Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-04-22

The House Monday passed these bills:
Permitting sureties on administrators,
executors and guardians bonds to give
evidence; permitting Judge Of probate to
imprison persons who may refuse TO tes-
tify as to property supposed to be illegally
concealed; permitting record Of court de-
cisions as land titles in counties where
lands affected by such decisions are lo-i
Gated; requiring that State tax liens shall
be satisfied before city tax sales shall be
binding: repeating law that plank road
companies must file their acceptance Of
laws affecting them before such statutes
become operative, immediate effect; re-
curing toll road companies to pay tax on
gross instead OF on net earnings; provid-
ing for the taxation of land hereafter ac-
quired by cemetery associations and not
used for burial purposes; for labelling and
stamping of prison-made goods: for label
ing of vinegar; providing separate police
stations for women and children in cities
aud for police mntrons.
Tuesday the Flint charter bill was pass
ed by the House, over Gov. Pingree's Veto
The House also passed the bill providing
that after Jan. /, 1899, all county officers,
save sheriff, shall be paid salary TO be
fixed by the Supervisors, and that all fees
provided by the statute be covered into
the county treasury. The Senate passed
a joint resolution to submit to the people
constitutional amendment requiring an
educational qualification of electors. The
same body defeated resolutions submit
ting amendments to make the regents of
the university subject to legislative direc-
ton, and to fix a salary of $500 per regu-
lar session for legislators.
At the close of Wednesdays engage
ment in the House over the railroad bills
the ant-railroaders have made no adj
vance. But three of the twelve pending
railroad bills were acted upon in commit
tee of the whole. The two authorizing the
railroad commissioner to order bell Mt
every crossing deemed dangerous by him,
and requiring bicycles to be carried as
baggage, were agreed to. A long tight
ensued over the bill prohibiting discrimi-
nation in freight and passenger rates.
This was finally amended so as not to APP
ply to passenger rates. AS agreed to the
bill gives a person Disseminated against
in the matter of freight rates the right
to recover. The Senate passed the Flint
charter over Gov. Pingree's veto. Fav-
orable reports were made in the Senate
on bills providing for uniform text books,
prohibiting sparring matches ana Great
ing the county of Lincoln from the south
half of Ontonagon County.
On Thursday the Donovan bill provid-
ing for the ringing of the curfew bell in
cities and villages as a signal for children
under 10 years of age to seek their homes
after o'clock in the evening passed the
Senate and went to the Governor for his
signature.
The Bates bill, which provided that it
should be unlawful for fraternal insur-
ance societies to incorporate in their con-
tracts of membership any provision which
should prohibit benefciaries from resort
ing to the courts to secure the allowance
of death claims, was killed by the lower
house of the Michigan Legislature Fri
day. The measure was aimed particularly
at the Maccabee fraternity, in which the
death claims are adjusted by board,
from whose decision the courts have held
there can be no appeal. Representative
Chamberlain introduced a concurrent res
olution providing for the final adjourn
ment of the Legislature on May 81. 1t
was laid over until Monday.