Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1907-07-06

bonding. Township may build bridges
and culverts costing not over $500
without inviting bids. Defects in coun-
ty good roads law corrected.
Boarding house and restaurant keep
ers given the same protection against
deadbeats as hotel-keepers have.
The laws relating to the examina-
ton, licensing and registration OF doc
tors and dentists amended so as to
raise the standard of practitioners.
Doctors forbidden to employ anyone to
get patients for them.
Labor legislation: Better sanitary
conditions required in foundries. Ten
hours day made the limit for wo-
men In factories. Better protection
for the health and morals of girls
under FL and boys under 1S In fac
tories. No persons under 81 to be
employed where liquor is sold. Com
pulsory fire escape law extended Two
more free employment bureaus an.
thorized. Labor bureau given greater
power in the collection Of statistics.
Ten insurance bills embodying rec
concentrations of the national conven-
ton Of insurance commissioners and
attorney generals at Chicago in Feb
ruary, 1906. They forbid political con.
tributions by insurance companies,
make insurance agents the agents OF
the company, not of the insurers; re-
quire that all agreements must be
written in the policy; requires uni
form policies and permits the organ
ization of surety bond companies.
Forbids the carrying on Of busi-
ness under name that does not show
the names of the actual owners Of the
business.
Creating veterinary department
at the State Agricultural College.
Allowing mining companies to buy
and hold land without limit to the
amount
Giving electric railways, electric
light companies, gas companies and
water power companies wider latitude
to consolidate.
Authorizing boards of supervisors
to send TO gold cures at public ex-
pense INDECENT drink victims who
want to brace up. Also permitting
magistrates to impose a temperance
pledge on drink victims instead of fine
or imprisonment.
Withdrawing Michigan agricultural
lands In Iosco and Altoona from the
market and holding them for forest
reserves.
Commission Of nine authorized to
investigate and report to the next
legislature a general plan for refor-
estation.
Forestry commission authorized to
trade lands so as to get tracts all in
one piece.
Senatorial redistricthg bill passed
which reconstructs some of the 30 dis
tNcts and gives Wayne county five in
stead of four districts.
Constitutional amendment resolu-
ton to give the state tax commission
power to tax joint stock corporations.
Constitutional convention author
ICED with SO members. Primaries
Aug. 3; election of members, Sept.
II; convention assemblies.
School laws-Deaf and dumb chill
dren between and IS must be sent
either to the state school for instruc-
ton or to some private school Tru-
ant officers placed under school
boards. School treasurers may give
surety bonds. Children between II and
II permitted to leave school for relig-
ious instruction for confirmation.
The common councils in the fol-
lowing cities and villages authorized
10 restrict the number Of saloons, i'm
pose q license tax in addition to the
state tax, and to accept surety bonds
from barroom keepers: Portland,
Morley, Perry, Caro-, Nashville. st.
Johns, Cass City, Lake Odessa. Mar
quette Caledonia, Benton Harbor, st.
Joseph, Edmore, North Branch, Stand
ish, Stanton, Ford City, Chelsea,
Rochester, Tower, Allegan, Gaylord,
Dowagiac. Ionia, Harrietta, Cadillac,