The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-31
~AFTERNooN sEssIoN.
HUNTING on UNTILLABLE LANDS.

HUNTING on UNTILLABLE LANDS.
Mr.. WEIR returned from a committee MS
bill rs 1856 with amendments.
Mr.. YOUCHE: This bill is a very impor-
tant departure from the Law heretofore, and
ii shoUld be printed.
Mr.. WEIR: All along the Kankakes
hunting clubs from other States have pur-
chased wet lands by the thousand acres, they
have stretched one wire around the land.
and DOW say to every body else stand off"
There are but one or two sections in this bill
and IL is easily understood. There is no need
of printing it. The bill only refers to until
able Ian ds.
Mr.. SMITH. of Jay: 1t is not right to al
low aliens to come IL tic State and buy up
lands in large bodies fCf sporting purposes
and exclude therefrom clrzens OF the State
of Indiana. This bill ought TO pass without
question.
Mr.. WEIR: Where a club, SO called,
comes from other States, it should not be
allowed to ssy to ell the people of Indiana.
Keep Off, these are our hunting grounds
IL s the duty OF the Legislature TO say that
cur citizens shall not be guilty of q trespsss
by going on such lands. The bill provides
il shall not be lawful to hold untillable
lands for hunting purposes exclusively,
whether enclosed or not. The more / reflect
upon il. the more willing / am TO consent to
the printing of the bill, and that it be made
a special order for tomorrow At - o'clock.
The motion was agreed TO.
GAMING ON FAIR GRoUNDs.
Mr.. FAULKNER moved to take up the
bill n. r. l72l to prevent gambling in coun-
ty fair grounds.
The motion was agreed to by yeas 81.
nays 2
A majority report Of a special committee
recommended its passage with amendments.
and q minority report recommending the
adoption OF all the c0mmitte amendments
except Section >. were read.
A. UOT-Cn $1,000 - o-ksN-
>, because IL gives any person who notifies
any President or Secretary that any game is
being carried on in a fair ground. aud il the
officer does not remove the offender q fine IL
imI osed on the officer, and it makes the no
tifer the prosecutor and the accuser. 1t
puts too much power in the hands Of any
one person who thinks be has discovered q
violation of the law. 1t gives extraordinary
power and jeopardizes the passage of tbs
bill.
MI. FAULKNER: II there is no gamb.
ling there nobody will be hurt. When the
officers of the fair are notified there is gamb-
ling going on they ought to put ont these
gamblers. / move 20 substitute the min0ri-
ty for the majority report
N. DAVIS: ] thin Section . is plainly in
conflict with the Constitution OF tbs State.
This bill gives an apparent sanction or auth
ority 10 eny officer to summarily destroy
property. This provision is clearly obnox-
ious- / am In favor of some law more strin-
gent end effective to prevent blscklegs fIom
swindling the farming community at these
fairs.
Mr.. CAMPBELL, of Hendricks: This Sec
ton bse no parallel on the statute books.
Any one person may constitute himself q
judge ard determine that some gambling
apparatus Is in the fair ground which should
be destroyed. He makes his report and is
required upon information TO execute the
law. destroy the gambling apparatus ard
exTei the owner from the ground, without
even making 9 record OF IL.
Nj. OVERSTREET: This is q terribly de-
nOraliziDg evil attendant uOon fair grounds
all over the State that ought to be ersdi-
Gated.
Nj. SMITH, of Jennings. IL this bill was
pssssd IL would be the first time IN the HIS
tory OF criminal Jurisprudence when q man
would be made criminaily liable Just be-
cause he had notice that another mar is en-
gagged III the commission of 3 crime. That
kind of q law would be uRconstitutioEsl BE-
rause IL authorizes destruction of property
without process OF law.
The motion TO substitute the minority for
The mslortv report was rejected up on 3
y division-afirmative. 10; negative. Is.
The majority repOrt Was c0nc0rred IN.
Mr.. FAULKNER moved that the con-
stitutionsl rule be suspended, the amend
nents be considered as engrosssd, the bill
read the second time by title, the third time
BY sections and passed.
Mr. F0ULEE: IL ever there vas sn in
stance of fool legislation it is certainly In
this bill Every man that desires the pen.
atty for gambling at county fairs shall be
brought down from $500 TO S25 should vote
FIR this bill. There are instances in which
<25 is an utterly inadequate hne, and Sena-