The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-04-05

| bill after amending Ii In several par
! ticularS. AS amended the bill does not
locate the proposed institution, but
! leaves the location tn be selected by
the state board Of education and the
education committees Of the two
houses. The former is to select the
site and the appropriation for equip
ment of the building. which is TO cost
$4,000, is reduced from $4,000 TO So
COO.
Amendments tt Tax Law.
Representative Dennis Of Lake has
| secured the enactment Of two laws
which are Of great Importance to the
| taxpayers Of the northern counties Of
the state, these new statutes making
amendments to the general tax law.
| Heretofore while the law made the
taxes q lien upon the real estate frOn,
the first day Of December in the year
in which the assessment was made
until such taxes were paid. there was
no provision for enforcing this len
from the time tie township trcaSurers
made their returns Of delinquent tax.
eS until the lands were hid off ut the
| tax sales twentv-siX months after the
| making Of these returns. thus giving
the owners of the land more than two
years In which to cut the timber and
! leave the land with the accumulated
! taxes. to he carried hv the township
county and state until some ono decid-
ed to purchase the land for taxes. The
! amendments mentioned make It m
! lawful for any one 10 remove any for
est product from such lands until the
! taxes are paid. and gives county treas
urerS pOwcr to collect the taxes In 81
such cases at any time after the lands
! have been returned DELINQUENT.
The indications are that the verH
! general complaint Of double taX2-
! ton under the mortg" re tax law
which has boon ~ 'crco for n r"mhor
! of wears will he lone away w'th nv
! the passage Of tNe Iowrv bill. an eX-
! nlanation Of wrieh vae given ~ re
cent letter Rriehv this hill provides
| for the taxation Of mortgages 20 the
mOrt~agpcS in the taXir" district il
which the realty by which they are
secured is located. the owner Of the
realty 10 he taxed only mon the value
! Of his equity i'm the pTCDertY. The
MORTGAGES are to be taxed as an inter
est in tho realty.
Graduated Income Tax.
Tho picre0n graduated income tav
bill has been agreed 10 NV tho seTatc
! IN committee Of tho whole. hut IL WIS
so vigorously attacked during the dis
cuSeion thGt tho intrOdUcor feared
J that he could not pass II on third read.
INC at that time and therefore had Il
tabloid II is very doubtful If 1t ever
| becomes n law.
The house committee on anportion-
nont has uracticallv agreed 70 tn"
| bill apportioning the legislative dis
tricfs. Put few chances are made II
| The present representation. Wavne
county'e representation IS increased by
enc. and the ONLY reductions made are
in TOnia. NontcGlm NHcOmb Monroe
ard Eaton, each Of which loses one
member
Little Hone for so-Ca,Ied Physicians.
There ie very little homo in the pres
cnt situation for the eO-called physi
slams who have been graduated from
! fal5e medical colleges or diploma
mills The plain fact Of the matter
Is that these gentry as n rule have
purchased their diplomas for so much
cold cash. more if they had it and less
if they were shy. They were never
REQUIRED to attend college. and in most
instances the entire transaction be
tween them and their alma mater was
commenced and finished within sly
weeks. Naturally enough under these
circumstances they groaned inwardlI
wien the state medical board decided
not to recognize the diplomas of these
bogus colleges, and with nerve
worthy of better cause they Swoopet
down upon the legislature last weel
and sought to have the law amended
so that their registration under Thu
worthless law of 1892 might he &C
cepted. AS intimated, they made yer!
little Roadway. They were willing t
submit to most anything hut an o.
animation, and a majority of the legis
lators are impressed with the ide;
that if they are qualified to pract'
medicine they would not he devotii
months Of the valuable time to an
fort TO obtain immunity from exam
nation. And the legislators are rig
Michigan was for years the dumpil
ground for the products Of the diplon
mills and it is time the practice we
stopped.
There seems to he small hope ~
the passage of the bill providing
graded scale Of salaries for judges .
probate Of the various counties. II
scale Is based on population and run
all the way from $500 to $4,000.
would Increase salaries In most of tn
IL.