The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-03-09
INDIANA LAWMAKERS.
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commerce against unlawful restraints
and monopolies. more commonly called
the CURL antitrust bill, was passed In
the House Saturday. after a compare
lively mild discussion lasting little more
than a quarter of an hour. Ii passed
as amended on second reading last week,
the vote being 63 to 10. The House bill
providing for track elevation in Indian
apolis taken up and passed by a
unanimous vote under suspension of the
rules, notwithstanding the fact that it
had already passed the Senate bill on
the same subject. This was by way Of
precaution against any questions arising
regarding the validity of such bill orig
mating in the Senate. The House also
passed unanimously the Senate Fort
Wayne track elevation bill. which was
taken up at the same time as the Indian
apolis bill. The Senate passed the House
criminal code bill, not, however, without
amendments, and the bill will go back
to the House for concurrence.
As a special order of business, Sena-
tor Purviance's bill to establish an In
diana Village of Epileptics was handed
down in the Indiana House on Monday.
1t was the signal for a long discussion.
When the question came to a vote the
minority report to kill the bill was re-
jected by vote of SO TO q. The ma
jority report was concurred in by a vote
Of 81 to %. After the general appro-
priation bill had been introduced the
House got down to work on the Senate
amendments to the criminal code. With
few exceptions the amendments were
concurred in by the House upon the mo-
ton of Mr.. Sayre. Mr.. Agar's bill to re-
peal the law creating the codification
commission passed by vote of 66 to 8.
The effect of this bill, if it becomes a
law, would be to end the work of the
commission with this session of the Leg
islaturc.
The House on Tuesday took up the
general appropriation bill in COMMITTEES
of the whole and adopted an amendment!
appropriating $1,000 to catch o. A. Ba-
| ker and any others that are accused OF
attempting to bride members of the Gen
eral Assembly. In the Senate a bill to
regulate private banks was passed by
a vote of q 10 %. The substitute tar
| ferret bill was passed by a vote of 81 tC
lis. The Moore (of Putnam and Mont
gomery) bill to place Gen. Lew Wallace
statue in National Statuary Hall was
passed. A resolution to appoint com
| mission to investigate tuberculosis and re
port to next General Assembly was
, passed.
The codifca ton commission bill on pri
vate corporations was killed beyond al
possibility of revival by the Senate Wed
nesday after a discussion that consumed
| nearly all the forenoon session. The rol
| call on final passage of the bill showed
| eighteen voting for the bill, thirty agains
| it. Senator Rendee, who fathered tn,
bill in the Senate, changed his vote from
| aye to no when he saw that the bill ha(
been killed, with the evident purpose o.
| moving to reconsider the vote. He wa
prevented from doing this by Senator
Moore of Putnam, who Immediately upor
| the announcement of the vote made tn,
| motion himself. Senator Milburn a. ono,
1 moved TO lay the Moore motion on tn,
| table. On the MilbIrn motion the ayes
| and ''noes" were demanded and tn
"clinching" motion. thus put to the test
was carried by a vote of "a to %. Thi
| effectually stops all further consideration
| of the bill by the Senate. The Senat
concurred in a favorable report of tn
public morals committee on Senate bill
| No. PSI. high license BILL providing
for a county license fee of 81 900 for sa
| looms and that an additional fee of be
| tween $500 and $1,000 may be charge,
by town or city authorities. The presel
| county license fee is 500, while cite
and towns may charge not more thai
| $3.50. By viva voce vote which appear
ed to be overwhelming the House de
feated the Senate's provision in the cod
| fication bill on cities and towns making
general extension of the terms of presen
| city officers. In it's stead the Hous
| adopted an amendment of it's own, pre-
! viding for a uniform time of election i
all cities and towns in the coming fa
and every four years thereafter. On
GERS elected next fall are not to TAX
Office until the terms Of present city OF
GERS have expired and are to serve ii
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