The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-07


the amendment. said that the repeal Of the
law was intended TO do away with an un-
necessary expense.
An amendment offered to Section 8. re-
curing that not only shall the trustee tes-
tffy that the amounts charged to him have
been expended properly. but he must make
oath that none Of 1t has been retained by
him or returned to him by other parties in
the transaction, and hat he has received
or handled no moneys except those shown in
the statement. Senator DTummond then IN
reduced an amendment prohibiting the use
of any copyright forms of specifications, to
which Senator New agreed, and 1t was
adopted.
The senator from Marshall then asked to
have the following section of the bill cut
out on the grounds that it was unconstitu-
tional: 1t shall be the duty of any justice
of the peace within the township 10 admin
lister oaths. concerning receipts or reports
from and by the trustee. and for which
service no fee or charge shall be made.
AFTER a lengthy debate the Senate decided
that the section was all right in it's pur-
pose and constitutional requirements, and
the amendment was lost.
Quite a number of amendments concern
ing the proper method of restricting the
trustees in the matter of letting contracts
were suggested, but as the friends OF the
bill each time showed by referring to an
other section that the points We're already
covered, none of them was adopted except
the one by Senator Drummond giving the
advisory board the right to reject any or
all bids offered. AT 5 o'clock it was decided
to adjourn and take up the bill again to-
morrow. Inc WOTk OF yesterday SlONeu
conclusively that not only will the bill pass
the Senate, but it will not be changed in
any of its essential features.
Other bills advanced on second reading
No. 204. BY Senator Legeman: Providing
for the creation of county boards of chart
No. 2s3. By Senator Leich: Appropriate
ing 100000 to finish the soldiers and sailors
monument.
BILLS INTRODUCED.
New bills were introduced and referred as
follows:
No; 349. BY Senator Agnew: Pryoyidipg
for the payment of the costs incurred in the
prosecution of the Tolleston Club; finance.
No. 3H. BY Senator Corr: Regulating
the duties of County Commissioners and
~ and township business.
No. 35. BY Senator Early: Concerning
the e. alienation s,n on Of goI real Estate STATE; 1u aGprCnriat +
ing $501 to pay the claim of Benjamin
Ravens, who served as commissions TO the
No. 347. BY Senator Gilbert: Allowing
County Commissioners to pay the cost of
school loans out of the county treasury;
No. 348. By Senator Goar: Requiring pros
ecuting attorneys to appear in divorce suits
in which the State is not represented; jul
No. $40. BY Senator Gochenour: Making
County Commissioners turnpike directors
and compelling township trustees to take
charge of repairs to gravel roads; roads.
No. $50. By Senator Goodwine: Chang
ing the compulsory education law so as TO
compel children between the ages of six
and twelve years to attend school three
fourthS Of the school year; education.
No. 351. BY Senator Hawkins: Appro-
priating s., 4c0 as extra compensation due to
ton; claims and expenditures.
No. 352. BY Senator Hawkins: Regulat-
ing the practice of medicine; judiciary.
No. 1853. By Senator Hogate: Requiring
all assessment insurance companies to print
the words, this is an assessment insurance
policy across the face of all policies is
sued by them, insurance.
No. S54. BY Senator Inman: Fixing the
time for holding court in the Forty-ninth
judicial district organization of courts.
No. 355. BY Senator Inman: Allowing
twenty-five citizens of cities of $500 or
more, to organize mutual fire Insurance
companies, to insure property wholly with
in the cities in which such companies are
organized; insurance.
No. 1856. BY Senator New: To establish
a free employment bureau in connection
with the state bureau of statistics; labor.
No. 357. BY Senator Drummond: To pre-
vent the lynching of persons in the hands
No. 35S. BY Senator Wood: Concerning
the alienation Of real estate; Judiciary.
No. $50. BY Senator Wood: Regulating
the practice of veterinary surgery: public
health.
No. 800. BY Senator Gill: Concerning the
education OF children; education.
Senator Nusbaum. who has been fore
most in the efforts to provide new legisla-
ton for the telegraph companies, succeeded
in passing the following resolution yester-
day morning:
Whereas, Uncertainty as to the construc-
ton of certain provisions of the internal
revenue laws of the United States now ex-
lists, and general dissatisfaction prevails
because of the demands of certain corpora
lions; therefore. be it
Resolved, that our representatives and
United States senators in the national Con-
gress be requested to so amend the internal
revenue laws of the United States, to define
specifically and Tx certainly, that all tele-
graph companies and express companies
shall pay the revenue tax upon all messages
and packages forwarded by them. to the
end that the expenses incurred by reason
OF the Spanish-American wal may be
equally. distributed and paid by the whole
people,
Senator Gill offered a populistic resolution.
anticipated several days ago. providing for
the initiative and referendum. 1t was re-
ferred TO the committe on revision of the
Constitution.