The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-03-19
INDIANA STATE NEWS.
I..x,.i.s,y. Procscdlnxs.

Isgisiattv. Proceedings
iSptAxApoLts Ind. March A-The house
Wednesday sight passed oil abolisning the
prison contract labor system and providing
ina, all products OF the prisons shall be util-
lxed by the other state institutions pii
Also pa sed abolishing wine rooms This Is
,ompAnion piece TO the quart shop Dill.
aeither OF which are likely TO pass the senate
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. March The Citizens
Street railway supporters we're neatly trapped
Thursday night in the house ON the famous
three cent fare t'll the death OF which on
Wednesd ay caused such a tumultuous scene
while all sor.s OF grave charges were banded
about Wednesday after defe ting its pas
sage. the railway men thought TO cnnch ~ py
a motion TO reconsider and to lay on
the table Thursday night the speak
er held that these were separate
motions OF different intent made
py different mel bers and that the house had
a right 10 reconsider the motion To lay on
table Before the lobby could lily the blll
was again placed on It's passage and railroad
ed through by a vote OF 81 10 40 The Dill now
awaits the signature OF the governor TO De :
come Law In the passage Thursday night
the people Of this city won out against great
odds The senate Thursday night. among
other things knocked out the voting ma
shine bill which passed the house Wednes-
day
INDIANAPOLIS. ina. March no
snti-quart shop bill passed Friday and has
been sent 10 the governor No one can now
sell liquor in the site in less quantity than
Eve gallons without paving the county license
OF Zoo This shuts OUT drug stores anu who.e-
I salers unless they also procure the License re
I aured The passage OF the anti-quart shop
measure precludes any danger OF further
/ legislation OF the kind After this action the
s.nate az In went into the COMMITTEES OF the
whole TO consider the appropriations. upon
7 which most OF tue ~ was spent
d House Bills passed was TO legalize the set
\ Element OF county commissioners with county
/ treasurers under the fee law OF 1879 making
! six per cent legal interest and seven per cent
! and all above IL usurv. allowing all persons
10 work out road tax. but requiring corpora
I tions 10 pay such l. in cash. ana making IL
unlawful for them To hire tax TO be worked
/ out Bills passed and sent 10 the governor
we're making IT obligatory upon AL land
owners to bear their share OF expense
in constructing partition fences. and de-
fraving expenses OF the Green river
island commissioners Another bill sent
I TO the governor was that providing for inter-
locking switches on all railroads concur
rent resolution providing for commission 70
be appointed bY the government TO investi-
gate the claim OF the Nincennes unive.sity
was adopted The Reynolds forestry bill was
defeated. and that from the senate allowing
one TO prosecute In will cases rs poor person
I was passed but that estaOlis hing a school tof
the deaf and dumb al Evansville was de-
( feated
| IsDrAsAPoIIs Ind March s--SESArE-Or
! saturday the last day on which they coud
/ PISS oils with any hope % having them
I signed hv the governor. tine senate and house
were busy considering measures that h &
been sifted from the mass Of matter. to GET
through all OF which would require sir
l months session The senate started OF with
house bills regulating insurance companies
and providing for their incorporation They
we're passed and then the general appro
priatsons were resumed In the committee o
the whole many amendments being made
The bill was passed and sent 10 the house
where com nittee OF conference aas p
pointed. with the preparations out OF th'
wav the senate pissed the bill aDolisning th'
contract labor system Ia the prisons II wa
sent TO the governor. was the compulsory
education oil and a large number OF private
bills
HOUSEKEEPING the afternoon in the house
II discovered that an error had beer
made in the antl-cigarette bill then "a tn'
hands OF the governor. The error repea "a
all tobacco laws. The governor was re-
Quested to send the bill back to the ssu-
so IL could be compared with the engrosse
copy the error having been made by enroll
ing clerks Another attempt by substitute
the Iowa law for the Huobell bill regard
i'm mutual insurance companies was mad
and failed TO allow the orRaization OF life in
surance companies with small can't a. Gov
Mount not ONLY again notified the general as
sembly Saturday that he would consider 4
bills passed fter midnight, but sent n anoth
er.eto This time it on the bill creatin
pharmacy board