Michigan Legislature

Senatk- A reso'.uiion was passed on the Uth. for nnal adjournment June 5. A resolut on ap propriatlng 8i0,0i)0 for the Johnstown sullerers was introduced, but it was referred to the Judiclary Committee on the ground that the conultutlon would not permit the Legislatura torxi.MiM :iid outsideof tlie State. The Local Opttoo bil] was passed in committee of the wliole. II' 'i i: -lpresentative Connor's bültotaite away fruiri 11 II V;irner, of Rochester, N. Y., i' rtain lands in Huron County known as 'Wild Imwi Bay," raa paaaed. Sxmatb- Olila were passed on the Uth toprovide lor lichting the capitol building ana ground wil, Blec tricity; amending the railroad lawa to give Rreater sccurity at crosslngs; pruv.d Dg for the regulatlon and license by townahlpa or the business of hawklng and peddliiiL,-; relativa to the formation of ugricultural aocletles. HouíE-Cüls were passed prohibiting tho posting of o: scène or sugsrestive pictures in public places; amending the charter of the city of Grand Rupids. The purity of elections bill was nmslied in committee of the wbole and referred to the Election Comm;ttee for chances in construction, witli instructions for an early report. The most important bill passed was thatappropriating K'7,000 for u. home for th feeble-mindcd. SENATE-On the 13th the Divorcc law was repealed on the ground that the greal majority of divorces granted in Michigan were really on account of ncompatibility, and the power given judies to forbid them remarrying within two years asliable to prove ahardship. to many men and women guilty of no órlense, and who might be much happier by a scconct marriage. A larga number of pending bilis, were practlcally killed by an adversa report, from the Judicial Committee, among them a. bill providing for an increase of the salary of the State Qame Warden from tl,!0ü to $a,500 and a bill prohibiting the transportaron of the bodies of dead Chiuumen or their bones across the State. House- Bills were pa9sed for the re-;ncorporaüon ot gas companies whose charters hare eipired by l.mitation; making the waters of thegreat lakes, their bays and inlets, open to all persons ior shootlng, and for fishing with a hook and Tne; lncreasing the salaries of the deputy State ofBcers from ïl,800 to t2,4OO each. The puiity o( elect;ons bill was reported back from the eommittee and placed on the general order. The conference comm ttee afreed on a compromise on the liquor bill. They tixed the retailer' t;ix at $550 and the brewers' tax at 165, and require the druggist to procure a perm;t to sell liquor and to make quarterly reports of their sales. The Senate final adjournnientresolution was tabled. Senate- B lis were passed on the 14 tu, amhonzing Union School District No. 1, Jackson, to estabhsh a school for manual training; submittingto the people Ihe question of a revisión of the constitution; appropriatíng Í2.000 for the Impruvcment of lands owned by the State in Lansing city; for the erection by railroads of properly guarded residence crossings when the raJroad intervenes between the residence and the highway; and House bilis caliing for a popular vote upon the holding of a convention to remodel the constitution; proTiding for the relief of soldiers and their families outside the Soldier' s Home by levying a special tax and creating a relief eommittee in. each couniy to d.sburse it; prohibitinjf Insurance companies and agents from granting a rebate to the insured as Is írequently done foi the purpose of securing business. The Swift bill, providing for two cent railroad fares, and whlch posseü the House, was killed. Adiourned to the 17th. House- A joint resolution which had passed the Senate was passed, by which the State relinquishes In behair;of the settlers all title to th mineral lands granted the Marquette, Houghton & Ontonagon, the Ontonagon . Brule Itiver. and the Marquette & Bay DeNocquet rallwayt, which were recently declared forfeited by Congress.