The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1899-06-02
STATE LEGISLATURE.
Bills Signed by the Governor.

all the property OF every name and nature now
owned. operated and controlled by the board OF
water commissioners Of the city OF Detroit; a
bill TO amend an act 90 provide n charter for the
city OF Detroit; bill TO authorize and enable
the township OF Crosse Pointe In Wayne county
TO lay out and maintain a broad road or boule-
ward along the banks of the Detroit river and
the shore OF Lake st. Clair; bill providing for
the dissolution OF the primary school districts
of the township of Bearlnger; bill TO change
the name of the fractional school district No.
of Plymouth and Novi townships in the coun-
ties OF WAYNE and Oakland; Il bill 10 amend an
act 10 incorporate all public schools OF OSsineke
township. Alpena county; bill 10 amend an
act TO incorporate the public school OF Long
Rapids townships bill 10 provide for the in
corporation OF reform churches in America for
merly known as reform protestant Dutch
churches; n bill relative to the construction or
buildings in the city OF Detroit; bill TO pro-
vide for the placing OF low water alarms on
steam boilers; directing the board OF state au-
ditors TO settle claim made by Geo. w. Crump;
for the relief of Lewis Schmidt. n private IN
Co. IL. I'd regiment. Michigan state troops; au-
thorizlng the commissioner OF the state land
ONCE To deed 10 Arthur Scarle, OF Williamson,
parcel OF land; "A bill 10 amend an at to pre-
fer eX soldiers for public employment; a bill 10
authorize the formation OF corporations for the
prevention OF cruelty to children animals
birds and fowls; "a bill TO amend section 81 of
the general tax law of this state; n bill TO
amend an act To regulate the interest OF money
on account, interest on money, adjustments.
YerdictS. etc. bill To provide for the public or
private sale of stock, bonds and other personal
property pledged as collateral security for the
payment OF money the performance of any
obligation; a bill TO authorize the common
council OF the city of Alpena 10 maintain a Sys-
TEN OF electric light works; bill TO provide for
the organizing of union school district in
Gladwn county; "A bin to prevent the adultera-
tion OF linseed In this state; bill TO amend an
act TO provide for the government of the Michi-
gan asylum for dangerous and criminal insane
and inmates therein.
For 90 years, the liquor dealers have
been working to secure the privilege
of selling liquor on certain secular hol-
idays, July being preferred, and it
has remained for the house of 1899 to
pass a bill granting that concession.
The measure was introduced by Rep.
Burch, of Detroit, and did not have
the endorsement of the committee on
liquor traffic. When introduced, it
was laid on the table, from which it
was taken some days ago on motion of
Mr. Burch, whose attempt at that
time to persuade the members to pass
it was unsuccessful. The attempt was
renewed on the esd, with the result
that after much effort and many vain
eudeavors on the part of the members
to dodge the bill, secured SO aflirma-
tive votes, one more than was ne ces
sary to its passage.
The railroad taxation game is once
more up to the senate. The upper
branch of the legislature had pre-
viously passed bill to increase the
railroad taxes by about $50, 900, to take
the place of the Atkinson bill. The
house railroad committee made the in
crease about $4,000 but the house
has now turned down both the senate
and its own committee and voted to
make the total railroad tax about ST.
500, 900, an increase of nearly half a
million. The farmers of the house had
decided this should be done. and the
bill was passed, 70 TO %, and was given
immediate effect. 1t is more than
likely that the senate will refuse to
agree to this raise. and then there will
be the fight to see which will give way.
The senate has concurred in the
house amendments TO the Graham for
estry commission bill and the measure
now goes to the governor The bill in
It's present form provides for "a com
mission to consist of the state land
commissioner and two members named
for four years by the governor. On
the recommendation of the board the
land commissioner may reserve until
the end of the next succeeding legisla-
tive session not to exceed 200, 900 acres
of tax lands as forestry reserve. The
actual expenses of the board, together
with $500 allowed as salary to their
secretary, must not exceed $1,000 an
nually.
The beet sugar bill has passed both
houses of the legislature. No amend
ments was made to the bill in the
senate, but a serious constitutional
point was raised against it, based on
the fact that 1T did not receive the
two-thirds vote prescribed for appro-
priations made for private purposes.
All attempts to incorporate amend
ments limiting the amount of the APP
preparation were defeated by MAORI
ties of from four to seven votes. The
bill as passed provides a bounty of one
cent a pound on all beet sugar pro-
duced in the state.
The ghost of the beet sugar bounty
appropriation made its appearance for
few minutes on the Goth when Rep
Dingley offered resolution that it be
the sense of the house that the bounty
cease on December 81, 1900, the time
when the present appropriation will
run out. This was intended to be a
notice to the beet sugar manufacturers
that they need not expect an appropri-
alton from the next legislature, but
the speaker ruled the resolution out of
order, and nice fight was plucked in
the bud
Senator Graham's bill for the taxa
ton of telephone and telegraph com
panies, which the 10 have been trying
to get together on for some time, has
been completed and reported out by
the senate committee on taxation. 1t
has been amended so as to tax all tele-
graph lines, and the toll lines of tele-
phone companies rs cents per mile of
wire, instead of 65 cents.
The senate has concurred in the
house amendments to the bill requlr-
ing the licensing of BARRIERS and this
bill now awaits executive approval.