The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-03-24
|NRANGLING TAKES
TINE OF HOUSE
Rep. Ashley Gets Back at Warner
For Tacking Referendum To
His Bill.
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5. LANSING, Mich, March 24.-Two
almost useless wrangles took up most
III the time of the house OF representa-
lives yesterday afternoon, when the
|calendar was choked with work. one
WAS over the Holcomb bill regarding
THE exemption from taxation OF prop
terty owned by soldiers OF the civil or
1Mexican war OF their widows. The
IHolcomb bill would have taken away
this exemption A substitute by Rep.
Warner, giving an exemption or 81
900. was adopted by the committee
&of the whole, Rep. Warner had prac-
tically killed Rep. Ashiey's fraternal
Insurance bill by lacking on refer
Sendum to the societies affected, and
Rep. Ashley retaliated by lacking
Referendum on the Warner substitute.
The referendum II resulting In the
negative would merely restore the old
exemption of $1,000. IL took an hour
Tor more to defeat this, and the bill
twas passed with an amendment by
Rep Young combining the exemption
TO those who owned only $4,000 or I'M
der.
The other discussion resulted in
side-stepping the question OF salary OF
the commissioner of insurance. The
senate had fixed $4,000 and the house
$4,000, and a conference committee
was appointed, which reported in fay-
or OF $500. All fees are cut on by
the bill. After the discussion had
lasted some time, Rep. Bierd discov-
cred that the conference committee
had made the term four years. which
was not provided for In either house
or senate bill. For this reason, the
bill was sent back to the conference
committee. The house passed Rep.
Oggs bill penalizing the burglarizing
OF street stands and. show cases. but
modified Il. II also passed the Miller
f. bill. fixing the salary OF the assistant
state librarian at 81 200; the Moriarity
bill, allowing boards Of supervisors to
levy q tax OF one-tenth OF a mill in one
year for public buildings; the Foster
public domain BILL the Fowle bill, APP
|propriating $976,900 for asylum main.
'tenance for two years; and the Glas.
Observation-Disclosures bill fixing the
term OF drain commissioners at two
years.
Former Representatives Galbraith
and Cramton addressed the house.
Among the bills passed was: The
Holland Bricker bill, providing for
the taxation OF mineral reserves. This
was amended SO that oil. gravel and
other lands would be included with
those stipulated in the original bill. |
Senator James introduced a similar
bill In the senate. and succeeded in
giving the house bill immediate pas
sage. A substitute to the Lee bill
the laws relative to the ad-
mission Of attorneys, was passed.
This includes q provision that all
graduates of law colleges and univer-
sites must pass the state bar examin-
ation before they can practice. Stu
dents now enrolled are exempted.
Other bills passed were: The Fos-
ter bill, authorizing counties to spend
as much as $4,000 annually for the
purpose OF advertising their agricul-
tural advantages; the Yaple house
bill, providing that baby carriages
shall 60 as free baggage on railroads;
bill introduced by Senator Mapes,
authorizing the state to pay a private
pension to Alphonse Buttons, who was
injured by the explosion OF a cannon |
IN militia drill, before the civil war;
q bill introduced by Senator F. ID. |
Scott, prohibiting discrimination, and |
giving the state railroad commission |
more range In dealing with the COM
panies: Rep. Unsold's bill, providing |
for course Of physical training in
the public schools In cities; two of
Senator Watkins game bills, one re-
vising the general game laws, and
the other requiring hunters license
OF all persons who hunt in the state;
the Moriarity bill, authorizing the In
nurance commissioner to examine into
the affairs OF corporations engaged in
the business Of forming insurance
companies.
Senators +. d. Scott, Watkins and
Fowle. who constitute the committee
appointed to investigate the financial
conditions OF the Michigan State Agri-
cultural society, relative to the affairs
Of the annual state fair, left Lansing,