The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-26
AFTERNOON SESSION.

MI Il bCAlCNO LAat IL WOAAo
equalize taxes. One man might own 8 large
estate on one side of the road and his neigh
Dor on the other side a small estate. Still,
the nan with the small estate might have
land IN a narrow strip lying along the road.
He would then be taxed as heavy for the
road land as his wealthy ~neighbor. So /
think that IL " i'll equaliZe taxes to exempt
the roads
The bill failed to pass by yeas AZ, nays 81.
Mr.. BARNES, explaining his vote, said:
Now that Assessors never fail to deduct the
reads, creeks and cliffs, he regarded it IS IN.
necessary legislation, and voted mo-
Mr.. COPELAND: Believing this to be in
the interest of fermers-believing that they
desire it, and es they have taken up little
time of this House, and as very little has
been done for them, l vote AYE"
Mr.. DEEM. Believing that farmers are
already well enough protected, / vote mo"
Mr.. LINNVILLE: AS a general rule, roads
are q benefit more than an injury, and l vote
mo-
Mr.. OVERMAN: ! am surprised that any
fair man can vote against this bill.
Every measure to relieve the burdens of
farmers has been voted down here. You
might as well tax lot owners for lands of the
streets as to tax farmers for roads. 1 vote
AYE"
So the bill failed to pass for want of a con-
stitutional majority.
THE APPELLATE COURT.
On motion by Mr.. WILLIAMS the further
consideration of the Appellate Court bill
s. 45l was indefinitely postponed.
THE STATE HOUSE FUNDS.
The bill II. r. 4S0l relative to funds to
complete the new State House being read
Mr.. MOCK: l move to amend that the
money $3.50, 0O0) heretofore appropriated,
and now in the Treasury, be appropriated to
the State House fund. When this money,
collected $50, 600 in 1879 and 5000, 900 1888,
was not used it went into the general fund
IN conformity to the views of the Auditor OF
the State. The State House Commissioner
claim that this money should go toward the
State House completion. There has bean q
! controversy between the State House Com
missioners and the Auditor OF State, and
this amendment will stop it.
Mr.. REEVES: 1t is not necessary to be
scared about these funds. They are safe and
have not, strictly speaking, been mis-.
appropriated. This amendment will decide
where the funds belong.
Nj. CODY This money-the $3.50. 600
was turned over to the general fund without
authority of law. There should be no con-
troversy over this. This was done over the
opinion of the Attorney General. The
State House Commissioners were right and
we should not sit here and say that the Au.
ditor of State turned the funds over to the
general fund by authority of law.
Mr.. SMITH. of Tippecanoe: We should
by all means provide the State House Com
missioners with the money to complete the
State House. We should confine ourselves
to that and not talk about was right and WHIT
was wrong about the fund to which thi:
! fund belonged.
Mr.. McMULLEN: No one has taken the
money away. The State Houss fund mus
have the money (the $3.50, 000) and the
| amendment should prevail.
The amendment was agreed to.
Mr.. NOOK moved TO amend further tina
as there is no money in the general fund o
| the State Treasury, hat the Governor, Audi
tor of State and Treasurer OF State be an
thorized TO make a temporary lean of $500,
600, of which $3.50. 600 is to replace the Xix.
amount appropriated to the State.house bu'
used in the general fund, aud $1,000 BOO Is to bi
used in the furniture for the building.
The amendment was agreed TO.
Mr.. ENGLE moved to amend by ~insertiD;
the proviso that no more than s., 200, 900 ba
used IN the building as intended in the con
] tract.
The amendment was agreed TO.
Mr.. McMULLEN moved that the rules bC
| suspended, the bill be considered engroae ed
read the third time. and put upon its passage
The melton was agreed to-yeas, 70; nays, 2
The bill passed by yeas 20, nays ).