The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-02-18
MICHIGAN LEGISLATURE.
Daily summary OF the Work Done by
the Lawmakers In the Sem
ate and House.

ate and House.
Lansing. Mich. Feb. S-No business OF
Importance was transacted In the senate
yesterday. In the house Mr.. Chamber
lain has introduced bill relative TO teach
ing po!ygamy In Michigan. II provides that
whoever shall solicit to polygamous life,
or teach polygamy as correct form OF
family life. or advocate the doctrine 10
! persuade any person. by private or public
discourse. TO adopt a polygamous life, shall
| be guilty of a felony. The penalty provided
Is Imprisonment for not less than two nor
more than ten years.
Lansing. Mich. Feb. 9.-Just before the
| legislature adjourned for its junket to the
| upper peninsula Gov. Pingree sent In
| special message crticislng the junket ana
intimating that former legislatures had
used the peoples money illegally. The
| senate yesterday countered on the gov
ernor by adopting resolution congratu-
| lating him on his sudden solicitude lest
| pubic funds be cXtravagantly used ana
| directing its committee on supplies and ex-
| penditures to Investigate the expenditures
| OF The executive office during the Pingree
! administration. The committee Is en-
powered to send for persons and papers,
| examine witnesses. etc. Bills have been
introduced to amend the law governing
| the Incorporation of mining and smelling
| companies. At present the law fxes w.
| bOO.VoO as the maximum capital stock OF
seeks to increase the limit to s5.0O0.COO; re-
| quiring all insurance contracts FOR re-
Insurance to be authorized by the COM
missioner of insurance; providing tax
| OF three per cent. on gross premium or IRE
| Insurance written by companies incor-
| porated outside of the state; equalizing the
| rate of taxation between this state anu
other states regarding Insurance com
panies changing the name of the Michi-
| gan state normal school to Michigan state
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| introduced providing for bounty of one
| dollar n ton on iron products made In the
state from iron mined in Michigan.
Lansing. Mich. Feb. 10.-The legisla-
| ture has interested itself in the long-con-
| tinued strike of the Flint & Pere Marquette
railway employees at Ludington. and has
| directed the state court of mediation and
arbitration to tender IT'S services with
| view to settling the difficulty. This court
is not in the best standing. and bill was
introduced in the senate Thursday to re-
peal the law creating ii, A bill permitting
the cities of the state to adopt the single
tax system in their discretion was intro
duced in the house yesterday.
Lansing, Mich, Feb 11.-Rils have been
introduced in the senate appropriating
$4,000 to state agricultural college; APP
propriating $4,000 for summer session Of
state normal school: barring dover in land
by married women over Il years OF age;
revising laws providing for incorporation
of Protestant Episcopal churches: appro-
priatng $4,000 to Michigan college of
mines: authorizing quartermaster-General
30 furnish Sons of Veterans camps with
condemned rifles; changing name of Mich
igan state normal school to Michigan
state normal college: permitting incorpo-
rated cities TO raise money for municipal
improvements by taxing land values eX-
elusive of improvements thereon; allow
ing more than one person 10 use mileage
books on railroads at the same time; pro-
viding for the collection of a specific state
tax from mining companies in the upper
PENINSULA. In the house bills have been
introduced providing for the examination,
licensing and registration of physicians;
providing for the assessment levy and coll
lection of taxes on property of railroads,
telegraph, telephone and express compa-
MES, and for the election of n state
board of assessors; providing for the hold
ing of annual meetings in townships for
the promotion of public health; appropriate
| ing $1,000 for use of the state board of
| health; compelling railroads to furnish ia
| cilities to townships Of $50 persons not more
! than half Il mile from the railroad: provid-
| ing relief for honorably discharged soldiers
| and sailors outside of soldiers home: pro-
! vidng for inspection by state board of
agriculture OF all plants. shrubs etc, Of
| fered for sale; fixing beet sugar bounty at
one mill per pound; providing for the adj
| mission to kindergarten of children be-
tween four and seven years OF age in
school districts. Bills have been passed
vacating townships of Blaine, Grove, Ball
and Center Plains, Crawford county. and
incorporating same w:;h townships of
Maple Forest South Branch, Beaver Creek
and Grayling vacatng townships of
Wheatheld. Montmorency county, and In
cooperating it with Vienna township; de-
taching territory from West Bay City ana
attaching it to Bangor township.
4 I,ah ha
passed in the senate providing for the re-
lief of sick, disabled or needy soldiers and
marines of the late Spanish American war.
Bills have been introduced preve nting com
nitment of offenses by married man
against the person or property of his wife
and to provide punishment for the same;
reorganiZing townships of Fort Gratiot
and Port Huron: amending constitution so
as TO grant direct legislation to electors:
preventing deception and sale of imitation
butter: providing for uniform text book
law: extension of corporate life OF banks....
In the house bills have been passed provid-
ing for an assistant prosecuting attorney
in Tuscola county; for an additional voting
precinct in the township of Home, Menom-
inee county; for two voting precincts in
Sault Ste. Marie township. Chippewa
county. Bills have been introduced provid-
ing that county clerks shall notify notaries
public on the expiration of their commits
sions: reducing beet sugar bounties from
one to one-half cent per pound, and plac-
ing control of bounty In hands of secretary
of state: requiring all persons having tax
able property to make statements of same
to local assessing officers: for, state ar
mory and museum; prohibiting the run
ming of bucket shops.