The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-04-03

bill should be referred. | vote no"
Mr.. COPELAND: 1 have no desire 10
conceal the fact that / am opposed to any
other bill that makes any reduction in the
fees and salaries of county officers. / would
much rather kill the bill for the following
reasons:
First. In my county the county officers
do not receive too much for their services.
Second. The people of my county do not
desire to reduce the fees and q aries of our
county officers for We have as capable and
deserving offcsrs as there are ia the State,
and they are as poorly paid Third. IL the
people generally understood that liz a conn
ty The size Of jefferson the Treasurer who
gives bond OF $3.50 coo realizes only about
50 800 and in a county like Switzerland the
Recorder realizes only about 5000 per year.
they would not demand that the fees and
salaries be reduced. / therefore vote to re-
commit this bill.
So the motion to refer wsa agreed to, and
the Speaker appointed as such special com
mittee Messrs Sears. Cartwright and Shanks
SUNDAY BASE BALL.
The SPEAKER: The Senate has kindly
sent to the House copy of the amend
ments TO the Sunday Base Ball bill (No. 81
which bill was lost. The Clerk will read the
amendments
The amendments were concurred in.
The SPEAKER: Let the bill be enrolled.
GRAVEL ROAD ASSESSMENTS.
Mr.. HANL0N called up his bill a. r.
2sSl relating TO assessments on gravel roads.
which bill was defeated on March %, aud
the vote reconsdered.
Mr.. HANLON: This bill legslizss some
imperfection in the assessments on gravel
roads.
The SPE AKER: 1 have received some re-
monstrances against the bill bat l voted for
ii on its passage before.
The bill passed by yeas 6S, nays %.
LICENSING ENGINEERS.
Mr.. MURPHY'S bill n. r. 1851 to license
engineers, came up from the special COM
mittee appointed to strike out that part OF il
which relates to a boiler inspector.
Mr.. DEBS: am heartily in favor of the
bill and hope ii will become a law. IL will
not only bett r the service but will throw
around all Toe boilers q safeguard. This bill
will not ccs tie State one cent-merely
slight fee fIoU the engines examined.
Mr.. ENGLE: Notwithstanding the amend
ments there sre some Objectionable features
in the bill. rhe first is that it does not ap-
ply to portable engines and again il makes
necessary an examination once per year. IL
a man pass al examination and then have q
years experience, there is no reason that he
should pass another and have to pay
fee OF IS for ii.
Mr.. HOWELL: The bill will do more
harm than good. / doubt its legality. You
can not say what kind of a man a farmer
shall hire to drivs his wagon or ran his en-
CINE. This bill will throw into the pockets
Of this Beard large amount of money.
Mr.. COPELAND: / think this is a good
bill, and 1 am heartily in favor Of
it. It is asked for by very
large and intelligent association
in this State, nsmelv, the Stationary Eogin-
eers' Association. For the purpose OF pro.
tecting men who work in the factories under
which are large boilers, aud 10 protect chill.
dren, this bill should be passed. 1t will also
protect property. For the further reason, as
stated by the gentleman from Vigo Mr..
Debs)-thsn whom ] think there is no
more competent man in this Assembly. espe.
cially as regards the wants of the laboring
man-that this will elevate labor, must
give it my support.
Mr.. MURPHY: This bill should be passed
because IL is in the interest OF manufactures
1t gives them competent engineers; IL ele.
Yates labor, and ii protects the publications.
who work in large factories where an acct
dent would have dire results. This bill di.
vides the State into districts so that there
is no hardship for those who may pass ex-
animation. A man is always under the
supervision OF this bard. The object of
yearly examination is to exclude those men
who may have contracted bad habits. There
are are between 5000 or 900 boilers which
would come under the provisions OF this DILL
in Indiana.
The bill failed to pass for want of consti.
tutional mejority-ayes AZ; nays %.
Mr.. BAILY (explainIng): I.vote as ! do
because ! think the fees too high. The sum
OF g. is too much for examination. / vote
mo-"
Mr.. GOODING: / will have to vote on a
venture / vote YES"
Mr.. KORAN: i would like to yhelp my
friend Murphy in this bill, bat see that
twelve horse -powers is not included. Now,
tWelve-horse powers are as likely to explode
as are twenty-horse power. II is something
Of class Legislation. / shall have to vote
mo-"
Mr.. LOOP: II man is once competent
for engineering he must become so after
year are useless. j therefore vote no."
Mr.. REEVES: This bill will affect ten or
fifteen engineers in my county-men who
have held their places for ten or twelve
years; perhaps they may not stand tech
nical examination. And for the reason that
this bill tends to one particular class / vote
mo"
Mr.. SMITH, OF Perry: In the belief that
IL this bill becomes law the Examining
Board may refuse TO license every engineer.
and there is no right TO appeal. vote mo-"
e. Mr.. TOWNSEND: Before / voted my con-
yiction was this; but as live in large
manufacturing city, and Ms some OF the en-
glneers there are opposed to some OF the pro-
visions OF the BILL ] vote mo
Mr.. LLOYD: Ii seems that a .arge number
Of engineers in the State demand this, and
as we can try IL and repeal IL IL s failure,
vots aye"
So the bill failed as noted above.
SUPREME COURT JUDGES
Mr.. KELLiSON'S jjint resolution II. K.
q TO amend the State Constitution bsing
read the third time, Mr.. Kellison said: Five
judges OF the Supreme Court are wholly I'M
able 10 transact the business OF the State
The number must be increased, or we mast
have an Appellate Court The obi set of the
amendment is to make the number of judges
either six or nine, aud to divide them into
benches so that there will be more working
boards. We are now paving q commission
$4,000 per year 10 help tbs Supreme
Judges. and this is regarded by
the Governor and Etefa officiais a.