The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1901-03-08
DOING5 OF THE 4IST SESSION.


to issue $4,000 bonds to provide for
the construction of a bridge across
Flint river; providing for the auditing
of the accounts and payment OF the
debts of the disorganized county of
Manitou; changing the name of John
Rapp, of Lansing, to John Ileinkel;
changing name of Mary L. Furness to
Mary +. Lake; changing name Of Eva
s. Clearinghouse to Eva $. Stewart;
prescribing method for conducting
elections in township of Calumet,
Houghton county, and providing for
redistricting and registration; author.
izing townships to abolish election dis
tricts; declaring certain contracts and
agreements to be unlawful where they
provide for the repurchase or the pay
ment of q bonus; providing that cer-
titicates of death must be deposited
with the superintendent of cemeteries;
appropriating $4,000 for Eastern
Michigan asylum for the completion of
the detached buildings; amending
ejectment law; general registration
law, providing that voters must be
registered 20 days before election.
1t has just come to light that by the
peculiar methods of legislation now in
vogue at Lansing a chatter amendment
has ben forced on Port Huron by
which the terms OF the present cleo
tive city officials, mayor, clerk and
treasurer, are extended for one full
year and their successors will not be
elected until the general elect on Of
1892. Citizens have been kept entirely
in the dark as to this provision OF the
amendments, no intimation whatever
having been heard that such radical
step was even contemplated. No copy
Of the bill was received by the local
newspapers, nor as far as known, by
any one else, except possibly those
comprising the small circle of the local
powers that be, until March i, after il
had passed both houses and practically
become n law. To circh the matter
Gov. Bliss on that day affixed his sig
nature.
The following bills Were passed by
the senate on the 10Th: Authorizing
plymouth township, Saginaw county,
to borrow money; fixing the salary of
the chief of the vital statistics depart
ment in secretary of states Office at
81 800; authorizing the board of educa-
ton of Escanaba to borrow So, 900 for
new school; amend the charter of
Wayland; amend the law for labor
lien on logs, shingles, etc, SO that the
title will continue to rest in the pro-
ducer even after they are shipped, un-
linz hn
election law so that presidential cleo
tors will be printed at the top of bal
lots; providing for the renewal of the
charters of water works companies
The following bills were passed by
the senate on the Goth: To prohibit
the sale of liquors within two miles of
the center of Cleon township, Manistee
county; changing from the first Mon
day in April the date for selling prop
erty in Grand Rapids, delinquent for
taxes; to establish a Carnegie library
in Sault Ste. Marie; to provide for the
Incorporation of Free Methodist
churches; fixing the compensation of
upper peninsula members during the
session ut SIS per day; fixing the salary
of the Kent probate judge at $4,000; TO
provide for auditing the accounts of
Manitou county; to allow the village
of Montrose, Genesee county, to bor-
row money; regulating building and
loan associations; appropriation for the
state and travelling libraries.
The legislature, after five days
rest, did very little work on the night
on the 4th. There was no session of
the senate, only IS senators being pres
ent, not enough for quorom. Eight
or nine of the senators were at Wash
ington attending the second Inaugural
ton of President Mckinley. There
will not be enough senators there for
two or three days to give a bill imme-
date effect in the upper house. The
house held only n half hours session.
Sixty-five of the 100 members were
present.
The following bills were passed by
the senate on the 27th: Authorizing
the township of Allis, Pressure Isle
county, to issue $1,000 bonds to pay
debts; authorizing Pressure Isle to bor-
row $4,000 to pay and refund out
standing Indebtedness; fixing salaries
of circuit court commissioners of Kent
county at 81 500 a year; providing judge
of probate and prosecuting attorney
of Lapeer county with u stcnographer;
authorizing village of Highland Park
to borrow Sc, 200.
Senator Persons joint resolution for
a constitutional amendment limiting
the time for introduction of bills in the
Legislature to 30 days, which bill unan-
imously passed the senate, was amended
by the house judiciary committee so as
to provide that there should be no
time limit for bill introduction what
ever. Senator Picrson bewails the fact
that this kills his measure, if the house
sta nds by the committees rccommcn-
dations.
The following bills were passed by
the house on the eth: Authorizing
township of plymouth, Saginaw Co.,
to issue $500 bonds to construct
bridge across Flint river; submission
TO people of constitutional amendment
fixing salary of legislators at $1,000
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