Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-02-14
DoiNos OF THE 4isT SESSION.

The following bills were passed by
the house on the 9th: Legalizing an
issue of $4,000 of Bay county road
extension bonds; relative to Saginaw
county road system; to legalize aban-
donment of part of the toll road of the
Riverside Turnpike Co., in st. Clair
county; authorizing city of Ann Arbor
to build a city hall at cost not to ex.
coed 100000; authorizing St. Clair
county circuit Judge to pay court stem,
ographers $40 day instead of IS as at
present; providing for the registration
of women's study clubs, and for the
regulation of their use of books from
the state library; requiring factory in
spectors to leave written instructions
as to changes recommended in manu-
featuring establishments and work
shops; authorizing the state railroad
commissioners to order depots estab-
lished; to prevent tramps. etc, from
jumping on and off moving trains; re-
curing written approval of the rail
road commissioner to be obtained be-
fore property can be condemned by
railroad company for crossing; to
make invalid, assignments and mort
cages of Indebtedness as against garn-
ishment proceedings in certain cases;
authorizing railroad commissioner to
include railroad companies reports in
his own annual report; to authorize the
Boyne City IL Southeastern Railroad
Co to charge not TO exceed five cents
for five years per mile for transporting
each passenger between the village of
Boyne City and Boyne Falls, a distance
of % miles.
The bill to relieve the supreme court
by increasing its membership from five
to seven, was put to sleep in the senate
on the 9th, after lively debate. Some
contend that it can now only be re-
vived through motion to reconsider
the vote by which it was defeated.
Senator Helme, the only Democrat in
the senate, made the motion that put
the bill out of business, all after the
enacting clause being ordered stricken
ont, and the motion was adopted in
committee of the whole on viva voce
vote of ii to 2, some of the senators
not voting. Only 81 of the "a senators
were present.
Rep. Campbell introduced bill on
the 5th providing that all abandoned
lands sold by the auditor-general prior
to January /, 1902, must realize at
least 60 per cent of the assessed valua-
ton. His purpose is to prevent the
sale of land for the amount of taxes
against it, as very often the taxes do
not figure within so per cent of the
value of the land. He also has another
amendment to the general tax law pro-
viding that if the owners of land deed
it to the university all taxes shall be
cancelled
The following bills were passed in
the senate on the eth: To change name
of Leon Il. Vredenburg to Leon T.
Shelter; to authorize Ann Arbor to
purchase the water works plant; to
authorize Ann Arbor TO build a new
city hall; to legalize 500, 900 of Bay
county bonds to legalze certain acts
of Commissioner of Deeds j. 5. Dean,
of Schoolcraft county; TO amend the
charter of the Grand Rapids schools
On motion of Rep. Mccall of Char
lotte, special committee on the 9th
escorted Gov. Bliss to the chair, who
made an appeal to the legislature for
economy, especially in legislating for
state institutions He declared against
the creation of any IN ire state boards
and practically urged that bills now
pending to enlarge present boards be
not passed.
Rep. Stumpenhusen has introduced
bill In the interests of justices of the |
peace, giving them a fee of so cents !
for each report made on cases where
the people is party to the action,
civil or criminal. At present the JUS
tees have to take chances with the
board of supervisors to get paid for
such work and he thinks that there
should be stated fee ,
Senator Holmes on the sth deliber-
ately took advantage of the absence of |
IA senator's to bring about the killing
of the Colby bill. Nearly all of the
absentees were visiting state institu-
tions in their capacity as senate com
mitteemen. If there had been gen
eral junket such situation would not
have presented itself.
The following bills were passed by
the house on the sth: To organize the
township of Ocqueoc in the county of
Pressure Isle; providing for the incor-
poration of Alliance, Marquette; to
prevent the abandonment of railroads |
constructed in whole or in part by
bonuses.
The joint committee appointed to
draft resolutions in honor of Chief |
Justice John Marshall submitted its
report to both houses on the 5th, which |
was adopted and ordered spread upon
the records.
The following bill was passed by the
senate on the 5th: To amend the act
for the incorporation Of M. f. churches.
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