The Detroit times., 1911-05-03
GOV.OsBORN SIGNS
AN7tFRAT BILL
Also Approves Women and Children
Employment Bill After Reconsider
ing Decision Last Week.

LANSING, Mich, May 2.-Greek let
ter badges must come on from high
school students through the action OF
Gov. Osborn In signing Rep. Rankin's
bill abolishing frats and sororities In
the grammar and high schools. The
bill Is one over which both houses
have had several attacks OF cold feet.
II did not come out OF the judiciary
committee OF the senate till the last
week OF the session, the members
urging boards OF education where the
frats were branded a nuisance to
abolish them themselves.
Gov. Osborn approved the anti-frat
bill despite the stubborn opposition OF
fraternity members. Hundreds OF tele-
grams and letters had been received
urging him not to sign the measure.
He reaffirmed his personal opinion
that he was opposed TO II.
Rep. Rankin's other pet measure, an
item of $126,000 In the Ypsilanti nor
mai college appropriation bill TO build
new auditorium, seems to have TAI
len by the wayside. Word went out
last week that the governor would
veto the item as unnecessary because
the state treasury Is wrestling with
a deficit; and President Jones. OF the
college, had been pleading for the
item. Prominent Ypsilantians have
also sent communications urging that
Il be saved. Yesterday Gov. Osborn
decided that he would read the meas.
ure over, and found no item for an
auditorium. No separate bill could Do
found. Everybody was certain that
the item had been passed. because
Rep. Rankin, who never bought a cigar
before In his life, had purchased two
boxes on the strength of II. Presi-
dent Jones made a search through the
records, but the item had dropped out
OF sight The governor said that he
could not either sign or veto an item
that was not there, and that ended IL.
The governor also cut $14 900 from the
Ypsilanti normal appropriation bill.
The governor reconsidered his &C
ton In vetoing the Miller-Snell labor
bill, which among other things gives
the granting OF childrens working pa
pers to the superintendent OF public
instruction; or county commissioners
of schools He had feared that this
bill would allow the building up OF
political machine, but later became
convinced to the contrary.
The bill prohibits the employment
OF boys under Is as telegraph mes
sengers between 10 d. m. and q. m,
and makes more definite some OF the
present limitations on work by women
and children.
The Kalamazoo normal school suf-
fered an $4,000 cut, including $780,
900 for a new auditorium. The $685.
900 appropriation for the public do
main commission was cut to $4,000.
Jackson prison suffered $500. and
Ionia asylum $10.912. The governor
also vetoed the bill authorizing the
state board OF health to appoint a
bacteriologist with assistants, and 10
provide funds for equipping bac-
THEOLOGICAL laboratory.
Among So others bills signed were:
Rep. Ogg's measure abolishing the
state board Of mediation and arbitra-
ton.
Authorizing factory inspection TO
compel the erection of fire escapes
on Office buildings.
Providing overtime not to exceed
Is cents per day for convicts work
ing on state account
Prohibiting false billing and false
weighing of merchandise ordered to
any common carrier.
Authorizing a referendum on the
proposition to increase the salaries
OF Detroit aldermen to $4,000 a year.
Prohibiting drivers from opening
milk bottles.
Authorizing the establishment OF
medical milk commissions to be ap-
pointed by board OF health to certify
milk.
Abolishing the state board of media
ton and arbitration.
Authorizing counties to submit
propositions to bond for the purpose
Of buying land for fair and exposition
purposes.
Making physicians responsible for
improper use Of liquor sold on their
prescriptions.
Providing that all bottles contain
ing poison must have shoppers with
wood, glass, celluloid or metal discs
having serrated edges to call atten-
ton to them, and making II oblig-
atory upon the state board of health
to approve some such device within
80 days.
Authorizing referendum vote on
the proposition to increase salaries
OF township officers to SO per day.
Giving boards OF control OF state
educational, penal or reformatory in
situations the right of eminent do
main, which will give them the right
~ rondamn land TO- forv, .>,,..z.o-