The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-03-06

ested in and supported its passage According
TO its provisions township trustees will be
authorized to draw so out of the county treas
ury in every instance where the immediate rela-
tives of deceased soldiers not able to give
them respectable interment.
The governor attempted to expound some
more constitutional law to the house in the fol-
lowing veto message:
After u consideration return without my aD-
proval house bill No l53, entitled Gan concern
ing the duties and compensation of the report of
the supreme court and the publication and sale of
the reports by the state also defining certain duties
of the judges of the supreme court the commission
ers of public public printing and binding and the
secretary and treasurer OF the state and declaring
an emergeney"'
The most Objectionable parts of the act relate to
the labor attempted 70 be imposed on the judges of
the supreme court. The duties Of those judges
defined by the constitution and cannot be abridged
or enlarged by any act Of the general assembly. Sec
., art. 4 provides, The supreme court shall, upon
the decision OF every case give statement in writ
ing OF each question arising in the record OF such
case and the decision OF the court thereon"
BY sec. OF the same article il is further provided
"Ihe general assembly shall provide by law for the
speedy publication OF the decisions OF the supreme
court made under the constitution; but no Judge
shall be allowed TO report such decision"
These provisions prescribe tn whole duty of the
judges oil the supreme court in regard to their de-
cisons, and cannot be enlarged by any law enacted
by the general assembly.
The twelfth section or the act under consideration
provides That it shall be the duty of the supreme
court to make syllabus Of each opinion recorded by
said court" and by st shall be the duty OF
the reporter OF the supreme court to receive all
opinions and syllah OF opinions of the supreme
court which by this act are required to be pub
liShcd," etc, and by the same section it would seem
that the general assem- bly, expects the Judges OF the
supreme court to supervise the indiees and tablets of
cases and inspect the prO0fsheets OF the reports
they printed.
The preparation OF syllabi is labor that few law
yers able to perform.
lul and clear comprehension Of all the facts and
points raised by the record is indispensable, and
should be stated in the sylabi in concise words that
cannot be misunderstood; such work requires pecu-
liar talents, long practice and would almost double
the labors Of the now overbnrde ed supreme court
feel confident that such work cannot he imposed
on the judges Of the supreme court, whose sold duty
Is confined by the constitution to rendering their
opinions in writing only.
BY the provisions OF this act if the judges should
not urnish the syilabi, the duty would not devOlve
upon the reporter and the opinion, II published at
all, would be mere transcripts OF the decisions.
Such publication would have very limited circu-
lation and be of little value in the book market.
IL ina part OF the act which imp Jses additional
labor the supreme court is unconstitutional, as
hold the other sections could have out little prac-
cal effect
The bill was passed over the governors veto
by a vote of "a to 80.
Senate bill Il. introduced by Byrd, better
known as the measure against the detestable
"pluck-me" stores, came up. Although thor
oughly analysed heretofore, considerable dis
cusslOn was again provoked. Mr.. Willard de-
sired to present an amendment making the
signing OF contracts voluntary on the part of
the employees. Objection was Immediately
made by Messrs Anderson and HObsOn. See
ing that his amendment would be thus ruled
out, Mr.. Willard moved to recOmmit the bill 10
a committee of one, which committee should
report Immediately. This being but technical
and formal way OF presenting the amendment,
the motion tabled Speeches then fol-
lowed upon the merits OF the measure. Mr..
Cullen, true to his republican instincts, OPP
posed It, He endeavOred to excuse the stand
he was taking by saying that lac did not think
tba lahn Ia lorrf farro
Mr.. Harrell also took exception to The measure,
but it warmly supported by Messrs Zoer-
cher, Wilson, White ct al.
The bill was passed by the following vote:
Yeas-Adams of Morgan, Anderson, Apple
gate, Askren, Bell, Beasley, Berry, Bernethy
Bigham, Brown OF Henry. BrOwnlee, Carrick.
Carroll, Covert, Cox, Custer, Daily, Darnel,
Davis, Dewey, DOlan, Dryer, Edison, Foster,
Fowler, Gladio, Goodwin, Hay, Heiney, Hes
sler Hobson, Kelly, Kobbe, Lacy, Langstaff,
degg, Mc'ovney, Mcheiyey, M VI! Nc
Quilken, Manwarring, Moon, Nolan, Open
helm Patton, Payt0n, Piekhardt, Pierce, Pleas
ants, RagOn, Reynolds Robinson, Robbins,
Ridley, Shambaugh Shields Stanley, Stephen
son, Stull, Trout, Vandoiah. White, Whitworth,
Willard, Wilson, Woodland, Work. ZOercher
and the speaker.
Nays-Barnard, Brown of Ripley. Briant,
Commons, Cranor, Cullen, HarreIl, Hess. ID
dings, johnson, Loop, Logan, Mendenhall,
Stubble6eld, Timmons, Warrum and Well.
Those not absent or not voting were Adams OF
Whitley, Alder, ClaypOol, Conn, Curtis, Fields,
Fulton, Harley, Henry, Hughes Metzger, Nu-
gent and Schmuck.
The Reynolds and Lacy bribery bills that
were made special orders for the afternoon
were taken up and discussed at length. The
former applies only to primary elections. Ii
provides that any candidate who buys or at
tempts to buy, etc, or induces anybody else to
buy, ETC.. to secure his nomination for political
preferment shall be fined not less than So nor
more than $500 and imprisoned for not more
than thirty days. The bill was passed.
The Lacy bill also passed. The main
feature provides that he who sells his vote may
get judgment for 500 of the buyer. The pur-
pose of this provision is very obvious. To
make penalty for both raScals would render
1t impossible to catch either To give one an
advantage will tend to render the one placed
at a disadvantage very circumspect.
Senate bill 328 Sehockney's, a bill for an act
concerning orphans homes and homes for des-
titute children, passed.
House bill 100 (Banard's) providing for the
cancellation OF license fraudulently obtained,
was reported passed by the senate, with amend
ments and the amendments were c0ncurred in.
Senate bill 90, an act concerning voluntary
associations for the purpose OF forming fair
associations, was laid aside for want of a con-
stitutional majority.
House bill 90, bill for an act to amend sec
ton 1892, X. s., concerning voluntary associa-
tons, introduced by Willard, was passed.
Three New Laws.
Three bills were signed by the governor yes