The Yale expositor., 1901-05-31
DoINos OF THE 4isT SESSION.

The house passed the following bills
on the 23d: Abolishing Office of chief
deputy game warden; Detroit police
pension act; amending charter of Port
Huron; amending Saginaw charter; APP
preparation upper peninsula prison,
SIG, 635; providing that officers making
levy on personal porpertv shall file
statement within 4S hours of where
goods are stored; setting aside certain
state lands in Crawford and Roscom-
mon counties for the use of the forest
reserve commission; dairy and food
commission appropriation, $4,000
year and increasing salaries of com
missioner deputy and chemist; amend
ment to the law relative to the taxa
ton of inheritances; repeating sparrow
bounty law; amending Detroit charter
so as to authorize the common council
to license laundry branch offices; pro-
viding for the drainage of highways
where it is necessary TO secure private
right of way; authorizing the incor-
poraton Of associations for the instruc-
ton of embalmers; providing that pro-
cesses against electric interurban rail-
ways may be served on conductors out
side of cities; providing for the appoint
ment of boards to examine and license
plumbers placing the state census of
1904 under control OF the secretary Of
state; income tax, | per cent on in
comes over 81, 900; organizing the
township of Millen, Altoona county,
into union school district; authoriz-
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anime and license undertalers to en-
balm bodies infected with contagious
diseases for transportation: abolishing
political conventions in Kent county
referendum attached; general military
bill
The senate passed the following bills
on the 2lst: TO make n boulevard of
Lafayette avenue, Detroit; railroad
taxation bill; to authorize Houghton
county to build pest house; amend
Manistee charter; to pension Detroit
policemen; to reorganize school dis
tricts in Saginaw county; TO fix the
salaries OF officers of the legislature;
relative to the fees of registrar of
deaths; relative to the incorporation
of A. o. y. w. lodges; relative to the
incorporation of fr&ternrl beneficiary
societies; relative to the Incorporation
of societies for the prevention of cru
city to children; relative to estates in
remainder; relative to the duties Of
salt inspectors; for n county abstract
system in Ontonagon county; to fix the
salary of the state superintendent of
fisheries; to empower the state board
of education to prescribe all courses of
study in state norn9l schools.
The following bills were passed by
the house on the 24th: Amend
ing the charter of Saginaw so as
TO reduce the number of school in
spectors from 1S to II, beginning in
1908; to prohibit fishing with nets in
che Saginaw river and it's tributaries
within two miles of it's mouth: Great
ing the Office of educational secretary
of the state board of agriculture; pro-
viding that the state or any county
may have lien against the estate OF
persons who may have been main
tanned in any of the asylums as ipdig-
ents; providing for the regulation OF
foreign corporations; amending law
max ng railroad, tunnel and bridge
companies subject to damages for fires;
regulations for foreign Tontine and
other companies.
The following bills were passed by
the house on the 22d: Amending Sag
NAV county salary bill; allowing mem
bers of Wayne county jury commission
10 cents n mile for travel; providing
specific tax of per cent on gross earn
ings of sleeping car companies; estab-
fishing union school district in Titta-
bawassee township; authorizing sale
of delinquent tax lands in Bay City;
amending charter of Sault Ste. Marie;
Detroit water board bill; same subject;
publication of the laws and documents.
The general military bill was finally
passed by the house on the 23d, by II
voteof 50 to 6 and if the senate con-
ours to Rep. Ames' amendment rela-
tive to a colored company the state
military board will be able to make
the necessary preparations for Il 10
days camp which this year viii he
held at Manistee.
The senate passed the following bills
on the I'D: To amend Port Huron's
charter; TO amend Sagiuaw's charter;
for the transfer of certain state lands
to the city of Lansing for highway
purposes; relative to pay of Saginaw
county officers; for the Torrens system
of registering land titles.
Gov. Bliss has appointed the seven
members of the state road commission,
which was recently created by a bill,
as follows: Senators Earl and Palmer,
Reps. Mckay, French and Goodrich,
aud Capt L. =. Allen, of Ypsilanti,
and c. j. Munroe, of South Haven.
For all practical purposes the work
of the present session w'" =" brought
TO a close at noon on the the SEN
ate concurriug in the house resolution
providing for no further business after
that time and fixing the date of final
! adjournment for June 6.
A delegation OF labor men from De-
troit Grand Rapids and Flint had a
hearing before Gov. Bliss on the 22d