The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-20
NUMBER OF LAWS WITH
PRONOUNCED LOCAL EFFECT
.rNAToR JAMES HAS RECEIVED
COPIES OF MOST OF THE
BILLS ENACTED.

yfgrp senator James ol lidhtuth
t,. received copies of most of the new
laws enacted b> the last legislature.
An important piece of legislation is
an. mediation officers act. This act
rr..il,s that auy Judges may pul a.
convicted offender or probation, UNI
l... bc shall have been convicted oil
,nur,Icr or treason, if in The opinion ui
,, indigo there is little likelihood ol
t. rc-rummitting the crime. The
rrfsanrt shall promise not To leave
tr. state. not to violate any Jaw or
ordnance of the state ur of It's Lessen
divisions and 10 report To the prub&-
u,. officer at stated intervals, in
n.4. ,ascs once month At his dis
,r.rfau thc Judge may ada that The
rrreruri must refrain from drink. must
make. restitution To the parties ne has
tr.r-td. must support AN those dc.
r.mI,nl ou him for living, must pas
mi. fine and must contribute "A liked
,,n NOT tp exceed 81 "A month to "a
pUJ to pay the expenses of the pro-
ar.au officers. The law provides that
pir.urrr who shall fail To observe
,r. ambitions imposed 10y the judge
1a Zoe. brought before the court aud
sentenced aud that none of the TIM
flat Hs elapsed between the convir.
n,u and the sentence shall be counted
ru tine sentence.
IUc Elw also provides for the alp.
partjul of probation officers IN iU-
H..I. circuits and that in an counties
o, .u.uro cor more there may be an ass
sf....rr aud that i'm all judicial circuits
composed of more than one counts
fH,r. may be- IN assistant for ,aen
,wuu
AS tho probation SYSTEM is in high
favor with copper country MAGISTRATES
anna as che law makes many import
au. add IONS the statute will have
rruuumacd effect here
Tax Sale Notices.
Another law provides that all per
,n... generations etc. OWNING land an
.lH.a ,Hcrc are Delinquent taxes and
ea.H is coming up fer sale at a ta2,
..I. must hc notified ia writing by the
.o.ut. treasurer at least thirty days
PRIOR lo the date of the sale. The no
ti., masJ hc sent by registered mail
I.lmu receipt must bc demand
,a. boo the past the treasurer has been
l,uued to notify the parties con
,.u.d but the law has rot been as
explicit as The new one is aud the no
u.p. Ht.,.n "a times been confusing.
County Advertisement Fund.
Nuu Chat Is i'm line with the policy
u.mu,ul and advertisement now
umlI.s. .u uoughton county is that
HoHu- the hoard of surcrNia"ts To
.H..a upon the rolls "a special thy.
Oh. ,r. ..ds lgom ebi-b shall lHt cN-
coed 600 per year to Pee usod for
IN. urpus, of adycrtistne the com
ur..lH aud agricultural possibiiitio'
90. lu, yu0ty.
Weights and Measures,
Another law which has boon given !
,.u-de..b'a publicity is the new sNs
tenn of Weights and measure, and
vu.a. prls the supervision of the SIS
lDw a taD hands or the state daiIN
,ud ,aud Inspector The county ,,
au.u Iur power Ia hire a scaler "t
Weights and measures ana cities ara
.n.n rar #,mc power. All dypul's
and l.oB inspectors are deputy sch-
co. u0 Weights and measures. At the
r.ruI.t of any citizen. the weights
aud measures that he wishes tested
mu. 20, examined and their true val
u. wgrmiuod All state institutions
nH. bass" their scales and measur-
Ug appliances cNamincd carly