Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-02-15
Legislative Notes.

Legislative Notes.
Indianapolis, Feb. I3.-The bill to
extend the term OF county assessors
from two to four years was advanced
in the house to engrOssment.
Senator ThoDpson's bonding and
surety bill was made special order for
2 p. ID. next Friday in the house OF
representatives.
The senate by q vote of 80 to Is al
lowed the Vincennes university claim
this afternoon. Senator Inman made q
powerful speech in favor of allowing
the claim.
The surveyors have lobby here ask
ing the passage of bill that will
authorize the surveyor TO clean out all
bitches every two years without even a
petition from those interested, aud pro-
vides that the surveyor shall receive
81 day for surveying. The commit
tee on drains and dykes gave them a
hearing this afternoon, but it is likely
that the bill will be indefinitely post.
pOned.
Chairman Wesling, of the house tenn
perance committee, is grOaning under
the burden of letters he is receiving de-
manding the passage of house bill 3lS
making remOnstrance against one ap
plicsnt for liquor license good for al
applicants in the ward or township fol
two wears. Today he said a meeting tC
oct on the bill will be held not later
than Friday.
A bill introduced by Mr.. Coble makes
it miedemesnor to use cocaine or any
drug for the extraction of teeth. The
penalty is SO to $50 for every Offense
When Mr. Bonham's bill for the re
lief of poor persons came up for second
reading, Mr Reser offered an amend
ment to strike out the clause providing
that the limit of aid in any case should
not exceed SIS. This amendment wal
adopted, and means that the county
commissioners shall have power to in
struct the overseer of the poor to ex
tend all aid necessary in any case. Th'
rules were then suspended and the bill
passed after an emergency clause haC
been inserted.
Mr.. Carmichael introduced the bill
prepared by the Township Trustees
State association allowing trustees SO {
day for time actually employed, So {
year for each square mile of territory
So year for every teacher in his town
ship, So year for every drain, So 1
year for each road supervisor snd5 cent,
year for each inhabitsnt in the town
ship.
A bill TO foster the sugsr-beet indus
try In Indiana was introduced In th'
house yesterday afternoon by Mr
Kelley, of Starke county. 1t exempt
from taxation for ten years all sugar
beet factories erected in the state be
fore Jan. l, 1903. 1t is indorsed b!
many Northern Indisna farmers, ant
especially by Jacob Keller, of NOrtl
Judson, one CT the leading sugar-bee
growers in the country. 1t Is said sew
eral factories will locate in NortherI
Indiana if the bill becomes law.
Democratic members Of the legisla
ture say there is an attorney general
grab in a bill introduced in the hous
by Mr.. Larr. The bill empowers tn
attorney general to collect or to hav
his deputies collect for him taxes on sc
questered property throughout the stat
and gives the attorney-gen 20 pc
cent. of the taxes for making the col
lections. 1t is estimated that there ar
millions of dollars of sequestered taxa
bles.
Mr.. Trout's bill concerning tho edu
cation of children was amended q
much that 1t was scarcely recognizable
Mr.. Roberts, of Jefferson, being tn
chief critic. His amendment to max
the age limit of children attending
school Z to IA years, instead of to IL
was adopted, as was also his amend
ment to make the limit of age IL to 1
years in which children may be EN-
plOyed for all but twelve weeks in tn
year, but during that twelve weeks the
must attend school. These were tn