The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-03-10

eopathic hospital with the General
hospital at the University Of Michi.
gan. The resolution states that only
AZ patients are now housed In the
homeopathic hospital, making the OPP
Grating expense OF the spacious build
ing too high.
NEW INCOME TAX PLAN.
The plan to compromise on a NOV
ing picture censorship has the sup
port of many who were disputing over
the merits of the first censorship
plans. The compromise idea is to
leave the censorship to the state ad-
ministrative board, headed by the gov
ernor, giving the hoard the power to
rule out all pictures showing criminal
and immoral acts.
Senator Penney has advanced the
income tax compromise idea, it being
TO have the federal government whack
up income tax collections with the
states from which they are received,
thus having only the one tax to col
lect for both nation and state.
Numerous new bills continue TO be
offered both In the senate and house.
Amons the most interesting OF them are
two offered by Senator Hayes to make
Good Friday public and school hoI
iday, thus permitting the churches
the opportunity 10 make ii greater
church day. Senator Hayes says the
bills are prompted by the fact that
there is a growing observance of the
day and in Detroit this year there is
10 be public cessation of work Tor
three hours on Good Friday, wh!ia
special public services are being held.
$500, GOO FROM STATE FARMS.
Salary increase bills still hold their
power to precipitate heated debates,
as was exemplified in the senate by
the bill to raise the pay of supreme
court justices 10 $4,000. For three
weeks this bill was knocked about.
twice being sent back TO committee.
but finally ii was amended to provide
$4,000 salaries for the justices and
in this form got through and went to
the house. The bill to raise the sal
airy of the superintendent of public
instruction from $4,000 to $4,000 also
has been buffeted about and at the
present writing has beer amended
TO the $4,000 mark in the senate. but
still has TO go to the test Of a vote
on its final passage there.
From the sale of farm products
from state farms the state expects
during the fiscal year of 1922 to re.
ceive revenue of approximately
100000.
In statement of estimated general
purpose revenues, compiled by the bud
get commission, the anticipated reven-
ne for the coming fiscal year is placed
at $3,39S,6-5.
The appointment of Fred b. Perry,
secretary of the state board of audit
ors, and superintendent of the Capitol,
as secretary OF the newly created
state administrative board, at salary
OF $4,000 a year, has been announced.
Charles j. Leland, secretary of
state, has been named vice-chairman
of the board and Fred Griswold will
head the boards accounting bureau
Regular meetings will be held each
Tuesday morning and Wednesday af-
ternoon. The Governor may call
special conferences at any time.
FOR CHANGE IN COUNTY PLAN.
The latest idea in governmental re-
form which has appeared in the leg
islature is one which embodies a plan
for administrative boards for counties,
patterned to some extent after the
new state administrative board.
1t would be made optional with the
counties as to its adoption, that ques-
ton to be decided by the boards of
This plan is offered as a substitute
for the county commission government
idea which has been agitating for
some time and is expected to be pro-
posed at this legislative session. The
new board would absorb some county
Offices and abolish boards of auditors
in counties having them. A tentative
bill has been drafted and will prob
ably be introduced in the senate By
Senator Thomas II. McNaughtou, Eent
county.
The administrative board would
consist Il three members appointed
by the board of supervisors at salaries
of not less than $4,000 a year each.
CABINET CUTS REQUESTS.
Attacking the 81 100000 emergency
which the various depart
ments and institutions have made to
cover continuation work during the
five months of the fiscal
year, the administrative board at its
first meeting held this week looped
$4,000 off the requests OF the fir,t
four departments taken up.
The biggest cut was made in the
amount asked by the board of the
Boys Industrial school when investi-
cation of the facts presented in con.
nection with an estimate OF $4,000