The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-02-05

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which is to be visited upon a violatof
, of this provision is fine as above
Sith the added disqualification OF right
10 hereaf' ublicf Office. IL sue
| cessful at on and thereafter
convicted e this provision
of the la 'der is to be re-
moved fro ndidates are re-
CURED Il itemized state (.
/ ment of lures made By
them ano sach stAtemes;
with Che state AID county
clerk F4 81
This applies to candi- 4
dates for - Gates senator as WE'LL
as all other positions. Failure to fileh
and publish the required statements is
made a felony which carries with IT |.
disqualification to hold public office III I
addition to fine. or imprisonment. Linn
itations are placed on campaign ezla
penditures of candidates as followsH
Personal travelling and living expeDses@
rental of halls for meetings, Iii"
ton of books, papers and O.
erature, employment of speak,
the legitimate expenses and
sation of agents who may beN,
TO present the claims of the canA
or the doctrines of their respA
parties.
The bill further prohibits any
son engaged in liquor traffic from "A
ing campaign contributions. The
uor dealer who violates this proyb
will have his license revoked and
thereafter be unable to secure "a
cense in this state.
Senator Taylor will seek to kpvs4fhe &
child labor law amended so as 60 pro-
hibit the employment of childcen un-5
der sixteen years of age mod thansl
sixty hours per week in any place
where more than three ctihifer are,i
employed. The existing, lsR applies TO.
places where ten such Children aresl
employed. 2.
The new constitution failedfto make
provision for the salary of the super
intendent of public instruction The
senate has, after a brief discussion &
and with but five dissenting votes,
passed the MacKay bill fixing the
salary at $4,000 per annum,. and taat
of the deputy superintendent az So
500. The bill also creates the Office OF
superintendent Of rural schools with
a salary of $4,000. One Of The re-
quirements of the bin is that the SUI
perintendent shall reside in Lansing
and give his entire time to the oftice3
Previously the incumbents OF this Of
a a., u. =
month to the work, the yalary beipgt
only $1,000 per year, "
Extra Charge From Passengers.
The conductors and other employees
of railroad companies are still active
in their efforts to secure the passage
of bill permitting an extra charge
to be extracted from passengers Who
pay their fare on trains instead OF pur-
chasing tickets. They are,s it is under
stood, encountering considerable fop-
position to their original proposition,
although it is possible that conces-
sion of an additional charge OF tent
cents may be made. On the otherl !.
hand the house railroad committee ieI
expected to introduce. through OhairI
uldH DlJl all cOlII1
panies in the state to sell interchane II n
able mileage books at the rate OF tw4
cents per mile good over all lines
which are within the Two cent. Droyi,
sion Of the statute,
Representative Dickinson has sc
1ected one of hts thrse anti-cigarettt
bills for the test aka will pin his fate y
to the bill which isl a copy of the
Indiana law which hat stood the test &.
Of the courts of that state, This pso,
hibits the manufacture and sale of
cigarettes, but does nit seek to pen;l...>
lie persons for using them. 5
The saloon intere3ts are eyidentlU&
to be kept busy d,Fing the ssssiouf
additional bills Restricting the trani,M
making their appearance almost daily
Representative Newkirk of Washte w
nav has put (. acrots two measuresn
which seek to prevent, the establish
ment of saloons injeither residential
or manufacturing districts when bro. X
test is made by Specified nuniBer OF
residents or manufacturers.
Another attemptIwill be made this
year to abolish thelcontract labor svs.
TEN in the prisons Of the state, Rep-
Olarke3 OF Wayne having
introduced bill providing forthe sub
stitution of work on state accounts.
such as making dothing for inmates
Of state institutions, etc. Inasmuch as
the people of the state two years ago
amended the constitution so as to pro-
vide for the contract system. II Is
II the bill will pass. a
JAMES b. BARRY