The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-05-06
MICHIGAN LEGISLATURE.
Daily summary of the Work Done by
the Lawmakers I'm the Sem
ate and House.

Lansing, Mich, April 26.-The house COM
mittee on railroads yesterday reported a
substitute for the several bills providing
for the repeal of all the existing special
railroad charters, especially that OF the
Michigan Central. The substitute creates
a commission to negotiate with the COM
panies for the surrender OF their charters
and to report not later than November next.
the report to be submitted by the governor
to a special session of the legislature or to
the next regular session. A fight Will be
made for the repeal OF the Michigan Cen
trail charter and all the separate bills and
the substitute were made the special order
for to-day
Lansing. Mich. April N-In the senate
bills have been passed amending Port HUI
ron and Jackson charters, and repeating
six-year limit on personal taxes.
Lansing. Mich, April 2s.-Speaker Adams
addressed the house yesterday on the
necessity OF enacting law under which
all property will be assessed on an equal
basis. He advocated the appointment OF
joint committee to ascertain the market
value Of all railroad property In the state.
the market and assessed value Of all other
taxable property, real and personal. and
the total amount OF taxes IL pays. He ad-
vised that after completing the work now
In hand the Legislature take recess until
the first Wednesday In January next, at
which time 1t shall receive the report of the
Joint committee and proceed to enact the
necessary legislation. The Dudley bill. d.
recting the secretary OF state. treasurer and
railroad commissioner to negotiate with the
Michigan Central and Lake Shore & Michi-
gan Southern Railway companies for the
surrender OF their special charters, was
passed by vote of SO to 80.
Lansing. Mich. April 90, I'm the senate
yesterday the following appointments were
received from the governor; James Rus
sell. of Marquette. state commissioner OF
mineral statistics, to succeed George A.
Newett, of Ishpeming, for the term or two
years: Sanford N. butcher, OF Newberry,
and Charles T. Farbairn. of Ishpeming.
trustees of the upper peninsula asylum for
the insane, for terms of six years, Bills
have been passed providing that widows
dover shall include her funeral expenses
In case she dies before the settlement OF
her husbands estate; providing that trus-
tees for homes for aged and intirm shall be
required to file justification for their own
responsibility instead of giving bonds: to
provide for a forestry commission; to sus-
pend from practice physicians guilty or
malpractice or habitual drunkenness; to
provide for the better support of teachers
institutes: changing name of Central Mich
igan normal to central state normal: CIV
ing county surveyors a lien on the land they
survey: placing loan societies under the act
OF 1877 under the supervision OF the bank
ing commissioner; providing that pauper
poor shall become county charges after
period of two years on vote of supervisors;
providing that stockholders in burying
ground associations who fail to pay their
assessments shall forfeit their rights In
said association. In the house yesterday
the Hammond antitrust bill was on the
order of third reading, but action was post
poned because of an opinion rendered by
Acknowledgement Oren, which Will result
in the bills being amended. Bills appro-
priating 81, 900 for the eastern asylum and
$l6O. 900 for the college of mines, and pro-
hibiting the killing of moose and elk. were
passed. The vote whereby 1t concurred In
the senate amendments to the bill repeal
ing the closed fishing season law was re-
considered, thus renewing the controversy
that has waged all session between the two
houses over the matter.
Lansing, Mich, May bills have been
passed in the senate to prohibit wild fowl
shooting from any steam launch in Black
river and Black River lake, Ottawa coun-
ty: amending the charter of Flint; for the
protection of miners: appropriating $780,
coo for the mining school, reenacting the
old law relating to fees of county treas
urers In the house bills have been passed
providing for the appointment of COM
mission to negotiate terms for the repeal
of the special charters now held by differ
ent railroads; to prohibit the shooting of
wild fowl on Black River lake and Black
river: amending the charter of Flint:
changing the name of fractional district
No 2, Plymouth and Novi townships,
Wayne and Oakland counties. to fractional
district No. /. Worthwhile and Novi town
ships
river.
Gov. Plngree has signed the bill providing
for a new state normal school at Mar
Quette.