The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-13
THE SENATE SESSION.
Bill Relating to Counsel i'm Capital
Cases Reported.

Cases Reported.
The session of the Senate yesterday was
longer than usual, but the crowd of Wis
itors was considerably smaller than has
been the rule. The first business Of the day
came up in the report Of the special commit
tee appointed to recommend the purchase
Of statute books for the use Of senator's.
The report favored the purchase of fifty
copies of Horner's Statutes. at 1915 a copy.
Senator Early submitted a report from
the judiciary committee, recommending the
passage of Senate bill No. /, for the security
of wages or bills for materials on all work
on public buildings or Improvements; No. 1S,
requiring notares public to mark on each
acknowledgment sworn to before them the
time when their commission expires; No.
| 49, giving courts of original jurisdiction in
| capital cases the power to appoint counsel
for poor persons. and No. IS allowing veter-
an soldiers free licenses as peddlers. SEN
ate bill No. 2, fixing the salaries of justices
of the peace, was transferred to the commit
tee on township and county affairs, by re-
quest of the judiciary committee
None Of the bills offered yesterday were
Of unusual Importance, but they made up
in number what they lacked in interest.
The first bill presented was No. 6S by SEN
ator Agnew, providing for the drawing of
to avoid calling in bystanders at a trial 1t
was referred to the judiciary committee.
Following this came other bills, which were
referred as follows:
g. Senator Agnew Providing the man
| ner in which nominations, TO offices shall be
70. Senator Binkley: Providing for the
issuing of all teachers certificates by the
| State Board of Education and making them
uniform and good in all counties of the
State: education.
Il. Senator Binkley: Amending the act
creating the State Normal School and reg
ulating the issuing of diplomas; education.
y. Senator Gilbert: Eniarging the powers
of the State Board Of Health giving it con-
troll over county and city boards and pro-
| by compelling all local boards to report
them to the state board; public health.
70. Senator Goodwine: Providing that
school trustees shall have full charge of all
! schools in their township, town or city; edu-
cation.
a. Senator Guthrie: Providing that the
| act concerning the relations Of husband and
wife shall not be allowed to affect pending
litigation; judiciary,
IS Senator Hawkins: Appropriatng
Al9456 to pay the claim Of Morris NJ De
| frees, on account of the Pogues' run sew
| er connection with the arsenal claims.
IS. Senator Hawkins: Appropriating $594.I6
to pay the above creditor for sewer connec-
tons at the several state INSTITUTIONS claims.
n. Senator Hawkins; Providing for the
distribution Of the property of husband or
wife dying intestate and without children,
decedents, father or mother judiciary.
rs. Senator Hawkins; Fixing the compen-
sation Of bailiffs, not to exceed $40 month;
courts.
TO- Senator Hogate: Providing that where
n tender of money is made in settlement of
a demand that is refused and the money
brought into court to keep the tender good,
If the court or jury trying the case finds
that a less sum is due on the demand than
that rendered and brought into court, the
person refusing the tender shall receive no
more of the sum offered than is due him;
judiciary.
so. Senator Hogate: Legalizing the adj
mission of dispositions in cases where wit
nesses are either dead or too i'll to attend
court; judiciary.
ST. Senator Johnson of Madison Regu-
ating natural gas piping; judiciary.
80. Senator Johnson of Madison: Regu-
lating the sinking of natural gas wells; judi
ciary.
sessment of taxes for the support of the
government in an equal and ratable pro-
portion: judiciary.
81. Senator Reyes: Providing for the es-
adjustment Of a state board of embalmers;
public health.
IS. Senator LEIGH: Regulating the build
ing of flood gates in bitches having an OUT
let in water courses; agriculture.
S.. Senator Minor: Recurring a bond from
parties who seek to contest will after it
has been probated: judiciary.
81. Senator New: Appropriating 1885 to
pay for the paving of Washington street in
front of the StatehOuse; claims.
SO. Senator Newly: The Regular union
| bill to license telegraph operators and es-
tablish state board of registration; judi
ciary.
So. Senator Patton: Establishing the Of
flee of state chemist and regulating the sale
Of fertilizers; agriculture.
so. Senator Patton: Regulating interest
charges and making it unlawful TO charge
| more than per cent. interest on any loan;
judiciary.
81. Senator Shay: Making all express
companies common carriers and bringing
them under the same control as the rail-
roads; railroads.
%. Senator stinwen: Defining fugitives
from justice; judiciary
80. Senator Stroup: Making it unlawful
for stock yards corpora tions to charge more
than the highest market price for food fur
nished animals in transit, corporations.
"a Senator Wood: Allowing the trustees
of the State Soldiers and Sailors Home at
| Lafayette 10 sell the tract of land given to
the home by the city of Lafayette. The
tract is not contiguous to the home, and the
proceeds from it's sale will be of more bene-
fit to the Institution than the land itself;
military affairs.
IS. Senator Hubben (by requesD: Making
it possible for a tenant 70 prosecute people
for tresspassng on land held under lease
judiciary.
POLICE PENSION BILL.
The Terre Haute Department Wants