The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-01-26

N1@1 III AiittOiidA bAAhS aOliAt -
the numerous bills to regulate county COM
mlssioners was introduced by Senator Hum
phreys. II. prohibits any board o. COM
missioners from appointing one of its num-
Der 10 act as bridge superintendent, a prac-
tice which is carried on by some commits
sioners. A bill TO amend Section 80 of the
law relative TO the relief of the poor by
township trustees was introduced by Sena-
Tor Newly 1t provides that township trus-
tees ShaH make quarterly reports OF eX-
penditureS for this purpose to the auditor.
At the end of the year a detailed report of
all expenditures is to be made to the county
commissioners by the trustees of each
township. Thereupon the commissioners
are required to direct the trustees of each
separate township to levy a special tax TO
meet such expenditures, payable, by their
respective townships. BY this system. al
t mo H the county pays for the relief in
each township for the relief of the poor
of that township. On the failure of the
trustees to make the levy the commission
ers are empowered TO do so. Senator Rinear
presented a bill permitting township trus-
tees to make a tax levy TO employ janitors
for the country schools; As there is now
no such provision, teacher are compelled
70 act as Janitors. Take a morning like
this" said Senator Rinear. land you will
thing for a teacher TO have to build a fire
before beginning his official duties for the
day. They have to do it now" Senator
Sell new bill requires township trustees to
tailed reports of all expenditures at the
time OF making their nnu settlements in
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stock Sanitary Commission and providing
for the appointment of a State veterinary
surgeon by the Governor was introduced by
senator White. a bill requiring street car
companies TO provide some method of heat
ing cars was introduced by Senator Horner
at the instance of persons residing in Terre
Haute. He believes that it would benefit
Indianapolis and all other towns in the
State; however. Senator Johnson intro
duced a petition from the Junior Mechan-
les Association. &C Upland, in his district.
favoring the adoption of a compulsory edu-
cation law.
A number of bills were called UP on sec
ond reading and advanced a stage by be-
ing ordered engrossed. A few minor
amendments were offered to some of them.
Among them were Senator Bobilya's bill
providing for the use of a standard half
bushel measure fer wheat. \ similar bill
Is being fayorably considered by the House.
Senator .BoZeman's bill TO prevent the
spread of disease among swine was an
other that was advanced.
DISCHARGED CONVICT BILL.
There was a long discussion over Senator
Duncan's bill regulating the discharge of
prisoners from the State prisons. 1t is in
tended to cure the evils of a bill passed
two years ago, which simply provides for
the return of prisoners TO the county from
which they were sentenced, without max
ing any provision for their temporary sup
port. The bill provides: Thereafter when
ever any person shall be discharged from
the Indiana Prison South, or the Indiana
Prison North. the warden thereof shall pro-
cure for him. and deliver to the proper rail-
road conductor, a railroad ticket to any
point to which such person may desire to
go: not farther from said prison than the
point from which he was sentenced. give
him $40 in money. a durable suit of clothes,
and. from the first day of December to the
first day of March an overcoat. For the
purpose of carrying into effect the pro-
visions of this act, the sum of 5 200 Is
annually appropriated.
Senator Watson spoke of the annoyance
people endure who live in the counties
where the prisons are located by the per-
sistency with which the discharged prison.
ers remain in the vicinity of the prisons.
He did not believe the bill was adequate TO
mend this nuisance and thought the money
and tickets should be placed in the hands
or a guard instead of the railroad conduc-
tor. A number who spoke admitted the
present law to be inhumane and unjust.
one senator declaring that even the author
of the bill does not approve ii after seeing
its operation. The bill was made special
order for the afternoon. In the afternoon
Senator Watson submitted an amendment
in accordance with the ideas he had ex-
pressed in the morning. Senator Shively
offered an amendment providing that not
clothes nor more than s. for an overcoat
for each convict. senator McCord offered
an amendment providing that the warden
should draw a warrant payable at the office
of the treasurer of the county TO which the
convict desired to go. saying that would
assure his going to destination. On mo-
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of the author. the bill and amendment
were recommitted to the committee on
prisons.
After some discussion of Senator Dun
cans bill regulating county commissioners
and auditors a bill on the same subject
by Senator Nusbaum was taken UP on
special order. Several amendments had
been offered to his bill. On motion of Sena-
tor McCord both bills regulating county
amendments were referred to the commit
tee on county and township business with
instructions TO draft a bill embracing the
salient features of both. Senator Nusbaum
consented to this arrangement as less likely
to delay action than for him to insist upon
his bill passing.
After the passage Of the Vandalia bill in
the Senate yesterday afternoon the call of
bills on second reading was resumed. Sem
ator. Shively called up his bill authorizing
the Incorporation of foreign missionary So
c~ieties. 1t is a bill in the interest of the
Friends Church of the United States,
which it about to lose valuable property in
Mexico that is not held by any corporation.
but by individuals. The purpose of the bill
is to permit the Incorporation of missionary
societies, giving to them authority to hold
and dispose of real estate as other corpora
tons do. On Senator Shively's motion the
rule was suspended and the bill passed.
A strong lobby has developed against the
passage of a bill providing that a standard
half-bushel measure, shall be used in de-
termining the weight Of wheat. A big dele
cation of traders on the Board of Trade
were in the Senate yesterday urging the
amendment of Senator Bobilya's bill on
this subject. JACOB smith, secretary or the
Board of Trade. explained to a Journal re-
porter the objections to the bill. He said
that grain dealers have a device for making
estimates of wheat in carload lots. A half
gallon measure is. dipped up and when
placed in the Steelyard used for that pur-
pose shows the weight OF a bushel of wheat
of the quality of the sample taken. If the
law requiring the use of n half-buShel
measure is passed he said Ii would be neces-
sary for the inspectors to use an express
wagon to haul samples. In the House a
similar bill. introduced by Mr.. Remington,
has already been passed. After a confer
ence with the representatives of the Board
of Trade. Senator Bobilya agreed TO an
amendment. In the forenoon his bill had
been ordered engroSsed. He called 1t up for
amendment. Senator Hawkins. in order to
get Ii in proper form, moved the reconsider
alton of the vote to engrosS. The motion
prevailed and the bill was amended so as
the direction of the Boards of Trade. The
bill was then ordered engrOssed again.
CIGARETTES DISCUSSED.
There was considerable discussion of Sem
ator Shively's anti-cigarette bill. Senator
Ellison offered an amendment permitting
county commissioners 10 levy a license fee
of 800 instead of $500 from retailers and
permitting cities by ordinance to fix the
license fee at $500 instead of s25. Senator
Newly made a motion TO strike out the
clause making it unlawful for persons un-
der eighteen years of age to be found with
cigarettes or cigarette wrappers in their
possession. He said the Senate had just
licensed the sale of cigarettes and now pro-
posed TO make il unlawful TO be found with
them in possession. He said the liquor law.
while ii prohibited n saloon man from sell