The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-05-03

AMI is also empowered 10 Get TN IA
where they shall lie erected. IS re-
ported the bill reta ms the III TO
vision rs to payment o. u ia e1
for Attendance upon i'll / =
IL provision for the promotio q et-
hciency, ARA al provides III 'enisl'
Is shall 90, ern in all promoti ms. lhe
last mentioned provision will ulte5s I
meet with considerable opp iton
from amhi ious soldiers who ieve
they can he promoted by the pre-. ent |
method over the heads Of tier SUI
perior officers.
Railroad Commission Bill.
The drast of the bill creating
railroad commits ion of three members
with very extensive powers ha7 Teen
completed and reported to the senit1
by the railroad committees for p int
ing. Hearings on this unusually I'M
portant bill will he commenced lhl'
week. There are some who profess
to believe that certain provisions o.
the proposed law are unconstitutional
in that they seek to confer upon the
commission legislative powers " n CT
the legislature alone can leSa " eX er'
else.
It is surmised that the farmers or
the state, who have had considerable
to do in the line of suggesting egis-
lation for the regulation OF automo
bilists. will not be altogether pleasei
with bill introduced by Senator Mac
Kay. few days ago. 1t provides tina.
each and every vehicle operated on
public highway between sunset and
sunrise shall be equipped wi
white LIGHT in front and a red light
in the rear.
Physicians Are Stirred Up.
Ever since the beginning of the leg
| islative session there has been much
agitation over the L'Esperance bill II
amend the state medical registration
! law. A number Of hearings, informal
and otherwise. have been hell ana the
| physicians of the state are very mucl
! stirred up over The situation. AS Il
result of the stringent regulation on
| this subject Michigan stands well {
| the front and the certificates OF IL
| hoard Of registration and examination
mass current in thirty or more at2f
in the Union. There is a feel ny II
some quarters that the requirements
are too stringent, but il is the orlAl "
of the members of the public hellt.
committees of the two houses INA
there should be no lowering o. IN
standard. IT is Furthermore the 'pm
ion of these legislators that Mic higli
medical colleges should maintain th
standard fixed by the American Medi
cal association or expect to have thel
graduates placed under the ban.
is not believed the law Will Il
amended so as to make conditions 10
acouirinr certificates any easier.
Limiting Number of Saloons
movement which has for its OF
iect the limitation of the number
saloons that may he operated III var
offs cities throughout the state III
nears to be gaining strength. IL
not n general movement when
TEMPLATES legislation to apply to a
municipalities. but is sporadic III !.
character. Every few days some GU
4 or city or village comes to the ICE
loture and asks for legislation th'
will enable It to either cut down III
number of saloons or throw grc&:S
restrictions around the tratflc. II
oonoral trend seems TO he in favor
legislation limiting the number of
looms to one for each LOU or popu.
tion. although the city or Ionia wan
authority TO make the maximum Oh
for each COO Of population, while u
village of Tekonsha seeks permlssiC
:. TO prohibit the sale or lhtoNlca'li
LIQUORS within its limits absolutely i
q neriod of FIVE years. The introdu
tion of so many bills along these In
- is an indication of the reno OF pun
Z sentiment
p" Censorship Over Billboards.
Another measure designed, accor
= ing TO its title, to promote mora IL
q is a bill introduced by Senator fy
nj the instance of members OIL
womon's Christian Temperance unlC
~ n seeks to regulate and prohibit
70 some instances the posting or dispi,
= ing on signboards, billboards' Duh
=, ings. sidewalks, etc., In any sire
=. road or public place or opJectioha'
- and indecent signs, pictures, print
~ representation Of crime. If the
- masses the legislature will have est'
- lished censorship over all blilpoar'
~ etc. throughout the state.
~ IT is now definitely known that
y, Of the proposed amendments to
-, constitution submitted to the elect'
~. at the April election were ratified a
ho adopted by substantial minorit'
TO- There was but one amendment OF g
r. eral application. This removed
~ prohibition in the present CONSTITUTE
nc Of the teaching of mechanical trat
Id to convicts. The proposition TO
90 move this restriction carried by
no ioritv in excess of $1,000, Muskee
no county alone recording a major
M against IT.
he Coming Visit OF Roosevelt.
M Great preparations are making
,te the reception of President Roosev
as when he comes to Lansing May 81
he he the star feature Of the three d;
~ celebration of the semi-centennial
no ,;,,orsorv of the Michigan Agricultll