The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-04-01
MICHIGAN LEGISLATURE.
Daily Summary of the Work Done by
the Lawmakers I'm the Sem
ate and House.

Lansing. Mich, March 21.--A bill has been
passed I'm the senate amending the act for
the Incorporation of moral and religious
associations so as to allow the members OF
boards of directors to be elected for sue
cessive terms. In the house the resolu-
tion providing for final adjournment on
May II was tabled. A bill making II
states prison offense for a person to teach
the doctrines of polygamy In Michigan was
passed. as was one making II a misde-
meanor for a person not a member OF the
q. A. r. to wear the button of that order.
Lansing, Mich, March 22.-Bills have
been passed In the senate providing for
stenographer for probate court of Lapeer
county; detaching certain territory from
townships of Rudyard. Pickford and Daft
ter, Chippewa county. and attaching 10
township of Kimross: vacating the village
or Lake. In county of Lake. -. In the house
bills have been passed vacating township
OF Au Train, Alger county, and incorporat-
Ing In township of Munising; vacating
township of Rock River and Incorporating
II In township of Onota: detaching certain
territory from township of Munising and
attaching same to township of Burke;
compelling electric roads to maintain au-
tomato bell signals at halfway crossings.
Lansing. Mich, March 23.-The senate
yesterday confirmed the following nomina-
tons: Labor commissioner, Joseph l.. Cox,
of Battle Creek dairy and food commits
sioner. Elliott o. Grosvenor, of Monroe;
trustee of northern asylum, Charles f.
Backus, of Detroit: trustee of state public
schools Caleb d. Randall. of Coldwater.
Bills have been passed amending the char
ter OF Bay City; reducing the number or
justices from four to two; reenacting the
laws for the Incorporation of Protestant
Episcopal churches....In the house bills
have been passed authorizing county of
Saginaw to submit to voters the PROPOSE
tion to build an insane asylum to cost $780,
Inc al nO coli of oh N
corporation division Of the department of
state to $1,000: anti-polygamy bill; keeping
election polls in Wayne county open until
eight p. m; providing that Chippewa coun-
ty may reduce number OF county road COM
missioners to one: providing that by two
thirds vote of electors villages may erect
public buildings and own real estate for
public purposes; providing that directors
OF homes for aged, infirm or INDECENT men
or women may qualify in the sum OF $1,000
instead of giving bond for 81 .000 providing
a board of registration for Tawas City,
Lansing. Mich. March 2i-Both houses
have now passed the bill authorizing De-
troit to acquire and operate street rail-
ways, and the bill is sure to become n law.
1t provides for the purchase by the city of
the present street railway system at
valuation to be fixed by commission APP
pointed by the common council The sem
ate yesterday confirmed Milo ID. Camp
bell, of Coldwater. as commissioner of in
surance and Writ p. Doty. of Detroit, as n
member of the state board of pharmacy.
Lansing. Mich. March 25.-The senate
yesterday passed the bill prohibiting the
manufacture or sale of colored oleomar-
garine and confirmed Jabez r. Caswell, of
Bay City. as state salt inspector. In the
house resolutions proposing amendments
to the constitution providing for equal suf-
frage and increasing the compensation of
members of the legislature to $500 year
were defeated, The committee on education
recommended the passage of the bill To-
eating the new state normal school at
Marquette.