The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-02-09
Louisa Smith (colored):
LEGISLATIVE GOSSIP.

Mr.. Sulzer introduced bill TO enforce tde
provisions of the present license law by in
creaSing the penalties attaching to drunken
ness; by severity Furnishing minors who rep
resent themselves to be of age and by increas-
ing the penalty against persons convicted of
selling without license. 1t is in no wise in
tended to encourage prohibitory legislation,
but only provides for the more stringent en-
fOrcement of the present laws.
Mr. Cooper, of Shelby, is getting after
County Superintendents Mr.. Cooper
bill provides that the State Board of Educa-
ton shall be required to examine all persons
who shall apply to them, touching their
qualification to hold the office of County
Superintendent, and give licenses according
to their fitness as determined. Without
this license no person shall be eligible to
the Office of County Superintendent, and if
he desires to be a candidate for such office
in his County he shall advertise the posses
sion of this license for sixty days prior to
any election at which a Superintendent is
to be chosen in the County, in two newspa-
perS of the County having the largest circu-
lation, provided they shall be of different
political parties.
The following is a verbatim copy of a
petition which was Transmitted tothe Legis-
lature yesterday, to be read there by request
of the Convention sending it:
The Baptist Sunday school Convention of the
Union Association, now in session in Vincennes
representing Knox, Pike, Dubois, Greene, Sulli-
van and Davis Counties, most earnestly hope and
petition. on behalf of our children that the most
wholesome legislation possible will be enacted on
the temperance question.
We demand of you at least as much in the sal
walton of our children from intempernce as you
giving to the care of the sheep from the dogs.
JOHN s. HOWARD,
ELIJAH SANFORD, Mrs W. y. Denny Clerks
County Recorders throughout the State
are loading the mails with letters to their
Representatives to press the passage of the
bill giving to Recorders the power of issu-
ing marriage licenses. There is method in
their writing.
The Legislature seems to believe that the
great demand is to investigate.
Senator Woollen has introduced into the
Senate a bill providing that any female sum-
nloned as witness in any cause, civil or
criminal, may petition TO the Court wherein
the cause is pending for an order to have
her deposition taken at some place nigh
unto the Court House, and the Court shall,
in all proper cases. order such deposition to
be so taken.
The object of the bill is to release women
from attending as witnesses in Court Houses
except when such attendance is thought to
be absolutely necessary Modest women
have a horror OF being dragged into a
crowded Court House. often times to be in
suited by unfeeling lawyers, and this bill, if
it becomes a law, will release them from
such unpleasant duty.
There are now two bills before the Assem-
bly, 10 change this Judicial Circuit One is
ia make this County a District by itself,
throwing Hendricks County with Morgan.
The other is to attach Shelby County to this
County. A Representative yesterday said
TO Sentinel reporter that
for fear of being iegislated out of office by
the proposed change in the Judicial Circuit,
Judge Adams was in the city for the pur-
pose of renting a house in which to live,
thereby changing his residence from
Hendricks to Marion County, so
that he may retain the Judgeship,
Should both bills become the law-throwang
Hendricks County off from Marion and at
taching Shelby-Judge Adams would then
be legislated out, even should he move to
this city. Judge Hord, of Shelbyville, in
case Shelby County should be attached