The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-06-04
MlCniGAN's LEGISLATORS.

voted against the report. Rep. Cham
berlain, who was chairman of the con-
ference committee, and Rep. Atkinson,
who has all along fought tooth and
nail for much higher tax than the
report contemplates, had one of the
hottest debates of the session, but fin
ally the Pingreeites agreed to accept
the conference figures and when it
came to vote the report was adopted
by the vote above stated-S9 TO 1. As
passed the bill will increase the spe-
ciic taxes on railroads and depot COM
panies sos, 900 over the present law
1t requires only the governors sigma
turc to become law. Gov. Pingree
says he will not decide upon his course
in the matter until he sees how the
people take it. The Lusll home rule
bill, permitting cities and villages by
popular vote to amend their charters
except in the matter of increasing
representation, raising the limit OF
taxation, borrowing money or extend
ing limits, passed the House by a vote
of 81 to -. The antitrust bill was
killed. owing to Rep. Adams, who con-
tended that the bill was dangerous
one. The House also passed the fol-
lowing: Increasing the franchise fee
of corporations from = to / = mills on
the dollar, and making the minimum
fee $50 instead of IS; appropriating
ST., 900 for the state factory inspectors,
an increase of 81, 900 over old appro-
priation; preventing appeals from JUS
tice courts in cases involving less than
SIS. The House concurred in the
Senate amendments to the Gra-
ham uniform text book bill, and
! all it needs now is the signature
of the governor to make ii a law.
The Senate passed the following bills:
Providing half-pay pension for disabled
and retired Detroit police, providing it
never exceeds $50 per month; amend
ing the divorce law so as to protect the
interests of minor children; providing
that the reserve funds of mutual and
cooperative benefit associations shall
be deposited in the state treasury;
changing the time for the sale of de
linqucnt tax lands from December to
May. Senator BlaLeslee's hanging
bill was favorably reported by the SEN
ate committee on state affairs
Gov. Pingrce again stirred up the
animals" by sending message TO both
the House and the Senate calling at
tention to the numerous bills of great
est important which are beng allowed
to die in each of the houses without
any effort being made to act upon
them. He also objected to the passing
of large appropriation bills which were
not brought in until within few days
of the time set for adjournment, thus
preventing proper and intelligent in
vcstigation of them. The governor,
therefore, asked that the session be
! extended at least two weeks that the
bills mentioned might be disposed of
and the appropriations Investigated.
! When the message was received the
! Senate and House each had bitter
fight over it. The House passed a res
olution making the day Of adjournment
! June II. The Senate refused to con
cur. The House then appointed con
! ference committee. The special inves.
! tigaton committee on the soldiers
home reported TO the Senate condemn
ing the management as eXtravagant.
! Then, upon the report being adopted,
the Senate passed the Jibb bill provid-
ing that no member of the board of
control of The soldiers home shall be
eligible to reappointment or to hold
the Office of commandant or secretary
of the board for "A period of two years
after the expiration of their term of
office. The Robinson bill, for three
cent passenger fare in the upper pen
insula, was killed in the Senate by "a
vote of 10 to II. The Adams general
insolvency bill has been hung up in the
Senate. The following bills have
passed the Senate: Raising the price
of license for hunting deer from so to
IS cents--50 cents of the license to go
to the state; for the garnishment of
municipalities authorizing township
boards to establish closed season
on forest and prairie fires, during
which fires cannot be set without "a
hours notification TO neighbors; for
the branding of limitations of leather;
restricting the printing of state docu-
ments to $4,000 annually; providing
that husband and wife may testify
against one another in cases of bigamy;
providing that constitutional amend.
mcnts be printed on separate ballots;
requiring notice TO be given to recover
damages on account of death and per-
sonal injuries; to have trespass agents
adjust and collect all trespasses COM
mitted on state tax lands; to incorpo.
rate societies for the study of litera-
ture; approprIating $4,000 for the cree
ton of physicians residence and din
ing hall and $4,000 for hospital
building at the Kalamazoo asylum.
SIS, 700 for the Newberry asylum. and
So 900 for the promotion of horticul-
tural interests. The Blakeslee hang
ing bill was lost IN the Senate by one
vote. but was reconsidered and tabled.
The House had fight lasting nearly
three hours over the fish commission
appropriation, which was finally cut
from $50, 900 to SO, 900, and its eXpend-
iturc confined to inland lakes and
streams The Eil<hof bill TO permit
liquor dealers to keep their saloon: