Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-04-27
STATE LEGISLATURE.

inc otuer nlRnt ana passed TWO very
important bills, the one establishing a
normal school at Marquette, appropri-
ating $4,000 for the purpose, and the
other the BARRIERS BILL" for state
board to examine and license BARRIERS.
The normal school bill went through
the long cherished ambition of the up
per peninsula people will at last be
realized as soon as Gov. Pingree signs
the measure. The BARRIERS bill was
opposed by Senator Sheldon and others
on the general ground that too many
state boards are being created. Gid
dings defended it, and it went through
with none but unimportant amend
ments except one that no barber shall
be given a license who is addicted to
the use of liquor to excess
The house in committee of the
whole, ground out several important
bills Two of Eikhoff's labor bills
were acted on favorably, one providing
that buildings in course of construc-
ton shall be equipped with adequate
closet facilities for the workmen, and
the other relative to contract labor in
prisons. Aldrich's bill prohibiting
persons affected with certain private
diseases from marrying was agreed to-
/ 1t has been amended so as to make
such an act felony, and by requiring
that the husband or wife may testify
against the other, and that the physi-
elan shall tell what he knows.
Gov Pingree has sent to the senate
the nominations of G.. w Bement, of
Lansing. as member of the board of
control of the school for the blind at
Lansing, and Charles Euth, as judge
Of the court of mediation and arbitra-
ton, the former for six years and the
latter for three years. VIM. ID. Mahon
of Detroit, who was recently nomi-
mated by the governor for the latter
place declined because of lack of time
to give it.
In the police and justice courts of De-
troit one day each week is set apart
for jury trials, and the pay of the
jurors is 81 per day. The result is
/ that it is hard matter TO get good
/ jurors. Rep. Elkhoff secured the pas
sage of two bills in the house raising
/ the pay of the jurors to ST. per day,
/ and as the delegation is unanimous for
the measures they will undoubtedly
4 become laws.
The coroners of Wayne county will
! be happy individuals in the course of a
/ few days when Gov. Pingree signs the
bill raising their salaries from $1,000
to Sc 600 The bill has passed the SEN
ate and was given immediate effect by
! both houses, and will become a law as
soon as signed.
Gov. Pingree told BILLY" French
that if any bill passes to disposses the
st. Clair Flat property owners, he
would veto it. He also said that the
man who urges the passage of such a
bill will find himself political corpse.
If the amendment TO the constitution
providing for an intermediate court
fails of passage, bill may be passed
by the legislature providing for an adj
ditional supreme court judge, thus re-
lieying the pressure somewhat.
! +. Hubbard, Jr., well-known
young newspaper man of Detroit and
a graduate of the university, has been
appointed by Speaker Adams as press
clerk for the remainder of the season
vice Grant Bennett, resigned
The Mccall bill prohibiting the sale
and manufacture of cigarettes in this
state has been referred back from the
committee of the whole to the com
mittee on private corporations.
Gov. Pingree has signed the bill
raising the salary of the state game
warden TO 81, 600 and creating the Office
of chief deputy at $500; and it is now
a law and in full effect.