The Detroit times., 1911-03-22
PUTS IS BOARDS
OUT OF BUSINESS
Proposed That Work Of All BE
Handled by an Appointive Com
mission of Three,
,From n stan corre.ponden,J


LANSING. Mich. March 22.-Eigh.
teen Institutional boards. including all
the slate prisons. insane asylums
and charitable institutions In the
state. will be legislated out or office,
II the administration bill approved by
the house in committee OF the whole
yesterday afternoon. becomes a law.
The bill provides for one salaried
board of three members, who shall
administer the affairs of all the instl-
tutions. doing the purchasing through
one purchasing agent. and discussing
the financing through one treasurer.
Several amendments were made, how
ever, which somewhat changed the
working OF the proposed law. One.
introduced by Rep. Graves, makes the
board assume the duties OF the state
pardon board. which Graves says he
will endeavor TO have abolished. An
other fixes the salaries OF the mem
bers at $4,000 instead OF $1,000. A
third makes the appointments sub
ject TO confirmation by the senate,
and another puts the power OF APP
pointing employees in the hands or
the beard members instead OF the
governor The salaries OF employees
are limited to $4,000 for an architect
and 81 900 each for clerical help. The
bill consumed much OF the afternoon
in discussion and necessitated a morn
ing session today
The committee OF the whole APP
proved with greater alacrity a bill
requiring the D., G.. II. & NJ. railway
TO pay taxes on all its stock and bond
ed indebtedness. The bill refers TO
all railways operating under spe-
cial charter, but IL really hits only
this one. which is really part OF the
Grand Trunk system.
Despite the efforts of Detroit and
Grand Rapids members, the house
passed a state dog tax bill which will
force the Detroit city authorities to
make different arrangements for pro
viding it's police pension fund. Inc
bill fixes the same sized tax now paid
in the city of Detroit to be collected
by the various counties and applied TO
the payment Of damage to sheep by
dogs. The balance left over is 10 be
refunded pro rata as paid TO the cities
and townships and devoted to the
primary school fund. In vain Reps.
Stewart and verdier of Grand Rapids
and Lord OF Wayne, tried TO show the
sons OF the soil that the majority OF
dogs in a big city are lap dogs and
would not have sand enough TO at
tack a sheep, TO say nothing about
straying far enough away from nome
TO find any mutton, and that the act
II applied to cities would disarrange
present systems. The farmers were
determined that someone should pay
for their mangled sheep, and the Dill
passed 81 to "A. Reps. Burnham and
woodruff OF Wayne county voted for
II.
Only two other bills were passed.
although the house sat till s o'clock.
They were Rep. Woodworth's Dill, 10
avoid colonizing In local option cam
paigns by placing the day for regis
tration a full week before election,
and a local bill to increase the sal
aries of the Kent county circuit court
stenographers from $4,000 TO $4,000.
In this bill. Rep Dunn OF Sanilac rose
TO INQUIRE by whose request the Dill
was introduced, and Rep. Stewart ex-
dressed devout thanks that he, Stew
ART. was not a guardian angel for the
consciences Of all the state on purely
local matters. The sun was coming
in rather strong about this ume, ana
that may have accounted for the SO
Ions being trifie peevish.
The number OF bills has passed the
900 mark. Rep. Verdier or Kent was
the unlucky wight who introduced
the semtmillenial Offering for the sal
walton OF the state, aud he was pen
allied two boxes OF smokes. They
had not appeared 81 adjournment
time. The bill was one to define the
rights OF husband and wife In proper
~ held by them jointly or by the en-
tireties, and to subject the same TO
execution.
Rep. Fitzgibbon, being a new mem
Der. was selected by certain interests
to introduce a bill for city, township
and village local option, cutting out
county local option and rendering re-
mote the chances OF voting cities dry
after IL passes The measure will be
opposed by the drys on this account,
and by the vets because il would
render a good many villages dry, and
does not appear to have a bright
future.
Other bills introduced were BY
Rep. Dusenbury, to do away with the
state land Office and give it's duties
to the auditor generals Office; by
Rep. Flowers, to authorize geological
societies to transport wild animals
and birds without fear OF the game
laws: by Rep Woodwork, placing
the sale OF turpentine under super
vision OF the state dairy and food de-