Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-05-06

Rep Chamberlain's bill was agreed
TO in the House committee of the
whole, to prohibit prize fights, glove
contests, sparring matches, or any form
of pugilistic encounter or exhibition;
also the reproduction of the same by
the biograph, vitascope, kaleidoscope
or any kindred device or machine.
An attempt was made by the opponents
of the bill to include foot ball games
in the bill but this was knocked out as
was move TO prohibit newspapers
publishing accounts of prize fights
The Williams election bill, providing
that persons who cannot read the Eng
lish language may select any elector
to aid them in casting their vote, in
stead of being guided by election in
spectors, as at present, was killed in
the House committee of the whole.
Another bill which was 'laid out" in
the House was the one appropriating
Sill 900 for farmers institutes, and the
farmer members themselves did the
killing. 1t will probably be reconsid-
cred. The Senate passed the follow
ing bills: Appropriating $4,000 for
the Michigan college of mines; to per-
NIT sureties on bonds given by eXecu-
tors, administrators, guardians or
trustees, to appear in probate court in
opposition To the allowance of accounts
of such executors, guardians, etc; re-
curing judges of probate to
give notice to foreign consuls
of an application for administers
ton of the estate of deceased persons;
for the appointment of guardians of
persons who are habitually addicted to
the use of narcotic or noXious drugs,
and for habitual drunlards; providing
that when factory inspectors order i'm
provements to factories the expense of
the same shall be borne by the owner
and not the tenant; permitting tele-
phone stock to be issued in $40 shares;
providing an automatic bell signal at
railroad crossings; appropriating 81, 500
for improvements at the lonia asylum.
The House resolution to adjourn May
81 did not meet the approval of the
Senate and was tabled
The House killed the Clute local OPP
ton bill for the reorganization of
township road districts, and providing
rates of taxation and methods of col
lection for township highway purposes.
In committee of the whole the House
agreed to the bill providing for the in
terchange of the products of various
institutions, benevolent penal and re-
formatory, TO be managed by COM
mission to be comprised of one member
from each institution board of control.
Rep. Lees bill to amend the general
election law so as to provide for
canvassing the vote for presidential
electors, which was unaccountably
omitted from the law of two years ago,
was agreed to, hut the Shisler bill
to change the present system of tax
ing dogs to a license system was
killed Edgar's bill to emasculate
home of the feeble minded and epilep-
tic, was made special order for May
-, and tax lien bills for May Is. The
ClarkFuller bill protecting primary
elections by subjecting any person to
maximum penalty of 1000 fine or
years imprisonment or both, who
votes at primary election when he is
not an elector, was discussed by the
House and then referred TO the COM
mttee on elections The Senate
adopted resolutions of sympathy and
coincidence for Senator III. Il. Coleman,
of Kalamazoo, in the loss of his little
son, and then adjourned.