The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1911-03-16
THE THINGS DONE
At STATE CAPITOL
NUMEROUS BILLS BEFORE THE
LAW MAKERS THAT ARE
VERY IMPORTANT.
TAXES, APPROPRIATIONS AND
REGULATIONS OF VARIOUS
THINGS IN BILL FORM.
There Is Plenty of Good and Careful
Work Now On Hand To Keep
the Legislators Busy.

mere is Plenty OF Good and Careful
Work Now On Hand To Keep
the Legislators Busy.
BY Toby candor.
Efforts are being made TO amend
the law by which now veterans of the
Owl war are exempted from taxa
ton when their property is not valued
in excess of $1,000 The state super
visors' association urges that all ex-
'emption be left to the discretion of
the assessing officer. Work of the
Legislative committee of the associa-
ton has so far failed to bring about
the desired results and compromise
Is proposed by which all veterans
shall be exempted to the amount of
$500 valuation regardless OF the total
value of the property.
The bill of Senator Cartier provid-
ing for a commission to locate a per.
manent maneuver ground in Michigan
for the National Guard is being held
up by Rep. Gansser, chairman of the
House committee on military affairs
for the SOLE purpose of trading this
cation bill which originated in the
House He declares freely he will
not report the bill out until he has
seen what the senate will do with the
reorganization bill.
A new bill as a substitute has been
drafted for the teachers pension fund
bill. The original provided that the
teachers should create this fund by
| assessment upon themselves. The
substitute provided that the money
shall come from the primary school
| fund. This is on the theory that the
teachers shall retire after 80 years
of service but shall do such substi-
| tute work as may be required by the
| board of education. In return they
well be kept upon the pay roll at half
| the average salary of the city or
| town in which she has been teaching
Since the primary school fund may be
used for nothing but teachers salaries
it is considered fitting that this pen
sion fund should come from it,
The Putney bill by which children
who have finished the Eighth grade
and are not able on their own firan
cial resources to take a high school
course shall not have their tuition
and transportation paid by the school
| district now lacks only the signature
Of the governor to become a law. Il
has passed both branches of the leg
islature without amendment although
ReU. Graves undertook in the House
20 amend the bill to make it optional
with a school district to pay the
tuition and transportation. The
amendment failed.
Rep Clark of Ottawa, proposes to
reorganize the whole system of caring
for the poor. He will make the coun-
ty the unit and abolish all city and
village poor departments. The coun-
ty superintendent will care for all
charging back against the cities and
townships the cost of the care of
charges coming from them. His bill
also provides that charges having any
property shall turn 1t over to the
keeper of the county farm as trustee
who shall use the income therefrom
to aid in the support of the depend
ent.
4 oSHdlOI JOuH LelulSlH Vi OdblldN
proposes to introduce bill to provide
| for free text books to be paid for
from the primary school fund. In
anticipation of this move he has
withdrawn his opposition TO the Nc
| Naughton bill which has passed both
houses providing that any county hav-
| ing on hand enough money to pay
| teachers salaries for the next two
! years shall not receive additional
money from the fund until 1t is re-
duced TO that measure.
Rep. McNaughton's bill providing
that the primary school fund shall
not be distributed to counties having
on hand more than enough money to
pay teachers salaries for two years
! is likely to be amended to permit the
payment from the fund for text books.
| Senator John Leidlein of Saginaw
stands sponsor for this amendment
and the bill has been made special
order for consideration.
From one extreme to the other the
pendulum of the liquor legislation has
swung. Rep. Straight has introduced
state wide prohibition bill and now
Rep. Martz has introduced bill
providing that saloons may keep open
at all times except Sundays and holt
days, removing the restrictions rela-
tive to midnight closing, etc.
II is Just possible the University of
| Michigan may after all get special
appropriation for its new heating
plant to the amount of $250,000. The
university asked total Of $575,0OO
but the governor has declared special
appropriations must be cut to the
minimum. An intimation has come
about that he will stand for $250,00O
and no more.
Senator Moriarty has introduced
bills in the Senate to abolish the Of
| fee of state oil inspector and place
IL under the dairy and food depart
ment
Representatives of nearly all the
| Nffobigon railroads have haan af AN.