The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-03-07
Legislative Notes.


The Senate bill allowing s.. P. Thompson
$500 for legal services rendered the State,
was passed by the House, yesterday.
A bill, of which Mr.. Woodland is author,
prohibiting the hauling of heavyloads over
free turnpikes during certain seasons of
the year, passed the House yesterday.
The laboring men of this city are petition
ing the House to pass the Cox homestead or
exemption bill. 1t passed the Senate a
week ago, but as yet has receivedno action
by the House.
House bill GIG, authorizing county COM
missioners to aid academies or high-schools
under certain conditions, has been passed
by the Senate. The bill is passed in the in
terests of an academy in Benton county.
A bin introduced in the House by Mr..
Peasants, providing that county auditors
shall receive the same amount of fees as
county clerk in cases of litigation before
county commissioners, was passed by the
House Yesterday morning, under a suspen-
sion of the rules.
The House bill appropriating $4,000 to
the Deaf and Dumb Institute was passed
by the Senate yesterday morning. The
money is to be used in the erection of anew
school building, apart from the present
structure. The bill only needs the Govern
0r's signature to become a law.
The House bill providing for the current
expenses of the additional hospitals for the
insane was passed by the Senate yesterday
morning. 1t was introduced by Mr.. Nolan,
and allows each of the institutions $4,000
per annum. The bill was called up by Sen
ator Johnson, and 1T was with much diff
Guilty that he could induce the majority to
consider it.
The House, yesterday morning, by a vote
of 81 to 4, passed senator Kennedy's bill au-
thorizing the State Treasurer to borrow
school-fund loans. The money can now be
borrowed at a much lower rate of interest
than the old ponds bear, and the annual
saving to the State will be a good many
thousand dollars. The new bonds are to be
"ten-twenties. ",bearing interest at not over
3 per cent. Advertisements for bids will be
published in Indianapolis, New York, Phil
adelphia and Chicago.
The Democratic members of the Senate
applied the death penalty to another tenn
perance bill. yesterday morning. 1t was
the ~local-OptiOn bill introduced by Senator
Crosse. After being smothered in the com
mittee-room since the beginning of the ses-
sion, ii returned with q majority report
recommending that it be indefinitely post
poned and a Republican minority urging
its passage. senator Grose, in a brief
speech, urged that the minority report be
adopted. The Democratic Senator's, of
course, voted solidly for the majority
report. Senator Mnllinix, in explaining
MS vote, SalU he personally IdVOreu tne
bill. but could not support it because it had
been made q party measure.
TIL House took an important action, yes
terday morning, in relation to the numerous
bills pending which propose to allow the
expenses OF contestors and contestees in
election cases. During the session, five or
six such bills have been introduced. which,
If passed, would take out of the State treas
ury five or six thousand dollars. Tuesday
evening all these bills were engrossed, eX-
cept the one allowing Cornelius Meagher,
of Terre Haute, $500. When it was reached
Mr.. Moon insisted that it was time to call a
halt, and it was indefinitely postponed.
Mr.. Alder moved to reconsider the vote, not
that it might be passed. as he said, but to
get a yea and nay vote. on the
allowing of any of the claims.
The question was discussed at length, and
then, by a vote of 60 to IL, the motion to re-
consider failed. Many members who have
heretofore voted to allow the claims ex-
pressed the belief that it was time to call a
halt, and the vote means that none of this
class of bills will become laws this session.