The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-07-06
HIS Record an Open Book.
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Same date.-Passage of Cheever-
Atkinson Bill. Voted yes. Carried.
Page $50.
March 2.-Passage of military re-
organization bill. Voted yes. Carried.
Page $50.
March 9.-Matter of concurring in
senate amendments to Cheever-Atkin-
son Bill and therefore passing it as
amended. Voted yes. Carried. Page771.
Mr. Cheever and the other original sup
porters of the bill also voted TO concur.
March 2I.-Bill to amend the act of
1895 cutting off portion of Rush and
New Haven township school districts
and making them part of the Oakley,
Saginaw, district. This amendment re-,
turned the territory in question to the
Shiawassee district in accordance with
the wishes of the Shiawassee residents
affected. This measure was introduced
by Mr.. Mason and passed on his motion.
Page 961.
March 30.-Resolution appointing
committee to confer with railroads in
regard to surrendering their charters.
This was useless effort which if 1t had
carried would have amounted to, moth
ing as such a committee could have
done nothing of any account Voted
no. Resolution lost by vote of 6 for,
to 20 against, Cheever among the
former Page 1899.
March 30.-Motion to indefinitely
postpone further consideration of reso-
luton for repeal of Michigan Central
charter. Voted yes. Carried by vote
of 65 to o. Page 1901.
April 4-Senate Bill No. amending
county local option law. Voted yes.
Passed. l112
April 6.-Oleo bill to prevent and
punish deception in the manufacture
and sale of olemargarine, process
butter. imitation butter, or butterine.
Voted yes. Passed Page 1875.
April 11.-Bill for relief of ex-soldiers
of the late war Voted yes Passed.
Page 1897.
April 13.-Bill to prohibit the sale of
intoxicating liquors on any grounds or
in any building under the control of the
National Guard. Voted yes. Bill did
not pass. On vote to reconsider,
voted yes. Carried Page 1862 AL
though it was voted to reconsider, the
bill never came up again, those having
it in charge not seeing the way clear
for its passage
April 1S-County salaries bill. Did
not vote, being absent with the rest of
the ways and means committee on
official business in Adrian. Bill de-.
feated by vote of 30 for to so against.
Page 1913
April 19.-Senate bill 112, to prevent
deception in the manufacture and sale
OF imitation butter Voted yes. Bill
passed. Page 1916. 20
May 10.-The garnishee bill. Voted
yes. Passed. Page IVA
May '11.-Joint resolution for relief
OF Henry Bartrem Voted yes. Passed.
Page 1741 1t is highly complimentary
to the regard in which Mr.. Mason was
held by his associates that not single
vote was cast against this bill for which
Mr.. Mason had worked hard.
Same date.-Bill to provide for the
placing of low water alarms on steam
boilers and providing a penalty for non.
compliance with the same Introduced
by Mr.. Mason and passed without
dissenting vote. Page 1744. This was
bill which had been before every
legislature for some twenty years or
more in one form or another, but which
had always failed of passage until this
year when Mr.. Mason undertook to see
it through, doing it in such way as
to win the hearty congratulation of the
commissioner of labor and all others
interested in the protection of life and
property.
April 12.-Bill to amend and strength
en- a section in the act relative to pre-.
venting persons from unlawfully wear
ing the G. A. r. button Voted yes.
Carried. Page 1880
May 17.-Bill to amend section II
of act No. 313, providing for the taxa
ton, ETC., of the liquor business. Voted
No. Bill failed to pass. Page 1861.
This was bill to allow liquor to be
sold on July A.
Same date.-Bill to provide for the
assessment, levy, and collection of tax
es upon shares in corporations, and to
require taxpayers and such corpora
tions to file sworn statements of their
property. Voted yes. Lost by vote of
3S for, 10 81 against. Mr.. Cheever
voted against the bill. Page 1864.
May 20 House bill No. 223, a bill to
provide for the taxation of railroad
companies and union railroad station