The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1899-04-14


may be paid, and should sufficient fac
tories be erected to earn five times that
sum, the balance would simply have to
come out Of the general fund.
The officers of the Michigan Sugar
company Of Bay City. the only COM
pany that operated a sugar factory
during the past season, have made "A
statement, which they assert was taken
from their books, showing that, ex-
elusive of the bounty. they lost sS.449
during their first year in the business.
1t should be stated, however that this
Is purely an eX parte statement, and
while the persons making 1t are honor
able citizens and there is not the slight
est reason for supposing that they have
misstated the facts the expenses were
all figured on a liberal basis as shown
by the fact that they include an item
Of per cent. interest on the capital
invested, this item alone aggregating
nearly $1,000. There is a bare possi--
bility that the law may be amended
so as to make the bounty but one-half
q cent next year, but the chances are
against any change whatever.
A step has been taken during the week
toward securing uniformity between
along certain lines. Nearly ten years
ago the legislature authorized the ap-
pointment of three commissioners to
represent Michigan and cooperate with
commissioners of other states in pro-
noting uniformity of legislation. These
commissioners have held numerous
meetings and made recommendations to
previous legislatures, but their advice
Ina he
similar Law I'm New York.
Last week, however, the house passed
their bill generally revising the laws
Bearing upon the important subjects
Of negotiable instruments in all it's
phases. An exactly similar law has al
ready been enacted by New York, Con-
necticut, Maryland, Virginia, Florida
and Colorado, and has been recommend
ed by the governor of Massachusetts
and the supreme court Of South Caro-
lima. This law was drafted by an ex-
pert along the lines of the bills of
Exchange Act" passed by the parlia-
ment Of Great Britain in 1892. In urg-
ing the adoption of the law in this
state, the Michiga commissioners said:
This act will undoubtedly be very
generally adopted by the legislatures
that hold sessions this year. The pro-
visions Of the statutes and the decisions
Of the courts of the several states upon
many points as to negotiable instru-
ments are so diverse that the early
adoption Of uniform law by the states
would be Of great value to the business
Of the country" The next effort Of the
commissioners will be to secure the
adoption of uniform divorce laws.
The old saying that "the early bird
catches the worm," is not likely to be
exemplfied in the action Of the Michi-
gan legislature in the matter of pro-
viding for a Michigan exhibit at ex-
positions to be held in neighboring
states. Several weeks ago a delegation
Of boomers of the Ohio centennial cele-
bration visited the legislature and
urged the making Of an appropriation
for an exhibit at their exposition to
be held in Toledo.
Much Enthusiasm Manifested.
They quite captured the legislature
and bill was at once introduced MAX
ing an appropriation Of $4,000 for this
purpose. Much enthusiasm was mani
tested in the matter, but a change en-
sued a couple of weeks later when the
Buffalo contingent arrived and put in
request for aid for the Pan-American
exposition to be held in that city in
1901. The result is that the Ohio bill
has been amended so as to provide for
an appropriation of $4,000 for an ex-
h!bit at Buffalo, and the making of an
appropriation for an exhibit at Toledo
is to be left to the next Legislature.
After neglecting the matter until
iooy hog "a nlx wi
dumping ground for the bogus doctors
turned out by all the so-called diploma
mills and fraudulent medical colleges
in the country, the doctors Of the sew
eral schools have finally agreed upon
medical registration bill, and the
measure will undoubtedly become a
law. Registration bills have been in
troduced in the legislature for a num-
Der of years, but they have always
failed to pass because of the disagree
ments Of the doctors as to their terms.
The present bill, which has been recon-
mended by the house committee on pub
lie health, provides for a state board of
examiners to be composed of ten physi-
cians-five regulars, two homeopathic,
two eclectics, and one representative
of the physo-medical school. 1t is pro-
vided that the state association of each
of these schools may submit to the gov
ernor three times as many names as
the school is entitled to on the board,
and the governor shall choose the re-
quired number from them.
For Two and Four Years.
One-half of the members are to be
appointed for two years and the other
for four years, and 1t is left with the
board to determine what medical col
leges are of the standing that will en-
title their graduates to practice with
out further examination. All other per-
sons desiring to practice medicine in
the state are to be examined by the
board, severe examination being pre-
scribed. The law does not apply to ply
sicians already registered in this state,
and 1t is provided that physicians COM
ing from other states where similar re-
quirements prevail need not take an
examination.
Among the bills which have been
killed during the past few days was one
providing that only attorneys-at-law
should be eligible to hold the office of
Judge Of probate, and another prohib-
iting persons from hunting on Sunday