The Detroit times., 1911-03-22
PUTS 18 BOARDS
OUT OF BUSINESS
Proposed That Work of All Be
Handled by an Appointive Com
mission of Three.
(From n stan Corre.poudentJ

NeAn Sthu SOrreepOnuent.D
LANSING, Mich, March 22-Eigh.
teen institutional boards, Including all
the state prisonse, insane asylums
and charitable institutions In the
state, will be legislated out OF office,
II the administration bill approved by
the house In committee OF the whole
yesterday afternoon, becomes q law.
The bill provides for one salaried
board OF three members, who shall
administer the affairs of all the insti-
tutions, doing the purchasing through
one purchasing agent, and disbursing
the financing through one treasurer.
Several amendments were made, how
ever, which somewhat changed the
working OF the proposed law. One,
introduced by Rep. Graves, makes the
board assume the duties OF the state
pardon board, which Graves says he
will endeavor to have abolished. An.
other fixes the salaries OF the mem
bers at $4,000 instead OF $4,000. A
third makes the appointments sub
iect to confirmation by the senate,
and another puts the power OF ap-
pointing employees in the hands OF
the beard members instead of the
governor. The salaries of employees
are limited to $4,000 for an architect
and 81 900 each for clerical help. The
bill consumed much of the afternoon
in discussion and necessitated morn
ing session today.
The committee of the whole ap-
proved with greater alacrity a bill
requiring the d., G. II. & NJ. railway
to pay taxes on all its stock and bond
ed Indebtedness. The bill refers TO
all railways operating under a spe-
cial charter, but 1t really hits only
this one. which is really part of the
Grand Trunk system.
Despite the efforts OF Detroit and
Grand Rapids members, the house
passed a state dog tax bill which Will
force the Detroit city authorities to
make different arrangements for pro-
viding its police pension fund. The
bill fixes the same sized tax now paid
( : the city Of Detroit to be collected
by the various counties and applied TO
the payment OF damage 10 sheep by
dogs. The balance left over Is to be
refunded pro rata as paid to the cities
and townships and devoted to the
primary school fund. In vain Reps.
Stewart and Verdier of Grand Rapids
and Lord Of Wayne, tried to show the
sons OF the soil that the majority OF
dogs in a big city are lap dogs and
would not have sand enough to at
tack a sheep, to say nothing about
straying far enough away from home
TO fnd any mutton, and that the act
IL applied to cities would disarrange
present systems. The farmers were
determined that someone should pay
for their mangled sheep, and the bill
passed 5 Ito a.. Reps. Bvrnham and
Woodruff of Wayne county voted for
Il.
Only two other bills were passed,
although the house sat till O'Clock.
They were Rep. Woodworth's bill, 10
avoid colonizing in local option cam
paigns by placing the day for regis
tration a full week before election,
and a local bill to increase the sal
aries OF the Kent county circuit court
stenographers from $4,000 to $4,000.
In this bill, Rep Dunn Of Sanilac rose
to inquire by whose request the bill
was introduced, and Rep. Stewart ex-
pressed devout thanks that he, Stew
art, was not guardian angel for the