The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-03-16
.itle To and imnrore the State Fair ernunds.


legislation regulating the speed Of auto
mobiles. The Crumpacker bill became a
law. .Autoists do not have to stop their
motors, but they must bring their vehicles
to stop on signal, and must not go faster
than twenty miles an hour in closely built
up parts of cities. State regulation takes
the place Of local ordinances.
Recent bank failures, particularly IL
northern Indiana, resulted In a law to reg
ulate private banks. The law is not all
that advocates of regulation desired, but
1t Is start, and future Legislatures may
amend the law. Senator Ganiard, whose
name goes with the bill. insisted on annual
examinations by the Auditor Of State. but
the private bankers In the lobby Were able
to defeat this
Railroads, Business, Insurance.
Shippers and railroads are directly inter
ested In the Newhouse railroad commission
bill, which is the result Of an agitation Of
several years ON the part OF shippers and
Of the railroads. Shippers, railroads and
the people Of FIT. Wayne and Indianapolis
are Interested in the two laws for the eleya-
ton Of railroad tracks In those cities In
diana will soon begin the practical solution
of the grade crossing danger.
The Roemler law abolishes the old three
days of grace and makes Saturday after
noon half holiday for banks. All business
men are interested In this law.
In the way of Insurance legislation the
CURL law, admitting foreign mutuals with
$4,000 cash assets and 100000 in premium
n TSs s perhaps aT the f0 mGst
companies Is expected to result in the ad-
mission Of several new companies to do
business In Indiana. 1t allows the COM
panies to furnish as assets required in In
diana bonds of cities and towns Of other
States or foreign countries where business
Is done. 1t also allows assets to be invest
ed In the national bonds of foreign coun-
tries where business Is done.
lax ol nil
porated Ia Indiana to invest in bonds of
countries or provinces where business is
done. 1t is understood that the State Life
Insurance Company of Indiana desired to
invest In bonds of Canada. The McHenry
law widened the character Of bonds which
foreign casualty, health and accident COM
panies could furnish assets to file in
Indiana, so as to include the bonds of cities
and towns Of other States than Indiana.
The bill Of Moore, of Putnam, to create an
insurance commission with power to fix fire
insurance company rates and control the al
legged insurance combine, was chloroformed
In the Senate insurance committee.
Marriage and Divorce.
Peculiarly enough the bill to lessen the
divorce evil, TO which so much attention
has been paid publicly and which was
supported by some of the churches, was
defeated, while the marriage bill, for which
there was less demand, became a law.
cants for license will be required to file
with their applications detailed information
about their parentage and their health, and
II license Is refused an appeal may be had
to the Circuit Court judge. What Is re-
garded as the most important feature Is
that which will make 1t difficult or impos-
sible for imbeciles, paupers or other Deepen
dents or epileptics to obtain marriage IL
censes. II man has been an inmate Of
poorfarm he must be able to show his abil
ity to support wife.
The appropriation Of $4,000 was made
for the erection Of monument Of Oliver
P. Morton in the State House yard. This
law grew out Of demand on the part Of
soldiers Of the Civil War and particularly
the Grand Army of the Republic. All
for a monument to Gen. Lew Wallace in
Statuary Hall at Washington. d. c., passed
the Senate, but was defeated in the ways
and means committee Of the House.
In the interest OF pure food and public
health State laboratory hygiene was Gre
ated. An osteopath will be added to the
State Board Of Medical Examination and
Registration under another law. Still an
other law creates a State Board for the reg
istration and examination Of trained nurses.
Bills Interesting Politicians.
OF particular interest to politicians are
the Kirkman legislative reapportionment
law and the Hugg law which Furnishes the
vote buyer and vote seller with fine up to
$50 and disfranchisement for ten years but
not Imprisonment The House amended an
County got primary election law, but the
Marion County primary election bill, which
passed the Senate, stopped at second read
ing In the House. after 1t had been amended
In such a way as to defeat the unity of
the bill.
Cost of the Session.
By the time all the bills have been paid
the Sixty-fourth General Assembly will
have cost the State approximately $4,000.
which is the appropriation made to cover
the expenses. The original appropriation
was $1,000 This was Increased s., 600 by
an amendment to the general appropriation
bill.
A comparison Of the expenses Of the In
diana House during the last session with
those Of the session two years ago show
the preceding House. The total expenses
Of the House, as summed up by assistant
principal clerk George l.. Heilman, for the
session Just closed, was $50, 6SS.27. Two
years ago the expenses amounted to S62,-
$3.50.
This year the per diem paid to the mem
bers Of the House aggregated $685. 3S, while
two years ago 1t amounted to $4,000. The
Mileage ss s s1n tsnt os this @
sion, being So, 40, as against S3,S17.
The greatest economy Of this years ses-
sion was In the employees Of the House,
there being a less number In every depart
ment. The amount paid out to employees
In salaries this year was $17, 494 Two
years ago It was SOC, 800. Election contests
this year cost the State $7436O. and the
postage amounted to 1928. The total paid
out this year on resolutions nets up ST.
70S.67, as against S1,S10 two years ago.
While the work Of the General AS
sembly of 1905 may be open to some
criticism, the people of Indiana may
perhaps be thankful If they never have
worse legislature than that which has
adjourned.