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


Senator shea moved TO amend the bill so
| as to compel the state auditor after making
the examination required by law, to publish
/ the result of such examination III the county
/ paper having the largest general circulation.
1 without regard to politics of the paper OF
| the party IN power This was adopted
The question of when the bill should go
into effect brought on something of a dis
cussion also. Senator Hawkins asked to
/ have the time fixed for Jan. 1, 1900. and a.
! low the state auditor to get out the neces-
| Sary blanks in the meantime, so that the
| law would become operative in all counties
! at the same time. Senator Shea wanted It
! to go into effect Aug. l. 1899 but his PROPOSE
ton was combated by Senator Hawkins,
VINO maintained that II this were done the
| good effects of the bin would be lost. as it
| would cause endless confusion Senator
! NuSbaum held that If the law would work
any gccd, it should go into effect at once.
| Or a vote. however the amendment offered
by Senator Shea was adopted, and the law
| WIZ go into effect August, 1899
Senator Minor moved to strike out Sec
! ton 8, which provides that any county Of
tcer who refuses to comply with the de-
mands of the auditor of state, and keep
| set of books as prescribed by law, may be
/ dealt with in q legal way. Senator Hugg.
! in obtectng to the amendment, said that
/ of the bill. and that the section in question
was inserted so as to make it possible for
/ the state examiner to visit every county
and look over the books intelligently, which
/ ne could rot do If the accounts of all coun-
J ties We're not uniform. He suggested, more
/ over, that should the amendment be adopted
| it would be impossible to enforce the bill.
TIE section requiring county commission
! ers to report to the county council was also
| a bone of contention. Senator Stilwell moved
! TO strike 1t out, saying that 1t would not he
| possible for commissioners to report TO a
! body which had no existance. Senator New
/ replied that there was another bill before
I the Senate which did create such a body,
| and before the bill became law the coun-
Gil Woulu De IN eAlstahce II the pih passed..
This aroused the senator from Gibson, who
Numbered out that the senators from the
/ other side could not pass such bill, and,
! moreover, would not dare to do so. The
| people were asking Cor reduced instead Of
! increased taxes, and the bill provided for
! more officials to be paid by the taxpayers.
! The bill was finally amended so as to read
| that where a county council existed reports
| should be made to it. In this shape after
] some more argument, the bill finally passed,
the vote being follows:
| Yeas-Agnew, Ball. Binkley, Brooks,
! Charles. Campbell Corr Cregor Early, Gill
| bert Goar, Gochenour, GoOdwine, Guthrie,
! Gill, Gwin, Hawkins, Hogate, Hubbell,
Hugg. Johnson of Madison. Johnson of Jay,
| Keyes, Kell Lambert Legeman. LEIGH,
| Miller New, Nusbaum, Shea. Total 81;
Nays-Rurns, Culbert Drummond, Heller,
| Horner, Keeney, Minor. Newly, Osborn,
OConnor, Purcell Ryan, Stilwell, Stroup.
! Wood Winfield. Total, 16.
Not Voting-Inman Joss Patten.
CHANGING A NAME.
Senator Hogate introduced House bill No.
499. providing for the changing of the name
of the Girls Reformatory and Women's
| Prison to that of the Girls Industrial
! School," and under a suspension of the rules
it was passed.
Bills on second reading were called up by
senators as follows:
House bill No. Z. BY Senator Brooks: Re-
| enacting a statute allowing a suit to be
! brought against a nonresident corporation
in any county in which it has a branch
Office.
House bill No 10S By Senator Culbert:
/ Bringing the stated term conVcts in the
Reformatory and state prison under the pro-
visions of the indeterminate sentence law.
n + prn-
Vidng that when a circuit judge is called to
| another circuit as special judge he shall
| only be allowed his necessary expenses.
House bill No S. BY Senator Gill: Allow
ing county fair associations to sell real es-
House bill No g. BY Senator Hawkins:
| Regulating the transfer of property by in
| sane people
House bin No. a. BY Senator Hogate:
| Prohibiting the construction of railroads
| through cemeteries.
House bin No. lis. BY Senator Hubben:
| Amended SO as to require county commits
| sioners to keep plans, specifications and bids
on file for the inspection of the public for
| at least thirty days before letting contracts
! for public works. Senator Ball asked TO
| have the bill amended so as to require con-
| tractors to furnish q bond with at least
| one surety resident In the county, but 1t
! failed to pass as Senator Hubbell showed
| plainly that it would be impossible for out
| side concerns to secure a bond in a strange
| county and that by reason OF this competi-
| ton would be killed and the county placed
at the mercy Of the he home 25G eontract9 2I,,,
of Madison: Legalizing the construction Of
| Montpelier sewers.
ROUTINE BUSINESS.
The Senate session yesterday morning was
taken up altogether with the disposition Of
routine business. The following bills were
passed on third reading:
No. 100. BY Senator Woods: Authorizing
the sale of donated lands in what was
| formerly the town of Granville, T1ppe-
| canoe county
No. SO. By Senator Hogate: Authorizing
| the taking of dispositions in probating wills.
| No. 211 BY Senator Miller: Providing for
No. Sc. BY Senator Minor: Providing for
the filing of bond by persons contesting
files an affidavit that he or she is poor
/ person, in which case no bond Will be re-
| quired.
| to the bill because, while the laws are at
| present lax enough in the matter of allow
ing wills to be contested, the bill provides
for throwing the doors wide open. He re-
ferred to the case of John Heron, who
left 100000 to the Art Association, and
said that the bill tended to make it easy
| for people who had no interest in the
decedent during his life to break his will:
| Senator Hawkins said he was in favor OF
the bill because there were few Heron
cases, but many cases where stepfathers or
stepmothers came IN ana influenced the the
present law, is shut out from contesting
an unjust will.
| justice should be free to all alike, and the
| fact that a man is not able to give a bond
| should be no reason why he should be shut
| out from his rights. Senators Lambert and
| Winfield added their testimony in favor OF
! the bill, and Senator Binkley drove in the
| entering wedge for its passage by amend
| ing the bill to restrict such contests
TO one year from the time of probating the
! will.
No. 121 BY Senator New: Providing for
| a uniform system of keeping county aQ-
| counts. Senator Drummond asked to have
| the bill set for a special order at o'clock,
! to which Senator New agreed.
Senate Resolution No 6. BY Senator
| O'Connor: Allowing the State Teachers
| Association to use the chambers of the
| House and Senate when not used for legis-
| lative purposes.
No. 163. By Senator Brooks: For the con-
| solidation Of the libraries of Bedford.
| Joint Senate Resolution No. 3. BY Senator
| Wood Authorizing the Governor attorney
| general and state auditor to investigate the
value of certain lands in the city of Indian
| apols, the title of which is in the State, and
| report to the next General Assembly their
| estimated values and the obstacles there
| may be in the way of selling the tracts
! which include University Square, Military
| Park and large tracts on East Washington
| street. 1t is alleged that the titles to the
| properties in question are drawn in such
| way as to prevent the State ever dsposing
! of them.
No. 50. BY Senator Patten Creating the
office Of state chemist: and defining his du-
ties and powers in the inspection of COM
! mercial fertilizers the provision being that
| he be allowed TO inspect fertilizers in the
field and not depend on samples sent to him
| by manufacturers