Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-01-31
DoINos OF THE 4isr SESSION.

Another attempt was made on the
23d in the house by Rep. Dingley to
get through the joint resolution TO per-
NIT the people to vote on the PROPOSE
tion to fix the salaries of members of
the legislature. In committee of the
whole the resolution was amended so
that instead of fixing legislators sal
airy at $3.50 year it shall be 81 900 for
full term of two years, with mileage
allowed as at present Afterward, how
ever, the house failed to- pass the bill
as amended. two-thirds vote was
required but the resolution only com
manded CO affirmative votes, while the
mays numbered IS. Rep. Dingley
had the vote reconsidered and tabled.
Speaker Carton, has announced com
mittee assignments To visit state in
situations as follows: Committee on
the criminal insane asylum at Ionia on
the ed; committee on eastern Michi-
gan asylum at Pontiac on the cad; COM
mittee on the institute for the deaf
and dumb at Flint on the cath. The
committee on college of mines and
committee on Newberry asylum will
leave on the cath. This will leave the
Marquette prison committee, which is
now out and one other committee only
away from the house at the same tima.
The following bills were passed IN
the senate on the 23d: To authorize
school district No. in Hancock town
ship, Houghton county, to borrow $751;
900, immediate effect; to enable school
districts Nos. and in Portage town
ship, Houghton county, TO consolidate;
to amend the charter of the city of
Mackinac Island, so as to give council
by two-thirds vote power to make con-
tracts with any private corporation to
supply the city with water, electric
lights and sewers for - years, given
immediate effect.
The following bills were passed in
the house on the cath: Fixing salary
of secretary of senate and clerk of the
house at 81, 800 a year, immediate eff
feet; fixing session compensation for
upper peninsula house members at S. a
day; Incorporating the village of Man
istique into city of the fouth class;
authorizing the township of Decatur,
Van Buren, county, to build town
hall
The following bills were passed in
the senate on the cath: Allowing De-
catur, Van Buren, county, to borrow
IS, 900 to finish its town hall, immedi-
ate effect; requiring registration in
Grand Rapids two weeks, instead of
two days, before election, immediate
effect; allowing the governor TO en-
ploy such extra clerical help when
needed, immediate effect.
In committee of the whole, the house
on the 22d passed Rep. Barnabees bill
amending the law relative to granting
temporary relief so that if person,
formerly self-supporting, goes into an
adjoining county and becomes public
charge before acquiring a residence in
the latter county, the expense may DE
charged back to the county of which
he is a resident
The following bills were passed in
the house on the 23d: Authorizing the
township of South Arm in Charlevoix
county to issue $4,000 of bonds to
build and repair roads and bridges;
attaching the territory of school dis
trict No. . to school district No of
Portage township in Houghton county;
protecting fish in Clam lake, Grass and
Clam rivers.
Senator Helme on the 22d trotted out
the old moss-covered bill, which has
figured at many previous sessions of
the legislature, to deprive the clerk of
the supreme court of the fat fees he
now receives and fix his salary at So
900. This bill has been killed and
resurrected regularly every two years
for the past decade or two.
The members of The house went on
record in committee of the whole on
the 18th as being decidedly in favor of
accepting railroad passes and almost
unanimously refused TO pass provi-
sion prohibiting members from ac-
cepting the bits of pasteboard, which
extends TO them the privileges of the
different roads
After discussing the appropriation
Till for the Pan American exposition
for over an hour in committee of the
whole on the 22d the house finally
fixed the amount at $4,000 and the
number of commissioners at FIVE, the
final vote being 70 to /. Rep. Stumphen-
husen voting against the proposition.
In the house on the 23d Rep. Lugers
introduced bill requiring every JUS
tice of the peace or minister of the Cos
pei to be a citizen of this state in or
der that he may ofiiciate at wedding
ceremony in Michigan. This proposed
bill is said TO be unsatisfactory to the
Methodist Episcopal church bishops.
The following bills were passed in
the senate on the 22d: Appropriating
$4,000 to complete two detached build
ings at the eastern Michigsu asylum;
appropriating SIS, 900 for the support
of the Marquette Normal for six months
ending June 30, 1901; Pan American
appropriation, $40, 900.
Detroit telephone rates are TO be reg
ulated by law. Rep. Colby gave notice
of such bill in the house on the 25th.
He does not know yet what the maxi
mum rate will be. His street railway