State Legislature

Senatk.- ISth day.- The session was brief Dut nteresting. Several bilis were reponed Javorably by committees us follows: Providing Ihat o:.e membcrof the board of trustees of ihG A'ricultufal college should be agrstdo&tê )f the same: to Incorpórate clubs of League of American Wheelinen; for submlsslOQ of conititutionul amendment tor educattonal iiualitliations of electora: doin away wiih cumulative .roting for members of the House, the jnu district om; man bill; for ró.000 appropriaiionfor Pioneerand Historical Society: amend.ng dlvorce laws: for jury commission lor Hay rounty. The Senate concurred in the House -esolutions indorsing Col. Edward Hitt for jnemberofthe National Gflttysburg oommlsiion, and for the loan of war relies to temporiry G. A. R. exhibition at Kalamazoo. Bills ntrodueed: To secure safety in ue of local ind portable boilers and entines and corope',ency in those who manage them: amending jlection law relativo to oath to be taken; jmending law relative to the powers andduties 3f offteers authorized to sell real estáte; a bul relative to the testínioiíy of husband and wife n criminal cases, allowing them to testify Xíjaínst each other: to establish a college of iclectic medicine and surgery inthe University }í Michigan; aniending law of original writs u to conimencement of suit; for working home for idult blind men to bL esíablish.-J ni Sagina jnd appropriating Ï2Ö.00O therefore: amending law for incorporatton of co-operative and mutual bcnelit assocíations; to authorize allowance by decreê of court of reasonable yolictor and counsel fees: proposing amenijment to constitution relative to incorporatiOn of ;ities; allowing cities to incorpórate; for the protection of street car employés in inclement weather; approprlaünd $W,000 for improvements at Kalamazoo asylum; amending law relative to Vhe taking and uatching of tish in the inland waters of the state. House.- The village charter bill drafted by the state municipal charter commission eonsumefl ilmost the entire day, bein considered in committee of the whole. The bill to change the name of Wayne county to Blank county was killed. Bills introduced: To prevent deception in manufacture, sale and use of substitutes for butter; amending law relative to equipment of Michigan National Guard; providtng for examnation of persons elected or recommended for appointment to certain offices in the M. N. G. : regulating and governing the appointment of stall olllcers In M. N. G. : prohibitihst assemblage of armed companies for drill without permission of commander-in-chief ; for taxation of attorneys' fees in justice courts: amending law relative to limitation of personal action; for appointment by courts ol physlcians to examine persons in suits for damages on account of personal injuries; for taking of tcstimony of parties to causes and witnesses before issue loined therein; amending pharmacy law: amending tish law: giving justices of the peace jurisdiction over foreign corporations: mg laxation of costs in actions for malicious prosecutions; amending law relative to printing and distribution of pubüc documents; requiring cnunty treasurers to furnish transcripis and abstracts of record; amending law relative to probate registers: amending road law: for compensation of persons isolated by order of ïealth offlcers; amending marriage license law ■ 'or incorporation of temples of the Myslic Order of the New Kaaba. Senate. - Pourteenth day. - Senator McLaughlin's joint resolution for a constitutional amendment providing an educational qualifleation for electors was adopted. An effort was made to strike out the word "male" so that women could vote, but it was decided to allow hat issue to come up separately. Another of Senator McLaughlins resolutions was also adopted. changing the form of oath to be adninistered to electors cballenged at the polls to make it conform with the new hve-year residence clause for foreign born citizens. Several bilis were favorably reponed from committees: To require the secretary of state and other offlcers to give bonds for the perormance of their duties; for the immediate registration and prompt return of births and deaths; for the incorporation of mutual benefit associations: for vestibules for the protection of molormen on street cars. Bills passed were ■ Amending law relative to suits against foreign corporations; repealing aot recjutring certain erms of circuit court of Iosco county to be held at Au Sable: to require board of auditors to pass on accounts of members of the geological urvey: for submission of constitutional qualitlcations for electors. New bilis introduced: mending law relative to printing and distri)ution of documents: amending law for windng up affairs of mining corporations; for 1norporation of Masonic for state uniformity of text books: for división of proprty held in trust: amending law for incorporation of manufacturing companies; amendin aw regu lating recording of notice of lis pendens Housk.- Rep. Kedfern noticml n hin f„, o nubmission oí a prohibition amendment Rep I-oster wants stockholders of banks held personally responsible for losses of depositors. Rep. Matthews noticert a bilí to raise the limit of bonded indebtedness of Detroit: the bilí provides for issuing íüOO.OOO bonds for a highway- eitner bridge or tunnel- to connect Detroit and Belle Isle. The vlllage charter bil! oecupied nearly the entire day. Bills To amend the statutes relative to county oEBcersfor appropriation lor usylum for criminal insane: to amend general tax law, by repealing xemption of church property: to amend law elative to competency of witnesses; to aiil ounty agricultural societies: authorizing and eguhiting the parole of conviots; amending eneral tax law. to decide where individuals or orporations having more Ihan one oftlce in the tate shall pay their taxes; to amend the eneral tax law, to repeal mortgage to rovide tor división of property held ín trustcongressional apportionment bill; to provide or solicitors' fees in foreclosure of real estáte mortgages; to prohibit posting private adverïsements on public bridges; amending law elative to the salarles of justices of the su)reme court; requiring probate judges in cerain cases to give notice to foreign counsel of pplieation for administration of estates of eceased Dersons: provlding for an assaying juilding and for appropriation for the Michiran Mining school; amending law relative to ale of ltquors within one mile of Michigan boldiers' Home. SïNATE.-Fifteenth day.- Senator Thompons Detroit board of health bill. which as ratsed such a row, was reported favorably by the cities and Ulages committce with the recommendation b í yuDo. iuc ttuienuuients made ín committee provide for minor appointments by the oard, such as inspector of meat, milk, fooU nd plumbing. and two sanitary inspectora, one or the eastern and one for the western dis■Ict. a he judiciary committee reponed favorbly the joint resokition for an indeterminate entence law. The governor transmittei the oluminous report of the Chickamauga and nattanoqga commission, detailing the work one looking to marking the positions of Mich;;an troops in those engagement, important Hls notieed: Providing for the purcaase of u. . flags for school houses byeach. school district n the state: to amend the law relative to trade nd labor unlons. so thal they muy incorpórate ui sueand be-sued; to repeal the charter of Jetroit and attach the territory to VVindsor nt: to prevent absolutely the killing of deer 'XiS'Si0 'A 189T; an aPPropnation of ".■..;.fili tor the nsh commission for the next TO years; repealing the lawexempting from axation forten years railroadsorganl.ed north f the forty-fourth parallel. Bills tntroduoed: menfling act to facilítate the giving of bonds; o allow street railway eorporations to conemn plank roads; authorizing an appronriaon of swamp lands to improve Maple ver; amending election law. House. Ihe morning session was consumed y the village Corporation bül prepared bv the unicipal charter commission. and it was not until the afternoon session that a vote waa taken, which resulted in the passage of the blll to take immediate effect. Uills were noticed1 o prevent the importation of convicts froni other states and territories to Michigan, a blow at the Detroit House of Correctlon; providlna that justices of the peace shall have jurisdiction in civil suits where the amount involved does notexceediSOO, instead of Í300. as at present and also forbids appeals in cases where the amount is less thau .ji0, unless the circuit eourt orders such appenl. All bilis introduced for pnitection of nnh and Rame are to be eodified uno a general bilí revisiiif; present laws. New bilis introduced: Amendiñg law relative to atte of consent, making it IB instead of 14 yenrsamending banking lawi amending election law amending law for appointment of probate r"isters; amending law tor payment of salaries of offlcers and employés oí legis.ature: exemptíng upper península from franchise fee law amending garnishee law; amending relative tó rehef of soldiers outside Soldier? for oration of camping, flshlng and hunting associations; to lie. ,: oigarettea; foór n'iNtrationof electors prior to sui-inir election oí ï&io; proposmg a prohitiition amendment. The most interesting cvent which has oceurred at Lansing during this session of the legislatura was in.' rtslt ofaboutSOO Dctroiters to attend a meeting o( the Senate commitlee on elties and villages on Senator Thomj)son s bill to abolish the present health board of Detroit and give the overnor of the sta ie power toappoint a health coiumission tor our metropolis, lt is a faot patent to all Michigan citizens that Senator Thompson and Mayor i intree are mortal enemies, and this probablv ajcountsforMr. T.'g anxiety to get the bill tbrough. 'lhe crowd f rom Detroit were divided a for Pingree or anti-Pingrec and when the meeting was thrown open for speeches there was over two hours steady talk in the afternoon session and four hours of wind in the evening. The speeches were interspersed with personal abuse and reflections. Wher. the battle was tlnished tho committee was no nearer a, conclusión than before. and notwithstanding the fact that both sides wantod more timo the coaimittee said they'd hadenougU.