Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-03-26

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commenced. 1t will be quite willie
before the question is finally disposed
Of however.
Bill That Interests Women.
The hundreds of club women In
Michigan in particular and the women
of the state in general will be inter
ested In a bill which has been per
| fected by Representative Dennis and
| is now In the hands of the house com
mittee on state affairs. 1t aims to
make it obligatory upon the governor
! to appoint at least one woman as
member OF the board Of coLtrol of
| each state institution of which fe-
males are inmates. On boards of
three members the bill provides that
| there shall be one woman, and where
there are six members two are to be
women. The women who are adyo-
eating this bill do so as a matter OF
justice TO the nOn-voting citizens OF
the state, and also because they claim
that the participat ton of women in the
management of these institutions is
| absolutely essential to the best inter
ests of the female inmates. AS the
law reads at present, the governor may
appoint women on these boards, but
the fact is that thus far only two
or three women have been so APP
pointed, and one was displaced by a
man at the expiration of her first
term. Mrs. May s. Knaggs of l ay
City, who is a member Of the board
| q tn nI
for girls, is the only woman who has
seat on a state board in Michigan
today. The club women OF the state
are generally back of the movement
for greater representation, and ii must
be confessed that there is much force
in the claims they make In behalf OF
the bill 1t is argued that chief ex
ecutives would be glad If the law
were mandatory instead of merely
permissiye as at present. for then they
would have ample excuse for turning
down the horde of male applicants
for these places. The women think
that if the pressure from the mer
were not so great, the governors
would avail themselves of the oppor
tunity TO give the women the repre-
sentation they seek.
No Appropriation for Monument.
As minated several weeks ago
there is practically no chance for tn,
passage of the bill appropriating
S250,000 for soldiers and sailors
monument In view of the conceded
necessity for additional room for tn,
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the senate committee on state affairs
has favorably reported substitute 70
this measure. The substitute pro
vides for a monument In the shape o.
: memorial building to cost the sun
i above mentioned. 1t is pointed. on
| that this building could be erected oil
one of the lots owned by the state II
this city and made the headquarters
for the state military departments
state armory and kindred departments
thus at once forming a substantial
memorial and supplying room whicl
is sorely needed.
III Another interesting bill that ha
been fayorably reported by the stat
affairs committee is one providing fo
the appointment of a state board o
architects and for the examination
and licensing of architects. In add
y ton to examining candidates for Ii
\ censes as architects, the board Is /
? hear complaints against licensed arch
fleets for incompetency, criminal negli
gence or carelessness or dishones
practices Of any nature I'm their work
One section requires persons who ar
employed by private parties to serv'
ms superintendent of construction {,
procure authority to so act from Ii
censed architects. Fees for licenses
examinations, etc, are provided
| which are calculated to make tn
board self-sustaining. Notwithstand
ing this fact the sentiment in the leg
islature against the creation OF an,
1 more state boards is so strong tina
Il the bill is likely to go into the scral
heap.
Little Hope for Doherty Bill.
There does not appear TO be muc
hope for the Doherty bill, making an
preparation for the establishment o
separate home for epileptics. |