The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-01-19
SEPARATE
]. JUVENILE JUDGE
Rep. 0gg's Proposed Measure Makes
Office Appointive Until Next
Election.
From a star correspondent.)

LANSING, Mich, Jan. ia OIL
| introduced by Rep. 0gg. OF DETROIT
yesterday, provides for separate Ju-
venile Judge for counties containing
one or more cities of more than 3OO,-
600 inhabitants. The bill. of course.
applies only to Wayne county. IL pro-
yides that the office OF Judge OF the
juvenile court shall be created, and
shall be filled by appointment by the
governor until the next regular cleo
ton In the county, when Judge shaii
be elected for a term OF four years.
His salary shall be the same as that
OF the judge OF probate.
The object of the bill is 10 take the
Juvenile court business OF the shout
ders of the Judge OF probate and his
associate, Rep. Oggs idea being that
these officials have all that they can
do with regular probate business.
Rep. Rankin, of Ypsilanti. fired the
first shot at high school traternities
in bill which he introduced yester-
day. The bill makes students who be
long 10 fraternities, liable TO expu!-
sion from school, and imposes a fire
of s25 on any teacher or principal WHO
allows fraternities TO exist.
The state highway department Is
due for largely increased appropria-
ton If the bill introduced 10y Rep.
Chambers yesterday. passes. The bill
appropriates $250.00o a year for TWO
years, $4,000 a year to be used for
salaries and Office expenses, and the
remainder for good roads rewards.
The appropriation by the last iegisla-
ture was $4,000 a year, $4,000
year being for Office expenses.
Rep. Waters introduced bill en-
towering school districts throughout
the state TO establish and maintain
trade, vocational. Industrial and man
ual training schools, and to accept
legacies, gifts and devises for the
purpose.
Rep. Averill introduced bill to au-
thorize cities and villages to regulate
outdoor advertising, wherever such
advertising Is in view or any highway
or park.
The recent water scandal at Kalam-
azoo led Rep. Yaple to Introduce an
amendment to the law against fraud
ulent connections with water. electric
light and gas mains. The law makes
such acts misdemeanors, but Yaple's
amendment would make them felony.
Rep. Austin, Of Detroit. introduced
q bill to license and regulate the busi-
ness OF private detectives and detec-
tive agencies. II requires such agen-
cies to file a bond of $4,000. and for
eign agencies to pay a license fee OF
$500 for doing business In the state.
Rep. Verdier, of Kent county, will
introduce "A bill in the house today
which Is an attempt to provide for
teachers retirement fund on a firmer
basis. than that which recently went
on the rocks in Detroit. Rep. Yer
dieEssbill Is intended to give teachers
fefiremenf pension. OF half their
average salary for the last five years
OF their service, after they have taught
so years. For this purpose, each
teacher who wishes the benefit of the
fund.-, shall deposit 81 a year for each
$500 salary. The fund will not be-
come available for two years. IL is
expected that about 60 teachers will
be eligible at that time.
Senator Carl Z. Mapes, Of Grand
Rapids, will introduce bill today to
cut off all fees OF the insurance COM
missioner, said to amount to about
$4,000 a year, and leave the salary at
the present sum OF $4,000. This Is
more drastic than Rep. Lords house
bill, which wound give the commits
'sioner s., 500 salary ana dispense with
SANFORD.