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of the railroads and shippers. was pass
ed in the Senate Monday by vote of
AZ to o. The bill creates commission
of three members with pow er to review
rates and to adjust those found to be in
equitable. Appeals from the decisions of
the commission shall be made to the
State~Appellate Court Rebates and dis
eliminates are prohibited, penalties be-
ing prescribed for the railroad that
grants rebates and for the shipper who
asks them. The commissioners shall re-
ceive salary of 1000 year. A secre-
tary shall receive $500 and a stenog-
rapher $1,000. The commission shall
maintain an Office II. Indianapolis, but
at its discretion may travel about the
State and sit in the counties where COM
plants arise.
In the Senate Tuesday the Inheritance
tax bill was passed applying only to col
lateral inheritances The public health
committee reported in favor Of adding
an osteopath to the State board of med
ical registration. The weekly wage bill
was up for special order in the afternoon.
In the House the drainage committee re-
ported the codi6cation bin with amend
ments. The bill allowing foreign FIRE In
surance companies to submit as part of
their assets bonds of cities out of the
State was defeated. The Newhouse rail
road commission. passed by the Senate,
reached 1.-THE House.
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In the Senate Wednesday a majority
report in favor of the codifcation com
mission bill on cities. and towns was
adopted A bill was passed to increase
salary Of secretary of State board of
health and secretaries of county boards
or health. Senator. Davis bill against
the use of railroad passes by public OIL
Gals was advanced to engrossment with
out amendment and without debate. In
the House the criminal code committee
reported unanimously for Ruick's bill to
permit playing of baseball on Sunday for
pay. The negotiable instrument bill to
make Indiana law uniform with many
other States was killed. Representative
Brunaugh introduced a bill that would
prevent murderer from inheriting prop
erty from the person murdered. The
ways and means committee reported
bill for agricultural experiments at Pur-
due, with amendment providing that af-
ter next year the expense shall be paid
out Of the appropriations for Purdue uni
versity.
A Dill for regulation of private banks
was up for second reading in the Senate
Thur sday, and amendment requiring an
was defeated. A bill was introduced to
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ferrets into other States to discover
mortgages held by citizens of Indiana.
This is to be substituted for the STAINS
bury tax ferret bill authorizing the Au-
ditor of State to go into Indiana coun-
ties. In the House the rights and priv
ileges committee reported unanimously
Tor the passage of the CURL antitrust
bill. The Newhouse bill for Southeastern
Insane hospital was passed and is ready
for the Governors signature. The Sen
ate bill to legalize action Of State tax
board increasing land valuations was re-
ported against. Resolution was adopted
in favor of "Star-Spangled Banner
without emitting stanza referring to
Great Britain. Many petitions for the
Parks antj-cigarette bill were received.
The Parks anti-cigarette bill, which
had already passed the Senate, was adj
vanced to third reading in the House
Friday without amendment, by a vote of
81 to IS. A rule was adopted limiting
debate Of any member on any one ques-
ton to ten minutes. In the Senate the
favorable report on Stacks bill for in
itiative and referendum was adopted. Re
port was adopted on Woods bill to give
State Auditor authority to send tax fer
refs into counties of other States. The
bill to a1d osteopath to State board of
medical examination and registration
was advanced to engrossment.
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Saturdays session of the House was
given over largely to the reception of re-
ports of committees, though Mr.. HOwes'
bill to regulate the sale, purchase or
transfer of merchandise in bulk was
passed by vote of 90 to 10. The Hugg
primary election bill passed the Senate
by a vote of "a to /. Before passage it
was amended so that a member of the
board of primary election commissioners
should not receive more than $780, in any
two years. The bill fixed the salary at
50 day. A bill passed the Senate, in
troduced by Senator Carl Wood, provid-
| ing for the exemption from taxation of
bonds for any free gravel or macadam
road or any levee or ditch, or bonds is
sued by any municipality for any street.
alley, sewer or other public improvement.
The present law was framed to exempt
from taxation all county and municipal
Improvement bonds, but that it does not
has been decided by the Supreme Court.
The bill was aimed, its author said. to
remedy this defect in the present law,
and also to exempt ditch and road bonds.
Bills Introduced-Senate.