The Detroit times., 1911-01-11
Il[L TO ABOLISH
OFFICE OF SALT
INSPECTOR
Rep. 0gg Acts Upon Suggestion in
the Osborn Message That Useless
State Boards Be Done Away
With To Economic,
Rep. Graves Wants 0ut-of State
Students To Pay More Tuition
At U. of M.
(From a STAFF correspondent.)

~ LANSING. Mich, Jan. Ill ep
Ogx OF Wayne, county, followed OUT
one OF the governors wishes express
ed In his inaugural message by intro
ducing yesterday a bill to do away
with the office OF salt commissioner
Rep. Stevenson, of Wayne, who Is
a interested in shipping, followed anoth'
Ter OF the governors recommends
Ifions with bill TO provide for a ton
Image tax on vessels, TO take the place
iof the present ad valorem state, couh-
jfy and municipal taxes. Owners OF
lpassenger vessels are 10 be required
Ito pay 10 cents per net ton burden
land owners OF freight vessels cents
liner net ton, This tax will be PAID
fdirectly to the state treasurer, ana
Twill be forwarded by him TO the treas
lurors of the counties In which the
ports of hailing of the vessels are To-
Gated. The county treasurer Will ap-
portion the money among the county,
this municipality or township from
which the vessel halls, and the state,
in proportion to the respective tax
rates. IL is thought that this method
will do away with much present mis-
Representation of values OF vessel
property, and also the shifting OF ports
OF hailing to places where the assess
<ors or supervisors are most lenient
Rep. Stevenson last night explained
the low rate of tonnage tax on steam
boat property provided for in his bill
introduced yesterday.
.At present" he said, "only a small
ID oportion OF the boats operating on
the lakes are registered in Michigan.
They go to Minnesota and other lake
states that are more lenient, and we
y lose them entirely. II Is true that a
/. tar OF Ave cents ton on freighters
and Is cents q ton on passenger
o. combined passenger and freight
n boats, would not yield more than $500
= year all told from the largest freight.
ers on the lakes, but the state will
ret Il. and the municipalities will get
their share, wherever they are. In
the long run, the boats will pay more
tax, In Michigan at least. than they
did before"
Raise Cost Of U. Of N. Tuition.
II bill introduced In the house yes
terday by Rep. b. F. Graves, OF Lena
wee county should pass. there would
probably be n falling on In the nom
resident student body at the Univer-
sity OF Michigan. though there might
be larger revenue ---- --
Rep. Graves bin provides that stu.
dents not residents of Michigan shall
pL-' q tuition fee SEQ a year higher
than At present NOW they pay $40
D year more than resident students,
: the rates being $40 year for the lit
erary department; $50 for engineer
ing or medicine, and SOS for law.
81 Rep. Graves figures show that there
are $3.50 students at the university,
OF whom 2.551 are from outside the
state. The university had S1,024,000
+ last year, of which $563, 900 was raised
BY taxation. The cost Of running the
university was about $195 per stu
dent Rep Graves takes the view
that the state should not be required
to raise money by taxation for the
education OF nonresident students.
In addition to charging non-resi-
dents an extra tuition fee, the Graves
bill would decrease the rate of tax
ff. the university from three-eighths
TO one-fourth of a mill on dollar. he
Estimates that the assessments on
y Michigan property will be raised to
such an extent that at three-eighths
of q mill, the university would receive
bstween 100000 and 100000 in
stead OF $500, 900, and that at one
fourth mill, 1t will receive more than
before.
He has made no computation of the
number of students the university
would lose by boosting the rates.
Keep School Money In Fund.
Rural school districts which have
money enough accumulated under the
present primary school money provi-
sion Of the constitution TO pay their
a teachers' salaries for 10 or 20 years In
advance, will see the increase I'm their
hoard cut OF under joint resolution
for an amendment to the constitution,
introduced in the house OF representa-
titiyes Tuesday by Rep. McNaughton,
1i<f Kent county. The amendment pro-
\ vides that when district has on hand
more money than is necessary to pay
Teachers salaries for the ensuing
year, Ii shall draw no more money
from the fund until its surplus is ex-
hausted. The resolution was referred
Ito the committee on revision and
amendment of the constitution.
Protects pat Muskrat.
Muskrats, rabbits and fish cane In
for protection in bills introduced in
the senate and house yesterday after
noon. Senator BIN Bradley. of
Kent, Is the champion OF the aquatic
3 rodents. His bill fixes a zone of safe
~ for them in Tamarack lake. Here
tofore, the denizens around Tam.
arack lake have waxed fat on the rats
\ In season, but as a result, weeds on
which the rats made their food have
grown without restraint and filed all
= the waterways and drains. so that II Is
Impossible TO keep them open- 'rhe
& snmmer cottagers asked Bradley 10
Get the rats a lease of life for two
T years In the hope that they will be
able TO run boats and drain their
houses.
In the house, Rep. Heckert intro
duced a bill to restrict further the nse
OF ferrets In hunting rabbits. Rem
Baldwin introduced a similar bill. and
Rep. Holcomb one to protect fish in
Montcalm county.