The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-02-02

wees. On the neelS OF Rep. Tom
Read suggestion that the state see
II It couldn't get q constitutional
amer iment with view TO taking hold
of tip Pere Marquette railroad and
opera ing 1t for the benefit OF the
state. came Attorney General Alex. y.
Groesbeck with a letter to Gov. Sleep
or suggesting that the latter put be-
fore the legislature resolutions for
amendments so that the state might
buy UP the Detroit, Grand Haven &
Milwaukee railroad. part now of the
Grand Trunk system.
Under the charter of the D., G.. III. &
NJ. tae state can buy the road for it's
cost Of production, plus IL per cent,
at any, time 1t wants to. But the con-
stituton will not permit the state to
own railroads. Groesbeck's idea is to
have the state empowered to own the
road and then use that power to make
the Grand Trunk evacuate Dequindre
streesain Detroit and do other things
the the state may want
Governor Sleeper has hated that he
Is opposed to state owI1 cship OF rail-
roads The governor elieves that
the state Is better off it has ade-
quate supervision over he railroads
and control over rates AN If it had
millioes invested In the roads them
selves He submitted ti.e Groesbeck
communication to the legislature with
out eminent.
Repl Sheridan Ford, of Detroit,
stirred up another angle of railroad
troublEs with a house resolution call
ing uIon the attorney general for in
formation as to why the case OF the
state Igainst the Duluth, South Shore
& Atpuft.H fa-lroa- ..s been hanging
fire for five years, without result, DUR
ing which time it has cost the state
more than 100000. The case arose
from the South Shores refusal to ac-
cept the legislatures oder making 2
cent passenger rates. The road has
been charging cents mile and CIV.
ing passengers rebate ct cks for the
extra one cent mile, az eeing to re-
pay tits in case it loses he suit Tho
house passed the Ford re- ton unan-
imousy.
me legislature is be appealed
to by he more Daylign >" of De-
troit {, have central ,rd time
droppet as the legal tim The state
and etstern standard substitu-
ted. \ letters to mem the club
officers claim that east standard
time hse been very essful in
Detrct and could be ns., 0 advan-
tage a the whole state.
Ano! er appeal to the legislature is
being 1ade by about 70 librarians OF
the stae for the housihg of The state
library in a fire proof building in
stead Il in the capitol, which Is not
fire pr,of In a mem prial tie legis-
allure |, told that the Micbitan state
librarynow is one Of the finst in the
whole United States, worth at least
$4OO,o0b and containing Thousands of
volumes and periodicals tint could
never BE replaced if lest by ire.
Ges Or, IN, pnrtant hills tat have
been Introduced in the past week
these are attracting considerable at
tention:
BY Fep. Croll: To rQeal the 1913
law permitting exemption of taxes for
five years on not more than 80 acres
of wild lands on which settler re-
sides and Improves at last two acres
year.
BY Rep. Foote: To admit no i'm
portations of bees into Michigan until
the state ipiary department certified
to their health.
BY Rep Hulse: To have county
poor superintendent chbsen for three
years terms, one each October, by a
commission composed OF the Judge OF
cPunty school commissioner
and CHAIRMAN of the bdard of super
visors; and to be paio' 81, 900 a year
each.
BY Rep. Wiley TO provide $500
a year Tor six years to have the state
geological survey make complete
soil and economic survey of the un-
developed lands of Michigan to ascer-
tain their value and possible uses.
BY Rep. Lewis: To have the maxi
mum salaries of clerks in the capitol
5000 inste of $780,
BY Sci tor Wool: To amend the
constitution so as to permit increas-
ing the 3ilaries of the secretary OF
state. auditor general and state treas
urer to as high as $4,000 year each.
They nov are limited to $4,000 sal
aries.
BY Senator Damon: To make 1t OPP
tional with school boards to have the
Bible read and studied in the schools.
BY Senator Martin: To abolish the
state DO, of equalization and have
the equaI zing of assessments OF the
counties I one by the tax commission.
ny Senator K. v. Smith: To repeal
the mortgage tax law and in place OF
1t tax thu cash value of property, the
owner I'd pay the tax on the cash
value les, the mortgage value, the
mortgage holder paying the remain
der
BY Sen,tor Covert: That village
may incorporate as city, II Its boun-,
daries arctic remain unchanged, with
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