The Detroit times., 1911-04-12
HOUSE PASSES
/. BUNCH OF BILLS
Employers Liability Is Among Last
of Measures Disposed of in
Mondays Session.
From n stan correspondent

tFrou n stnn Correspondent
| LANSING, Mich. April IL he
house started big job yesterua'
by disposing of the employers haD.i.
lity bill, passing the house snpst'u'e
for several bills which have oeeu
introduced during the session W
Reps. ASHLEY and others. Inc oi'i %
il passed applies To nearly all CLASSY
of labor aud on farms, where the DC
cunalion ls extra hazardous; IL TO
moves the disabilities hitherto lhp's-
cd upon recovery hy the employe ne
,ause OF the feliow.servant doctrihe'
assumed ;lsk and Contributory negh-
eence. An amendment was tacKed on
IIy Rem Stewart, which limits recov-
cry in case of death or total dlsaoli-
itv TO ;hre e-fourtes Of the earnings
Of the deceased for 10 years, not 10
exceed $4,000 in spy case Various
fights were made ty rural members
| TO eliminate anything which wouio
mean recovery for injuries sunereu
while dong any kind OF work on q
| farm
Another bill passed which was iav-
ored by laLor organizations vas 10y
Henry end Kerns. II requires adc-
auate experience by railway eng,n-
GERS. conductors, fiagmen and tele-
graphers, before they are entrusted
with responsibility. The Ogg.tIenry
bill, requiring double-trucked caboose
cars, also passed.
Rep. Haviland's bill appropriating
sc, 900 to repair the Gratiot turnpike
a n
point where the Black river has rem
dered II dangerous in time OF high
water. was passed, much TO his JOY.
Several lives have been lost as a re-
suit Of the encroachments OF the
stream.
Bills Appropriate s6,25o.ooo.
Appropriation bills, carrying So
100000 were passed. They include
SO. 200 for salaries and other gen.
eral state expenses, and the budget
Of the state highway department,
Michigan soldiers home. upper PENN
sula hospital for the insane, northern
Michigan state fair at Escanaba, CEN
trail Michigan normal school, home
for the feeble minded. Michigan col
lege OF mines, state board of geologL
10
attorney generals ONCE, Michigan
state normal college, western state
normal school, University OF Michi-
gan, Michigan school for the deaf,
Michigan Agricultural college, and
northern state normal school.
Rep. Yaple. of Kalamazoo. came on
happy with the passage Of bill. APP
propriating $4,000 per company for
construction Of armories for the Ma
tional guard. Not more than $40, 900
is TO be expended in any one year.
Kalamazoo comes first with $4,000.
having two companies. Owosso will
come next with $4,000; Grand Rap:
ids, with $4,000, and Coldwater with
$4,000. This plan ell take about
Eve years to carry out.
Happier Puts Up Fiqht.
Rep. Happier, put up a spirited fight
and succeeded In having the house
call from the senate bill passed Sat
urday, giving minority stockholders
IN mining companies power when a
company has been merged in another
company, to get into court and de-
mand an Investigation as to the equity
OF the sale. Happier tried to tack on
an amendment Saturday exempting
companies where negotiations for the
sale had been started by May /, this
year When this was defeated. he
declared that the bill was framed at
the instance OF some lawyers to help
present litigation
David Is. Brennan, clerk OF the DO
lice court OF Detroit, would seem to
be beneficiary under bill introduced
by Rep. Stewart, Of Grand Rapids,
which came up In committee of the
whole last night, and was referred to
today. The bill allows clerks OF mum
icipal courts In cities Of over 200 900
salary OF $4,000. The city manual
gives the salary OF this clerk at 1880.
John Grogan, clerk Of the recorders
| court, gets $4,000
A bill making the commissioner of
labor elective, passed the house COM
! mittee OF the whole.
Senator Putney's bill, which pro-
| vides that pupils Of public schools of
the state shall be examined by physi.
clans appointed by the counties, pass
ed the senate on third reading Mon
day night. Senator Leidlein tried to
amend the bill so that the children
/ would not be forced to under
4 oSS thS cAdLuludllOuS II their
parents objected: Senator Cartier
also sought to take out the clause
making II compulsory He declared
II would deprive Christian Scientists
and others who did not believe in the
powers of medicine OF their constitu.
tional rights. Their efforts were un.
| successful.
Some efforts were made to kill a
Dill making an appropriation OF $500
to the Michigan Dairymen's associa-
ton, on the grounds that IL was a
private institution, and therefore not
entitled to state aid. The bill passed
on third reading.
Senator Leidlein's bill, providing
that counties shall pay the funeral
expenses OF veterans of the civil war
and army nurses. Senator F. ID SCOTS
Dill, liking severe punishment for per.
sons disturbing the peace on interur.
pan cars, Senator Miller's bill for
protecting railroad property. and Sen
ator Whites bill permitting the TAX.
Ing OF property OF telegraph and tele.
phone companies on judgments also
passed on third reading.
The Martz bill, permitting saloons
to remain open on certain holidays
was reported out by the senate com
mittee on liquor interests. II was
amended TO include New Years dav IN
the list Of daya Whap ~ -.