The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-11

nour Senator Ryan made a motion that
when the Senate adjourned ii should ad-
Journ until Monday morning. Very few sem
atOrS thoroughly understood the notion as
most OF them had their minds on ADJOURN
ing at noon, while the rest understood 1T
to mean that the Senate would recOnvene
on Monday at the end OF the afternoon ses-
sion. After favorable vote had been taken
the matter was finally Strengthened out by
making 1t understood that the Senate should
ADJOURN at noon. This motion would not
have carried had it not been for the Demo-
cratic members, who had been lobbied by
personal friends who wanted good repre-
sentatton at the meeting in Fort Wayne.
1t was finally decided 10 quit business at
noon IN spite of the opposition or the sena-
tors VINO mad important bills to pass.
The only discussion of the day was on
Senator Early's bill to compel the record
ing OF all deeds or mortgages within FIVE
days or the time of their drafting. The
present law requires that II be done within
forty-nVe days Senator Drummond in OPP
posing the bill said that the law was orig
lnally liked as TO allow people ninety
days in which to record such documents and
that the present law was thoroughly salts
factory, particularly to people living in re-
mote localities. He alleged that the only
demand which had been made for the
passage OF the proposed bill had come from
the bankers, and more particularly from one
trust company in Indianapolis which would
De greatly accommodated by 1t.
Senator Newly said that lie as persona ly
IN faVor OF the bill as in his opinion 1t was
framed in the interest of the borrowers of
money at least in one particular AS an
liStdilCS u It's Workings ne Sdltl tndl uilueE
TIE present law when man wished to bor-
row money from a nonresident loan COM
pany he was compelled to pay interest on
the loan without actually getting the money
Tor 1Orty-nVe days after the instrument was
drawn up in order TO secure the company
against loss from any prior mortgage hav-
ing been tiled against the property. The bill
was finally killed
The judiciary committee reported that it
had incorporated Senator lnmans anti
lynching bill into a similar one by Senator
Drummond, with the result that the con-
solldated bill provides that 1t shall be the
duty of the sheriff of any county who knows
of any meditated attempt to lynch prison
er in his custody to arm the prisoner with
q Winchester rifle and a revolver to protect
himself with. and If he fails to do so the
relatives of the lynched man may recover
200 from the sheriffs bondsmen.
The right of the Superior Court of the
district comprising Lake, Porter and La
porte counties to exercise concurrent juris
diction with the Circuit Court of that judi
cial district in the matter of passing upon
probate matters and giving judgment in
cases involving the title Of real estate was
discussed somewhat. The judiciary commit
tees report was divided, a minority decid-
ing that so far as Lake county was con-
cerned there would be no objections to its
being done, but that where Porter and La
porte counties were involved 1t was not
telt that there was any necessity for such
action Senator Agnew explained that the
Superior Court had been established to allow
court to be held at Hammond and Michigan
City instead of requiring litigants to take
their cases to Crown Point and Laporte
II was ilIidlAy ucClu6u ~ dllOW Inc AAldJOIlly
report to prevail.
Senator Hugg's bill to reform primary
elections was set for "a special order of dis
cusSion for o'clock Tuesday
The following bills were passed on third
reading:
No 1872. BY Senator Agnew: Setting apart
two rooms in the Statehouse basement for
the safe keeping of documents of the SUI
preme Court.
No. 233 BY Senator New: Making it posi-
BILE to collect from retail dealers in intoxi-
eating liquors the amount of any claim for
goods sold, whether the retailer has a
liquor license or not. The present law, ac-
cording to the Interpretation of the APP
pellate Court, is that such a claim is uncol-
lectabe.
No. 2O5 BY Senator Gilbert Prohibiting
the sale of intoxicating drinks or the hawk
ing of merchandise within a mile of any
cemetery on Decoration day.
Senator Newby's bill repeating the law
which allows a taxpayer to offset his debts
against his assessment on the tax dupli-
cate was killed after a small discussion, in
which Senator Brooks supported the bill
by stating that he was in favor of every
man being taxed for all he had, with no
favors to any one.
Senator Hugg objected to a provision in
corporated in House bill No. 276 to allow the
| city of Seymour to acquire water works.
which might, he said work harm to the city
of indianapolis in its attempt to purchase
water works. The trouble was averted by
inserting the provision that the bill should
only affect cities of less than 10000