The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-13
WAS QUIET DAY IN
THE LEGISLATURE
Senate Passed a Bill for Re-
lief of Township Trustees
in Expenditures.
A SAVINGS BANK MEASURE
SENATE COMMITTEE RECON-
MENDS FOR PASSAGE A ELL
LONG NEEDED-FoULkE AT
INDIANAPOLIS.
(By Demas S. Coe.)

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Indianapolis, Ind, Feb. 1.-THE
senate this afternoon passed a bill
for the relief of township trustees who
have expended funds for any legal
purpose, in the way of providing sup
plies and who have technically violat-
ed the laws because of the fact that
the expenditures were not formally
ordered by the township advisory
boards. The bill was amended SO
that with the permission of advisory
boards the trustees may employ
clerks and provide themselves with
adequate Offices and furnishings.
There was considerable opposition to
the measure offered by Senators Kim
brough, Strange, TyndalI and others,
on the ground that the bill seeks to
undo all that the county and town
ship reform bill sought to do The
bill passed, however, by a vote of
80 to 10.
The senate committee on banks and
banking today recommended for pas
sage bill which will give Indiana an
adequate and much needed savings
bank law. 1t provides that banks
shall be permitted and it throws about
such combination institutions proper
safe guards in the way of reports and
examinations to be authorized by the
state auditor. The only objection that
has been offered to the measure is
the provision that such banks may
on the authority of the board of di
rectors. tranfer the funds of one de-
partment to the other in case such
transfer shall be deemed advisable
for any purpose. The claim was
made by critics of the bill that this
might permit of juggling of the
funds at time when an examination
was on and would enable the or ssulr-
ization to show that one department
or the other was in good shape when
in reality it was not. The fact that
the bill provides for the simultaneous
examination of both departments,
however, obviates such juggling, it is
declared The author of the bill, Sen
ator Farber, said the purpose for pro-
viding transfer was to safeguard
the savings department in case there
should be run for any cause. The
commercial department could in such
an event go to the rescue of the saw
ings bank.
The senate took a shot at the Haw-
kins bill which was to provide that
counties and townships could not-vote
subsidies to railroads, and killed it
;,I ;ol-. I,
afternoon. The majority of the sen
ators felt that if any community want
ed to vote money to a railroad or in
terurban line that it had the right to
do So The claim that the non-tax-
payer usually was instrumental in car
rying such elections. was not regarded
as good argument for the abolition
of the system. The house killed a
similar bill few days since.
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The members of the senate caucus
ed tonight on the insurance bill and
other important measures that are
still hanging fire This afternoon the
Farber insurance bill, an exact coun-
terpart of the Babcock bill in the
house, was to have been special or
der for business in the senate but the
matter was postponed until Thursday
afternoon at o'clock. The contiau-
ance was arranged so that the ma
joTity senators might get together
and decide what should be done. In
surance legislation is demanded but
the question Of just what shall be
done is. much mooted Fearing that
the senate might be thrown into a
turmoil If discussion were 70 be per
mitted without definite understand
lrg as 70 what should be and what
should not be permitted, the renuhl-
can decided that conference would
nor hurt and perhaps might heip
some
The bind tiger bill had another
ros--ra ri the senate today The house
amendment when exempts licensed
physicians and druggists from viola
tions simply because they have lqn-
ors on hand, caused rumpus. Ii was
pointed out that the amendment sim
ply exempted them 10 the extent that
liquors kept b. them were not 10 be
taken as prfma facie evidence that
such were kept for sale or barter.
After j wrangie Of almost an houg the
house amendment was concurred IN
and the matter is now UP 10 the gov
ernor.
/ This was Lincoln dsy il the gen
eral assembly and President Bryan
of Indiana university made an address
! in the house. There were hundreds
of visitors present IN addition 20 the
i legislators.
The Hon William Dudley FoulKe q
Richmond was 6 visitor IL the senate
and also the house today. A1r. Foull-a
ar ore ting vss a member .. me ID.
per branch. representing Wayne coun-
Is in two sessions. Mr.. Foulke is in
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