The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-15

One an Important City Charter
Amendment-The TVvO-Cent Fare.

One an Important City Charter
Amendment-The TwO-Cent Fare.
The House spent the entire day yester-
day in the transaction of routine business,
and there We're but few departures from the
consideration of bills on the second and third
reading. A large number of bills was
passed. The bill to amend the dental act
narrowly escaped defeat in the afternoon.
It was called up Immediately after a bill
had been defeated and the House seemed
disposed to take the same action with it,
Mr.. Glossbrenner, who introduced the bill,
hurried around the hall and induced enough
members to change their vote before the
result was announced and the bill went
through by 90 ayes to 30 noes. The bill
brings the present dental act UP to date.
Mr.. Shidelers bill TO legalize the settle
ments made by the commissioners of Madi-
son county with the treasurer when the fee
and salary act was held to be unconstitu-
tional was passed The bill by Mr. Marsh
to give to contractors repairing roads a
method whereby they may purchase, con-
DENIM appropriate and acquire right of way
over intervening land in order to get at
matchmaking material was passed with some
opposition. Mr.. MYERS bill, which reduces
the fee for certificate to practice medicine
to SO and gives midwives more time to COM
ply with the law, was passed with slight
opposition. Hereafter the judge of any
court shall have the right to appoint his
bailiff and pay him 81 a day, according to
the bill passed which introduced by Mr..
Kirkpatrick. There were tWeuty-eight votes
cast against the bill.
The bin by Mr. Roose. req~iring fraternal
beneficiary societies to make reports to the
auditor of state and giving to that officer
the right to make examinations OF their con-
dition, was passed without opposition Mr..
WhitcombS bill to bring those insurance
companies organized before 1852 under the
present insurance laws IN 20 far as the ming
of reports and right TO examine them by
the state auditor IS concerned was also
passed.
nature of an anti-Roby bill, and which per-
mts the State to bring suit without bond
if the suit is brought by the attorney gem
cral or one of his deputies, was passed with
but two votes against 1t. Mr.. Knots, OF
Hammond, voted for the bill. Mr.. Artmans
bill to require treasurers OF all cities not
governed by special charter TO make month
ly reports TO the city clerk of the receipts
and expenditures was among those passed.
The bill further requires that the money
on hand shall be accounted for, and if it is
deposited I'm a bank the bank book duly
balanced on the last day of the month shall
also be filed. Forfeiture of Office is the pen
atty for failure to comply. Mr.. Canada's bill
10 require semi-annual reports from the
three schools receiving state aid also passed
the House The bill requires accounting
of every cent and the filing of receipts for
every cent expended. These reports are to
be filed by Jan. 10 and July 10 of each year.
and the bin applies TO Purdue Indiana State
and the state Normal. After one unsuc-
cessful attempt to get such a bin through,
Mr.. Roots at last succeeded in securing the
passage Of his bill appropriatng S1,500 for
the temporary care of the criminal insane.
Mr.. Strong's bin to amend the charter Of
this city SO that assessments for street i'm
provements shall not exceed 20 per cent. Of
the appraised value of property benefited.
exclusive Of the buildings. passed with but
two votes against it. Mr.. Caraways bill re-
quires that one copy of all state documents
a
library in the Union. Mr.. Clark's bin
amends the present law on construction Of
private roadway across the tracks of
railroad SO that such private roadway may
be constructed between a farm and a high
way when separated by a right of way of
Mr. Barlow's bill to appropriate $1,000 to
make an exhibition of maize at the Paris
exposition killed by the motion by Mr..
Eichhorn 10 strike out the enacting clause.
Mr.. Dilley's bill to make all promissory
notes negotiable as inland bills was killed
by a motion to strike out the enacting
clause which was made by Mr.. Canada.
There was much discussion of the bill but
the motion carried by IS ayes TO II noes.
Mr.. Reser's bill to provide two boards of
election officers, one to count and the other
to receive ballots was defeated without dis
TwO-CENT-FAREB BILL
Mr.. Neal went after the committee on
railroads. He presented a resolution that
this committee shall report his bill on 2-cent
fare by this morning at $3.50. He stated that
the bin was one Of the first introduced and
that the committee has had it in its hands
for one month and two days. Mr.. Wiough-
by protested because the chairman of the
committee is not in the city. but the reso-
luton was adopted nevertheless.
When MIR. Bakers bill regarding usury
came up on second reading It was so
amended as to make per cent the legal
rate In Indiana. and the bin further pro-
vides that any rate above this by reason
of expenses, commissions Or other grounds
shall constitute usury. The bill is aimed at
money sharks. Mr.. Artmans bill making ii
unlawful for the commissioners of any coun-
ty of more than 25,090 population TO con-
struct a courthouse unless at least 500 citi-
zens shall have petitioned for 1t was SO
amended as 10 except Jackson county AIR.
Eichhorn was out when Mr.. knottss bill TO
form drainage districts for the drainage Of
the Kankakee valley was called up. Mr..
Knots offered several amendments 10 pro-
vide that the appFaisement shall be made
by resident land owners of the county who
are not In the district affected. and the bill
Continued on sixth PaEe.)