The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1901-04-05
DoINos OF THE 4Isr SESSION.

The following bills were passed by
the house on tho 25th: Changing title
of assessor of district school boards To
that of treasurer; requiring applicants
for divorce to file preliminary declara-
ton under oath to be entered in "a reg
lister for which clerk is allowed fec
of So; creating 37th judicial circuit
in Calhoun county; providing steno-
grapher for 37th circuit, salary, 81 900;
requiring state board of prison inspec-
tors to visits the various institutions
under their jurisdiction at least once
every three months and maintain
record of the same TO be submitted to
the legislature; amending highway act
so that overseers may be paid for over
time at the rate of 81 day for not to
exceed five days; providing for the
equipping of through suburban ears
with closet facilities; amending gen
eral tax law, relative to sworn state
ments of property owned by any per-
son, firm or corporation; authorizing
judges of probate to require additional
bonds of executors, etc, and to remove
executors, etc, who fail to comply.
In view of the talk to the effect that
there is a scheme TO secure "a 3n-year
scent fare street railway franchise be-
hind the Ames bill, abolshing off year
municipal elections in Detroit and eX-
tending the present terms of half the
| aldermen and other city officers one
year, Rep. Baumann had an important
action taken in the house on the Goth.
He got the house committee on city
corporations TO have the house order
printed 500 copies of his bill requiring
! all proposed street railway franchises
anywhere in the state to be submitted
to a vote of the people before they can
be granted by common councils and
other municipal bodies.
The house on the Goth passed the
following bills: Authorizing the high
way commissioner to lay out high
way where it is necessary TO make the
same of the full width of four rods; to
authorize suits to be brought against
insurance companies organized in this
state in the circuit court of any county
in which the plaintiff shall reside; APP
propriating Sill. 800 for the state nor
charter of the city of Crystal Falls in
Iron county; incorporating the public
schools of Bad Axe. Huron county;
providing that all lands in Muskegon
county, on which taxes are not paid To
| the state, to be sold every two years,
instead OF every year; authorizing the
township board of Calumet in Hough-
ton county. TO issue orders for the
time when animals shall be restrained
from going at large in the highways;
J providing for the appointment of
guardians for habitual drunkards and
hat every person so appointed by the
| Judge of probate, shall take the patient
| % hospital or suitable asylum for
medical or sanitary treatment; giving
| the land commissioner the power to
withdraw lands from sale in order TO
re-estimatc the value of primary school
and swamp, and other state lands.
The senate passed the following bills
on the 26th: To amend law governing
the industrial school for boys-pay
treasurer salary of $500; amend the
act regulating the practice of phar-
macy; amend East Saginaw charter; to
provide for two regular sessions of the
Musliegon county board of supervisors;
to authorize the board of supervisors
of Alpena county to purchase the lands
of the Alpcna County Agricultural
society; to incorporate the lad Axe
public schools; to incorporate the De-
Jroit library commission, and to pro-
vide for popular vote on building u
ncw library; proposing constitutional
amendment permitting indeterminate
sentences; creating the Office OF stenog
raphcr for the 37th judicial circuit; TO
Ietach Calhoun county from the fifth
! judicial circuit, and make it the 37th
judicial circuit; provide for rural high
schools; relative To the care of persons
.ffected with smallpox and ''other
dangerous Diseases" authorizing mem
bers of legislature to administer oaths.
etc. /; amend commercial fishing law for
waters of Green bay in Menominee and
Delta counties.
Gov Bliss has signed the anti-color
pleo bill.
The following bills were passed by
the house on the eth: Amending the
charter of Calumet, iloughton county,
relative to public schools; authorizing
the board of supervisors in Muske9on
county TO meet in regular session two
times year to be held first Monday in
May and second Monday in October,
elect chairman OF board at first meet
ing, and to receive $500 n day and cx-
penscs for their services; authorizing
Alpena county board of supervisors TO
purchase certain lands for an agricult-
ural county park; relative to limiting
the claims of overseers of highways To
five days at 81 day for his time; Civ
ing the executors the authority under
the Judge of probate to make private
sales up to 81, 200, instead of the pres
emit law which is 1000; amending
the law by authorizing the judge of
probate to allow guardians in making
private sales up TO $4,000 instead of
81 900; creating sinking fund to