The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-28

State Board of Education will remain the
same as it is. Aside from the statement
OF the nonstate senator. there are no indi-
cations that the scheme has general sup
port. As soon as the education bill was
disposed of. Senator Charles called up the
bin drafted by DR.. Hurry. of the State
Board of HEALTH and a flood of amend
ments, important and otherwise. poured i'm.
Had they all passed, nothing but the skele-
ton of the bill would have remained. The
Dill provides for the accurate collection of
vital statistics by compelling the county
health officers to make full and complete re-
turns to the state board Of all deaths and
births in the different sections of the State.
and also provides that health officers shall
be appointed in all the cities and incorpOr-
ated towns OF the State, who shall report
local statistics to the county health officer
Senator Newly offered an amendment pro-
viding for the appointment of health otfi-
GERS IN all townships where there are no IN
corporated towns. such officers to be paid
yearly salary of at least $40. 1t further
provided for cutting down the terms OF
health officers from four to two years. Sen
ator Gilbert objected to the amendment be-
cause it would create nearly one thousand
new state officers under salary and thereby
IN his opinion endanger the passage of the
bill. Senator Goar the chairman of the
committee which recommended the passage
of the bill, said he was in favor Of the
ing the passage of the bill, called attention
to the fact that the State Board of Health
was working without salary and had asked
for no more in the way of appropriations
and was entitled to have its bill passed Is
it was drafted for the reason that the mem
bers of the board were giving the health
better what was needed than the Legisla-
ture Senator Hawkins also advocated the
passage of the bill drafted.
PAY OF HEALTH OFFICERS.
Senator Patton offered an amendment to
cut down the amounts to be given the health
officers in cities and towns, but no one took
kindly to his scheme. Senator Heller, after
several attempts to work in an amendment
to cut down the pay of the small health
officers. finally succeeded in getting one
through. 1t provides for the payment of $40
a year as minimum salary for local health
officers. Senator Newly then moved to
strike out the section of the bill providing
that it shall be illegal to bury any person
until a certificate shall have been issued
by the health officer setting forth the cause
of death, but this, along with several other
amendments, was lost and the bill was
ordered engrossed.
The following bills were passed on third
reading:
the drawing of fifteen petit jurors instead
of twelve, in order to avoid calling in pro
fessiOnal' jurors and court hangers-On.
No. 49, By Senator Brooks: Prescribing
the manner of paying claims against cities
and towns.
No. no. BY Senator Hogate Permitting
building and loan associations to go into
No. 1903. BY Senator Culbert: To compel
the recording of all assignments of mort
cages in order to show who is the real
owner of a mortgage and liable for taxa
ton on it.
No. 127. BY Senator Campbell: Regulating
the method of paying orders drawn on city
treasures and making them legal tender for
city taxes. Senator Hawkins asked to have
the bill amended so as to not include cities
of over $1,000 population, it cOnflicted
with the charter of those cities. The amend
ment was made by consent and the bill
passed.
The following engrOssed House bills were
80, cities and towns. 216 and 1873; city of In
danapolis, 279; building and loan 10l.
New bills were introduced follows:
No. PCS. BY Senator Wood: Fixing the
salaries of prosecuting attorneys in the diff
ferent counties; judiciary.
No. 269 BY Senator GOchenour: Extend
drains, to running streams; swamp lands
and drains.