The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-06-21

an Unsatisfactory Dill TO the mouse
with the figurative message: Now
we have passed bill on this subject
dear to the people; take the response
bility for killing it If you want to-"
and the house would promptly reject
the bill, pass a substitute and send the
latter back to the senate as a def.
That's politics ''as she is played"
Notwithstanding all this and the
consequent tying up of several mat
tiers of Importance until the very last
days Of the session, large number of
bills have been finally disposed of.
The military bill was finally agreed
to by both houses. 1t is shorn, as
passed, Of the provision for promotion
Of officers by seniority, for which the
state military authorities made q gal
liant fight, but many other provisions
desired by them were preserved. One
Of the provisions retained is that the
state may expend total of not to
exceed $4,000 per company for the
construction Of armories. The bill
also provides for paying members of
the national guard for attendance
upon drills, the compensation for this
service being graded according to
rank.
To Reforest the State.
An important step has been taken
in the line of arousing the people of
the state to the necessity of doing
something in the line Of reforesting
the state This step was the passage
Of the bill of Representative Watt
which provides for the appointment
by the governor of a commission Of
nine members who are to make thor
ough investigation Of the subject and
report to the next legislature a com
prehensive plan for reproducing the
forests Of Michigan.
Another important matter definitely
disposed OF. although adversely, is the
much discussed Davis bill, which
sought to repeal the law taxing real
estate mortgages and other credits
from taxation. This bill passed the
house by q decisive vote, but was
strangled by the senate committee OH
taxation. 1t would have been vetoed
by Governor Warner had it passed
both houses.
Court for Juveniles.
The Simpson bill providing a court
for juveniles in each county in the
state, such court to be presided over
by the probate judge Of the county,
was also passed by both houses, so
that hereafter Juvenile offenders will
be handled as a separate and distinct
with and along the same lines as sea-
soned criminals. The bill was
amended so as to provide that in the
absence Of the probate judge the cir
cult judge of the district may preside
over the juvenile court.
The bill fixing the necessary details
for the convention which will revise
the constitution of the state has also
been finally agreed to. The two
houses were unable to agree on this
matter until after it had been con
sidered by conference committee,
and even then there was a prolonged
fight In the lower house over "a mo,
ton to adopt the report Of this COM
mittee. The bill provides for three
delegates from each senatorial district
or ninety.siX in all; candidates for
delegates will be nominated Aug. 13,
the election will be held Sept. II. the
convention will meet Oct. % and the
delegates draw pay at the rate Of SO
per day for a session to continue not
later than Jan. 81, and the constitu.
ton drafted is to be submitted to the
people for their approval on the first
Monday in April.
Limited Liability Repealed.
The complete repeal Of the Baillie
limited liability law of 1905 has been
effected, both houses having passed
the repeal bill by an emphatic vote
Such a bill was introduced In the SEN
ate, but the committee on judiciary
to which it was referred held on to
it like grim death, whereupon the
friends of repeal had similar bill
introduced in the house and passed by
that body. The latter bill was put
through the senate with rush when
1t was received from the house. 1t
was not referred to q senate commit
tee, but the rules were suspended and
it was put upon its Immediate pas
sage.
The senatorial reapportionment bill,
which was the subject Of the most
spirited and prolonged controversy in
which the warning factions of the SEN
ate have INDUCED this session, will be-
come a law. The house changed
three districts so as to make them
quite satisfactory to those who fought
the bill in the senate. These changes
put the measure in shape so that it
is generally satisfactory and there
will be no further opposition to it in
the upper house.
Prison Binder Irvine Plant.
A binder Irvine plant Will soon be
established in Jackson prison. The
senate committee on finance and APP
preparations reported this appropria-
ton bill and 1t was passed by the SEN
ate. 1t had already passed the house.
The proposed appropriations for
new prison in the upper peninsula
and the proposition to substitute there.
for a bill making smaller appropria'
ton for trap rock crushing depart
mcnt at the Marquette prison are both