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SUBSTITUTE IS REJECTED.
The House Refuses to Concur in the
Senate Primary Elec-
ton Bill.
COMMITTEES WILL Try TO COMPROMISE
Governor and Legislative Commit
tee 80 Attend Dedication Of Mich
igan Monument at AndersonNiIie.
Gn.-Bnis signed by Gov. bliss
Other Notes.
Especial coNsspondence.I

Especial CoNespondencel
Lansing, May rs. BY vote Of So
10 3. the house refused 10 concur in the
Baird primary election bill passed
Tuesday by the senate as substitute
for the Colby bill. which Was passed
by the house several weeks ago. The
senate substitute provides for the de
rect nomination by the people Of town
ship. village and city officers, while the
Colby bill provided for the direct nom
ination of state officers aswell. speak
er Carlton appointed a committee of
three 10 confer wi~h II senate COM
mittee on the bill. Representative
Colby, who is one If the house CON
ferees, says: we shall insist on a
bill providing at least for the direct
nomination Of candidates for governor,
lieutenant governor and members Of
the legislature"
The senate. by vote of II to ?.
passed the Sanderson bin providing
for trip of the governor and staf,
the president or president pro TEN.
OF the senate, the speaker Of the
house and II members OF the legis-
lnture, 10 Andersonville. Ga, To dedi-
cate the monument which is 10 be
erected 10 commemorate the death
Of 700 Michigan soldiers in Anderson
Vile prison during the civil war.
Chairman Neal of the house ways
and means committee. has prepared
statement OF the work of his com
mittee on appropriations for the ses-
sion 20 date. This statement shows
tho unless some new appropriations
are demanded the total budget OF
expense for tl~ next two years viii
he S6.j97 .001. The committee cut
100000 off the bills presented TO it,
and the legislature as a body has
cut Sl1 900 of the recommendation
Of the committee, $4,000 OF il being
embodied in the dcfunct bill for n
celebration at the 500 in July. All
the appropriations passed NY the
committee. except 100000, were for
educational and charitable purposes.
Gov. Bliss sigred the bill urged be-
fore the Legislature by Rev. Caroline
Bartlett Crane. Of Kalamazoo, au-
thorizing cities 10 establish meat in
spection, and giving the municipal
ties power 20 prescribe regulations
for the control OF abattoirs. As Ian
sing already has "A system OF meat
inspection, no change will be occa-
stoned. unless the city desires 10 con-
duct the inspection on lines laid down
in the act The governor also signed
the bill increasing the salaries OF
all hhe judges of probate in the state
in accordance with the population Of
the counties. That Of Judge Of Pro-
bate Nichols in this county is there
by increased from 81 800 10 Sl,750.
Among other bills approved is one
of Senator Cooks, prohibiting the
public exhibition OF deformed be-
ings. except in che interests of the
medical science.
The house ways and means com
mittee decided TO report the appro-
priation for Michigan exhibit AT
the ST. Louis fair at $4,000, which
Is drop OF $4,000. from the amount
fixed by the senate. Grand Rapids
men worked hard for larger
amount and are sore. some of them
saying that they wo,ild prefer that
40 appropriation at all had been
made.
DIR. Il. T.. McGavuck OF Saginaw.
mas been here assisting DR. +. II.
Williams, of this city, in the efforts
To secure beneficial legislation for
he osteopaths of Michigan. The
question of examining osteopaths be-
fore licensing them Is probably now
settled. and it Is expected Gov. Bliss
will sign the bill providing for a
separate bonrd 20 examine practi-
TONERS of that school. The house
passed that bill.
Senator Smith introduced a concur
rent resolution fixing business adj
iournment for Friday. 1lay % and final
adjournment for May 90 The senate
passed the resolutions by is 20 ..
On the basis Of 60 cents for every
child Of school age, Superint endent OF
Public instruction Fall has made the
semi-annual apportioument of primary
school money from the specific tax !
fund OF the state. A total Of S4i2,5Ss |
is disburscd. on account Of the 1919 |
school children Of the state. The larg- !
est amount paid out is to Wayne cOun-
~. with It's i05.O94 children included |
in the apportionment the sum being |
S63.590.lO. Eaton county. with 1866 |
children. receives 81. 53a. 60, and Clinton,
with 1853. receives S4,23l.s0. lngham
county. where 10.560 children were
shows I'm the canvass. receives S6. 33G. 60.
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