Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-04-19
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State Superintendent of Public Instruc-
| ton Jason Il. Hammond has arranged the
| following teachers institutes for the COM
| Ing summer: Altoona County, HarrisviAe,
Aug. /, five days; conductor, II. A. Bar
bour; Allegan County, Allegan, July IL,
| twenty days; Barry County, Hastings,
Aug. o, eight days, +. ID. Smith; Bay
| County. West Bay City, Aug. l. thirteen
days, c. III. Quincy; Branch County,
Sherwood, July 16, fifteen days, Il. j.
| Tooze; Cass County, Cassopolis, Aug. q,
eight days, W. Il. Conkling; Charlevoix
County, Charlevoix, Aug. q, eight days,
j. III. Thompson; Cheboygan County,
Cheboygan, July 80 five days, A. Hamlin
SMith; Clare County, Harrison, Aug. q,
five days, l.. NJ. Kellogg; Gladwin Coun-
| ty Gladwin, July %, twenty-one days,
o. c. Thompson; Gratiot County, Ithaca,
July 30, thirteen days, w. III. French;
Hillsdale County. Hillsdale, April l, five
days, Il. o. Hoyt; Ingham County, Ma
son, July 8, fifteen days, A. Hamlin
Smith; Kalkaska County, Kalkaska, July
| 30 ten days, A. l.. Marvin; Lake Coun-
| ty, Luther, July 8, ten days, q. w.
LOOMS; Lenawee County, Adrian, July
%, ten days, ID. Il. Pray Livingston
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Kone; Mackinac County, st. Ignace, Aug.
| 6, eight days, A. Hamlin Smith; MacOmb
| County, Romeo, Aug. 20, five days, CT.
| Grawn; Menominee County, Stephenson.
| July 30, thirteen days, X. ID. Bailey;
Montmorency County, Hillman, July 80
thirteen days, n. III. Hayden; Oakland
County, Pontiac, July 30, ten days, q. K.
Holmes; Oceana County, Shelby, Aug. q,
eight days, S. b. Laird; Otsego County,
Gaylord, July o, fifteen days, Jesse Hub
| bard; Washtenaw County, Ann Arbor,
| July 10, fifteen days, w. j. McKone;
Wayne County, Wayne, July %, eighteen
days, j. III. Kaye.
An important case was argued the
other day before the Supreme Court af-
| fecting the validity of the drain law and
| the cost of construction of thousands Of
| culverts running under railroad property
| throughout the State. In 1889 what is
known as the Harris drain was built in
| Windsor township, Eaton County, run
ming alongside the Chicago apd Grand
| Trunk 1t was decided to deepen, widen
| and straighten the drain in 1898, and the
| cailroad company was ordered by the
| drain commissioner to construct culvert
| under its tracks. The company sent in
| bill for $111.65, claiming that the law
| was invalid and that its property should
be condemned by proper proceedings SO
| as to fix the damage claimed. In the
Circuit Court the company was beaten.
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Old soldiers are interested in decision
handed down by the Supreme Court the
| other day in the case of Hiram X. Ellis
VS.. the Common Council of Grand Rap
| ids and City Attorney Salisbury. Ellis
| had been a clerk under Salsburys prede-
cessor. He was dismissed by Salisbury,
| but claimed protection under the soldiers
| preferment act of 1897, and secured a
| writ of mandamus directing the Council
| to audit and allow his claim for services,
having reported for duty each morning
| after Salisbury assumed office. The SUI
| preme Court reverses the judgment of the
| lower court.
| Attorney General Oren, in response to
| an inquiry from Food Commissioner
| Grosvenor, has written an opinion to the
| effect that, under the law Of 1889, suits
| at law can be instituted against persons
| who sell process butter without properly
| stamping it. The court may impose a
| fine of from $50 to 500, including costs
of analysis and inspection.
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| Deputy Attorney General Chase has
| investigated the cases of two citizens of
Ingham County who are now being main
| tanned in insane asylums at State ex-
pense He found that one owns forty
| acres of valuable timber land and that
| the other has $3.50 in cash and a monthly
| pension of $12. Steps will be taken to
| make these patients pay their own way.
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| During the present rush of business
| the law providing that il shall be unlaw-
| full for railroad companies to either re-
| Quire or permit employees to work more
| than twenty-four hours consecutively has
| been violated. Commissioner Osborn is
| sending notices to every company doing
business in Michigan that this practice
must cease at once.
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Attorney General Oren has filed an
| opinion to the effect that the law of 1916
| providing that corporations shall make
reports TO township and city clerks, was
| repealed by the law which provides that
| such reports shall be filed with the Sec
rotary of State.
Quartermaster General Atkinson has
completed arrangements with the Rem
| ington Arms Co. whereby the State will
receive the new modern rifles which have
been manufactured for the National
| Guard.
The military board has asked the Au-
| ditor General for the refunding Of an
aggregate of $4,000 which was paid out
| OF the National Guard fund by the White
| administration, but which should have
| been paid from the war fund.
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The State land commissioner recently
sold 5000 acres of primary school lands
| located in Tuscola, Wexford, Glare, AL
| ger and Missaukee counties. The re-
| ceipts were $4,000.
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Gov. Pingree is taking steps to recover
| the money due the State by the Federal
| Government on account of the states
expenditures in connection with the Span
ish war.
The State Board of Auditors has allow
| ed the claims of about sixty Michigan
| soldiers who lost their overcoats during
| the Spanish-American war through no
| fault of their own.
Brief State Happenings.