The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-05-06

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Providing kennel tax on dogs.
Releasing Shiawassee from cost o.
maintaining troops at Durand durlnt
, strike
Releasing Lapeer from cost o.
| maintaining troops al Horne for the
Feeble-Minded during the smallpox
epidemic.
Providing that the state shall here
after pay the cost of calling out
troops for protection of property OF
! health.
| Authorizing boards of supervisors
to purchase lands for( agricultural
fairs.
Amending the libel laws so as to
divide the liability for the publication
OF libelous advertisements or arti-
cles.
Providing uniform bills of ladipg.
Licensing the sale and carrying OF
deadly weapons.
Authorizing boards of supervisors
to fix the levels of inland lakes.
Preventing Misrepresentation as to
! policy by life insurance agents.
Prohibiting the sale of adulterated
candies
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for sewage purposes.
Amending the general labor law.
Prohibiting children under Is years
from working as messengers between
| the hours of 10 p. IN. and a. IN.
Amending the general game law.
providing the number Of birds or ami
mails that may be taken, and when.
Establishing free employment bu-
reaus in Flint and Traverse City.
Establishing a normal school at AL
pepa.
Application for incorporation of
banks to be void unless completed in
three months.
Authorizing the superintendent OF
public instruction to appoint an audi
tor to audit the primary school funds
I'm the various school districts.
Creating commission to investi-
gate the question of working
mems compensation.
Exempting farm wood lots from tax
alton
Prohibiting the use of trading
stamps
Providing for the election of mining
inspectors.
These were the more important bills
to pass. There were some equally
important that did not pass. The SEN
ate stifled many of these, but the
house also did its share when 1t came
to killing measures.
Perhaps the chief bills to be killed
were those providing for the initiative,
referendum and recall They all pass
ed the house and came mighty near
passing the senate. SO near did the
initiative and referendum come that
1t seems altogether likely that they
will be passed at another session.
Womens suffrage lacked but 10
votes of passing the house, and will
likely pass within a session or two.
A statewide prohibition bill intro
| duced in the house never came out
of committee.
A bill providing that the unit for To-
cal option should be cities, villages
and townships instead of counties was
introduced in the house, but never
came from committee.
A bill providing a hunters license
passed the senate, but failed in the
house.
A bill to place the game warden's
department under the joint fish and
game commission passed the senate,
but failed in the house.
A bill to permit brewers to operate
in bond in dry counties was intro
duced in the senate, but failed to
pass.
A civil service bill was introduced
in the senate, but failed to pass.
A bill creating a teachers retire
ment fund passed the senate, but
failed in the house.
Bills to abolish the Offices of state
oil inspector, state salt inspector,
state weather bureau passed the
house, but failed in the senate.
Bills to abolish the state land COM
missioner's department, the state
board of pardons, the horseshoers'
board, the board of examiners of bar
bers were introduced in the house,
but failed to pass.
A bill creating a state boiler in
spection department and to license
stationary engineers passed the house,
but stopped in committee In the SEN
ate.
A bill to prevent hunters encroach-
ing upon private lands passed the
senate, but failed in the house.
Following are some Of the other
bills to fail:
To provide, an executive mansion
at Lansing.
To provide a tonnage tax upon ore.
This bill passed the house and failed
In the senate.
The. Torrens system of land trans
fers.
To submit constitutional amend
ment for a four-year term for gov
ernor.
Placing fraternal insurance on ma
tional congress table Of mortality.
To provide for an expression of
popular will on the election of presi-
Dental electors.
Commission of inquiry into state
departments and institutions.
Resolution endorsing reciprocity.
To prescribe penalty for cash fares
on railroads.
To compel stronger construction of
cars on railroads.
Providing for free textbooks.
Provide printing Of textbooks In
prisons.
To abolish corporal punishment in
prisons.
To establish secret service in the
state.
To limit the number Of legislative
employees.
Two very radical measures. the unit