Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-03-07
polNos OF The 4lsT SESSION.

To issue NlO,uOO DOuuS 10 provide Tor
the construction of 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 Heinkel;
changing name of Mary +. Furness to
Mary +. Lake; changing name of Eva
$. clearinghouse to Eva ;. Stewart;
prescribing method for conducting
elections in township of Calumet,
IIoughton 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 bonus; providing that GER
tificates of death must be deposited
with the superintendent ofcemeteries;
appropriatng $4,000 for Eastern
| Michigan asylum for the completion of
the detached buildings; amending
eiectment 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 charter amendment
has BEEN 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 election of
| 1902 Citizens have been kept entirely
in the dark as to this provision OF the
amendments no intimation whatever
having been heard that such a 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
I comprising the small circle of the local
! powers that be, until March /, after it
had passed both houses and practically
| become a law To cinch the matter
Gov. Bliss on that day affixed his sig
nature.
The following bills were passed by
the senate on the 26th: Auditorium g
IIaymouth township, Saginaw county,
to borrow money; fixing the salary of
| the chief of the vital statistics depart
ment in secretary of states Office at
$1,000; authorizing the board of educa-
tion of Escanaba TO borrow $751; for
J j new schools; amend the charter of
| Wayland; amend the law for a labor
lien on logs, shingles, etc, so that tia
title will con ,inue to rest in the pro-
Queer even after they are shipped, un-
less they are paid for; amending the
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
- =. as,,'.rnlomentl.in two. niles of
tfeycentlf of asoil al ssnshfp, luantseee
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 at S. per day; fixing the salary
of the Kent probate judge at So, 800; TO
provide for auditing the accounts Of
Manitou county; TO allow the village
of Montrose, Genesee county, to Dor
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 senator's being pres
ent, not enough for quorom. Eight
or nine of the senator's were at Wash
ington attending the second Inaugural.
tion 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 a half hours session.
SiXty-five of the 100 members were
present.
The following bills were passed by
the senate on the eth: Authorizing
the township of Allis, Pressure Isle
county, to issue $1,000 bonds to pay
debts; authorizing Pressure Isle to Dor.
row $50, 900 to p1y and refund out
standing Indebtedness; fixing salaries
of circuit court commissioners of Kent
county at 81, 500 year; providing Judge
of probate and prosecuting attorney
of Lapeer county with "a stenographer;
authorizing village of Highland Park
to borrow 81, 900.
Senator Persons joint resolution for
a constitutional amendment limiting
the time for introd uction 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 Pierson bewails the fact
that this kills his measure, il the house
stands by the committees recommen-
dations.
The following bills were passed by
the house on the eth: Authorizing
township of plymouth, Saginaw Co
TO issue s., 500 bonds To construct a
bridge across Flint river; submission
to people Of constitutional amendment
fixing salary of Legislators at 81 200
per term and mileage; amending law
relative to the incorporation of viii