The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-01-28
SENATE PASSES BILLS.
Repeating the 10 Per Cent. PenaIty
Clause-Swinebrceders' Bill Passed.

When the Senate was called to order in
the afternoon a number of seats were va
cant, and Senator Duncan. suggested that
committee reports be received while the
crowd is gathering" "a great many reports
were submitted and a number of new bills
were rushed into the. hopper. When the reg
ular order, bills on third reading, was re-
sumed Senator Hugg called UP his bill rel
ative to the punishment of employees of
persons or firms for embezzlement 1t
amends the present law so as to provide
employees embeZzling $25 or less may be i'm
prisoned not less than one nor more than
five years while the punishment for the
embezzlement of more than SIS is fixed at
not less than one nor more
than five years Imprisonment. Fines may
be assessed against either class OF Offend
ers. The bill was passed. inTUr sd
A bill repeating the 10-per-cent.- penalty
clause OF the insurance laws, introduced by
Senator McCorel. was passed. 1t does away
with the provision OF The old law intiicting
a penalty of 10 per cent. for the nonpay-
ment of fire insurance losses by insurance
companies Incorporated in this State within
sixty days after such losses occur. Com
plants have been long made that this
law effectually barred home insurance COM
panies from doing business. y bill intro
duced at the instance of the Commercial
Club is of the same purport. The next bill
passed was that OF Senator Null requiring
township trustees 10 post notice for thirty
days of the sale of any property before
such property is sold.
Senator Pharesis bill for the establishment
of a veterinary examining board was the
subject of a long discussion. 1t provides
that no person shall practice veterinary
surgery without obtaining a license from
the examining board. Graduates of col
leges of veterinary surgery are TO pay 50
for such licenses, while nongraduates are to
pay $5 before being examined. The bill
failed.
other bills passed were that of Senator
Bozeman, preventing the spread of disease
among swine; that of Senator Schneck, re-
curing fire chiefs or. town marshals TO
investigate fires and report any facts going
TO show incendiarism to the prosecuting at
torney, and Senator Sells bill. amending
the law for the relief of the poor.
The roll call Of bills on third reading
journed. although that has been the order
of business for two days. A good deal of
time is taken up in discussions. There are
a few senators who seem to desire to speak
on every bill that comes up.
Among the committee reports submitted
I'm the Senate yesterday were those favor
ing Senator News bill repeating the legiS-
lative apportiOnment act OF 1885 and Sem
ator McCord's anti-cigarette bill. At one
time in the afternoon Senator Hugg pre-
sented a long petition circulated against
cigarettes in this county. That was the
signal for the senators TO fire a shower
of petitions against the baseball bill and in
favor of a~nti-cigarette legislation at the
reading clerk. They were referred TO the
communities having those measures under
consideration without
Senator Hugo. chairman of the commit
tee on claims and expenditures. submitted
a favorable report on Senator Holler's reso-
luton providing for the payment of ex-
penses of the prison committee on it's
trip TO Michigan City. 1t was adopted with
out a dissenting vote.