The Legislature

IjAnsing, May 10.- The senate committee which bas been investigating the affaire of the state prison submitted a voluminous report recommendiuK a general revisión of the prison rules. Bills were passed making Taborday a legal holiday: requiring trolley wires tobe strung at a height of at least 20 feet: requiring persons to have resided in their respective counties before being eligióle to appointment as deputy sherifis. thus prohibiting the importation of Pinkertou men, and establishing a Saturday half-holiday for banKs. The elections comraittee reponed favorably on a bül allowtng the use of any voting machine in municipal elections, and the committeeon state affairs reported without recommendation the house bil'. estAblishing &n asylum for the insane in the upper península. The house passecl the bill abolishing days of grace on commercial paper and making paper falling duft on Sunday or a legal holiday payable the succeeding day. This bill is to tke effect January 1, 1S91 The house also passed senate bilis providing for the incorporation of home protector fraternity associations, which embody both building and loan and life insurance features, and also authorizing the incorporation of gold cure organizations, known as happy home clubs. This bill was amended by limiting the capital stock of such corporations to Ï25,000.' The house judiciary committee reported favorably a bill for municipal woman suffrage. L.ANSING, May 11.- The Kline capital punisliment biU was made a special order in the house for Wednesday evening, May 17. Bills were Eassed prohibiting the caring for United tates prisoners at the Detroit house of correction; amending the franchise tax law, making it apply to corporations organized outside the state; joint resolution for the submïssion of a constitucional amendment to allow inniales of the soldiers" home to vote where the institution is located. Mr. Chamberlains bill providins for the organization of companies for the agricultura) developmentof lands m the upper península failed of passage. LÁnsing, May 12.- The general tax biU. upon whicli the senate has spent nearly two weeks' time during the session, was taken up and passed by that body. It proposes a return to the state system of collecting delinquent taxes and annihilates the most important features of the tax law of 1891. By concurrent resolution the senate authorized the attornej general and commissioner of railways to commence proceedings against the Lake Shore tt Michigan Southern Railwaycompany in order to test the validity of the law of 1891 repealing the special charter of the company and placing it under the operations of the general railroad law, by which the company's taxes were greatly increascd. The congressional apportionment bill was made the special order in the house for Tuesday. The committee on the state prison made an exhaustivo report upon the management of the institution under Warden Davis. questioning the accuracy of his system of bookkeeping by which he showed a considerable surplus to lts credit. , Lansixg, May 13. - A congressionaj reapportioninent bil], creating ten districts which. accordfnpr to the vote at the last election. will be safely republican, and two which upon the same' basis would be overwhelmingly democratie, was agreed to in committee of the whole by the senate. It is now prpttty certain that the legislature wil] adjourn May ili, and if half the needed lcirKliuion i.s passect great haste must be made.