The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-26

the state Live stock Sanitary Commission
and enlarging the powers of the state veter-
No 252 By Senator Lambert: For the
| payment of claim in Bartholomew county;
finance.
No 253. BY Senator Keeney: To encour-
age forestry; agriculture.
No. pa. BY Senator Goodwine: To estab-
fish township libraries: judiciary.
No. 255. BY Senator Wood: Permitting
towns of less than 10000 TO make transfers
Of school property; judiciary.
During the reading OF new bills, the COM
mittee on organization of courts reported
favorably on the bill fixing the pay of bail
The morning session was dry. because of
the transaction of much routine business.
The only discussion came up on the second
reading of the bill enlarging the powers Of
the fish commissioner, and resulted in a
victory for the friends of the bill, who adj
Vanced ii to engrossment.
REPORTED FAVORABLY.
| The several committees reported favorably
on bills as follows:
Finance-House bill No. 2S9: Appropriate
ing 800 to purchase a suitable case for the
Spanish gun and the battle flag of the battle
ship Indiana.
Judiciary-House bill No. Z: Defining the
jurisdiction of courts against foreign cor
poraticns. House bill No. "a: Regulating
the pasturage of live stock ON public high
ways. House bill No. 1874: Exempting from
execution all benefits due to widows and
orphans of members of any benevolent or
der. House bill No. 8: Fixing the compen-
sation of special judges.
Swamp Lands and Drains-No. 191: Au-
thorizing the State to sell certain reclaimed
swamp lands near the Kankakee river. No.
50: Providing for the building of flood gates
in bitches.
Cities and Towns-House bill No. 178: L.e-
galizing the incorporation of the town of
New Richmond, Montgomery county; passed
under a suspension of the rules.
Labor-No. 1874: Providing for the weekly
payment Of wages by all employers. No.
143: Prohibiting all Sunday work. No. 116:
Licensing all steam engineers.
County and Township Business-NO. 119:
Relating TO county business.
Bills were reported on unfaVorably as fol-
lows:
Judiciary-No 210: Compelling prosecut-
ing attorneys to appear in insanity cases.
House bill No. 107: Fixing the pay of
balllHs; recommitted to the committee on
organization of courts No. Sc: Regulating
the pasturage OF live stock on public high
ways No. 1875: Regulating the damages in
condemnation proceedings. No. 1888: Con-
corning pleading in civil cases. No. Is: Re-
Strlctlng the placing of legal advertising
IN newspapers to those published every day;
a divided report was submitted, minority
Directing to the daily papers being given the
preference; on vote the minority report
was substituted for the majority and
adopted.
Education-No. 70: Regulating township
libraries. No. 1893: Repeating the appropri-
atoms Tor state colleges.
At the conclusion of the reading of The
committee reports nearly every Senator
arose and asked leave to offer a petition
BY the time they all reached the clerk $
desk, however it developed that they We're
all on the subject of revision of the Consti-
tuition of the State, so as to give the right
OF suffrage to women. They were all re-
ferred to the committee on revision of the
constitution, except one by Senator Newly,
VINO asked that his be referred to the COM
mlttee on swamp lands and drains.
A memorial from Harrow Post, No 491,
G.. A. R., of Mt Vernon. was presented
asking that the Assembly appropriate
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sailors monument according to the recon-
mendation of the architect in charge.
ON SECOND READING.
The following bills were advanced on Sec
ond reading:
No 49, BY Senator Brooks: Requiring
claims to be itemized, sworn to and filed
with the county auditor before being paid
by any city or town. Senator Brooks sug-
gested that the bill ought not to apply to
cities operating under a special charter
No. II. By Senator Drummond: To pre-
vent the spread of the San Jose scale
NO. 81. BY Senator Campbell: Making all
express companies common carriers and
compelling them to operate under laws gov
erning such concerns. Senator Hawkins sug-
gested that the bill be amended so as to
allow the companies to designate some per-
son in each county on whom service can be
had for the company, in order to avoid
the necessity of all the members of the
company coming to Indiana each year to
make aftidavits. The suggestion was not
adopted.
NO III. by Senator Gill for Senator Shea :
Regulating the payment of orders on city
or town treasurers.
No. 6. By Senator Hawkins: Establishing
a uniform method of doing township bust
ness.
No. T. Senator Hawkins: Defining the
powers of justices of the peace.
No. %. By Senator Hogate: Reorganizine-
the State Board Of Education; made a spe-
cal order OF business for this afternoon
NO 70. By Senator Hogate: To keep a
tender of money good by paying it into
No. Ill. BY Senator HubbelI (by requesD :
Defining the powers of judges to appoint
court stenographers.
No. 50. By Senator Hubbel: Allowing a
tenant to bring suit for trespass
No. 1873. Senator Gilbert: Regulating the
time for fishing in streams and the iTnple-
ments to be used. Several amendments were
offered Senator Keyes moved to allow sein-
ing in April. Senator Winfield said he had
talked with the fish commissioner on the
subject and thought ii should be specified that
no seine should be used which had either
trammel, basket or pocket attached to it.
senator Heller suggested the cutting Town
or the minimum penalty for violation of the
law from $S to 81, saying that it would be
impossible to secure convictions in some
counties with such heavy penalties attached
To this Senator Gilbert objected for the
reason that, in his opinion, the fixing of
small penalties would stimulate the bringing
OF petty suits for the purpose of assessing
court costs. Before the matter could be SET
tied the Senate adjourned The discussion
was taken up at o'clock and after twelve
minor amendments had been offered if
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