Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-02-02
THE LEGISLATURE.

instltutiors and now the same Old
iunket ia on. only II will start quietly,
the members going from their homes 20
Join in II. II IS said the free Pullman
cars and the etcetras or on umes VIII
be provided. The governors advice 10
not make IL as herot ofore. but for each
committee Z, visit the particular insti-
tuition whose wants IL will investigate,
will be disregarded and the usual num-
hers will go. The regular functions will
be pulled Off, and the return home via
Chicago will end the trip.
Ii seems quite likely that the plan Of
Senator Runner. Of DAWSON. TO do away
with the pardon board rs at present
constituted will have plenty or backing.
and that GOV. Warner will give his
sympathy to at least part OF the Runner
plan. The trouble with the present
board is said TO be that instead OF mere
IN looking into the merits OF cases that
appear TO have some merit. thew hold
second trial OF every man who makes
application for pardon or parole. The
last legislature changed the law so that
the three members Of the board shall
be paid 81 a day and providing that they
may serve six months OF the year and
get pay and expenses FOR that time. The
result has been that they serve all OF
the six months allowed them. and they
are now limiting that they want the time
extended for which they may collect per
diem and expenses.
The proposition TO provide for state
veterinarian to prevent the spread OF
communicable diseases among live stock
has again been revived in bill intro
duced by Representative Morrice. OF
Harbor Springs. The bill proposes that
the veterinarian cooperate with the
state board OF health and local boards
In suppresslng such diseases.
On Wednesday afternoon came test
In the senate OF the situation on direct
voting and n good majority vote passed
the direct votn- bin for the fourteenth
judicial circuit with a rush, and this ac-
ton may mean that the legislature Will
not stife all attempts 10 push along
the direct votinv plan. Gov. Warner,
when asked If he would sign the bin.
said he would do 50 as soon as the
measure reached him and had been
looked over.
In 1877 OF the 7.229 school districts
in the state. the receipts from the pri-
mary school fund and the one mill tax
exceed the sum paid for teachers
wages. In 90 OF these districts the pri'
mary school money alone more than de-
frays the expense Of the teachers. In
49, districts last year no voted tax was
raised Superintendent of Public In
structlon Kelley has prepared these
figures in support OF the bill which he
has introduced TO do away with the
necessity of assessing the one mill tax.
He would not abolish this tax but per
NIT the authorities not To raise II in
those districts where the established
revenues exceed the expenses for which
they are provided.
The following resolution was intro
duced by Representative Waters, OF
Washtenaw county, and adopted:
Whereas, it Is the sense Of the house
that the law creating the state commits
sion was founded i'm the best intentions,
but.
Whereas. the amendment TO said
law unnecessarily increasing the mem
bership of said commission and raising
the salaries thereof and other expenses
has caused the same TO become burden
some TO the public, and,
Whereas. said commission has mis-
conceived the spirit and intent OF the
law OF its creation. whereby the same
has become obnoxious TO the people,
therefore. be it
Resolved That the speaker Of the
house appoint Il committee OF five 10 de-
wise ways and means whereby the said
commission may be decreased in num-
bcrs and the expense thereof reduced
and It's powers and duties limited and
defined"
''rhe abolition OF the J0.dav limit. ac-.
cording to Speaker Master. has
abolished a peculiar part Of legislation
in Michigan the introduction of skcl-
eton bills. Formerly. when all bills had
to be introduced during the first 30 days,
everybody who had Il bill in mind bu-
not prepared. would introduce a bill by
title, as, A bill to amend the act pro
viding n charter for the city of Detroit.
Then. if he wanted to put in the real
bill later In the session he would take
that title. and add the real bill A very
large number of the bills introduced at
the last session were only titles, and
lots of the titles were never used
But this year the 103 bills intro
duced in the house are all real bills.
Last year they had l31 bills after three
weeks. large number of them "skel-
cton bills SO in the senate. they have
56 real bills. and last year they had 81
skeletons. But just as soon rs we settle
the budget. and pass a few necessary
general laws Wei shut down. and the
man who delays his pet measure will
get left"
Rep. Wallace. of Ncwaygo introduced
n bill calling for an appropriation OF
$50, 1000 TO empower the state 10 take
charge OF the tuberculosis sanitarum OF
DR. j. c. Branch. at White Cloud. for
two years, for experimental purposes.
Stricken Zlon!tes.
Mrs. J. 6. Speicher. wife OF Acting
Overseer Spelcher. of Zion City. is dead
MS the result Of consumption. Hers /.
the second death which has followed q
recent iuroad OF sickness among John
Alexander Dowie's chiefs and follow
ers and against which the prayers of
the First APOSTLE have seemingly
been of no avail. Deacon Carl f. Stern. |
for many years Dowe's chief or police.
died while on route TO the Bahama
Islands. where Dowie is suffering from
chronic stomach trouble and his wife is |