Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-02-21
polNos OF THE 4isr SESSION.

consolidation street railway, electric
light and gas light companies operat-
ing in contiguous territory in Muske-
gon, Newaygo, Kalamazoo, jackson
and Calhoun counties; authorizing the
township of Lawrence in Van Buren,
chunty, to issue bonds not to exceed
$4,000 for the building of town hall;
amending charter of city of Port HUI
ron to correct errors in boundaries and
to create park commission; vacating
incorporation of village Of Palmer in
Marquette county; converting the De-
troit board of public works into a one
man head organization; TO consolidate
schools in the city Of Hudson and Hills
dale county into the Hudson public
school system; TO incorporate the pub
lie schools of the village of Jerome; to
change and determine the wards of the
city of Ludington; changing name of
Minnie Boorman 10 Minnie Howard;
for organization of school districts in
Ossineke township, Alpena county;
providing for the appointment of
stenographer for the probate court in
Lapeer county; giving summer resort
associations power to renew their cor
porate life for 30 years; providing for
regulation of foreign building and loan
associations; increasing the salary of
the Wayne county clerk from So, 500 TO
$4,000, and cutting off his fees.
The following bills were passed by
the senate on the 18th: To allow the
water commissioners of Marquette to
bond for Sl25, 900, or not TO exceed 3
per cent of the assessed valuation; re-
curing that hereafter the appointment
of state salt inspector shall be confined
by the senate; to amend the law relat-
ing to selling or leasing railroad prop
erty; Kent county primary election
bill; requiring that the secretary of the
health board be a member of the board;
for the suppression of foul brood
among bees; abolishing the board of
works of Detroit; changing the bound
aries of Ludington; proposing an
amendment to constitution to provide
for a court of appeals; to enable the
township of Crosse Pointe, Wayne
| county, to bond to macadamize Jeffer-
son and Mack avenues
The following bills were passed by
the house on the 18th: Detaching GER
tain territory from township of Bret
tung, Dickinson county, and attach
same to township OF Sagola; providing
for the collection of taxes in Manis-
tique; providing for collection of taxes
in township of Hiawatha; abolishing
the board of works of the city of East
| Tawas; memorial TO congress relative
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by direct vote of the people; author
izing trustees of the village of High
land Park to borrow Sc, 900; to incor-
porate the village of Applegate in San
lilac county; making salary of Kent
county circuit court commissioners
81, 800 year instead of paying them in
fees; changing date Of annual meeting
of Lenawee county board of supervis.
ors.
The following bills were passed BY
the house on the 18th: Making a SINCE
school district in the city of Negaunee
and authorizing the issuance of $4,000
bonds for school improvements; iu-
thorizing East Tawas to levy an assess
ment of per cent of assessed valuation
to pay debts; providing for registration
OF electors in East Tawas: amending
charter of Grand Rapids relative to
changing date for sale of delinquent
taxes; creating single school district in
st. Clair; admitting veterans of the
Spanish American war to the Soldiers
Home; allowing NJ. f. churches to elect
trustees who are not members; author
izng supervisors of Bay county to FIX
salary of chairman of the board.
The following bills were passed by
the senate on the 18th: To incorporate
the public schools of the village of
Jerome, IIilsdale county; TO amend
the act incorporating the public schools
of Hudson; to authorize Portage town
ship, IIoughton county, TO borrow
money for fire projections to vacate the
incorporation of the village of Palmer,
Marquette county; to ratify the reor-
ganization of the Pioneer Iron Co. pro-
viding that hereafter the county COM
missioner of schools of Wayne county
shall be elected for four years instead
of two.
The following bills were passed by
the senate on the 12th: Appropriating
| % ,DUU Tor ueuClJ III current tN ptDScS
of Soldiers Home; for the suppression
of foul brood among bees; requiring
that teaching under certificates from
the state board of education shall file
their certificates with the county com
missioner of schools; to organize Ne
gaunee into one school district and al
low it to bond for $50, 900 TO refund
debts, build new buildings, etc.
The following bills were passed by
the house on the 18th: Ratifying the
reorganization of the Pioneer Iron Co. (;
extending term of the Wayne county
school commissioner from . to years;
J authorizing township board of Crosse
, Pointe TO gravel. pave and otherwise
improve jefferson and Mack avenues;
, licensing lying-in hospitals; providing
, separate trials and separate places of
confinement for children under IS years
of age.
A bill to abolish political conventions
in Kent county was passed by the SEN
, ate on the 1Ith by a vote of IL to Q.