The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-05
Afternoon Session..


Mr. Drake offered a. concurrent resolution
which was adopted, extending thanks to Con-
gress for placing General Grant on the retired
list
On motion of Mr. Weir. the, constitutional
rules were suspended and the Senate took up
Mr.. Best's bill [H. r. 79l for holding circuit
courts in the Thirty fifth judicial circuit, which
was read third time and passed-yeas &c.
nays0.
The House bin by Mr. Engle, requiring the
Clerk of the Supreme Court to keep,a record of
his receipts, coming up on its regular order, Mr.
Smith OF Jennings offered an amendment that
the Clerk of the Supreme Court be not required
to keep for public inspection record of his re-
celpts. The amendment was not agreed to. A
motion by Mr.. Smith of Jennings to strike out
the enactine clause was lost by yeas 13, nays %.
Mr. Macy moved to substitute the minority re.
port for the majority report.
Mr. Hilligass-There never was a more vicious
bill introduced into q Legislature It opens the
Office of Clerk of the Supreme Court, to ferrets,
who may go and examine the books, and then
travel over the State of Indiana and collect the
old claims. Let this bill be amended so as to-
give to the clerk the custody of that record.
Mr. Macy-The effect of this hill will be to re-
quire the clerk of the Supreme Court TO keep q
register Of all fees received The principal diff
ference between this bill and the Senate bill is
that it does not require the clerk to give bond.
Mr.. Foulke-There is no solid reason why the
fees of the Supreme Court clerk as we'll as any
tho public.
Mr. Sellers moved to recommit the bill to the
same committee that the Senate bill was refer
red to-. The motion was lost by yeas 20, nays
q. The amendment of Mr.. Smith of Jennings,
was lost. The motion to substitute the ma jority
for the minority reportwas adopted. On motion
Of Mr.. Youche the amendment was ordered en-
crossed.
Mr.. Magee moved to takeu up Senate, bill No.
45 to create an Appellate Court, and it was
On motion of Mr. Weir the constitutional
rules were suspended, and the Senate took up
consideration of Mr.. Maucks bill LEI. r. 9Sl to
legalize the acts of notaries public, whose com
missions had expired, which was read o third
time and passed by yeas 80, navs q
On motion of Mr.. Foulke the constitutional
rules were suspended, and the Senate took up
[H. r. 1871 providing for the relief of Theophus
Hough which finally passed by yeas 80. NAYS @.
Mr. Youcfe moved to make Senate bill No. "a,
concerning the cost of Supreme Court reports,
special order for consideration this morning
This is bill" he said, that affects the price
of the Supreme Court reports 1t has been re-
ported back from a special committee with. q
recommendation that the price of the.reports be
hereafter fixed at 81 IS per volume, instead OF
So. So which is the price at the present time.
We learn that there is an edition of 1900 copies
of each report sold by the reporter We also
learn that the cost of publishing the reports of
the Supreme Court including printing. binding,
etc, does not exceed ST. so per volume. That was
the highest estimate put upon it, so that it
leaves the reporter clear net profit of 81,
and at this rate his income would be something
more that $2l GOO year. Here is an officer get.
ting more than the Governor, and more than the
judges Of the Supreme Court. The bill that
am SEEKING to have made a special order re-
duces the price of the reports to So 70: that will
still leave the reporter a profit of ST. 25 on
each volume, and that would still leave
him something over $4,000 profit. 1 think
a bill that will regulate the price of these re-
ports is a bill of great importance. The reports
of the surrounding States do not cost to exceed
So. 70 a volume, and they are as low as 81. TO-
On motion of Senator Sellers the bill was made
a special order for this morning at 10 o'clock
Mr. Thompson moved to suspend the constitu
tional rules and take up Senate bill No Is. to
pay Patrick Kerland for swamp and ditching
claim. The motion prevailed and the bill
passed.
The Senate adjourned until this morning