The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-09-11
MOTHER PENSION
LAW HAS FLAW
Attorney General Gives Opinions
on various New Laws ill.,

Attorney General Fellows holds that
the bin passed at the last session of
the legislature providing that oleo-
margarine may be used as a substi-
ulte for butter In the various penal I'm
solutions, does not apply To the In
dustrial school for boys at Lansing
and the Industrial school for girls at
Adrian. Fellows says that these twa|
schools are regarded more as educa-
lional institutions and he does not
think that the Legislature intended
that Oleomarsarine should he used as
- butter substitute in these places.
Not for State Institutions.
In an opinion rendered To Warden
Simpson of Jackson prison. Attorney
General Fellows says that the semi
monthly pay bill placed on the statute
hooks does not apply To state depart
ments or state institutions. However,
il has been the practice i'm the state
departments To pay the employees every
two weeks.
1t is Fellows contention that the
governor cannot appoint probation Of
dccrs or their assistants in the various
judicial circuits, except on the recon.
mendatiOn of the court and Executive
clerk Austin was notified To this eff
feet in an opinion today
Take Orders Without License.
Solicitors who go from house to
house taking orders for "A foreign cor
poration, cannot he compelled to take
out "A hawkers and pedders' license
under a village or city charter, says
Fcllows. Assistant Prosecuting Attor-
ncy Brown of Ingham county inquired
whether Il solicitor who was simply
an order taker and neither received
money or delivered the goods could
ne forced to take out local license.
Flaw In Mother Pension Law.
That there is II nav in the mothers
pension law, so-callcd, which was
passed al the last session, developed
today as the result of ruling by At
torney General Fellows. Where
mother ceases to be the legal guardian
of child there is no way that the
child can be benefited under the act as
the money must be paid directly to
the mother.
This decision from the states legal
department arise as the result of q
case in Cass county. Probate Judge :.
: tby referred To case where the
mother OF dependent child had been
committed to an insane asylum. The
child was placed in the care of the
grandmother and funds were needed
for the childs education. Fellows
informed Judge Eby that he had no
legal right 10 enter an order fixing the
amount the be paid 10 the grand
mother for the support of the child.
Can't Stop Sunday Games.
Although the baseball season for
this year is practically closed. Eel
lows received request from sheriff
William T.. Shell Of Gladwin county
Tor information as Ia whether ii is
possible To- stop Sunday games
In the case of Yerkes vs.. smith
which was an action brought To com.
pei the police commissioner of Detroit
10 take action To prevent a game, the
supreme court held that the mere as
StllDllnS Oh ptlSoflS 10 pay dhu WI
ness any Sunday game is not sufficient
without overt acts of violence or dis
order. To authorize an officer to make
q summary arrest" says Fellows
Under this decision of the supreme
court, il follows that a crowd exceed
Ing 80 persons assembled on Sunday
Ia witness IA ball game or for any other
similar purpose. if riotous or tumultu-
Gus. within the meaning of the act,
may he ordered by YOU as sheriii oil
The county to dispense refusal to
OBEY your order rends such persons so
assembled liable To arrest and prose
cution. In other words, persons pres
cnt AT and participating in such games
may not under the general laws OF the
state be summarily arrested ana pros
ocuted unless the conduct of the as
semblagc is such as to warrant an olli-
Ger to command its dispersal and then
arrests may be made only upon refusal
To comply with such orders OF course,
as stated i'm the opinion of the court
in the case of Yerkes VS.. Smith any
person participating in such game
IS liable to the penalty of $40 To he en-
forced i'm "a civil action brought Tor
that purpose