The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-05-27
MICHIGAN LEGISLATURE.
Daily summary of the work Done by
the Lawmakers In the Sem
ate and House.

Lansing. Mich. May 17-In the senate
yesterday bills were passed providing that
copy or the application shall be made a
part of every insurance policy, and pro-
hibiting the labelling as pure white lead"
every package containing any composition
other than white lead and oil The house
yesterday deferred action on the railroad
taxation bills until next Tuesday, when
they Will be considered as a special order.
The railroad committee reported a bill
providing for specific rates that will in
crease the railroad taxes $4,000 annual
ly, but exempting the earnings OF car
ferries, because the boats are taxed local
ly. The entire afternoon was spent con-
sidering resolutions proposing taxation
measures, but all were defeated. the most
noteworthy providing for a commission to
report to special session next January
plan OF tax law revision.
Lansing, Mich. May 1S.-In the senate
yesterday the antitrust bill was recalled
for the purpose of amending II, the claim
being that II is a reproduction of the Ohio
statute, which Attorney General Monet
is alleged to have declared worthless. Two
important bills were defeated: Providing
that the stock of all corporations be as
sessed at cash value and that saloon
Keepers might keep their places of bust
ness open on Independence day. The
house passed a bill designed to prevent
mob violence. 1t provides that persons in
Jured~ by mobs, or the relatives of those
Killed, shall have action for damages
against the county in which the mobbing
occurs, the damages to range from 81 900
to $4,000. The house refused TO concur in
the senate resolution for final adjournment
on June z, but deferred action until the
18th inst. The committee on private cor
porations favoraby reported several un-
usually important bills The list included
the antitrust bill which recently passed
the senate; the bill providing that beet
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with the sugar trust shall forfeit all claim
to state bounty, and the bill prohibiting
foreign building and loan associations from
doing business In Michigan.
Lansing, Mich, May 19.-The senate has
passed the following house bills To amend
the charter of the city of Marquette; liking
November IL as the time by which highway
commissioners must report; providing for
only one highway commissioner in the
county of Chippewa. In the house yeSter-
day the reports of the majority and mi
nority of the committee which investigated
the expenditure of the war fund were read,
leading TO vigorous debates, but no action
was taken. Bills to abolish contract labor
In prisons, to employ convicts in making
binder Irvine and to label all goods made in
prisons were recommended.
Lansing. Mich, May 2O.--Bils have been
passed in the senate providing for an extra
judge in the St. Clair county circuit; pro-
viding for state library commission; pro-
viding "A salary for supervisors in St. Jo-
seph county; for the relief of soldiers out
side of the soldiers home; to give greater
latitude to poor commissioners in decid-
ing what persons need help; providing for
the incorporation of employment insurance
companies making the audtor-general
defendant In suits to set aside taxes. - The
house yesterday killed the bill prohibiting
the sale of liquor in any building on the
grounds controlled by the national guard
The labor committee favorably reported
a bill requiring railroad companies to have
fortnightly instead of monthly pay days,
and the ways and means committee rec
commended bill providing for the payment
OF As cents a day additional to Michigan
soldiers in the recent war This applies to
every soldier mustered in from Michigan
and covers the entire period of his service.
The bill providing home rule for cities ad-
vanced to third reading