The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-01-31
MICHIGAN LEGISLATURE.
both Branches OF the General Assena-
bly, Meet In ansIng-sum mary
of the Proceedings.

Lansing, Mich, Jan. 2.-In the senate
| bills have been passed TO change the name
| of William Harvey, OF the city OF Pohtiac'
| to William Harvey Lehman; to change the
name OF Fred C. La Bounty. Of the township
OF Bhssfieid. to Fred C. Payne.
Lansing, Mieh., Jan. 22.-Bills have been
introduced in the senate provide for resur-
vey and REPEATING of the city OF Muskegon;
| to provide. by a direct vote in the county OF
! Wayne, for nominations ut primary cleo
| lions OF candidates of political parties lot
| election to public Offices and to regulate
and protect such primary elections; to pro-
hibit the sale or giving away OF cigarettes
and Its provisions are almost identicai Win
those OF the Tennessee law.
Lansing Mich, Jan. 23.-In the senate
bills have been introduced to regulate and
define the liability OF life insurance COM
panies, societies and fraternal benevolent
| associations; making the PRONUNCIATION Oh
criminally anarchistdc doctrines crime
| punishable by 5000 fine or ten years I'M
prisonment. or both. Talking these doc
trines or publishing them Is covered by the
bill. which also provides penalty OF WV
| fine or two years Imprisonment. or both,
| for a janltor or tenant who opens a room
! for anarchistic meetings. Bills have been
passed authorizing the township OF Gun
| Plains. Allegan county, to issue ponds 10
| the amount OF not more than S2o.Ooo Tor the
! payment OF the construction OF a prioge
| over the Kalamazoo river, In the village Oh
Plainwell; to authorize the board OF SUI
] pervisors OF Bay county to issue $4,000 OF
| bonds for the purpose az refunding $65, 600 OF
stone road bonds anS $4,000 OF brldge
| bonds
Lansing, Mich, Jan. 24-Bills have been
| introduced in the house to provide TOT the
| government, management and control OF
| the state public schools at Coldwater, ana
making an appropriation for the same;
making an appropriation for the state In
dustrial Home for Girls. to create COM
! mission and make an Appropriation OF
money for the purpose OF making an ex-
hibit of the various manufactures and pro-
| ducts Of the state Of Michigan at the Louis
| lana Purchase Exposition at st. Louis, MO-.
| in the year 1904; to provide appropriations
| for the Eastern Michigan Asylum at Pom
tiac; making appropriation for the Northern
Michigan Asylum for the Insane.
The House.
Lansing Mich, jan 21.-Bills have been
introduced in the house amending the act
as to incorporation of mutual fire insurance
companies, so that farmers associations OF
this kind may be composed Of 80 or more
members, the present minimum being bo'
amending general tax law so that estates
in the hands Of agents or trustees may De
| taxed: to provide for renewing Judgments
and DEGREES which may have been hereto
, fore or which may hereafter be rendered;
,, to make judgments AMI DEGREES lien upOi.
| real estate; to provide for the locating, es-
| tablishing and maintaining Of a state nor
NAL school On the western part of the state,
| and to make appropriations for the same.
Lansing Mich. Jan. 21.-Former Secre-
| tary OF War r. A. A,ger. who, by the ad
| interim appointment Of Gov. Bliss. succeed
| ed the late Senator James Mcmillan in the
United States senate, was yesterday AFTER
noon elected by the state senate and house
| OF representatives to fill out the unexpired
| term, the governors appointment having
been merely to fill in the time intervening
between the death of Senator Mcmillan and
| the converting of the legislature. All the
republicans Of both houses and one demo-
crat voted for Senator Alger. The other
ten democrats, nine in the house and one
in the senate voted for Lorenzo T. Durand.
Lansing, Mich. Jan. c2.-1n the house bills
have been introduced to amend an act es-
tablishing home for the soldiers, sailors
and marines who served In the late civil
war, SO that widows may retain all OF their
pensions as inmates of the home; making
all corporations subject to the operations OF
the garnishee law; prohibiting the trans
portation outside OF the state OF fish which
are caught in any Of the waters OF the
counties OF Cass, Berrien and Van Buren,;
making the president and assessor Of the
village of Caro-. In the county OF Tuscola,
ex-officio members Of the board Of super
visors of the county Of Tuscola.
Lansing, Mich, Jan. 23.-In the house bills
have been introduced to incorporate the
village of Peck in the county OF Sanilac:
to prevent animals from running at large
In the public highways; to require justices
of the peace to make reports to the prose-
II ~ ~ aI ~ Ar
ceilings before them, to which the people
are part, or In which the county may be
liable for any costs; % provide for a central
bureau for the receiving and compiling
records of the descriptions, measurements
and histories Of the convicts In the penal
institutions of This and other states: to au-
thorize the cities and villages Of this state
to acquire by purchase or condemnation
all the rights Of toll and plank road COM
panies In the streets and avenues Of such
cities and villages.
Lansing, Mich, Jan. AIN the senate
bills have been passed to change the name
Of Muskrat lake, in the county of Mis-
saukee, to Lake Missaukee; to change the
name OF Section Ten lake in the county
of Missaukee, to Lake Sapphire. Bills have
been introduced to amend the act to pro-
vide for the appointment Of a game and
fish warden; TO establish a colony for
epileptics; to provide for the locating,
establishing and maintaining OF a state
normal school in the western part of the
state; TO provide fou the governmo mt, man.
agement and control of the state public
schools at Coldwater, and TO make appro-
priation for the same: to prohibit the sale,
giving away, offering for sale or bringing
into the state for the purpose of selling,
giving away or otherwise dlsposing there
of, OF any cigarettes, cigarette papers or
substitute thereof; to make appropriations
for the Northern Michigan lum for the