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Worden, of Detroit, Wayne county, as
a member of the state board of correc-
tions and charities for the term of
eight years, from and after May /,
1899, to succeed Edward jerks; Mimi
III. Hunt, of BEDFORD township, Wayne
county, as a member of the commits
sioners of Wayne county, for the term
of six years from and after May /, 1899,
to succeed Henry Loss; Otto Stoll, of
Detroit, Wayne county, as member
of the board of jury commissioners for
Wayne county, for the term of six
years from and after May i, $780, to
succeed David Meginnity; VIM. f.
Moeller. of Detroit, Wayne county, as
a member of the board of jury commits
sioners for Wayne county, for the term
of six years from and after May /, 1899,
to succeed Eugene II. Hill; Herman p.
Nagel, of Detroit, Wayne county, as a
member of the railroad and street
crossings board, for the term of four
years from and after Jan. /, 1899, to
succeed VIM. III. Lockerby.
Shisler's bill for the relief of soldiers
of the late Spanish war was the sub
ject of long discussion in the house,
Chamberlain leading in favor of it. !,
and it was finally passed. 1t is similar
to the one passed some time ago eX-
cept that the defect which made that
one practically useless was remedied
by providing that the relief may eX-
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for INDECENT soldiers. The rate was
also raised from four-one hundredths
of a mill, and an amendment was
tackled on providing that in Wayne
county the relief shall go through the
regular soldiers relief commission. 1t
was given immediate effect and sent to
the senate.
The house military committee re-
ported favorably Kelly's bill giving
soldiers of the late Spanish war who
left the state SIS per month extra pay,
and those who didn't leave the state
$40. 1t went to the ways and means
committee. Gen. Case of the military
board strongly opposes the bill because
it provides that the extra pay shall
stop when peace was declared He
says that would shut out the boys of
the 35th and 31st from getting any eX-
ira pay for the long service they have
just concluded, and would only give a
mere bagatelle to any of the boys.
Herrig offered a resolution that here
after the sessions of the house shall
begin at 10 o'clock in the morning in
stead of 2 in the afternoon. Kelly and
others opposed it, saying that it is not
yet time to begin the morning sessions,
and that more can be accomplished by
devoting the morning hours to COM
mittee work. Chamberlain warned
the new members that if they do not
get their bills acted on pretty soon
they would find it impossible to do it
a little later The resolution for morn
ing sessions was adopted.
The bill to increase the mill tax for
the support of the state university
from one sixth of mill to one-fourth,
was reported out favorably by the SEN
ate committee. The sixth mill tax
produces about S1s4, 900, and the fourth
mill will produce about $276, 900, or
500, 900 more If this bill goes through
it will of course be in lieu of the $780,
600 the university is asking for i'm
provements.
A measure for the establishment of
local day schools for deaf children that
is in all essential respects exactly
what Miss Donahue, teacher of the
deaf class in the Detroit schools, and
her friends on the Detroit board of
education want and have been agitat-
ing for so long, has at last been agreed
on and reported out by the house COM
mlttee on schools for the deaf.
Goodell's bill providing that village
councils may order street paving done,
to be paid for on the installment plan,
which some of the people of Highland
Park village opposed so vigorously re-
Gently, was rushed through the senate
without going through the committee
of the whole and now the opponents
of the bill are warm under the collar.
About the hottest fight of the session
was pulled off in the house over the Nc
Leod general referendum bill for De-
troit street railway franchises, but the
bill was finally referred back by vote
of 40 to 81.
The canteen system will continue TO
be operative at Michigan military en-
campments for all the legislature will
do to prevent it.
The beet sugar bounty bill carrying
$500, 900 appropriation passed the house
by a vote of 70 to %.
Young Finlanders are leaving for the