The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-04-14
WEEK
IS ENDED
|NLANS|NG
House Forced to Hold
Saturday Session by
Press of Business
SENATE REVERSES
ITSELF SIX TIMES
Considers, Reconsiders
and Kills Various
Measures
BY W. L OALNON


(Stor Correspondent DETROIT TJmes)
LANSING. Mich. April 1.-THE
house of representatives found II
neceasary 10 hold It's irst Saturday
session OF the year this morning in
order to take care OF a deficiency
appropriation bill for the bacteria
logical station In the upper PENN
sula. Other than this, which was
held up in the senate by the rule
for a bill TO lie 1--WE days on the
table before being acted upon. the
house on Friday afternoon had the
legislative decks completely clear
ed 80 that II could adjourn over
until Monday After today none but
senate bills can be originally acted
upon in the house and house bills
IN the senate.
In It's final cieanup Friday the
house showed a spirit OF unwilling
ness 10 agree TO senate amendments
10 house bills merely because OF the
chance that the bills might fail
entirely. The house voted down al
most unanimously senate amend
ments to half a dozen bills and I'M
less the senate recedes from its
amendments, the number OF confer
ences on bills next week viii be
materially increased.
Most OF the cleanup work In both
houses Friday merely placed bills
where they can be acted upon nnal-
ly in the last week OF sessions.
Only two bills were definitely dis
posed OF, one in each house. The
Hulse anti-cigarette bill was def
initely killed by the house. The
budget commission BILL now known
as the Foote-DeLand-Robe Brow
at BILL, was passed by the senate
Just as II passed the house and has
gone TO the governor for his sigma
ture This was originally Bill No.
l OF the senate.
The house passed the Culver bill
10 regulate advertising and prohibit
fraudulent advertising. II is based
on what Is known as the Printers
Ink model advertising bill. II diff
fers very little from the fraudulent
Advertising law In effect since the
1913 session, but eliminates FROM
the latter the word knowingly" az
applied TO the advertiser who uses
fraudulent practices. II is charged
that advertisers have been able 10
hide behind the fact that they must
knowingly" place fraudulent ad.
yertising. II was held that an ad-
vertiser knows what be is adver-
Using and II he uses fraudulent
methods should be made subject to
the penalties OF the law. which are
hnes ranging from $40 to 800 or
30 10 80 days In jail. or both. for
each offense.
The house defeated the Condor
bill from the senate which would
require that all teachers in schools
II this state be American citizens
p" ~ least have declared their in
tentions OF becoming citizens. Only
rs house members voted for II. to
"a against Rep. Nelson led the
opposition, declaring that the pres.
emit laws sufficiently cover the mat
ter.
Senator MoRAe's bill TO prohibit
the playing of the Star Spangled
Banner" In medleys or as an exit
march was defeated also In the
house. getting only 81 votes TO sc
against Later the house reconsld-
cred the vote and tabled the bill, Il
being stated that further lnforma-
ton would be forthcoming next
week in regard 10 government regu-
lations on the national anthem
which might cause the house mem
bers TO change their minds.
The senate spent most OF Friday
IN reversing itself on bills II kill
ed SIR bills out OF about 20 consid
ered. reconsidered and tabled all
six and later took four OF them from
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