Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-03-23
STATE LEGISLATURE.

The Atkinson bill is now ready to
go down on the statute books, Gov.
Pingree having signed 10.
The following big batch of appoint
ment were made by the governor i'm
mediately after he signed the Atkin-
son bill: Members of the board OF as
SCISSORS under the Atkinson bill-Col.
Edwin M. Irish, of Kalamazoo; Geo.
Il. Horton, of Fruit Ridge, Lenawee
county, and Robert Oakman, OF De-
troit. ii. L. 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. /, 1899 Joseph l.. Cox, of Battle
Creek, Calhoun county, commissioner
of labor, for the term of two years
from and after March /, 1890. 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.
1, 1899. +. O. Grosvenor, of Monroe,
Monroe county, Office of dairy and food
commissioners for the term of two years
from and after Jan. 1, 1899. Milo ID.
Campbell, of Coldwater, Branch
county, to the office of commissioner OF
insurance. for the term of two years
from and after July i, 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 G. Caswell, of Bay City,
Bay county, to the Office of state salt
inspector for the term of two years
from and after Jan. 90, 1899. Amos S.
Musselman, of Grand Rapids, Kent
county, member of the board of con-
troll of the state house of correction
and rcformatory, for the term of six
years from and after Feb. IS. 1899.
Writ p Doty, of Detroit, Wayne
county, member of the Michigan
board of pharmacy, for the term Of five
years from and after Dee 81, 1898.
Samuel n. Biclzerstaff, 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 f. Baekus, 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.
l. 1899. VIM. Judson, of Ann Arbor,
Washtenaw county, to the office of
state oil inspector, to take effect at the
expiration of the term of L. r. Smith
Grant NJ Morse, Ionia, to the Office of
state game and fish warden to succeed
Chase S. 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 jollied
from one end of the upper peninsula
to the other are Shisler, 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 irving
TO induce Ree.ep. Mcleod to drop hi
election bill, providing for keeping thu
= polls open until o'clock in the even
D ing, and substitute another one max
ing election day legal holiday.
$ Rep. McLeod's bill requiring al
$ electric street railways in the state tC
!. equip their cars with air brakes wa:
5 sent back to the labor committee tC
prevent it from being killed by so
called unfairness.
The governors appointments o.
5 Robt. OakmaD and Col. +. M. Irisl
were rejected by the senate in execu
tive session. The vote by which Oak
: maA was turned down was &c to 2
: Irish, "a to 4.
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
"a to Is.
: Rep. Dudley's pet tax bill, requiri n
property owners to file sworn state
ments of all their taxable property
4 passed the house after being slightly
I amended.
e The bill for an additional circuit
D Judge in Wayne county was knocked
r out in the senate by vote of Ia to 10