The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1907-07-05
Growing Needs of Charita-
BILE and Educational
Institutions.
MANY new LAWS FOR MICHIGAN
Work Done at the Regular Session
of the Forty Fourth
Legislature.
Tendency To More Closely Regulate the
Liquor Traffic-State Railroad
CommissiOn-Insura
Laws.

tons Of firemen; authorizing fire in
surance companies to attach tornado,
lightning and water damage riders TO
policies; providing for the incorpora-
ton Of surety companies; prescribing
method by which fraternal beneficiary
societies may amalgamate prohibiting
life insurance companies from taking
name similar to that of another COM
pany doing business in state; provid-
ing for Incorporation Of Threshers'
Michigan Mutual Fire Insurance COM
pany; regulating the disbursements
of life insurance companies; relating
to provisions Of life insurance policies;
strengthening the anti-rebate law; pro-
hibiting contributions by life insur
ance companies for political purposes;
making the life insurance solicitor the
agent of the company; amending in
vestment section of fire and marine
company law; prohibiting misrepre-
sensations by life insurance compa-
MES; establishing standard provisions
for life insurance policies; amending
retaliatOry or reciprocal law; provid-
ing for the incorporation Of retail lum-
Der dealers mutual fire insurance
company; providing for the incorpora-
ton of burial benefit associations; rel
alive 10 salaries Of officers of life in
surance companies; providing for in
corporation of mutual benefit assOcia-
tons whose membership Is confined to
members Of a single religious denom-
nation.
Taxation.
Amending general tax law; amend
ing dog tax law; providing for assess
ment Of property and extending tax
roll of township of Ecorse, Wayne
county; amending Inheritance tax law;
providing for taxation Of certain st.
Clair Flats property; providing for
appointment of a commission TO re-
port TO the next legislature n cOmpre
hensive plan for handling delinquent
tax lands; proposing an amendment to
the constitution so as to place certain
property Of partnerships and joint
stock companies on al valOrem basis
for taxation purposes; proposing an
amendment to the constitution so rs
to provide for taxation of certain prop
erty Of partnerships and joint stock
companies on al Nalorem basis;
amending the Inheritance tax law.
Elections.
Providing for primary election for
representative in congress to fill va
cancy in Fifth district; regulating
time for opening and closing polls in
townships of Greenfield, Crosse Pointe
and IIamtramck Wayne county; Gre
ating a new voting precinct i'm STAN
baugh township, Iron county; regu-
lating time for opening and closing
polls i'm townships of Ecorse and
Springwells, Wayne county; amending
laws providing for new voting pre-
cinct in township Of Iron River, Iron
county; amending law providing for
two voting precincts in TuScarOra
township. Cheboygan county; provid-
ing for two voting precincts in Fred
eric township, Crawford county; pro-
viding for two additional aldermen for
city of Wyandotte; repeating act di-
viding township Of Raishville, Monroe
county, into two voting precincts; pro-
viding for two voting precincts in
Foret township. county Of ChebOygan;
| regulating the time for opening and
closing polls in Royal Oak township,
Oakland county; repeating act divid-
ing township of st. Clair, Saginaw
county, into two voting precincts; reg.
uating time for opening and closing
polls in Bay City; providing for chang
! ing time for election of county road
commissioner for Chippewa county:
repeating act Of 1891 providing for
holding primary elections in Kent
county; amending law authorizing the
use Of voting machines; providing for
election Of drain commissioner in
Cass county; establishing two polling
places i'm Port Austin township. HUI
ron county; providing for nomination
by popular vote of candidate for cir
cult Judge Of Thirty-nilth circuit; di-
viding Bedford township; Calhoun
county. into two election Districts au-
thoriZing county supervisors to pur-
chase and direct the use Of voting ma
chimes: authorizing the division OF
Boone township. Calhoun county, into
two election districts; authorizing
the division of Boone township, Wex-
ford county. into two election pre-
cincts; providing for two voting pre-
cincts i'm Newton township Mackinac
county; providing for election OF drain
commissioner i'm Tuscola county; pro-
1 viding for the election of school in
spector i'm Eighteenth ward. city Of
Detroit; amending Kent county pri-
/ mary law; prescribing method OF
counting votes cast at general and spe-
I cial elections: amending Wayne coun-
/ ty primary law: amending Alpena
county primary law.
Educational and School Districts.
Organizing township school district
, in township OF Ocducoc. Pressure Isle