The diamond drill., 1921-01-22

legislature. The new speaker man.
aged to satisfy everybody with his
appointments and the work OF the ses.
sion will speedily be under way. Fol
lowing are the members OF the most
important house committees, the first
named representative In each case be-
ing the chairman OF the committee:
COMMITTEES ORGANIZED
Agriculture: Read. Ewing, Averil.
Johnson, Hopkins, Rasmussen, Rowe.
Locke and Emerson.
City Corporations: Kooyers, Hart.
way. Dunn. Culver, G. III. Miller, Pal
mer, Brown. Raucholz and j. Il. War
ner.
Drainage: Barnard. Butler. Menery,
Raucholz and Fuller.
Education: Curtis. Hall, Wells, Mo-
sier, Haan, Barnard, Manwaring,
Dacey and Hartway.
Fish and Fisheries: Woodruff, Da-
foe, Miles, Dean, Case, Strom. Kooy-
ers. Wade and Leedy.
Game Laws: Glaspie, Coleman, Full.
Ter, Hubbard and Morrison.
General Taxation: Aldrich, Lord,
Jewell, Allard, Smith, Read, Francis,
Byrum and Mosier.
Insurance: O'Brien. Hunter, Chase.
Robinson and Emerson.
Judiciary: Liddy Copiey, Hunter.
Woodruff. Harris. Dafoe. Macdonald,
Titus and Lewis.
Local Taxation: Miles, Atwood,
Raucholz, Menery and Burnham
Private Corporations; Lord, Ohm
sted Lennon. Ewing. Watson. Steven
son. Gettel, Butler and Rankin.
Public Health: Welsh. Case. Sar
gent. Nevins and Townsend.
Public Utilities: Copley. Allard. Da-
foe. Green. w. #. Miller. Manwaring.
Wade. Haan and Pitkin.
Railroads: Smith, Moore, Meggison,
Reuter-, Stevenson. Glaspie. Holland,
Rowe and Ewing.
Roads and Bridges: Evans. Aldrich.
McKeon. O'Brien. Johnson Atwood.
j. Il. Warner, Strauch and Kirby.
Rules: Case. Jerome. Moore, Vine
and Evans.
State Affairs: Hunter, Welsh. Os-
born. Llddy, Frick. Vine. Town. Curtis
and Ramsey.
Towns and Counties: Averill. Far
rler. Danz. Burnham and Samson.
Village Corporations: Johnson. G..
II. Miller. Pitkin. Leedy and Rasmus-
sen.
Ways and Means: Jerome. Hopkins,
Wells, olmsted Farrier. Braman,
Watson. Jensen and Byrum.
STATE POLICE UNDER FIRE.
The long rumored effort to abolish
the state constabulary saw its real
inception on the first day for the in
PRODUCTION OF bills in the senate. when
Senator Ernest j. Bryant OF the Lena
wee Monroe district. put in bill TO !
do away with the constabulary and /
empower the board OF state auditors /
to dispose OF its property. Senator
Bryant declared that the establish /
ment OF the constabulary was war |
measure, no longer needed now that
the National Guard Is being re-estab- 1
lished. Federal and local authorities 1
can enforce prohibition without the /
state also doing II through the con
stabulary, he argues. Senator Nc
Naughton. OF Kent county. announced /
himself opposed TO Bryant's bill
Senator condop INTRODUCED bills to !
compel marriage licenses to be obtain
cd definite number OF days before 4
weddings; to raise the salaries Of su-
preme court justices to $4,000 a year |
Sach: and 20 permit the admission to
The bar OF law students who have stu
lied four years in attorneys Offices.
DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDER.
The first bill introduced in the
house was from Rep. Jensen. OF
Escanaba. II would raise the maxi
mum age OF inmates OF the Boys In
iustrIal School from IL 10 rs. Rep.
RUSSELL A. Hart. a new member from
Detroit, gave notice that he viii In
roduce later bill 10 provide the
leath penalty for first degree mur.
Ter, making II optional with juries 20
impose death or life imprisonment In
he convictions. The Hart bill VIII
,rovide for the electric chair being in
tailed in Jackson prison for execu-
ions. Hart declares that statistics
how more murders In states where
here is no death penalty than In
hose where executions occur. He
xpects a hard battle over this meas
re- N
Rep. Aldrich, OF Cheboygan. an.
ounced that he will introduce
Ian for submission TO the people nj
he April election OF proposal 20 J
ond the state for not TO exceed y30.. I
90 900 for the purpose OF distributing
onus payments to all Michigan men
nd women who saw service In the
forld war. n,
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