The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1915-05-01
SENATE PASSES
MANY MEASURES
TWENTY-FIVE APPROVED OF ~
THE UPPER HOUSE.
LOAN SHARK BILL FAVORED
Measure Placing Limit Upon the IN
terest That Money Lenders Can
Charge Goes Through BY
Margin Of One Vote.

the senate, but one had close call
This was the loan shark" bill, plac'
ing q limit upon the interest that
money lenders on household property,
jewelry and salaries can charge. BY
a margin OF one vote the bill went
through.
Had the bill failed In the senate,
loan sharks" could have charged 500
per cent without molestation. The
supreme court knocked out the bill
passed In 1909.
When the bill was voted upon the
majority OF the members from outside
the larger cities voted against 1t. The
vote follows: ~
For the bill--Senators Deland. Jack
son; Fitzgibbon. Port Huron; Foster.
Lansing; Gansser. Bay City; Hilsende-
gen. Detroit: Roberts. Marquette;
Scott. Detroit; Smith. Nashville;
Trip, Allegan; Herdier Grand Rap
ids; Walter, Traverse City; Williams.
Calumet; Wood, Manistique: Wood
worth. Caseville.
Against the bill-Corliss, Mayville;
Covert. Pontiac; Damon, Mount Pleas
ant; GROCER. Brooklyn; Kelley. Far
well; Odell, Shelby; Planck, Bristol.
Ind; Straight. Coldwater; Taylor. Kali
amazoo; Powell, Ionia; Morford. Gray
ling.
Hanley, Detroit; Paul. Grand Rap
ids. and Barnes. Flint. were absent
The bill as passed and as 1t now
goes back to the house permits
charge OF per cent a month on loans
up to 500 and 2 per cent month on
loans from 800 to $500. The lenders
are also allowed to charge fees for APP
praisal, ETC.. up to the sum OF 81.
Many of the bills passed by the SEN
ate were inconsequential. Several Of
them we're appropriation bills. Sena-
tor Straights proprietary medicine
bill was reported out by the liquor
committee without amendment.
Half dozen bills we're introduced
but will never reach passage before
adjournment. April 20.
In a lengthy session the house
passed IA bills on third reading and
killed three. Six Of those passed were
appropriation bills. One of the latter
increases the annual appropriation for
the state accident board from $4,000
to $4,000, while another increases the
state labor departments annual ap
preparation similarly. The public do.
main commission appropriation bill In.
cludes clause allowing the addition
of bookkeeper to the clerical force
of the commission.
The first liquor bill of the session
to make its way as far as the COVER.
nor's Office completed the trip after a
report from conference committee
was accepted by the house. The re.
port involved the house receding from
an amendment The bill was that in.
troduced by Senator Damon and pro.
hibits anyone from selling or giving
away intoxicants in lumber camps or
on logging railroads. The house
amendment also prohibited anyone
from having liquor In his possession
The bill empowering lodges of Elks
to own property up to 100000 and
providing that those lodges with more
than 1000 members have five trus
tees also was passed by the house and
goes to the governor. 1t originated in
the senate and in the house was con
solidated with another bill that tool
care Of the limit on what lodge may
own. The law previously held lodge
to 100000 limit. which Detroit lodge
would exceed by building its new club
house at Lafayette boulevard and Cass
avenue.
Representative Roy M. Watkins o.
Grand Rapids. who had four bills on the
evenings calendar, saw three Il
through and one fall by the wayside
The latter was bill to create a com
mission to investigate, without pay, tn,
various systems in use In Michigan TO
relief OF the poor, and to report to tn,
next legislature any recommendation
for improvements. The bill receive,
so votes. just one short Of enough +
carry It. The house also killed tn
Kooyers bill to allow certain Judge
of probate TO appoint registers.
The house also killed the Ashle
joint resolution proposing the submit
sion Of constitutional amendment
allow the Legislature to enact laws
govern the hours and conditions undo
which all persons may be employe
This met the same fate that all lab,
bills have met thus far in the hous
It received 80 votes to 81 against
but required 81 to pass.
Interpretations.
seger Bros. Monroe, $4,000.
L. H. stradley, Inc. Detroit, $4,000
L. H. stradley, Ida D. stradley, Gel
M. Burns. "A
Electric Filtered Water Heater col
pany. Detroit. $1,000 Charles Joeri