Charlevoix county herald., 1905-04-08
The State Legislature.
lansing, April 3, 1905.

suspended to pay honor to the mem
Ory Of former governor of Michigan,
Cyrus q. Luce, on the day OF his bur-
ial, similar expression OF respect Is
made I'm memory OF Honorable Stanley
w. Turner, former representative In
tho legislature and auditor general,
and the legislature stool adjourned
and the auditor generals department
was closed, during his funeral in
Detroit last Wednesday, and commit
tees Of the two houses attended the
obsequies. Such events, marking the
close OF the earthly careers Of those
who but lately occupied large place
In the public view. accent for US the
brsvity Of human life and the little
ness of even tie greatest achievements
Of personal ambition, which at the
time look 70 us SO dazzling. After all,
1t matters little to any OF us what we
may win, or loose, IN present personal
successes. except in building OF imper-
ishable character for ourselves, and
that 10 gained In all service except self
service. 1t is hy the measure of such
services, snch giving, and not Dy the
meaeure OF their winnings, that we
acclaim our noble dead. We need al
ways these reflections, TO Inspire loft
Ter and wOrthisr ambitions. and no
where so much as in public and politi-
cal life.
Last Tuesday, the house had warm
hour with bill OF Mr. Garfield, of
Alpena. which would enti,le former
owner whose property had been sold TO
the state for non-payment OF taxes,
in effect to redeem from such sale, re-
gardless Of time limit and Of any tax
deed that may have bern issued by the
state to a purchases OF the title, In
cases where any portion OF = tax may
by errvr haye remained unpaid. For
instance, IL Browns quarter section
went TO sale in 1850 for four years
taxes and cOs,s amounting To fifty dUl-
lars ami was purchased from the state
that year by Jones for the same money,
and IL is now shown that a ten-dOllar
tax for 1875 was over lOuked, or per-
haps two dollar disputed bridge tax,
and has not been paid. Brown may
pay that tax now, and r, cover possess
ION of the land upon payment Of what
was originally paid for IL, with simple
- n ifh hi tf,f
for his twenty-five years occupation
aud improvement of the propsrty. Or
IL IL suits Brown or his heirs TO wait
for some years moro of imp otsment
and enhancement before demanding
a reconveyance, they could do So with
out incurring any penalty beyond in
teres: on the original dfty dollars. and
Jones. who has been the lawful and
bona fide owner all these years. in
ignorance OF the danger, would have
TO surrender his home. Mr.. Garfield
made fiery speech in support Of his
bill. aud was opposed by Messrs. Dick
inson and Mckay, and he got only
thirty-six OF the needed tiftv-one votes
for it, on the rollcall, when he had it
laid on the table, where IL u0w reposes.
automobile bill was fought over. iu the
house committ'e OF the whole, aud at
the close of one Of the most spirited
contests Of the session the autoists
found themselves routed before the
farmers cohorts, and the bill was
sgreed to with slight amendment Of
its provisions as outlined last week.
The speed limit n business sections
ofcities and villages was raised from
eight TO ten miles an hour, and the
fine for first offense was reduced from
fifty to tweut five dollars, which were
the only notifications the auto men
secured. This practically assures the
passage tf the bill by the house when
IL Is reached on the calendar.
The senate the same afternoon pass
cd the house bill repeating the law un
der which the secretary Of state has
fer many years collected and publish
ed in monthly bulletins the crop and
weather statistics OF the state. The
bill was then laid on The table, u
await the presence Of a sufficien,
number 70 giveit immediate effect
The business OF the senate is constant
ly in more forward coalition thar
that OF the house. The smaller bOdl
dispatches its work with less conflict
less discussion on the floor, apd decid
edly more expedition, than the more
popular branch, and 1t usually clear
up Its calendar and adjourns for th'
day while The house yet wrestling
with It's problems and continues it
wrestle for an hour or more, finalI.
adjourning about six O'Clock with
heavy ca,endar left over for the futur
days.
Since the recommittal and prsctica
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