The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-31
SENATE ROUTINE.
Many New Bills Introduced and Re-
ferred-Passed on Third Rending.

Many New Bills Introduced and Re-
ferred-Passed on Third Reading.
The morning session of the Senate was
| crammed full of business and nothing SEN
sational was done by any one. The following
new bills were introduced and referred:
/ No. I'll. BY Senator Agnew: Providing
! for the formation of drainage districts to
! reclaim swamp lands; swamp lands and
| drains.
No. 272. BY Senator Agnew: Making the
| issuance of special rate policies by life in
suranee companies illegal and rendering
such policies void; insurance.
| NO. 2i3: BY Senator Binkley; TO amend
! the tax laws so as to allow county asses
| sors to be reelected during a period of
! twelve years following the end of their
! term of office and authorizing assessors to
| go into other counties at the instance of the
! County Commissioners, to search out Sc
! questered property for taxation; judiciary.
No. ga. BY Senator Burns: Increasing
| the salaries of judges in circuits where the
! dockets are heavy; judiciary.
! No. 270. BY Senator Culbert: Amending
the law governing children's guardians; ju-
No. 276. BY Senator Early (by requesD :
| Repeating the law requiring the recording
OF mortgages within forty-tive days of their
| No. 277. BY Senator Early: Compelling
! property owners to keep clear of obstruc-
| tons such water courses as run through
No, 27S. BY Senator Goodwine: Providing
Tor the care of partition fences; judiciary
/
| the attorney general to bring suit in the
name OF the State, without giving bond; jul
| dietary.
| No. $50. BY Senator Horner: Providing
| for the honorable burial. by the State, of
| any Union soldier who may hereafter die
| In want; military affairs.
| No. 28. By Senator Hubbell: Giving the
| power of discretion to the courts, in allow
| ing administrators to serve without bond
| when the provisions Of a will require such
| action The present law requires the fling
! of bond by the administrator, regardless
! Of the wishes of the maker of the will; ju-
| No. 2S2. BY Senator Keyes: Regulating
! the publication of sheriffs notices of the
sale OF real estate, belonging to Lonresi-
No. 2S3. BY Senator LEIGH: Appropriating
| SlV90OO with which to complete the soldiers
| and sailors monument; monument
| No. 2S4. By Senator Newly: Legalizing
the Splceland Cemetery Association; ju-
| dietary.
No. 49, BY Senator Newly: Fixing the
salary of the steward of the Soldiers Or
Phans' Home at Knightstown; benevolent
No. 2S6. By Senator Newly: Repeating
| the law allowing a taxpayer to Offset his
| credits on the tax duplicate by the amount
| of his debts; judiciary.
NO. ZSI. BY Senator StillWell To enable
! towns to purchase municipal electric light
| ing plants; cities and towns.
No. 2S8. BY Senator O'Connor: To settle
| the courthouse war in Newton county by
! allowing q 90 per cent. vote of the people to
| settle the location of the county seat in
/ SItdu VI as at present recurring
| ana providing that in case 1t is impossible
| to settle the matter by vote, it shall he the
| duty of the County Commissioners to build
a new courthouse in Kentland, The present
! county seat; judiciary.
| No. 2S9 BY Senator Winfield: Making it
| possible, where the parents of a child are
separated for any reason for the one hav-
| ing custody of the child to give legal con-
| sent to it's adoption by other parties The
present law. requires the consent of both
parents, which in many cases it is impos-
| Slble to secure; judiciary.
l~ No 290. By Senator Hugg: Granting con-
stabulary powers to the custodian and en-
| gineer of the StatehOuse and their deputies
In order to exclude undesirable people from
the chambers of the General Assembly as
a measure TO guard against the spread of
smallpox. Passed on a suspension of the
rules.
NATIONAL GUARD MEASURE
No. 291. BY Senator Gilbert: Providing
for the reorganization of the national
| guard; increasing the appropriation from
$4,000 to 100000 providing for the payment
of a stipulated sum to each man and Off
Ger, ranging from % cents to 81, as a COM
pensation for each nights attendance at
drills; providing for fines of so cents for
each unexcused absence from drills. such
fines to be deducted from the amount due
each soldier at the end of each year; mill
| tary affairs.
No 292. BY Senator Gilbert: Dividing the
State into regimental districts for national
| guard purposes, the First Regiment to be
drawn from the First, Second Third and
| Fourth congressional districts; the Second
from the Fifth, Seventh and Ninth districts:
| the Third from the Tenth. Twelfth and
| Thirteenth districts and the Fourth from
the Sixth, Eighth and Eleventh districts;
No. 293. By Senator Gilbert: Appropriate
ing suInclent money to reimburse the Off
| GERS and privates of the Spanish war regi-
ments from this State for the money de-
| Quoted from their pay for uniforms furn-
lshed BY the State; military affairs.
NO. 294 BY Senator Johnson, of Madison:
PROVIDING for an increase in the compensa-
ton of the officers of Madison county; coun-
ty and township business.
No: 299. BY Senator Purcell: To prohibit
tne issuing OF trading stamps by mer-
No 29e. BY Senator Gwin: Making it I'M
lawful FOR any county official. other than
the treasurer, to receive any public moneys
turned IN Tor taxes; judiciary. The purpose
OF the bill IS to protect people who have
been in the habit of paying money TO any
county officer who happened to be handy.
Recently the auditor of one OF the southern
counties of the State received several sums
of money from taxpayers with the UNI
Outstanding that he should turn it over 10
the treasurer. He defaulted shortly after
ward and the taxpayers who paid him the
money in good faith are still charged with
the amount on the tax duplicate.
No 29l BY Senator Gilbert: Amending
the Zee and salary Jaw so as to allow sher
ifs proper pay for taking prisoners to the
penal institutions Of the State and insane
and feeble-minded people to benevolent in
Stituti0ns: fees and salaries.
No 29s. BY Senator Gill; Amending the
tax laws so as to compel all those holding
notes. bonds mortgages or other evidences
Of Indebtedness to show them to the asses
sors for taxation and making the collec-
ton of money on them impossible if they
are withheld from inspection; county and
township business.
BILLS PASSED.
The following bills were passed to third
reading:
Ne 81. By Senator Shea: TO bring the
express companies operating i'm the State
under the provisions of the common carrier
law. Senator Hawkins secured the adop-
ton of an amendment. striking out the sec
tion making it possible 20 levy an execution
on the property Of any member OF the co.,
poration and restricted such eXecu-
tons to the property of the cor
poratiOn. Senator Shea amended the bin SO
as to make only the president or general
manager responsible for any violations OF
the law.
No. II. By Senator Nusbaum. 10 nro-
tect the nursery stock of the state against
the rayages Of the San Jose scale.1 Senator