Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-04-13
MICHIGAN SOLONS.

Senator LeidIein's bill for spring duck
shooting came up In the Senate Tuesday
night and, after u long debate, was passed
by vote OF Is to O. Representative
Chamberlain will substitute q new bill
for the soldiers relief measure which
caused so much discussion when 1t passed
the House and was 80 amended by the
Senate that the Attorney General has de-
cided that 1t Is not retroactive. 1t pro-
vided for tax of four one-hundredths OF
a mill and was made operative until Aug.
1. In the new bill the tax will be half a
mill and the time will be extended until
Nov. i. In order to take care of all needy
or sick soldiers the bill will provide that
the fund may be used to pay the expenses
of any Michigan soldier from the time he
reached the borders of the State, whether
he was mustered out or not.
Five bills affecting Detroit were passed
In the House "Wednesday afternoon, in
Guiding the raising of the salaries Of the
Wayne County coroners from $l.2O0 to
$1,000, providing the Circuit Court com
missioncrs with stenographer, giving the
receiver OF taxes authority to seize. and
sell personal property for unpaid taxes,
making II obligatory on the police'te pro-
duce before police justice within thirty
six hours persons arrested as suspects and
every twenty-four hours thereafter. An
other bill provides that for all buildings
over three stories the plans Of the struc-
tural work shall be submitted to the city
engineer for approval. The object OF the
bill Is to prevent repetition of the Won
derland catastrophe. There was more
than the usual acrimony in Senate discus
sions, the result being that two bills were
killed. One was to provide for recording
contracts made in selling goods on the in
stallment plan, and the other provided
that probate judges In counties of more
than 10000 inhabitants should be lawyers.
Both were considered lawyers bills.
In the Senate ON Thursday the defeat
Of the Gustin bill repeating the law estab-
fishing closed season for fish and trout
in the great lakes was secured. The only
amendment made to the present law was
to extend the open season for rough fish
such ms perch. pickerel, herring-twenty-
five days, making it from Sept. to Dec.
IL instead of to Nov. 20 as now. There
was warm fight over the bill and charges
of trust influence were freely made. Ev-
cry commercial fisherman in the State
asked for the passage of the bill, which
was favored by the State fish commission
and opposed only by the trust.
The House Committee on Private Cor
porations on Saturday recommended the
passage of the Hammond antitrust bill,
which Is drastic in every provision. 1t is
designed to absolutely prohibit the organ
ization of trusts in Michigan and to pro-
hibit those organized in other States from
doing business here. 1t provides severe
penalties for all persons, including agents,
guilty Of violations of it's provisions, the
penalties running as high as $4,000. 1t
further provides for enjoining the opera
ton of trusts and for commencing action
for debt against foreign trusts which vio-
late the law. The bill is much more rad
ical than the present antitrust bill en-
acted in 1889.
Gov. Pingree has signed the following
bills:
Amending the act providing for the for
nation of summer resort corporations.
To reincorporate the First Universalist
Society of Fairfield for thirty years from
Sept. 3, 1894, and making valid all acts
of said society from Sept. 5, 1894, to Feb.
20, 1893.
Providing for inspection of illuminating
oils manufactured from petroleum or coal
oils, repeating act 127 Of laws of 1870 and
act "a of laws of 1898.
Authorizing the formation of corpora
tons for intellectual, scientific, aesthetic,
spiritual, liberal culture or inquiry, and
to repeal An act to authorize the forma-
tion of associations for intellectual, scien-
tifc, aesthetic, spiritual, religious or lib
eral culture or inquiry, approved May ~,
1870"
Changing the date for holding annual
election and school meeting for the town
ship school district of Crystal Falls.
Amending section 1, chapter 1, act IL,
laws of 1862, being an act for the reor-
ganization Of the military forces Of the
State of Michigan.
Repeating the act to create board of
uniform text book commissioners.
Authorizing the issuance of patent for
State swamp lands in Ogemaw County to
Milton Adams.
For the publication Of 10000 copies of
the History of Michigan Organizations
at Chickamauga. Chattanooga and Mis-
sionary Ridge written by Capt. Charles
Il. Belknap.
The following bills. among others, have
been passed by the Senate.
Senator MISUNDERSTANDING the kill
ing of mourning doves.
Senator Brown-Providing for compul-
sorry education of children between and
~ in cities and villages and for punish
ment of truancy.
Senator Atwood Providing that SEN
te;Ses of juvenile offenders may be APP