The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1901-04-26
poINos OF THE 4lsr SESSION.

The following bills were passed by
the senate on the 10th: Relative to the
paroling of convicts - requiring all
wardens TO report monthly TO the gov
ernor as TO the conduct of paroled pris-
oners; to amend the garnishee law so
that service may be had on the book
keeper or other responsible employe of
a company; relative to corporations to
own and hold buildings for offices,
stores, halls, ETC.; relative to labor
liens on logs, etc. f; relative to assigning
errors on rulings of circuit courts; re-
lative to maps of electric suburban
railways; to regulate the sale of con-
centrated commercial feeding stuffs;
appropriation for the asylum at Ionia,
500, 700; relative to guardians of
drunkards; relative to fling of bonds
on appeal in probate court; to amend
tax law relative to assessment rolls;
for the better regulation of truancy;
for the registration of grange libraries;
appropriation for the state public
school; relative to taxation for high
way purposes; for the incorporation of
companies for carrying on any lawful
business; to amend the highway laws
relative to opening new roads; relative
TO reports of mining companies; to va
cate st. Helen township in Roscommon
county; giving the Bay county super
visors authority to borrow $1,000 to
pay a mortgage on the grounds of the
Bay County Agricultural society.
The following bills were passed by
the house on the l6h Providing for the
| payment of fees to the county of Arenac
in suits and proceedings in the circuit
court; making president of the village
of Stephenson eX-officio a member of
the board of supervisors of Menominee
county; to vacate the township of st.
Helen, Roscommon Co.; to detach GER
tain territory from school districts No.
l and No. 5, township of Marathon,
Lapeer Co., and attach the same to
school district No. 8; authorizing SUI
pervisors of Bay county to make a levy
of $4,000 TO mortgage against the
Bay County Agricultural society
grounds; to create voting precinct in
the township of Ingallston, Menominee
] Co.; placing the drain commissioner of
Saginaw county under the control of
the board of supervisors; extra apprO-
priation for state board of health,
$1,000; deficiency appropriation for
School for the Deaf, IS, 063. &C; appro-
! priation for Eastern Michigan Asylum,
SIT, 500, to purchase land; appropriation
for Home for Feeble Minded, S196, 45O;
additional appropriation of $4,000 for
| Pan American commission.
The senate passed the following bills
on the 18th: Relative to the salaries
of Saginaw county officers; to create a
voting precinct in Ingallston township,
Menominee county; to authorize the
supervisors of Springwells township,
Wayne county, to employ clerk at
$500 year; regulation of telegraphers,
messenger boys, etc, so as to prohibit
| giving away information intrusted to
them; to require adequate water and
sewer facilities at slaughter houses; to
prohibit prize fighting; relative to reg
istraticn in Saginaw county; amend
ing the law relative to the examination
of school teachers so as to raise the
standard; to license and tax "fy-by-
night" merchantile concerns; appro-
priating about Sl40, 900 for the State
Industrial School for Girls; to appro-
SO, 900 more for the Michigan building
at Buffalo
The following bills were passed by
the house on the 18th: Authorizing
the building of bridge across Kaw-
kawlin river in Bay county, with a
referendum clause attached; amending
the act authorizing Dickinson county
in con junction with the proper author
tiles of Wisconsin to build a bridge
across Menominee river; giving Detroit
board of estimates power to pass upon
the maintenance fund of the Detroit
board of education; amending charter
of the city of Port Huron; amending
act to incorporate the public schools of
the township of Ossineke, Alpena
county; appropriating SIC, 1855 for the
Michigan fish commission; appropriate
ing SIT, 500 TO the Eastern Michigan
asylum at Pontiac for the purpose of
buying certain lands.
There is n bill on general order of
much interest to st. Clair Flats people.
1t is Rep. Dunn's house bill No. POS.
file 293, and provides that the title of
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township of Clay on the north channel,
known as fractional sections and of
fractional township two, north range
Is east, and fractional sections "a and
35 of township three, north of range Is
east, shall rest with the state. This
will GUST lots of squattets.
Gov. Bliss has not yet signed the
Grand Rapids snap legislation bill, and
there is a suspicion that the chief ex-
ecutive fears that the passage of such
measures may have a serious effect on
his administration. In the matter of
signing bills the governor is regarded
MS being in the hands of his friends,
but the rush tactics forced upon him
have put him in a hole two or three
times.
Gov. Bliss is spending his time these
days in interviewing senator's and rep
resentatives and trying to impress
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