The Yale expositor., 1901-02-01
poINos OF THE 4lsT SESSION.

ton to fix the salaries of members of
the legislature. In committee of the
whole the resolution was amended so
that instead of fixing n legislators sal
airy at $3.50 year it shall be $1,000 for
a full term of two years, with mileage
allowed as at present. Afterward, how
ever, the house failed TO pass the bill
as amended. A two-thirds vote was
required but the resolution only com
manded GO 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 22d; committee on eastern Michi-
gan asylum at Pontiac on the 23d; 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 time.
The following bills were passed in
the senate on the 23d: To authorize
school district No. / in Hancock town
ship, Houghton county, to borrow Sl5,-
0OO 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 Is years, given
immediate effect.
The following bills were passed in
the house on the oath: Fixing salary
of secretary of senate and clerk of the
house at 81, 500 a year, immediate eff
feet; fixing session compensation for
upper peninsula house members at So a
day; Incorporating the village of Man
istique into a city of the fouth class;
authorizing the township of Decatur,
Van Buren, county, to build a 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 29d passed Rep. Barnabee's bill
amending the law relative to granting
temporary relief so that if a person,
formerly self-supporting, goes into an
adjoining county and becomes public
charge before acquiring residence in
the latter county, the expense may be
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 200 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 IIoughton county;
protecting fish in Clam lake, Grass and
Clam rivers.
Senator Helme on the 22d trotted ont
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 3d.
600. 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 asteboard, which
extends 10 them the privileges of the
different roads.
After discussing the appropriation
bill for the Pan American exposition
for over an hour in committee of the
whole on the 22d, the house finally
| fixed the amount at $40, 900 and the
/ number of commissioners at five, the
! final vote being % to 1, 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 citizen of this state in or
der that he may officiate at a 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 Michigan asylum
appropriating SIS, 900 for the support
of the Marquette Normal for six month:
ending June 80, 1901; Pan American
| appropriation, $4,000
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
bill for a maximum rate of fare o.
three cents was also introduced.
If bills continue to come in at the
1 ,,racapf ,.afo thfc lanicl af will ha .