The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-01-09
FEE AND SALARY BILLS.


Two bills were introduced for the pur-
pose of Strengthening out the fault in the
fee and salary law requiring auditors and
treasurers 10 make up their salaries from
their fees Both had riders on them. One.
introduced by Senator Houghton. amends
Sections la6 and 129 OF the law so as TO cure
this trouble One rider comes i'm para
graph which fixes salaries in Martin county
thus: Clerk, 81, 500; auditor. sl.1OO.50; record
er, SLIGO; treasurer, 81 100; sheriff, $,6Oe
The other BILL introduced by Senator
LEIGH is for the benefit of auditors alone
and seeks to cure the difficulty In another
way. IL provides that auditors shali tax
the following costs. all OF which shal go
TO the county treasury: For copies OF rec
ord. 10 cents per hundred words; Tor max
ing affidavit. - cents: for issuing licenses,
81: for recording bonds. 80 cents; Tor per-
nit for storage room, 81: Tor making GER
tificate of tax sale. 30 cents; for recording
on sale of school fund lands, 81; Tor taxing
Acknowledgement. % cents; fer school innd
mortgage, 81; for making tax ices Si-9'
for subpoena. % cents; Tor entry anu tTdls-
fer of lands for taxation. 10 cents for each
tract; for recording town plat. 81, ana D
cents additional for each lot over twenty
five lots. The point comes in I'm the last
paragraph which allows the auditor per
cent. commission on the school fund loans.
The bill does not state that TINS Is 10 go
to the treasury The measure was pre-
pared by Auditor Louis Ill. Legier, OF van
deT|burg county.
Senator OBrien introduced a bill placing
the appointment OF the custodian ana en-
gineer of the Statehouse in the hanus OF a
board of control composed or the GoVer-
nor and the secretary and audltor OF state.
Senator GoStlin introduced a bill proVlulhS
that when the road Indebtedness or a town
ship exceeds the road fund and the est
mated receipts from road tax LOT Que sedI s'I
the trustees may levy an addltlonal road
tax not exceeding ! per cent, after pre-
senting to the County Commissioners de-
tailed statement of the matter.
MORE IMPORTANT BILLS.
The Senate held a session of an hour in
the afternoon, devoted almost entirely to
the introduction of bills, and three meas
ures of Importance were introduced. Inc
most interesting of these was an antitrust
bill by Senator Shiveley, which is printed In
full in another column. Senator Schnech
introduced the same compulsory education
bill that had been before the last session.
which is modelled after the most approved
compulsory education laws of other states.
The subject is given added interest by the
vigorous recommendation for such a law
made by the Governor in his message SEN
ator Holler introduced a bill providing for
the establishment OF a board OF PHARMACY
and the regulation of the drug trade.
Senator Hubbell introduced set or resolu-
tions in which the United States senators
are instructed 10 use their influence In Sc
curing the reappointment OF ex-soldlers
who have lost their placse during the last
administration. The resolutions were adopt
ed with little opposition; me only polht NJ
made against them was that they should De
made in the form of a joint resolution.
Senators Shiveley, BoZeman sweeney ana
Shea presented bills changing the time Tor Z
holding court in their respective judicial
districts In each case the rules were sus-
pended by unanimous vote and the Dill
puf rnon its passage at once. The vote on
the passage of the bills was also unanimous
in each case.
At o'clock Senator o Brien moved that
when the Senate adjourned ii should do so
until Monday at 10 o'clock The motion
was carried and Immediately after Senator
carried unanimously.