The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1903-06-05
MICHIGAN LEGISLATURE.

Of this phase OF the matter, one oi the
officers of the tax commission said'
Taxing officers have never made an
effort Ia enforce the law rs To the
small savings OF working people In the
! banks. hut there II NOW ON the tax
rolls OF the state over SluWhunp uI
money held lay the mining COMPANIES
~ the upper peninsula la Boston
banks, which the passage 81 thls blll
would release entirely. Besides thlS'
many wealthy people. especially In ne
trOlt. give amounts of money held by
them Ia banks. ana this. too, would
escape
The house passed the Van Iocrcn
Iblll providing that cuuvic's in state
prisons shall be employed in making
supplies FOR state Institutions. as FAR as
possible. Jn"kson prison authorities
| say the bin Is all right In principle. hut
| that the prisons are NOT fitted Win thr
machinery To- carry II into eject, anu
| that IL i therefore impractical oh
the other hand. there h much oppo'
stlun In the legislature 10 the binder
Irvine bill FOR Jackson. OF account "i
the large amount OF money needed
and the question as to what shall h'
done with the couvicts Is likely To
prove hard 10 solve.
The house passed tho hin under
which II Is expected that manual
training school Tor the blind VIII Ice
established az Saginaw. II appropri
atps SllO.uOn which T. to do the build
ing. The cost Of maintenance VIII
come aftcr tine cdillccs are prepared
When this hill was passed the govern.
or signed the hill for "a normal >chH'i
| In the western part of the state. lh'
apprl lriltious Involved amounts ID
Sl5uOoO. with .u annual expense mere.
after for the maintenance OF the new
institution. At that is NOW needed 20
make the blind school hill laH is COY
Bliss's signature.
Tile lawyers ct thc house worked
hard 90 get the ~ votes necessary 90
pass the bill increasing the number %.
supreme court judge, from . ~ y. ami
the bin was passed. some Of the
members look 40 The hin as simply our
Intended to provide tire" more all"r-
npys with good jobs The bill which
now goes 10 the senate, is really one
Of the most important measures acted
upon In this session.
The bill to permit the Grand Rapids y
Indiana railroad 90 charge passengers
. cents "A milo instead of The l.
authorized hy the present law WAS tn
have slipped through easily. Able
LOBBYISTS had smoothed the way FOR a.
and they had received plenty of as~is-
lance from sympathetic Legislators, hut
tho committee ot tho whole voted io
Kill the bill. and the houat aftcrwdra,
I CouCurrrd.
The senate has backed down on the
fight over the appropriation ui the
Michigan exhibit 40 the wotld~ ialr.
Their conference committee Today re-.
ported that the house committee would
not agree on anything more tIan 500
600. and the senators decided lo re-
ccdc. The report WIS adopted, and
the bill thus goes IL the governor at
the figure set 10y the house.
The Michigan Central has arranged
q new schedule FOR the Bay city and
, Mackiulc division which VIII 20 into
effect June -. The cutting on of fnW
hours between Detroit and The copper
country will give Detroit merchants
and manufacturers a chance Go com
pctr more successfully with Chicago
wholesale houses.
GOV. Bliss has signed tho hill 20 pro
vide udcicrmpatc sentences for crim
nnls. The original bill was introduced
by Vaughan. but tho house substituted
the measure that finally passed both
houses. The governor also signed Oh,
bin providing for the iunket to Georgia
io dedicate the monument az Anderson
Vile.
. The biH providing FOR tine sale ot
state propprty Zoo Lansing failed 60 gel
enough votes to pass b. Those vile
voted ncali.st the bill took the position
, that the site Of the old capitol which
was proposed to he sold. would really
|, ! he the best place for an adjunct To ih'
capitol which 10 Is proposed TO erect
The senate state affairs committc,
recommended the passage OF a rcsolu
lion giving each member Of the lcgiS
! lnturr a set of The complied laws. The
: senate adopted the report OF the com
; mIttcp. The house has already adopt
cd the resolution.
Tho observation-disclosures
, bill. excmptlng credits from taxation
, came 10 the senate for concurrence an,
on motion OF Senator Kelly 10 WIS lait
on the table by vote of III to IL. i
now looks as II there would be a warn
fght ON the bill.
For tho hrst time in two months. ih'
senate had quorum on FRIDAY
morning. Eighteen answered the rul
: cnll. They went through the order {"
. business however out OF Difference q
the absences.
lightning struck and Killed Jane
Dcvinr and seriously hurt Peter Qr.i
and Charles Burns. near Bnrud1. Vol
ncsday. The men were h"rypirkrr-
whose homes were in Nashville. Tenn
ON account of q great dr!'l uf pas
ing AMI other public Improvement
. nNcs n Monroe viii De- very hts,
and assessments on properly all oNc
the city have been raised.
Paul Lackncr WIS KILLED Goo The mort
b branch OF TamnrHck milne 10y the tat
ing I'm Of q vein ~ rock. lie was q:
years old and leaves widow amt Sc,
I crnl children.
{ The Saginaw Sugar co elected Cha'
!. n. Warren. Detroit. aud Worthy I