The Detroit times., 1917-03-09
Speaker Rice Warns
House Members Must
Get Busy At Once
SESSION MAY
LAST INTO APRIL
Legislators Must Sit
Saturdays and
Mondays

{ 500 correspondent Detros. INA

Speaker Wayne r. Rice warned TIC
house mem1ers al the opening of
Thursday afternoons session that II
they expect 10 finish their labOrs
March 81, ss they have voted 10 do,
they will have 70 figure on working
Mondays. Fridays and Saturdays
for the next three weeks. The men-
bers applauded him Al the close
OF the session they voted to adjourn
from this mornings session until
Monday evening, as usual
Hearings are scheduled for every
day next week before the JONI sen
ate and house insurance committees
on various portions Of The insurance
code. There has been much wran-
Cling in the hearings already held,
including one yesterday morning on
FIRE insurance rates. and IL would
seem that the insurance code Is
going TO keep both houses busy for
time, The game laws committees
also has furnished \ subject for hot
debate by reporting out the -one
buck law" q subject that always
stirs up a hot legislative battle.
With hearings listed as late as
March 20 on the corporation laws
and the prohibition bills stlli 70
come Up. some members already are
becoming uncertain about the abii-
ity Of ths legislators to get tkru
With their work in any satisfactory
way by March 81 and are talking
OF extending the time limit ror
couple Of weeks, 80 as TO adjourn
about April Is.
With $50 bills and 80 Joint reso-
buttons already in, -enste and house
members swelled the total Or intro
ducing thirty more bills THURSDAY.
when the house had only one bill
ready for consideration on third
reading and two In committee Of the
wkole. The list Of those 10 come
up after i've days has grown rapid
~. however
The one bill passed by the house
sets the pay Of Jurors and special
commissioners In drain hearings AZ
81 day instead OF s.. One bill
passed In committee OF the whole
Gets az So instead Of $50 IN,
amount OF tuition per pupil a town
ship without high school may paw
10 outside high schools
The house passed resolution Of
coincidence TO be sent TO the falaily
OF George w. Barbour. Of Fent0n.
document room keeper Of the house
for many years. Who died recently.
The senate passed ten minor bills
on third reading and got into q
mix up over a Jackson prison bill
that resulted In vote Of passage
being reconsidered and The bill put
over.
The bill provides that the prison
authorities may borrow money on
manufactured stock on hand. ar
private concerns borrow on ware.
house receipts, fo- the purchase OF
new raw material This would cs.
taolish so-called revolving fiInG
for the prison. Auditor General
Fuller wants the bill amended q
that the prison authorities will Dor.
row from the state. thereby savinr
banking interest The bill was pass.
ed on the understanding thar the
auditor general was satisfied with
II and when n was found later No
was not, the vote was reconslds red
The prison authorities are anxious
70 have the revolving fund as they
ere handicapped az times by hayins
all their money tied Up in goods al.
ready manufactured. while their
supplies are exhausted.
Among new bills introduced
Thursday afternoon were these:
BY Rep. Flowers. 10 have mayors
OF cities issue licenses 10 pawnbrok
ers, the city council setting the Zee
anywhere from $50 10 $500. the
pawnbrokers 20 make weekly re
Forts 70 the chief OF police. to get
no more than 3 per cent a month IN
terest, and 10 auction only goods &C
tuaIly pawned with them and not
redeemed
BY Rep. Flowers. 20 make It IN.
lawful for any one 20 have mar
cotics in his possession.
BY Rep Farrier. 10 have the state
pay 5 cents an acre tax to courties
on homestead and swamp lands held
By the state the money 20 20 into
road fundE' the estimate being that
10000 year will be paid.
BY Rep. Weissert 10 appropriate
fh.o00 FOR statue 80 Gen Wn r
Shsfter az his birthplace in Gales
burg
BY Rep. Hulse. a. punish BY SIC
II t25 fine or 10 TO 90 DAYS In jail
any one Who exhibits for pccuniaty
gain any deformed. naimed. idiotic
OF abnormal person or human mon
strosity
BY Rep. Nelson. tc restore party
enrolment
BY Senator wilcox. 70 stop police
from mugFinR prisoners
~ Senator Covert 20 allow
courts 10 have couri officers at 81.
geo year instead % deputy ehpr