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


ate, after being agreed to in commit
tee of the whole, and il was finally
tabled. The Senate passed bill re-
pealing the present plank road com
pany laws and placing the toll road
companies in charge of township toll
road commissioner, who shall have au-
thority to open toll gates to the public
il the companies do not keep their
roads in proper repair. The Senate
committee on public health reported
favorably bill which provides for a
medical registration board to be non
sectarian, to consist of six members,
four to constitute a quorum, not more
than three members of the board to be
appointed from any one school OF medi-
cine. In the committee of the whole
the Senate agreed TO the joint reso-
luton, providing that the electors
must be citizens of the United States,
be able to read the constitution of
Michigan and write their own names.
This resolution will not disfranchise
anyone who could vote on Jan. /, 1897.
Bills passed by the Senate: Oh. Il. 49,
Providing for duplicate instead of
triplicate election return; Gil. b. 1891
for bounty of Si5 for the killing of
wolves, So for wildcats and S. for lynx;
Oh. Il. 81 requiring county treasurers
to furnish abstracts and transcripts
and fixing the fees therefor; Gil. Ii. 1921
making it unlawful for prosecuting at
torneys To assist in defense of any
person charged with crime in their re-
spective counties; Is. Il. 959) permitting
Allegan to bond for water power. In
the House the committee of the whole
agreed to the home rule bill for cities.
1t provides that before local municipal
bills are considered by the legislature
they must be brought to the attention
of the people and given public hear
ing, the common council of such cities
to pass upon the proposed legislation.
Notice of the public hearings upon any
bills for municipal legislation must be
given. Residents may get proposed
legislation before the legislature even
if the council and mayor refuse to con-
slider it in the above way, by SO certify
ing. All expense is to be borne by cit
les affected. On motion of Rep. Saw
yer, Ann Arbor, was exempted from
the provisions of the bill. The com
mittee of the whole also agreed to bills
appropriating $50, 900 for the state
Agricultural &C llege; permitting mu-
nicipal corporations To be garnisheed
the same as individuals. Rep. +. W.
Moore's bill 10 reduce the salary of SUI
preme court Judges from 81, 90 TO S., 900
a year. was recommitted to the COM
ton was introduced providing for a
committee of three from the House
and two from the Senate, To proceed at
once to seat of the miners strike at
Norway, to investigate the same, and
to effect a settlement if possible, be-
fore the miners become state charges,
il being alleged that the men are strik
ing against starvation wages and the
fereign corporations who control the
mines pay no attention to their APP
peals Bills passed in the" House in
cluded: Oh. b. 500 Preventing the kill
ing of deer in Monroe county for five
years; Is. Il. 81 making the division of
townships into two election precincts
where the vote cast is over ESQ discre.
tionary with township boards.
McKinley's Inauguration had an en-
livening influence upon the state legis-
lature. The Senate was quite pro-
fusely decorated with flags and pie
lures of Mckinley, Alger and Pingree.
| The House decorated somewhat but
not as extensively as the Senate, and
both branches unanimously adopted
resolutions of congratulation to Presi-
dent Mckinley. Both Republicans
and Silverites spoke approvingly of
the resolutions. After agreeing in
committee of the whole in the Senate
to the bill for the repeal of the mort
| gage tax law, the measure lacked one
vote of passage when il came up on
the order of third reading, but was
reconsidered and went or the table.
A second measure which failed by a
narrow margin i'm the Senate was the
! joint resolution for an amendment to
| the constitution prescribing an educa-
/ tional qualification for electors. The
usual reconsideration and tabling fol-
| lowed The joint resolution amending
the constitution by cutting the limit
| for the introduction of bills from 50 to
| 30 days was passed by the Senate unan-
| imously. The House voted to unseat
James Kerr, Silverite, from the second
Saginaw district and to hold another
election April -. Both Kerr and
Baird are allowed 1926 each for their ex-
penses. The single first tax proposition
in the House got very black eye. 1t
provided for the exemption of all
buildings of less value than $1,000.
Among the bills reported favorably to
the House was the one prohi oiting
Sunday photographing. Another bill
reported favorably is one to place pri-
vate banks under supervision of the
banking commissioner. The House
passed the bin which does away with
ink pads and metallic stamps in cleo
ton booths, which have been found
simply nuisance TO voters. The bill
provides for the use of blue pencils for
marking ballots.
Charles i. Mcclellan, head of the