The Yale expositor., 1919-04-24
TUFTS BILL PROVIDING RURAL
SCHOOLS MAY INSTALL FARM
VOCATIONAL COURSES
GOES TO SLEEPER.
HOUSE WINS BULGE 7 ARGUMENT
Must Have Certificate Issued BY Sec
rotary Of State Before Any One
Can Sell a Second Hand
Motor Vehicle.
(Staff Correspondent.)


Lansing. Mich.
After a budget bill argument that
lasted through almost the entire legis-
lative session, the house has emerged
victor over the senate in regard to the
style in which budget bills shall be
drawn. The senate wanted them to
show the salaries of every employe of
every state institution and depart
ment, no matter how humble his posi-
ton. The house deemed its sufficient
for the budget appropriation bills to
show the exact salaries of principal
officials, and give for minor employees
one bulk sum to cover all their jobs.
The house plan included allowing
chance for the raising of salaries OF
minor employees, by not specifying the
exact sum each and every one was to
receive. Also il made Tor much short
er budget bills Both houses adhered
to their notions, however, until the in
evitable clash came. Then the senate
named Senators Deland, Clark and
Wood as conferees on the matter,
while the house named Reps. Wiley,
Hopkins and Brewer. The conference
committee spent six hours in argu-
ment before the matter was settled
the houses way.
The house also intends to do things
to the senate idea of raising railroad
passenger rates. The latter body
adopted a bill granting one-half cent
raise in steam railroad fares, making
the fare IL cents mile instead OF
the old 2-cent rate. The electric in
terurban roads were excluded from
the increase. The railroad committee
of the house reported out the senate
bill with an amendment granting the
increased rate to the interurban roads
as well as to the steam roads. The
latter were soon reported as being in
full accord with the amended bill, 1t
being rumored that the house commit
tee members felt that all roads should
be treated alike and either get the
increase all, together or have no in
creases allowed at all.
The senate has put an end to the
Joint resolution offered by Senator
Wood, of Detroit, to submit an amend
ment to the constitution to raise the
session salaries Of members of the
legislature from $500 to $1,000. the
Wood resolution came up for a vote
after the electors of Michigan had
swamped the proposal TO amend the
constitution so as to raise salaries II
justices OF the supreme court, so the
senators figured 1t was useless to sub
NIT a proposal to increase their own
legislative income. Only eleven SEN
ators voted for the Wood proposal.
AS the session approaches its end
the utilities bills of all sorts and the
$500 900 loan to Jackson prison, for
new buildings, continue to mold the
center OF the stage. The senate has
stepped out first with a utilities bill,
but is disposed at that to wait and
see what house members favor in The
line OF rate control of public service
companies. The uncertainty between
the two houses still may cause the
whole matter to go over to the June
special session, along with the eE-
abling legislation to put the coed
roads program into effect.
Counties may elect to abolish all
g.. A., A. o6oa 80 county chariff nd
Put the sheriff on straight salary, un-
der the terms of bill submitted by
Senator Connolly and adopted by the
senate. The senate also has adopted
the Harvey bill to define the crime OF
conspiracy, bill aimed at the arson
rings uncovered in Detroit and other
cities by the state fire marshaps Of
fee last year. Both these bills still
have to go through the house In order
20 become law.
Another bill to fail In the house
was the Griggs measure to have town
ship officials nominated for office In
primary elections, abolishing all eau
cuses in townships. This bill may be
revived before the session ends, how
ever, as many members are strongly
in favor of it. The fact that It failed
of passage was largely because Of
small attendance when Il came to a
vote, the members on hand being even
iy divided as to its merits.
A road bill by Senator Connolly.
that may have to go over TO the spe-
cial session, II It can be brought up
then. has stirred up considerable road
discussion in advance OF the bonding
acts. Some Senators believe its real
object is to change to whole state re
ward system from a milesge basis TO
cost basis and that such move at
this time would require the building
up OF whole new road system for the
state.
The Penney bin to provide for the
designation by numbers OF section iine
roads has passed the senate.