Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-05-13

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In House committee of the whole Mon
day night Colvin objected to paying path
masters 81 day. The amount was made
$50 day. An amendment by Molster
was adopted providing that the pathmas-
tiers work only eight hours a day, and Col
win moved to strike out all after the enact
ing clause, which was done. A bill Of Rep
resentative Zimmerman's Ii calculated to
knock out a snap In fishing in Lake 81
Clair. The law passed In 1895 provides
| that-n pound net fishing may be done
In any of the waters connecting Lake
Huron and Erie, but one little spot IL ex-
cepted. This IL the part of Lake 81
Clair lying between a line drawn across
said lake easterly two miles north or
Windmill point lighthouse and a line
drawn easterly across the lake from tne
mouth of Milk river. This spot was con-
trolled by one fisherman who thus had a
monopoly Of the business In Lake st.
Clair. Zimmerman's bill knocks 1t out.
No business was transacted in the senate
because Of tidings of the great loss suffer-
ed by Senator Colman in the death OF his
only child, a son IL years old.
Two years ago, when the Legislature
revised the laws for canvassing votes cast
at general elections, it inadvertently omit
ted any provision whatever for canvass
ing the vote cast for presidential electors:
The few Republican leaders who knew OF
this omission were In state OF terror IN
til Congress had finally canvassed the
electoral vote and declared Mckinley,
elected, there being no authority for can
yassing the vote of this State for presi-
dental electors under the old law, as was
done. Tuesday the House passed bill
to remedy this error. Bills providing for
an increase in the number of pure food
inspectors and for an exchange of the pro-
ducts between State institutions were
passed by the House. The Senate passed
a bill permitting building and loan asso-
Citations to sell prepaid and dividend bear
ing stock. Both houses partially consid-
cred bills providing for a commission 10
select uniform system of text books.
The Senate Railroad Committee We'd
nesday recommended bill which provides
for an increase of nearly 100000 annu-
ally in the specific tax paid by railroad
companies. The companies now pay per
cent on the first $1,000 of the gross earn
ings of the roads per mile, 21a per cent on
the second $1,000, 3 per cent on the third
$1,000, 3h per cent on the fourth $2,OOo
and per cent on all over $4,000. The
bill provides for an increase of per cent
in all classes except the first and last,
which are increased one-half of i per
cent. Gov. Pingree sent the following
appointments to the Senate and they
were confirmed: Chas. II. Miller Of Adri-
an, member board of managers of Mack
inaw Island Park; A. b. Darragh of st.
Louis, member of board of trustees OF
Michigan asylum for dangerous and Grim
inal insane at Ionia; Edward II. Doyle
of Wyandotte and Otto f. Schmidt OF
Detroit, jury commissioners for Wayne
County.
Friday Chairman Baker of the silver
Democratic State committee and Chair
man Dodge of the campaign committee
sent a long communication to the Legisla
; ture. The claim mentioned was empha
sized and the present ballot law called q
"contrivance to prevent the free expires
, sion of the popular will" They demand
ed a change in the law, threatening IL i
were not made to contest the election OF
every Republican elected to Congress a.
the next general election in this State
The communication was sent to com
? mittee. The Legislature not having pass
: ed any of the railroad taxation bills rec
commended in his inaugural message, Gov
Pingree sent a special message four col
umns long on this subject to the Legisla
ture. The document was replete witt
{ statistics of this and other States, tend
ing to show that Michigan roads are Meth
. err bearing their proper share of taxation
nor paying anything like the revenue de
: rived by other States from this source
/, He again recommended that the presen
5 specific tax system be abolished, and tina
q the property of railroad companies b'
s taxed locally. Shortly after the messag
+ was read the Senate by unanimous vot
I passed the Merriam bill increasing tn
) specific tax of railroad companies abou
1 per cent on a level, making an annua
increase of $500, 900 in the total tax. Bot
houses have agreed to adjourn May 81.
In the Senate Friday the Bell telephoD
e committee lost the first skirmish over tn
s Billings bill, which cuts the average rate
: souarely in two. The latter measure wa
d introduced at the instigation of the indie
a pendent companies, fixes a maximum rat
!, of S45 for business and $50 for residenc
telephones in cities of 10000 and ur
: wards. $50 and $24 respectively in cite
II of between $4,000 and 10000 and 50
and $40 respectively in cities less tina
d $4,000. An additional allowance of )
II per quarter is provided Tor services out
d side of a mile radius from the telephon
:. station. 1t was the intention of the CON
!. mittee to pigeonhole this bill, but its In
4 PRODUCER succeeded in having the Hous
: order 1t reported out and placed on tn
general order forthwith. The contest wa
quite spirited. This is not all the indt
pendent companies desire. They have
n bill providing that IL cut is made to
!. nominal rental for the purpose OF crushin
q competition such minimum rate shall pr
n vail in all cities of like population.
Il Ancient Dentistry.
e That dental operations were vi