The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-28

swamp lands in the Kankakee river bot
toms.
II. B. No. 81. To tax gifts. legacies and
II. p. Nc. 30. Providing for better sanitary
conditions in mines.
II. B.. No. 511. Prohibiting trade combina-
tons tending to destroy competition.
IA. 3. No. 221. For the inspection of steam
boilers.
II. B. No. Az. Requiring state colleges to
make itemized reports of all moneys ex-
II. B. No. 413. Legalizlng the incorpora-
ton of Judson. Parke county.
II. b. No. 1870. Regulating the width of
tires TO be used on certain roads.
IL. q. No. 3l5. For the printing of the
legislative journal.
II. b. No. 396. Concerning taxes levied for
certain institutions.
expense of all INDECENT ex-Union soldiers.
II: B. No. 224. For the licensing of steam
II. b. No. 232. Regulating the settlement
of decedents' estates.
Fl. B. No. 1Ss. Regulating the methods of
pleading for receivers in civil cases.
H.. b. No. 210. Allowing contractors to
acquire by condemnation all materials neces-
sary to fulfill a road contract.
H. B.. No. 334. Prohibiting a married
woman from holding any interest in prop
erty which she has fraudulently assisted
her husband in putting out of his name
II. d. No. 20. To purify primary elections.
: III. 3. No. 3SS. Concerning proceedings IN
civil cases.
II. b. NO. Az. BROWNING IOI ldbelS Ol
packages of flour, ~buckwheat, corn meal and
other cereals.
H. B. No. 22S. Giving the factory in
spector jurisdiction over all fire escapes on
buildings of three stories or over.
II. b. No. 23. Regulating the appoint
ment of court stenographers.
II. b. No. 579. Regulating the holding or
coroner's inQuests on the bodies OF I'M
known persons.
H. b. No. 81. Changing the time for the
collection of taxes from November TO De-
comber. Enacting clause stricken out.
II. b. No. 402. Regulating the incorpora-
ton of insurance companies.
BILLS PASSED.
The following House bills were passed:
No. 12I. Providing for the settlement of
the Newton county-seat difficulty.
No. so. Requiring all street cars to be
heated during the winter months.
No. 262. Requiring that applicants for
license to practice medicine to obtain a
certificate from the State Board of Medical
Registration.
No. 3i5. For the printing and binding of
the documentary journal of the General AS
sembly.
walk ordinance by the trustees of any IN
corporated town shall go into effect until
thirty days after passage, in order that the
referred to a vote of the people.
House bill No. 924, requiring the
tion and licensing of all dentists, was Killed
with hardly any discussion.
One of the discussions of the afternoon
was over the bill requiring that three clt1-
LCiAo Illcb MAJ III All4AOEA III NANG D~NJ
of anyone dead from either natural or UNI
natural causes before the coroner may hold
one. AS soon as the fact leaked out tnat
Marion county was not affected by the bill,
because it's coroner is paid a salary, nearly
every other senator asked that the bill be
made to not apply to their particular coun-
ties. The purpose of the bill is to place a
restraint on the coroners, who make II a
practice to, hold expensive inqutests when
ever possible. TIE bill was finally killed.
During Senator Nusbaum's discussion or
the bill for a fee and salary commission, ne
said that he knew Of no necessity for such
a bill and had there been any he telt that
some mention Of it would have been en-
bodied in the platforms of either or bQth
parties. Senator New thereupon suggested
that, in view of the stand taken by some
Of the legislators on the county and town
ship bills, Il would be of little use to en-
body any such suggestion I'm the platform
of any party. The bill occasioned consid-
cradle discussion and brought out the fact
that most of the senators felt that the pres
ent fee and salary law was an unjust one
and that an active lobby would make It's
I'm the interest of county officials.
The consideration of the appropriation pill
was the special order of business yesterday
afternoon, but Senator doodwlne secured
tho adoption Of a motion to postpone IL
until Thursday morning, IN order that the
Senate might have q fun day, to work a. II.
House bill No. $50, allowing kosciuslto
county to aid I'm the establishment of a col-
lego at Winona lake, was made a special
order Of business for this morning, rs was
also the Hammond harbor bill,
Senator Hubbell introduced y new bill re"
curing that life insurance companies, OPP
Grating under the ASSIGNMENT law, shall ac-
count TO policy holders for all surplus mon
ey paid IN above the cost OF carrying the
Insurance IA force aud the amount required
TO pay office expenses.
The committee on the affairs of the city
OF indianapolis reported on the House bll
regulating street improvement assessments.
Tho committee amended the bill 80 M TO
provide that tho cost OF improvements must
not exceed ~ per cent, OF the assessed val,
untlon OF the property. The original PHI
set the figure NJ 20 per cent. The. commit
teo also Incorporated into the bill the meah-
uFO petitionod for by the residents or North
of the residents along any street 20 specify
what material shall be used In paving the
street.
shortly before the Senate adiourned yes-
terday afternoon, Senator ARnew MED u
written protest against the passage or the
Newton county seat bill, claiming mat II
had not been read a third tine by sections,
az the Constitution requires. After some
argument as to the. propriety or DOING 30
~ nrninnl uLna nAn1n IA nnrI of tho ToonHl.