The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-01-23

favorably to these early sessions and only
one has been tried. Mr.. Kirkpatrick offered
the usual resolution that when the House
adjourn ii stand adjourned until 10 o'clock
to-day and Mr.. Sayre promptly offered an
amendment to that resolution by which
the regular hour for the converting of the
House should hereafter be 10 o'clock. The
amendment to the resolution was adopted
on a viva voce vote, but the resolution was
defeated on an aye and no vote. Not TO
be thwarted and forced into ar early ses,
sion to-day Mr.. kirkpatrick then offered
his original resolution, which was adopted.
Yesterdays session of the House was
characterized by a flood of new bills; sew
eral of them of more than usual i'm
portance. Mr.. Stechhan, of Marion county.
offered two of these; one provided for the
reducing of the mileage allowance of the
members of the Legislature from 20 cents
per mile to cents. and the other In
creasing the number of deputies of the
state factory inspector to seven, an addl-
tion of two. and also increased the salaries
of the deputies and chief inspector $500 per
year and allowed $500 per year for clerk
hire. The mileage bill will undoubtedly die
lingering death in committee, for, as
one member expressed ii, the bill stands
about as much show Of passing as a cat
without claws stands of getting out of the
internal regions. The factory inspectors bill
is one that was prepared by the state Fed
Grafton of Labor and will be actively sup
ported by that organization, represented by
President Z. A. Perkins.
TWO-CENT-A-MILE BILL.
Representative Denbo added to his al
ready long list of bills by offering one that
fixes the maximum fare to be charged by
railroads at cents per mile and requires
railroad companies to sell 500-mile mileage
books for $40. This bill is similar to one
offered two years ago by Representative Z.
E. Neal of Noblesville.
The widely advertised bill for the relief
OF prosecuting attorneys, increasing their
salaries from $500 to $1,000 was introduced
by Representative Sparks, of Rush. This
bill is backed by the state organization of
prosecutors, and already some effective lob
by1ng has been done for 1T. Mr.. Sparks also
introduced bill increasing the salary Of
the state statistician to $1,000.
Mr.. Beckman, of Lake, offered bill abol-
ishing the office of truant officer and plac-
ing his duties on the township trustee.
Mr.. Branch, of Martinsville, introduced
one OF the bills which the State Board of
Education is supporting. 1t provides, first,
that the qualifications of county superin-
tendents shall be raised from a three-year
teachers license to five years: second, that
the terms or county superintendent shall
begin on the LIST day of January instead of
ten days after their election: third. that
county superintendent shall be allowed
from $3.50 to $500 for expenses in visiting the
schools or their counties, and fourth, that
the period for holding examinations for IL
cense shall be changed from the first eight
months of the school year to the first six
months. Under this bill the terms of the
present superintendent will be extended
five months, as they now go out of office in
June.
Mr.. Hume, of Hendricks, introduced bill
providing that veterinary surgeons shall be
examined and licensed the same as physi-
clans.
| Twenty-four bills were reported from
committee, the ones of chief interest being
Mr.. Peers bill repeating the Barlow anti,
lynching law, which was killed, and Mr..
Harley's bill providing for the continuance
or the present system of providing labor
| for the convicts of the State Prison, which
| was recommended for passage. The full re-
port of the committee recommendations will
be found in the legislative routine in an
| other column.
DISPOSITION OF BILLS.
House bills Nos. 1O2 and 20 were handed
down on second reading and advanced to
engrossment. Nos. q and 100 were made a
special order for Tuesday at 10 o'clock and
Friday at II o'clock, respectively. No. q
is Mr. Wright's bill providing for the com
| pulsory adoption of voting machines in Ma
rion county. 1t was amended so as to pro.
vide for the rotation of the names of the
candidates for school commissioner of the
| city of Indianapolis Senate bills Nos 1OS
/ III, AZ and were handed down on first read.
| ing and referred to the proper committees
No: los is the famous Reformatory bill
/ and in referring 1t Speaker Marshall an.
| nounced first that the bill would be referred
/ to the committee on the affairs of the State
| Prison. He caught himself, however, anC
| made the correction, giving II to the com
| mittee on the affairs of the Indiana Re
/ formatory.
Four House bills were handed down or
| third reading and passed. They were:
| No. 57-Bell-requiring insurance compa
| mics to make all papers referred to in theiI
policies part of the policies, vote-S4-1
| No. 46-Van Fleet-empowering cities tC
| levy a tax for the creation Of a fund will
| which to purchase water works. vote
| 79-1; No. 30-Muir-grading the crime of EN-
| bezzlement as the crime of larceny is grad
| ed, vote-S3-0: and No. 74-Muir-enablins
| the trustees of the police pension fund o.
| Indianapolis to fix the allowances of pen
| sioners vote--6S-13.
| Mr.. Branch, Martinsville, endeayored Z,
| secure the reconsideration of the vote b,
| which the House concurred in the repor
| of the committee killing House bill No. I21
| providing that all the civil engineering worl
| of county shall be done by the county sur
| veyor, but he was unsuccessful because tn,
member on whom he relied to offer the mo
| ton absented himself from the hall at tn,
critical time and he could not offer the mo
| ton of a member who was not present Yes
| terday was the only day on which this vot
could be recoL sidered, so the bill is dea,
| beyond resuscitation.
The session. which lasted until 12:1
o'clock, was opened with prayer by Repre-
sentative Williams. of Henry county.
WOOD GARNISHEE BILL.