Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-06-01
STATE LEGISLATURE
BINS signed by the Governor.

The following bills have been signed
by the governor:
TO transfer TO the city Of Detroit the title 70
all the property Of every name and nature now
owned, operated and controlled by the board OF
water commissioners OF the city Of Detroit y
bill 10 amend an act To provide charter Tor inc
city Of Detroit; bill TO authorize and enahle
the township OF Crosse Pointe IN Wayne county
TO lay out and maintain broad road or boule-
ward along the banks OF the Detroit river ana
the shore OF Lake -. Clairi bill providing LOT
the dissolution OF the primary school districts
OF the township of Bearinger; a bill to change
the name of the fractional school district No. :
OF Plymouth and Nevi townships in the coun-
ties OF Wayne and Oakland bill 10 amend an
act 10 incorporate all public schools OF Ossinehe
township, Alpena county; bill 10 amend an
act TO incorporate the public school OF Long
Rapids township; bill To provide for the IN
corporation of reform churches in America Tor
merly known as reform protestant Dutch
churches; n bill relative TO the construction OF
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, a private IN
Co. III. 2d regiment Michigan state troops; au-
thoriZing the commissioner of the state lana
office TO deed TO Arthur Scarle. of Williamson,
parcel of land; bill To amend an at To pre-
fer eX -soldiers for public employment; n Bill 10
authorize the formation OF corporations for the
prevention OF cruelty 10 children. animals.
birds and fowls; a bill TO amend section 81 OF
the general tax law of this state; bill To
amend an act To regulate the interest of money
on account, interest on money. adjustments
verdicts, 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 or the performance OF any
obligation; bill To authorize the common
council OF the city OF Alpena 10 maintain sys-
tenn OF electric light works; bill 10 provide for
the organizing of n union school district in
Gladwin county; a bin to prevent the adultera-
tion OF linseed in this state a bill to amend an
act TO provide for the government of the Michl-
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 4 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
cndeavors on the part of the members
to dodge the bill, secured 80 afiirma
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, 600, 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, - to 30, and was given
immediate effect. 1t is more than
likely that the senate will refuse tC
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
Its 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 s., 600 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 bounty OF one
cent pound ON all beet sugar pro-
duced in the state.
The ghost of the beet sugar bounty
appropriation made its appearance for
a few minutes on the Goth when Rep
Dingiey offered resolution that it be
the sense of the house that the bounty
cease on December 81 1909. the time
when the present appropriation will
run out. This was intended 10 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 a nice fight was plEclled 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 sotoe time. has
been completed and reported out by
the senate committee on taxation. 1t
has been amended SO rs to tax all tele-
graph lines, and the toll lines of tele-
phone companies 75 cents per mile of
wire, instead of o. cents.
The senate has concurrcd i'm the
house amendments TO the hill requIr-
ing the licensing of BARRIERS and this