The true northerner., 1901-01-18
THE LEGISLATURE
Senate and House Have Recon
vened for Business.
NUMBER OF BILLS PRESENTED
Senator Goodell Wants the Detroit
House OF Correction investigated
The Governor Sends the Names Of
More Appointees TO Senate.

MORE AppOlnteeS 10 OcHdtc.
Lansing. Mich. Jan l5.-At meet
ing OF the senate Monday night Sena.
tor Goodell, OF Wayne. offered reso-
luton that the president appoint a
committee of three TO investigate the
Detroit house OF correction. condition
of inmates. sanitary condition of build
ings and grounds. etc. The resolution
was adopted The committee will be
appointed later.
Senator Loomis, of Grand Rapids,
introduced a bill requiring all insur-
ance written in this state TO be written
through a resident Michigan agent.
who shall receive full compensation.
The bill seeks TO prohibit overhead"
writing and to prevent outside insur-
ance people from having business done
here and getting a good share of the
commission that should go TO resident
agents.
Gov. Bliss new batch of appoint
ments were referred to the committee
on executive business, of which Sen
ator Atwood is chairman.
Senator Moore noticed a bill to re-
peal the act creating the st. Clair jury
commissioners.
Senator Doherty noticed a bill to
make the president and village attor-
ney of Harrisville, Alcona county, eX-
officio members of the board of super
visors.
Dwight B. Hinckly, of Hastings, was
appointed clerk of the rules commit
tee.
The house met for Is minutes. In
the absence of a minister OF the gos-
pei, Reading Clerk Smith read the
scripture exercise.
Rep. Gordon, of Marquette, noticed
a bill to regulate the rates to be
charged by telegraph companies in
Michigan. He would have % cents
charged in the state for the first ten
words, and 10 cents for every ten
words thereafter. Mr.. Gordon also no.
ticed bill to require express compan
les to exchange packages so that they
will always be sent by the nearest
route, thus avoiding delays as much
as possible, and prorate the charges.
Rep. Gordon noticed another bill for
an additional building to cost about
$4,000 at the Northern state normal
school at Marquette.
Rep. Burns, OF Grand Rapids, no.
ticed a primary election bill doing
away with the political convention at
Grand Rapids It's features are about
tn esame as those Of Rep. Colby's bill
to DO away with conventions in De-
troit. Before going into the booth to
vote for a candidate 1or nomination
to any office. the voter must select one
or another of the political party tick
cts.
Rep. Ames, of Detroit, noticed bill
to require each county in the state to
pay not to exceed $3.50 a day to every
person ordered isolated by a health
officer because of contagious disease.
this compensation TO be paid during
quarantine period while the party con-
fined cannot work.
Rep. Weter, of Macomb, noticed a
bill to have two new double steel ele-
vators built in the capitol building.
Rep. Bland, of Detroit, noticed a bill
to invalidate assignments of mort
cages of indebtedness.
Rep. Ames. of Detroit, is preparing
a bill to require that packages con-
tanning spirituous liquors, manufac-
tured or sold in this state, shall be la
beled with the ingredients of each
properly and fully denominated there
on. The bill will provide that where
a patron of a saloon or bar room is
suspicious of the beer or whisky or
other liquor set before him he may
compel the bartender or proprietor TO
show him the label with table of con
tents of the keg or barrel or other
package from which the liquor was
drawn. Such law, Rep. Ames consid-
ers, would conduce to public health.
He would have the state dairy and
food commissioner execute it,