The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-02-15

In full for all services. In townships contain
ing over $4,000. o. 500. and the trustee shall be
allowed q clerk at $500; also one investigation
of poor at 5000.
BY Senator Seller-That every person or cor
poration employing women or rls in any bus
mess in this state shall provide suitable seats
for the use Of said employees so employed aud
shall permit the use OF such seats by them
when they are not necessarily engaged IN the
active dnt es for the performance oil which they
are so employed.
By Senator Thsyer-Providing for the re-
covery of titles of real estate for school
houses.
BY Senator Seller--Dsfning how the sale Of
lands upon school loan foreclosure shall be
conducted.
AS soon as the house convened Fri
day morning members began popping up
in different, parts of the hall asking for
leaves of absence for various other MEM
bers. Several were granted, when Mr.
Deery of Marion county arose and OBJ
jected to the granting OF any more. Its
time this house was getting down to bust
ness" said he The session is almost
gone and the members should remain here
and attend TO the business before them"
Mr.. Deery's objection was a very wise and
good one, but several other gentlemen
were excused from attendance today alter
it had been made.
BY the united efforts Of Representatives
Barnes, HeaCy and McCorkle a dog bill
was presented to the house Friday that
passed without strong opposition. The
three gentlemen had been appointed q
committee TO draft bill, and it was done
successfully. The new law repeats
ali dog laws now in ex-
istence. It provides for the
registration of dogs with the township as
SCISSORS between a pril l and June l of
each year. The tax is made 81 for the
first male dog and s. for each additional
one. The tax on the first female dog is
fixed at So and $l0 for each additional
one. AnV person is authorized to kill I'M
registered dogs. The fund derived from
the tax lie to be used to pay for sheep
killed by dogs, and the excess is to 90 into
the township road fund in ali the town
ships of the state. except Center. Marion
county. where it will be applied to the
school iund.
Senate bill No. 281, by Senator Akin,
legalizirg the corporation of the town Of
Carlisle in Sullivan county. was passed
under a suspension of the rules.
Senate bill. No. 149. Bingham, providing
for releases from record of mortgages, was
passed to third reading, as was also SEN
a;e Dill 25S. to leRalizs Eugene. in Yer
million county.
Haggard's bill regulating the procuring
and transporting of natural gas was favor
ably reported as was also Johnson's bill
creating a state board of school supply
commissioners.
The following bills were introduced:
johnson OF Marion-fixIng the salary of the
county superintendent of Marion AZ :, 800.
l.. 8 A..
sterdsm, Harrison county. Passed under sus-
pension of the rules.
Daiey-RelatiuE to mortgages on railway
rolling stock.
H4y-A bill for the relief OF William Sp-unk.
johnson of Marion-Aet concerning school
text books. Also bill providing for the IL
Gems ~ OF sleeping car companies.
Wilson of Dubois-Eixing the fees and du-
ties of county officers.
MISUNDERSTANDING the sale Of goods Oh
the installment plan.
White-ReIaslng to the settlement of de-
cedents' estates.
The call OF committees for reports oc
cupied the entire session in the senate
Friday The judiciary committee re.
ported against the Nagee bill TO amend
the Grubbs libel law. Senators Magee
and McGreRor made q good fight against
killing the bill, but nearly all the LAWYERS
were on the other side and by viva voce
vote the bill which the democratic editorial
association prepared, Was indefinitely post
poned. The committee reported favora.
bly, upon the bill to amend the criminal
libel law ss a sort of sop TO the editors.
1t took two hours TO kill Senator
Kopelks's bill 10 increase the salaries oil
the officers OF Lake county. 1t required
the exhaustion OF considerable energy &c
dispose OF IL. The committee had re-
ported against it, but Mr.. Kopelke did moi
give up before he had made a good fRht
for his bill.
House bill No. lS4. 10 legalize contracts
entered into between railroads in Indiana
and Illinois was recommended for passage
The report was adopted. Other reports
bv the judiciary committee that we're
adopted recommended the passage oil
Senator Fulk's bill iegaliZinV certain platS
OF city and town lots; Senator Parker,
bill requiring county clerks TO register fees
collected; Senator Parker's bill amending
the statute relating 10 public ofienses
House bill No. 49, amending the law re-
Rarding proceedings in civil cases; Sena-
tor Bakers bill amending the act concern
ing the partition of lands; Senator Stew
arts bill amending the dog law.
The committee on education recon-
illSHucu the pdcHttEC VI CtHdtOI 4 ulh bAii
providing for The publication oil papers
read before the Indiana academy OF
sciences; Senator Elison's bill regarding
the qualifications of county snperint tend
ents; Senator McLean's bill providing for
aiumnAl representation on boards of di-
rectors of state educational institutions
and Senator Wigs bill defining the quail
tcations OF county superintendent. All
these reDort6 were adODted
The committee on swamp lands and
drainage recommended the passage OF
Mckelvie's bill 10 prevent the obstruction
OF drains. The reports were adopted.
The bill OF Senator Macy. to prevent the
obstruction of drains and water cours es,
was re-committed.
TIE lawyers of the senate took another
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