The Detroit times., 1917-03-17
Pass 20 Bills and De-
bate Prohibition
Laws Friday
EIGHT SUPPLY
MEASURES PASS
Liquor Regulation To
Come Up Again On
Wednesday

LANSING. Mich, March ITO
show what II could do when II had
real steam up. the state senate got
busy both morning and afternoon
Friday. and cleaned up its calendar.
II passed a total OF 20 hills and
sent them over 20 the house. II de
bated prohibition for more than an
hour and set next Wednesday aft.
ernoon AZ $3.50 O'Clock as special
order time for consideration OF all
prohibition bills. II revived the
workmen's compensation amend.
mont bill sufficiently TO allow one
amendment a chance 10 go thru.
The vote defeating the Martin
Stewart compensation amendment
bill Thursday. was reconsidered 80
that II win not stand In the way
OF the DeIAnd senate bill and Weis.
sert house bill TO make new
standard OF finding the average
weekly wages OF men engaged In
so-called seasonal occupations. The
Martin Stewart bill, when reconsid-
cred. was laid on the table tempo
rarily. This was done because OF
provision In In touching on the sub
ject OF seasonal occupation. The
latter could not come up again this
session II killed IN one bill
The DeIAnd and weissert bills.
N made law. will result In com
pensation being paid an injured.
workman on the basis OF the wages
he IL earning az the time OF his ac-
cident Miners. ice-cutters and men
In other occupations who work at
them only part OF the year. here
tofore have had their earnings ~
few months computed "a annual
earnings and the average weekly
wage found by dividing such an
nual total by So The senate sc-
ton makes n possible for this one
change in the compensation law 20
be made. other proposed changes
are dead
The 90 bills passed by the senate
included eight making approprla-
tons. the FIRST appropriation bills TO
pass either house this session. One
OF the bills called for 800. 900 for
the agricultural fair commission 70
encourage county fairs This was
cut to half its total with the con
sent OF all concerned.
The Roberts DeIand bin for
budget commissioner was also
adopted This was the Srst bin in.
troduced IN the senate at this SEA-
sion. II has been held mp while
the fight was on over the creation
OF a commission IN inquire into
budget systems and report on
proposed system for Michigan. Gov
Sleeper has been insistent on a
commission Of inquiry. In order 30
be certain that comprehensive
system r. adopted The Roberts
DeIAnd bill creates an immediate
Job OF budget commissioner and
prescribes HIS labors. II was amend
ed 80 "a TO include also the com
mission Of inquiry. TO consist OF
Eve members appointed by the gov
ernor. and IN this form has gone
20 the house.
Another biIl passed by the sen
ate on third reading is the whole
family protection" bill. wanted by
| fraternal life insurance societies.
Il permits the insuring OF children
in societies in which their parents
are members, 80 that an entire fam
fly may be insured The bin sets
the amount OF insurance that may
be carried on children and II ranges
gradually for tS4 on children OF
two years 10 $500 on those rs years
old.
The senate passed the house bill
which allows the appointment Of an
assistant register In the probate
courts In Detroit
When the senate reached the
Damon bonedry prohibition bill.
Senator Trip wanted 10 substitute
for Il a bill which he said was even
drier. as II prohibited drugstore
from selling booze Ths~Tripp bill
not being printed yet. the senator
asked to have the Damon bin laid
over until HIS bill was available.
Senators Damon and Foster OBJ
posed any more delay In consider.
ing liquor legislation. Senator Gov.
err declared himself opposed 10 the
clause IN the Damon bili making Il
crime for a person 20 nave ifquor
In his possession. Senator KOehler
said that hip pockets were invented
By tailors I'm other dry days when
there was supposed 10 be no liquor.
but when men carried n and found
that their bottles frequently were
broken in oldfashioned coat-tan
pockets
Senator Wood suggested that as
the house has four distinct bills on
prohibition enforcement, and "a
about to take them up. that the
senate put over the Damon and
Trip bills until next Wednesday
and consider them together with
the house Mills. In an effort TO adopt
one comprehensive Law covering
the entire subject. The bills then
were made a special order for We'd