
guarantee fund of not less
than S25, 900 in the state treasury;
providing that all lands not in the linn
It's of incorporated cities and villages,
on which taxes subsequent to 1890 had
been or shall be delinquent for three
years. shall be decided to the state, to
be subsequently offered for sale at 81,
| IS, so and % cents per acre, in accord
ance with the year after the deed was
given to the state, or to be subject. to
homesteaders at 10 cents an acre; pro
viding that all township officers shall
be citizens of the United States.