The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-04-24

The Thfrty-Ninth General Assembly
nt Lansing.

at Lansing.
Lansing. Mich. April l6.-The Donovan
ILL providing for the ringing OF the ourfew
bell In cities and villages as a signal for
children under 10 years OF age TO seek their
homes after eight o'clock In tho evening
passed the senate yesterday and now goes
TO the governor for his signature. The bill
for the organization or Lincoln county
from the territory OF Ontonagon county
was defeated. The following appointments
were received from the governor; Freder-
lex r. Belknap. OF Niles. member OF state
board OF health. Jacob Stahl. or Lansing,
member OF the board OF control OF the In
dustrial school for boys; George A. hewitt,
OF IshpeminR. commissions OF mineral
statistics: Mrs. A. NJ. Bliss. OF Saginaw.
guardian OF the Industrial home for girls;
#. III. Rankin, Jr., trustee OF school Tor the
blind: & Il. Danaher. OF Newberry. trustee
OF the upper peninsula hospital Tor the IN
sane: Joseph Armstrong. OF Lapeer. ana
Jane NJ. Kenney, OF Port Huron. trustees
OF the eastern asylum for the insane at
pontiac: Charles w. Light. OF Saginaw.
member OF the state board of charities.
Lansing. Mich. April i7.-An attempt by
Senator Colman to fix May 81 as the date
for the inal adjournment OF the legislature
failed OF success In the senate yesterday
by one vote. The committee OF the whole
decided that further consideration OF SEN
ator YoumRns' bill making election day a
legal holiday should be Indefinitely post
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Ing 5000 for the school for the blind. for
the Incorporation OF the Temperance Vol
unteers' associations; TO prohibit the shoot
Ing OF wild fowl by persons on board OF
any floating device which employs steam.
oil. naphtha. gas or electricity for motive
power.
Lansing. Mich. April 21.-The senate yes
terday passed an amendment to the Trav-
erse City charter and concurred In the
complimentary resolution on the appoint
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Loomis and Teeple were named on the
part OF the senate for a conference on the
Donovan factory bill.
Lansing, Mich, April 22.-Bills prohib-
iting the opening OF photograph galleries
on Sundays and providing that all bank
stock be assessed in the place where the
bank is located were favorably reported
In the senate yesterday.
The House.
Lansing. Mich, April i6.-Railroad bills
will be considered In the house April rs.
the special order having been postponed
until that day. The house yesterday
passed bills requiring that bicycles be
carried as baggage: that bells be placed at
all crossings deemed by the railroad COM
missioners 10 be dangerous; providing for
the appointment OF a deputy attorney-gen'
eral at a salary OF 5000 per year.
Lansing, Mich, April 1I-The house yes
terday refused TO pass by a vote OF 22 to 81
the bill providing for an appeal from the
final tribunal OF fraternal organizations In
cases OF disputed claims. A resolution was
introduced by Mr. Chamberlain fixing the
date for final adjournment at May 81. The
Oberdorfer bill repeating the act provid-
ing a bounty for the destruction OF English
sparrows was killed. Bills have been
passed requiring justices OF the peace to
hold court In no city or township but the
one In which they were elected: requiring
registers OF deeds TO mark correct descrip-
ton OF land attached upon writs deposited
In their offices for record; providing pun
ishment for persons destroying signs or
notices on land; for alarm bells at railway
crossings: TO prevent discrimination In
freight rates: making the president OF Es-
seville ex-oficio member OF Bay county
board OF supervisors.
Lansing. Mich, April 21.-Biils were
passed In the house yesterday prohibit
Ing shooting OF prairie chickens for the
period OF five years: to give highway COM
missioners the power TO make toli-road
companies keep their roads In good re-
pair: making the apple blossom the state
flower: relative TO proceedings against mu-
inequalities: preventing the killing OF bea-
yer until 1906. and prohibiting the killing OF
otter, fisher and marten from May I 20 Mo-
vember Is The bill to permit lifo insur-
ance companies 10 renew their corporate
existence without recognizing as new COM
panies was killed.
Lansing. Mich. April 22.-The Chamber
lain anticigarette bill was agreed to In
the house yesterday. IL prohibits the sale
OF cigarettes 10 a minor OF any age and OF
tobacco In any form 20 those under II
years OF age, "a penalty being prescribed for
both the seller and purchaser. Bills per-
hitting the practice OF osteopathy In Mich
igan and extending the charters OF life in
surance companies whose corporate ex-
istence Is about 10 expire were passed,
while one permitting Kent county TO bond
Itself 70 encourage the manufacture OF
beet sugar was killed.