The Detroit times., 1911-02-16

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any one trip, to get the necessary In
formation, and that when circum
stances seemed to demand, members
OF the committees on the various In
stitutions might be sent at the week
ends by vote OF the house. He ask
ed suspension Of the rules and I'm
mediate adoption OF the rule. Rep
Holcomb Immediately proposed sub
stitute resolution that the investiga
! tions be made by the members OF the
institutional committees themselves
He was promptly ruled out OF order
appealed from the ruling. and lost by
vote OF AZ to AZ. The rule pro
posed by Currie was laid on the table
for the customary five days. 1t prob
ably will be adopted.
The house had another wrestle with
the reciprocity question, the apparent
object being to keep the matter In sus-
pense until the national senate has
done something with. 1t, and the neces
sity OF putting the Michigan legisla
ture on record has passed.
Rep. Raudabaugh's resolution favor
ing reciprocity came up again. and
he tried to have II placed on immedi
ate passage, but was outvoted. Then
Rep Catiin, who had a resolution op-
posing reciprocity succeeded In hav
ing Raudabaugh's resolution referred
to the committee on federal relations
Raudabaugh and Catlin are both from
Ingham county and both Democrats
having been swept In on the Hemans
wave last fall. The difference In pol
icy arises from the fact that Rauda
baugh lives In Lansing city and Catlin
on q farm In Webberville, and they
do not wear the shoe on the same
foot. ~
Rep. Lord introduced a resolution,
which was adopted, directing the state
tax commission to furnish such ex-
PLANTATION of its workings as needed
by the committee on general taxation,
and also its recommendations as to
needed legislation.
Senator Guy Miller shocked numer-
Gus persons in the senate chamber
yesterday afternoon by oering reso-
lutffion which commenced: Whereas
the committee appointed by the presi.
dent OF the senate has been investi
eating certain charges" Senator
Bradley gripped his chair and Sena-
tor Moriarity plowed his hands
through his hair, but about this time
the secretary had read down to the
part OF the resolution which asked
that allowances be made for steno-
graphers' fees.
1t Is expected that the committee
will report at the opening OF the
afternoon session today, and the men,
bers are busily engaged In guessing
as to what the report will be. 1t Is
doped out to q certainty that IL the
committee should not recommend that
Bradley's seat be declared vacant,
there will not be the necessary %
members to vote to do SO. There Is
q general feeling. Of sympathy for
Bradley In the senate and throughout
being that he has suffered enough.
Senator White jumped into the lime
light yesterday with four bills. One
Is for state board or equalization on
slightly different lines from that pro-
posed by Rep. George Lord It pro-
vides that all members OF the tax
commission as well as the auditor
general. the secretary of state, the
state treasurer and the commissioners
Of the land ONCE shall constitute the
board. and that It shall met every two
years instead OF every Ave, as pro-
vided in the Lord bill
A second bill authorizes the state
tax commission to examine the prop
erty Of mining companies, as sug-
gested by Gov Osborn at the hearing
on the tonnage tax recently. The
fourth enables the commission to ex-
amino assessments on its own initia-
tive, instead OF by request, and the
fourth gives the commission more
clerical help. ........ 49,.
Rep. Copley's bill giving the COM
missioner Of banking power to force
bank stockholders to make good i'm
paired capital, was passed by the SEN
ate.
Senator Leidlein introduced bill
to appropriate $50 Ofor the fair at
Saginaw. '...
The judiciary committee reported
out Senator Vanderwerps' bill giving
boards Of education and water boards
power to condemn private property.
The bill merely clears away two small
defects, which were discovered when
the Detroit water board tried to buy
property by condemnation for an ex-
tension to Gladwin park.
Detroit bankers agreed upon two
changes by the banking laws which
have been causing much discussion
recently, and these changes, when
read in the public hearing on banking
matters before the banks and corpor.
ations committees OF the senate and
the house Wednesday night, appar.
entity seemed agreeable, and will be
introduced In the legislature within
the next few days, in the form of two
separate bills.
The first bill legaliEes branch banks.
and provides that banks wishing to
establish additional branches must In
crease their capital $500 for each
new branch. All branches now estab-
lished are legalized without further
ceremony.
SANFORD.
Claiming that they lost 800 through
the delay In shipping consignment