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Michigan Legislature

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Parent Issue
Day
16
Month
May
Year
1889
Copyright
Public Domain
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Senate- Oii the Tth the consideration of the House bill forbidding the sale of ctgarettes and cigarette paper In Michigan was indeflnltely postponed, thus practically killing the bilL The Huuse bill forbidding the sale ol tobáceo to minors under seventeen years of age was passed, and the measure will soon become a law. The boulevard bilí, givlng Detroit the power to bond itself tor $500,000 was also passed, and only lacks the Governoi's signature to become a law. House- A bill revising the flsh laws of tha State was passed; also a bill making lt a fel ony to entice minors into secret places for inmoral purposes. For a Tiolation of the provlslons of the law a person may be sent to State prison for a term not to exceert flfteen years. Sbnate- Nearly the en tire sessionwas spent on the 8th In consideration of a House bill repeallng an elabórate system of reporting mortgages for taxation adopted two years ago. Tha books and forms requlred for putting the act Into operat.on cost the State t30,0U(i. As the result of lts workings mlllions ol dollar In mortgages were uncovered and assessed, but the money loaners at once began charging a hlgher rate of interest and the act became obnozlous. Just the required number of votes to pass the bill were secured. A resolution flxing the salary of members of the Legislatura at 1500 per annum was defeated. House- Bills were passed providing a penalty of Une and ímprisonment for acy person knowingly infected with small-poz, scarlet foyer or other communicable disease to enter a public place or conreyance or to subject ac; other person to danger of contracting the disease; requiriug every retaller of gasoline, naphthaor benzine to atta. ha label to the purchaser's can giving the true name or tbe fluid aiid the words: "Explosivo when mixed witb air." In committee of the whole a bil increasing the speclflo taz of expresa companles trom one to three per cent. was killed, but bill decreasing tbe specitic taz of the flro in■urance companles from three to two per cent, was passed. Sbnate- The House bill for the lnspcctloo of cattle on the hoof was killed on the 9th and the Senate bill upen the same subject was indefinitely postponed. Bills were passed authorizing Reed City to incur a bonded Indebtedness ol f 65,000 for public lmprovements; the Grand Rápida oolice oourt bill, raising the salary of the judge to tl. 800 and tbe clerk to il, 200, and the bill approprlatlng t85,T0O for the support of the State Normal School. House- Bills were passed approprlatlng 174,162 for the support of the State Industrial Home for Girls: providing for incorporating building and loan associations; amending the charter of the city of Lansing. A bill reducing the speciüc tax on the business of lire Insurance companies from three to two per cent failed of passage by a vote of 31 to 41. The Governor approved the Rogers bill, prevesting the sale of tobáceo to minors under aeventeea years of age, and the University Appropriatlon bill. Senate- Bills were passed on the lOth proTiding for the better observance of the Sabbat!) and punishment for lmmorality; increasIng the salary of the State Librarían and asEistant; House bill flxine the oompensation of the Wayne Cou nty coroners ; legalizingcertain public improvement bonds in the Tillage of Kalkaska. A resolution was offered approprlatlng tl,2T0 for the expenses of transportaron of the Governor and military to the New York centennial, and it was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Adjourned to the 13th. House- Bill were passed providing a flxed compensation for clerks and registers for the Wayne County Probate Court; to prevent the spread of contagious diseases among live stock; appropriating t8,0C0for the State publio schools; providing a stenographer for the Wayne County court and the Detroit pólice court. A bill to pension Judge Swlft, of the Detroit recorder's court, at (2,000 per year, was killed, as was a resolution appropriating l'0,00J for the relief of the Waldron Ure sufferers. The Woman's Municipal Suffrage bill was made the special order for May 13. Ad Journed to the ltfth.

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