Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-05-23
poINos OF THE 4isT SESSION.

| Whitney, Arenac county, and in the
township of Sherman, Iosco county,
for the purpose of clearing out the
channel OF the Au Ores river; provid-
ing that in cases before the state cross
ing boards the expenses ard per diem
compensation of the clerk shall be
paid by the railroad applying for said
hearing; providing for the registration
of grange libraries; providing for the
| licensing and regulation of itinerant
peddlers; to organize the township of
| HaTsen; providing that teachers must
deposit their certificates in the county
where they teach; making it misde-
meanor for messenger boys TO diyulge
! information entrusted TO them; pro-
viding for the acceptance and collec-
| ton of requests to the state of Michi-
| gan; exempting salt manufactured by
| the Williams q Alberger process from
! inspection; compelling township treas
urers to have their stub tax receipts
| compared with those of the county
! treasurer; to prevent the employment
of women or children on emery wheels
or buffers, and placing such establish
ments under the control of the labor
commissioner; amending act incorpor-
ating Ancient Order of United Work.
men, so as to provide that dependents
as well as blood relative can share in
the beneficiary fund; amending law
relative to fraternal beneficiary fund;
amending law relative to fraternal
beneficiary societies so as to define
| specifically that such organizations
must have lodge system and a repre-
sentative form of government; sena-
torial e-apportionment bill; represen-
! tative e-apportioument bill; congress
sional e-apportionment bill.
The senate finally disposed of the
! garnishee bill on the 14th by passing
| it, "a to .. In committee of the whole
! Senator Cannon tried to have the 81
exemption granted single persons
stricken out, but this failed, and the
! bill was agreed to When it came up
on third re ding Senator High rose to
a question of personal privilege, and in
a long statement eXonerated Fred Coz.
zens, of Detroit, from having pocketed
any money in connection with the
| measure last session. He also stated
that he was satisfied that Cozzens had
not made the remark attributed to him
to the effect that money had to be
raised to grease the legislature. High
read statement showing what money
! Cozzens had raised, and what he had
done with it, and he concluded by urg-
! ing the passage of the bill. 1t will
now have to go back to the house for
concurrence in the 81 exemption.
The senate passed the following bills
on the 18th: To amend the charter of
! Battle Creek; to amend Grand Rapids
charter; to amend Bay City charter;
to organize the union school district of
Mitchell township, Alcopa county; to
defend the legal qualfica,.,ons for kin
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tural college td appoint secrS.soll,'e, l
dairy and food commission bill; to
license embalmers; garnishee bill; to
amend the act relative to corporations
/ for buying and selling real estate; TO
amend the law relative to quarantine
nuisance and offensive trades; to amend
the law relative to corporations for
owning Office buildings, etc
The Senate passed the following
bills on the 18th: To amend Petos-
keys charter; to enable Alpena TO
build and operate an electric lighting
system; TO rearrange school districts
in Marathon township, Alpena county;
to validate special assessments for
sewer purposes in Highland Park.
Wayne county; to protect fish in Sagi-
nav river and tributaries; to revise
Jackson's charter; TO amend Alpena's
charter; TO regulate fishing in Oakland
county; to secure greater comfort and
safety for persons travelling on subur-
ban street railways; to allow life in
surance companies to deposit in Mich.
gan the bonds of Michigan corpora
tions; to exempt mortgages from tax
alton.
The conference committees on the
railroad ad valorem taxation measure
reached an agreement on the night of
the 14th The bill agreed upon pro-
vides for the taxation of railroads.
union station and depot companies, ex-
press companies, car loaning, refriger-
ator and fast line companies. The cor
porations excluded from the bill are
telephone, telegraph AMI sleeping car
companies, and If the agreement ar
rived at is upheld by both houses they
will continue to pay a specific tax.
The following bills were passed by |
the house on the 18th: Amending |
charter of Alpena; allowing use of hobs |
and tip-ups for fishing in waters of
Oakland county; increasing salary of |
state librarian from 81 200 to $1,000 a
year; authorizing state auditors to in
vestigatc claim of Ben Stresen Reuter-.
of Kalamazoo, VINO was injured by the
explosion of a rifle at Island Lake:
agricultural mill tax, 500, 900 a year:
authorizing state auditors to investi-
gate the claim of Fred T.. Wait, of Ma.
son, who was injured while drilling at
Island Lake; providing an additional
salary of Sl,s00 a year each for the
three members of the state board of
auditors, together with necessary
travelling and hotel expenses.
The date of final adjournment of the
Legislature is the all-absor bling ques-
tion Just now The sneaker saws tho