Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1911-04-27
ENDS
SHORTEST SESSION
THE WHOLE NUMBER OF WORK
ING DAYS WAS ONLY
SEvENTY-ONE.
MAKING 1T THE SHORTEST REG.
ULAR SESSION HELD IN A
GENERATION.
Several Bills Rushed Through as the
House and Senate INDUCES in
the Usual HorsepIsy in the
Wnd-Up.

III was nearly CLOCK IueSGay
when both houses closed the business
OF the 1911 session. The whole num-
Der of working days was Il. making
II the shortest regular session III
generation
In the last 8 minutes a conference
report was agreed TO authorizing the
governor 10 appoint a commission OF
five. two OF whom shall be represent
atives OF the working classes, 10 make
a comprehensive investigation of the
general subject of injured working
mems compensation and employers
liability. and report in time for the
1913 legislature
The final act was TO adopt reso-
luton directing Speaker Baker 70
sign the payroll for all the employees
up To May ,, that being the day when
all bills must have heen enrolled and
signed or vetoed There was a sus.
picion that the speaker was OF the
mind that employees who Will have
nothing 10 do for 10 days are not
entitled 10 pay
The Osborn Meat AK.
An attempt TO override the Cover
nor in the House of Representative
on his veto OF several items OF APP
preparation failed The test came on
a $4,000 allotment FOR the publica-
ton of collections of the Michigan
Pioneer and Historical society"
which the governor cut ont in toto,
as the work that could he done by
the state librarian Ffty-two repre-
sentatives voted 10 pass the appro-
priation over the governors veto and
g against SiNty-seven votes were
required. and after first failure the
representatives let the governors
veto stand.
The proposition of a governor step
ping in and clipping specific items of
appropriation bills was so unusual
that the representatives became in
volved in tangle over the procedure
to be followed that took a half hour
to straighten out. Finally. for fear
1t might make a mistake that would
invalidate the whole appropriation
budget. the House sent the grist or
bills back TO the governor without
any official action. telling him to keen
them till they were out of the way
and then veto at will
The appropriations cut out by the
governor so far are As follows:
Pioneer and Historical Society$12, 0Oo
Mackinac Island park (entire
appropriation ......... 1000
Michigan School for the Blind
(remodeling building) ..... $500
Eastern Michigan Asylum
(new buildingb ........... C0,0O0
Compiling military records. " 500
Total cuts by governor to
GATE ........ .......... S93. tOU
The appropriation bills have just
begun to come to the governor for
consideration. and il is certain that
lie will cut ont several hundred
thousand dollars from the budget, as
passed, before he is through.
Insurance Bill Is Killed
The Ashley bill. which provides for
a change in the state insurance laws,
whereby fraternal insurance compan.
les operating in the state were TO be
placed under certain restrictions
similar to the laws governing old line
insurance companies, died in the Sen
ate after several attempts had been
made TO have il taken from the table.
where ii was sent Tuesday
The state weather bureau. which
Gov Osborn advocated the abolish.
ment Of will remain and the farmers
on the rural routes will continue to
receive the benefits of the depart
ment The Senate refused TO pass
the House bill which provided for the
adjustment OF that department.