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and admitted in all courts and proceedings, and by 

 all officers in this State, as evidence of the existing 

 laws thereof, with the like effect as if published under 

 and by the authority of the State." 



An act to regulate the practice of dentistry creates 

 a board of examiners, and provides for the issue of 

 certificates to dentists who are not in practice in the 

 State at the time the act shall take effect, or who do 

 not hold a diploma from the faculty of a reputable 

 dental college. 



An act to promote public health provides that it 

 shall not be lawful for any person to practice medi- 

 cine or surgery, or any branch thereof (except dentis- 

 try), without having the qualifications required in the 

 provisions of this act, and without having first regis- 

 tered in the office of the county clerk as provided in 

 this act. The " qualifications " prescribed throw the 

 door to practice and the books of registration wide 

 open to every person u who shall have actually prac- 

 ticed medicine continuously for at least five years in 

 this State, and who is practicing when this act shall 

 take effect." 



An act creating a Bureau of Labor and Industrial 

 Statistics, and defining the powers and duties of the 

 same, charges the commissioner, his deputy and as- 

 sistants, with the collection of 'statistical details re- 

 lating to all departments of labor in this State, includ- 

 ing the penal institutions thereof." John W. Mc- 

 Grath, of Detroit, was appointed commissioner, who 

 appointed John Devlin, of the same city, deputy. 



An act " to protect the rights of laborers " prohib- 

 its a stay of execution on any judgment obtained be- 

 fore a justice of the peace for the personal work and 

 labor of the plaintiff. 



Provision was made for a more complete census of 

 population and productions (agricultural and manu- 

 factures) to be taken in June, 1884 ; and an appropri- 

 ation of $60.000 was made for an asylum for insane 

 criminals. It has been located at Ionia. 



The list of joint resolutions includes two, 

 amending the Constitution of the State : 



1. So amending section 6 of Article VI (the judi- 

 cial article) that the Board of Supervisors of each 

 county in the Upper Peninsula may ''give and pay to 

 the circuit judge of the judicial circuit to which such 

 county is attached, such additional salary or compen- 

 sation as may from time to time be fixed and deter- 

 mined by such Board of Supervisors." 



2. 1'ixing the compensation of members of the Legis 

 lature at 700 for each regular session (in lieu of 'the 

 present allowance of $3 a day), and $100 for each ex- 

 tra or called session. The ten cents a mile travel-fee 

 is continued, and the limit of introduction of bills is 

 practically removed by authorizing legislation on 

 " such subjects as are submitted to them by special 

 message of the Governor after the expiration of fifty 

 days." A new clause of the section reads, "And no 

 member of the Legislature shall accept or use any free 

 pass or free ticket of any railroad during his term of 

 office." Each of the proposed amendments is to be 

 voted upon at the general election to be held on the 

 first Tuesday in November, 1884. 



United States Senator. In the contest for Unit- 

 ed States Senator to succeed the Hon. Thomas 

 W. Ferry, whose term would expire March 4, 

 1883, the Republicans nominated Senator Ferry 

 for re-election, and Hon. Byron G. Stout was 

 chosen as the "Union" candidate. In the 

 ballot on January 1 6th, the Republican vote was 

 divided, and no candidate received a majority 

 in either house. Balloting was continued from 

 day to day, without result, until March 1st, when 

 on the eighty-first ballot the vote stood: For 

 Thomas W. Palmer, Republican, 77 ; for Byron 

 G. Stout, Democrat, 44; for Thomas W. Ferry, 

 3 ; for John W. Champlin, 1. 



Political. At the annual election held on the 

 first Monday of April, two justices of the Su- 

 preme Court were elected (one for the full 

 term of eight years, and the other to fill a va- 

 cancy created by the resignation of Justice 

 Marston) ; also two Regents of the University 

 of Michigan for eight years. 



The Republican State Convention was held at 

 East Saginaw, February 28th. The candidates 

 nominated were : For Justices of the Supreme 

 Court Austin Blair, for the full term ; Thomas 

 J. O'Brien, to till vacancy. For Regents, Harry 

 B. Hutchins and Joseph C. Jones. A commit- 

 tee on resolutions was appointed, but failed to 

 report, and no platform was adopted. 



The Democratic State Convention was held 

 at Lansing, March 7th. John W. Champlin was 

 nominated for Justice of the Supreme Court, 

 and Arthur M. Clark for Regent. The chair- 

 men of the convention and the State Central 

 Committee were authorized to notify the Na- 

 tional Greenback Convention of the action, and 

 in case no union was effected, to fill the vacant 

 places in the ticket. The committee on resolu- 

 tions reported a platform. A vigorous attack 

 was made upon the declaration in the third 

 resolution in favor of " a tariff for revenue 

 only," but the convention almost unanimously 

 refused to strike out the word u only." 



The National Greenback State Convention 

 was held at Lansing, March 8th. The propo- 

 sition to unite with the Democracy and accept 

 their nominations of the day before, was bit- 

 terly opposed, but on call of the roll was 

 adopted by a vote of 333 to 79. The con- 

 vention completed the ticket by nominating 

 Thomas Sherwood for Justice of the Supreme 

 Court, and Charles J. Willett for Regent of 

 the University. 



The Prohibitionists entered the canvass with 

 a full ticket, and a platform demanding an 

 amendment of the Constitution so as to pro- 

 hibit the manufacture and sale of intoxicating 

 beverages, beer included, and opposing license 

 or taxation of the traffic. A fourth ticket was 

 put forth by a few Greenbackers who repudi- 

 ated the action of the State Convention. The 

 election resulted as follows : 



On Justice of the Supreme Court, full term : 

 For John W. Champlin, Union, 127,376; Aus- 

 tin Blair, Republican, 119,870; John II. Tatem, 

 Prohibition, 13.467; James S. Andrews, Green- 

 backer, 641. Plurality for Champlin, 7,506. 



On Justice of the Supreme Court, vacancy : 

 For Thomas R. Sherwood, Union, 124,639; 

 Thomas J. O 1 Brien, Republican, 122,330; D. 

 P. Sagendorph, Prohibition, 13,950. Plurality 

 for Mr. Sherwood, 2,309. 



On Regents of the University : For Arthur 

 M. Clark, Union, 127,635; Charles J. Willett, 

 Union, 125,405; Harry B. Hutchins, Republi- 

 can, 120,627; Joseph C. Jones, Republican, 

 120,956; Joseph W. Ewing, Prohibition, 13,- 

 959; George S. Hickey, Prohibition, 13,762; 

 Waldo May, Greenback, 466. Plurality for 

 Clark, Union, 6,679; for Willett, Union, 4,449. 



