Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-03-24

The Atkinson bill ia now ready TO
70 down on the statute books, Gov.
Pingree having signed IT,
The following big batch Of appoint
ment were made by the governor i'm
mediately after he signed the Akin
son bill: Members of the board of as
SCISSORS under the Atkinson bill-Col.
Edwin NJ. Irish. of Kalamazoo; Geo
Il. Horton, of Fruit Ridge, Lenawee
county, and Robert Oakman, OF De
troit. Fl. T. Harvey, of Battle Creek,
Calhoun county. member Of the state
board OF examiners in dentistry, for
the term of three years from and after
Jan. 1, 1899 Joseph l.. Cox, Of Battle
Creek, Calhoun county, commissioner
a labor. for the term OF two years
from and after March |, 1899. Caleb
ID. Randall. of Coldwater, Branch
county, member Of the board of con-
troll of the state public school, for the
term of six years from and after Jan.
/. 1890. f.. O. Grosvenor, of Monroe,
Monroe county. Office of dairy and food
commissioner for the term of two years
from and after Jan. /, 1899. Milo ID.
Campbell, of Coldwater, Branch
county, to the Office of COMM ssioner OF
insurance, for the term of two years
from and after July 1, 1899. Chase 5.
Osborn, of Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa
county, commissioner of railroads. for
the term of two years on and after Jan.
/, 1899. Jabez C. Caswell, of Bay City,
Ray county. to the Office of state salt
inspector for the term of two years
from and after Jan. 26. 1890. Amos s.
Musselman. of Grand Rapids, Kent
county, member of the board of con-
troll OF the state house Of correction
and reformatory. for the term of six
years from and after Feb. 10, 1899.
Writ F. Doty, of Detroit, Wayne
county. member of the Michigan
board of pharmacy, for the term Of Ave
years from and after Dec. 81, 1898.
Samuel n. Bickerstaff, of Kalamazoo,
Kalamazoo county, member of the
board of trustees of Michigan asylum
for insane, for the term of six years
from and after the second Tuesday of
February, 1899. Charles +. Backus, of
Detroit, Wayne county. member OF the
board OF trustees of the Northern
Michigan asylum for insane, for the
term of six years from and after Jan.
/. 1890 VIM. hudson, Of Ann Arbor.
Washtenaw county, TO the Office Of
state oil inspector, TO take effect at the
expiration of the term of I. X. Smith
Grant NJ Morse, Ionia, 10 the Office OF
state game and fish warden TO succeed
Chase Y. Osborn, when the latter be-
comes railroad commissioner.
The committee on education will
take junket TO the upper peninsula
TO look at normal school sites. The
committee who will thus be wined and
dined and generally feted and iollied
from one end of the upper peninsula
to the other are Shsler. Whitney,
Scully, Hall and Waterbury. The SEN
ate committee on education or normal
schools or both may go too.
Robt. Y. Ogg. secretary OF the De-
troit board Of public works, is trying
to induce Rep Mcleod to drop his
election bill. providing for keeping the
polls open until o'clock in the even
ing, and substitute another one max
ing election day a legal holiday.
Rep McLeod's bill requiring all
electric street railways in the state 70
equip their cars with air brakes was
sent back TO the labor committee TO
prevent il from being killed by So
called unfairness
The governors appointments of
Robt OakmaD and Col +. NJ. Irish
were rejected by the senate in execu-
tive session. The vote by which Oak
man was turned down was 26 to >;
Irish. "A 10 g.
Rep Gustin's fish bill. repeating the
closed season law which was passed
two years ago, went through the house
with flying colorS The vote FOR the
open season in the great lakes stood
- to Is
Rep Dudlcy's pet tax bill requiring
property owners TO file sworn state
ments Of all their taxable property,
passed tho house after being slightly
amended.
The bill for an additional circuit
Judge in Wayne county was knocked
out in the senate by vote of II TO TO-