The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-03-13

MONDAY. II has enacted some very val
liable laws. and some that we fear wii.
10 very injurious 10 ne wciffrr ~ the
people In their application Il certainly
demonstrated thnt 80 days WAS a. long
as any Legislature ought q he permit
ted 10 sin Ii this legislature had been
allowed Al DAYS longe lite, ~ proposed
by their constitutional auentiilcpt. we
have no doubt every lay on the statute
hooks would have been changed, and
only full nadged pniladnlphia iswver
would be able 70 understand them. Ihel
Legislature. although composed OF ri
larger number OF farmers than OF any
other occupation. wss entirely ~ the.
grasp OF the lawyers snd largo corpora
tiors. who Dictated all the business a.!
was permitted 10 enact. and enicienl,
protected the financial interests 81 these
two classes OF occupations.
The indianapolis Sentinel, on Tuesday
morning, with its accustomed news
paper enterprise. dayotcs sixteen coll
nmns 10 sn enumeration AMI synopsis Of
the acts made into laws II has taken q
vsst amount Of labor 20 compile thai
sixteen columns, and probably not one
IN q thousand Of those who eagerly scan
InDfu STU
been doing. reaize the labor, expense,
and public spirited enterprise used py
the sentinel Il afford them this gratiti-
cation. Looking over IL we discover
that ibis session has been ousy one, en-
acting altogether one hundred sud
eigbty-fcur laws. some OF which are
very important ones 10 the people, AND
necessarily lengthy and complicated, and
large proportion OF which are laws o.
general public interest 81 over the STATE.
We fear there has been too much lfgis-
lation. Ii is better for the masses 70 en-
dure some evils in laws. when those
laws are fully and generally understood
than 70 have over them lot OF new
laws. which they cannot understand iOf
sometime ana are consequently certain
10 violste. snd thus bring disrespect up
Oh the law rsiher than np0n themselves
~ il violation. Too much legislation
Is frequently worse than none.
Probably TIE most important Of the
laws lust enacted i the new tax law
which i 4 radical change 10 almost ~
respects from tho old one, and is intend
ed 10 secure q more full, complete ane
lest listing OF taxables. Next to II will
be ranked the fee and salary BILL passed
over Gov. Hovey's veto. which putt
county and State officers upon 9 regular
and fixed salary in every county, anc
abolishes their perqnisities. Il does 10
affect The officers NJ present elected, bu
will their SUCCESSORS upon their taking
office--which will make Il take effect A.
regards some officers in two years, ans
In case or appointments 20 fll vacancies
sooner. Ii fixes the salaries in luboi
county n Auditor 5000: Clerk 81 900
Treasurer 81 500; Sheriff 81 500; ne
corder 81, tO0 per year, and they mus
nav their deputies themselves. The sala
ries are cot rxfrnvagant for the respon
abilities involved and expenses inciden
to the Offices ia this county, and a. 70
law compels the officers 10 collect all 90
fees possible, Il will be good dea
harder on tho farmers, who insisted Of
the enactment of such law. thsn %
present Zee system, a. now the sslarie
will be paid from tie county treasury
while heretofore those only who ha
business done paid the fees. and mos
farmers. as 4 matter Of fact. paid Yer
few fees in this county. even when the
were parties 70 the work done. u VII
however, remove the dcmagoglc clafno
about officers getting rich vn 81 n
people, and ID this respect viii 70 goo
thing.
Tie Coz rAAsional and Legislative ~
porti0nrns Avs 7ary but little iroI
the forrne -, IS trey we're about !
Just as conld be arranged.
The SCI OH book law has slso been az
yaniag u5ly stnsadcd, % A. 20 prOvif
for Tie y, ing Of tho other books use'
not now furnished the schools. and, als
that Trustees shall furnish books 70 n
children o such poor a. are not aole
buy them. II there are any suca. II al'
changes tic settlements OF Trustees X
books 10 once year instead 81 ever
three months AZ now. and sets II for Il
tirst Monday ia August.
"A law was also passed requiring ii
Judge ~ the 81 Circuit Judge XsnoT
10 hold the January Term ~ c0nrtA
Dubois comfy, inetead 81 Judge We
born. Ills " kind 81 Juggling wit
the judicial business of this circuit.
The dog tax law. now IN force. =
quires All owners 81 dogs 20 regisl'
them with TIC township trustee, under
penalty OF fine Of E5 Any one M
kin All unregistered dog License 4
register ~ tNC NtliD 4o WV iNNHiFf ~
lax, tho money TO pay owners 81 hou
cattle, horses or sheep Injured BIZ aoa
Tho Representative from this dislriI
Mcssrs. Pickharslt and Inmnn. and Sen
tor Sweeney attended ri0Sriv 20 the I
tcrosis ~ their constituents during u
entire session. ana deserve ann VII 7
ceive ne command.tinh ~ sha poop
generally.
Speaker Niblack made ~ Unexre
tionnhlp PRECEDING officer, and recciv
unanimous vote " thanks lrotn (
members N thc nou4e.
Immediately after Adjournment /
members AN nsAembed III The SpeAt "
r00m. c5mmitser ~ TWO WAS AproiI
III M SrlnX in ne Spealrr. Who v
eiil npo. W. t.spne. md rloN his 4
teaag, Mr, Morriss of licary, Ii 4 1.
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