The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-26
A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.
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Od of Making Amendments.

senator Kern Wants Il Quicker Meth
Od of Making Amendments.
The session of the Senate yesterday lasted
scarcely half an hour. The upper branch of
the General Assembly was short of talent
The prison committee was off to Michigan
CITY for the purpose of taking a look at
the Northern Penitentiary, end to put a few
questions to Warden French concerning his
stewa- dship. Several Senators, not members
OF the committee, had accompanied the COM
mittee on education to Bloomington, for
the purpose of visiting the State University,
and the senatorial ranks were further de-
pleted by the absence of members who had
been excused. When the Senate was called
to order it was evident that there was no
quorum, and what business was transacted
was kept in lines that would not disclose
the lack of it,
The committee on judiciary presented a
number of reports. The cigarette bill of
Senator Baker was reported with number
of amendments, and amended was rec
commended for passage. The bill made
over fixes the license for cigarette whole
salers at $50 and for retailers at $25. Appli-
cation for license must be made to the
county commissioners, and if required the
applicant must show that he is a man of
good moral character. A license cannot be
issued to a. person under twenty-one years
of age, and violation of the law makes the
offender ineligible for a license. To pro-
cure a license to sell cigarettes the process
is the same that prescribed for the pro-
curement of liquor license. The penalty
for violations is a fine of from 50 to 500,
but the provision that Senator Baker had
Incorporated providing for reward to the
intormer was stricken out.
!. The judiciary committee made a report on
the pure food inspectors bill striking out
that section which provides that the inspec-
tor shall have per cent. of the fines
part of his compensation, and that section
a fine
collected to the informer. AS amended the
committee asked the reference of the bill
to the committee on agriculture, and it
referred.
Senator Kern introduced, by request, a
JOINT resolution to amend Section l, Article
10, of the constitution The purpose of the
emendn-t MT is to provide "a more expeditions
method of ENGRAVING changes or additions
upon the organic law. The resolution reads
as follows:
ANY amendment or amendments to this
branch of the General Assembly; and if the
same Shall be agreed to by majority of
the members of the two houses such pro-
posed amendment or amendments shall,
with the yeas and nays thereon, be entered
on their journals and thereupon such Gen
mission of such amendment amendments
to the electors of the State at a. special or
a majority of said electors shall ratify the
same such amendment or amendments shall
become part of the constitution"
Several bills were introduced. Senator
Boyd introduced bill providing more
stringent penalties for gambling His meas
ure fixes a fine of from 800 to $500 to which
may be added Imprisonment not exceeding
six months for any one convicted of oper-
ating a gambling house, and any person
convicted of visiting a gambling house Is
made liable to fine of from $50 to 500 to
which may be added Imprisonment not to
exceed three months
Senator Vale introduced a bill creating
the Fifty-fourth Judicial circuit to consist
of the county of E;khart. Other judicial
circuits, in that part of the State are
changed to make the Thirty-third judicial
and Whitley and the Thirty fourth circuit
to consist of the counties of Noble and
Lagrange