Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1921-01-28

cording to a resolution by the senate.
Quick action is necessary II the state
is to succeed, as announcement was
made last week by Secretay Of War
Baker that the federal government
would not postpone the sale as IL was
now costing $500 day to, maintain
Il.
Michigan's bank account is 5ehind
just $S,292, ,715.05, according to off,
cial figures in the office of Auditor
General c. B. Fuller, deficit which
he points out can only be made up by
direct taxation.
Compensation For Mothers.
Gov. Groesbeck appointed Attor-
ney Joseph A. Moynihan as Wayne
County Circuit Judge to fill the unex-
pired term of George P. Codd. Con-
gressman-elect.\ The Governor was
visited by a committee of Detroit club
women interested in legislation pro-
viding aid for dependent mothers, and
he instructed them to see that bill
is properly drawn up and submitted
to the attorney-general and then the
legislature and assured them Of his
hearty cooperation in the matter.
The justices of the supreme court
have filed protests against the pro.
posed removal of the state law library
to the new Office building, claiming 1t
will be inconvenient. The, Michigan
Farm Bureau has invited its members
to give their views on the proposed
soldiers $30,000,000 bonus bill, also
the state income tax.
New bills are not going into the
legislative hopper very rapidly thus
far. The most discussed new measure
of the first week was Rep. PetereLen-
mons bill to prohibit aliens from own
ing firearms. The intent of the bill
is to prevent foreigners OF criminal
tendencies from possessing sawed-off
shotguns. Flint, which is in Rep. Len
mons district, has had considerable
questioned, though, whether the con-
stitutionality of the bill would be
sustained If it is enacted.
Would Regulate Train Crews.
The railroad workers again. have
had their full crew" bill presented
to the legislature. Senator Byron
Hicks introduced it. Under the terms
of the bill freight. trains of fifty cars
or more must have full crew of six
men. The provisions add one fiagman
to the crew now operating such
trains When a freight train is COM
posed of less than fifty cars. a crew
of five men would be allowed. On
passenger trains the bill fixes the
number of the crew at five. Flagmen
must have at least years expert.
ce in railroad work before being
permitted to work on passenger
trains.
Rep. Strom, of Kent county. has in
troduced moving picture censorship
bill, to provide for board of three
censors with an Office in Detroit. The
bill is similar to that which failed OF
passage In the last legislature. Nov
ing picture interests are preparing to
combat the bill. Notice will be placed
on all pictures shown in movie houses
that the films have been censored by
the Detroit officer assigned to that
duty. The battle over a state censor
ship gives promise Of surprising that
of the last session In bitterness and
also is more likely of final pasasge
because of the number Of women who
are backing the proposal and who
now are voters.
Deportation Of Dependent Aliens.
Rep. G.. Oliver Frick, Of Detroit,
who used to be the federal immigra-
ton inspector in Detroit, has intro
duced a bill providing for the investi-
cation and deportation Of aliens now
being supported in public and semi
public institutions Of the state. Rep.
Frick declares that the measure, IL
made law, will save the taxpayers OF
Michigan hundreds of thousands OF
dollars a year. The bill would require
the heads of state institutions to
make and file with the auditor general
a report showing all aliens under their
charge. which information can be
turned over to the federal immigra-
tion officials for action.
Immediate reforms in the handling
of state money are needed, 1t has been
decided at a meeting of members OF
the house ways and means committee
and the senate finance committee,
with Gov Groesbeck. Ie Is proposed
to put an end to the practice OF in
sti.utions going into debt on the
ground that emergencies demand 1t.
the state then having to make up a
deficit. II the plan is followed out It
will be necessary for the institutions
to present the emergency" to the
state officials before they are allowed
to make expenditures. The big deficit
now existing in the state funds is
blamed on the failure Of the last leg.
islature to make provision for certain
running expenses of institutions, the
theory being that the new budget
commission would be able to take
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