The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1919-01-23

be council of health of five mem
bers, at least three of them practic-
ing physicians, appointed by the gov
ernor to six year terms. In time or
epidemic the state commissioner, with
the consent of the council of health
could establish guarantees and bans
In places where it was deemed neces-
sary.
Rep. Mcdonald has introduced a
bill to amend the compensation act
so that compensation would be Nc
creased from SIS per cent to &c 2-3 per
cent of an injured workmans wages.
The minimum compensation would be
increased to 81 a week and the maxi
mum to SIS. The bill also adds to the
list OF dependents children over Is
who are incapacitated from earning
their own living, and fathers-in-law
and mothers-in-law.
Rep Robinson has introduced a bill
to provide that tubercular and dis
eased cattle must be quarantined. Rep.
Evans has put I'm bill to make coun-
ty treasurers the agents of the secre-
tary of state in the sale of automobile
licenses, the county to get a fee of
25 cents on each license issued. Rep.
Miles introduced a bill to put all coun-
ty officers in all counties on salary
basis, eliminating all fees.
Rep. Warner introduced a bill to
prohibit baseball games, horse racing,
circuses, carnivals or other sport en-
tertainments on Memorial Day, with
$500 fine or years Imprisonment the
penalty for violations Another eight
hour day bill has appeared in the
house. 1t is aimed to cover all public
work, making eight hours the stand
ard day, with time and a half for
overtime
The state labor department has had
two bills introduced, one of which in
creases the term Of the commissioner
from two to four years and the other
increases the coal mine inspectors
pay from $4 day to $4,000 year.
The senate has adopted a concur
rent resolution that is accepted in
legislative circles as a slap at Henry
Ford. 1t censures the sale of farm
tractors that are not equipped with fen
ders or safety devices on rear driving
wheels, and declares in favor of legis-
lation that will compel the use of safe
ty appliances. The house referred the
resolution to the committee on agri-
culture. Rep. Evans, chairman Of the
latter committee, has already intro
duced bill that aims to compel the
use OF tenders on rear driving wheels
of tractors
Rep. Evans has another measure,
which he is planning to introduce soon,
by which the county treasurers OF the
state will be made the county agents
| or the secretary Of state for the is
suance of automobile licenses. The
plan is to have 25 cents allowed on
! each license issued, to pay the ex-
pense Of the county in handling the
business.
Joint resolutions proposing amend
| ments to the constitution are begin
ming to pile up and IL all Of them go
| through the voters will have plenty of
questions to decide at the election on
| April Z. Rep. Toepel wants an amend
ment that would prevent final naturali-
| cation Of alien born residents unless
they are able to read and write any
| section Of the state constitution. Rep.
Holland proposes that the age of male
voters be changed from 81 to Is, in
view Of the fact that Uncle Sam went
out and listed youths of Is for the
draft. Rep. Dunn wants the constitu-
ton to provide that the governor and
lieutenant governor be the elective
| state officers and making the secre-
tary Of state, state treasurer, auditor
general and attorney general appoin-
tees Of the governor.
Speaker Read has announced house
appointments as follows: Assistant
sergeants, Joseph Brennan. Charles
Orther, Richard Birkholm, william
Richter, George Cook and Henry
Reed. Document room keeper. J. Ray
Fisher; assistants, James Schriver
and August Kelley. Cloak room keep
er, Walter Collins; assistant, Frank
Morgan; chief janitor, Ora Yerty; as
sistants, Harold Rose, Frank Wilson,
Richard Stoit, Will Reilly, Almon Bow
erman and Perry Backus. Speakers
clerk, Maud Barnum. Speakers mes
senger, Albert Tederstrom. Press
messenger, Theodore Burdick
Nearly all the state institutions are
submitting their estimates of appropri-
ations needed for the two years. in
the form of bills, but the state budget
commission which prepared the bud