The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-01-15
REVISION Of
POLICE BILL
IS S|MP[E
TIMES BUREAU
AT THE STATE CAPITAL.

AT THE STATE CAPITAL.
indianapolis, Ind. Jan. 1.-THE bill
introduced by Senator Mccullough of
Anderson to change the metropolitan
police law proposes to do the job
simply by taking from the governor
the appointive power and placing it in
the hands Of the mayor and the COM
mon council to name the police COM
missioners of each city. This is about
the only material change the bill makes
in the present law. The system of
handling the department will remain
the same. 1t is believed this bill will
surely pass.
For City Government.
1t is proposed by the bill of Sena-
tor Stotsenburg to take South Bend
and Terre Hautte out of the third
class Of cities and place them in the
second class, leaving New Albany, Mum
Gle and Anderson in the third class
No other change is made in the CLASH
fication of cities, and there is no change
in the law affecting cities of the first
and second class. In cities of the third
and fourth class the bill abolishes the
office of city judge, city controller and
board of public works 1t contains a
provision, however, that any city of the
third and fuorth classes desiring such
Offices and board can have the same
by so providing by ordinance of the city
council. If not so provided, the city
council performs the duties of the
board of public works; the city clerk
performs the duties of the city con-
troller and the mayor performs the
duties of the city Judge. He has a
Ffo ha
city council. to appoint justice of the
peace to as as city judge. The sal
aries of all the officials of cities Of
the third and fourth class are reduced
The county local option law will be
repealed, if at all, apparently by
bill which Senator Mccullough is ar
ranging to introduce in a few das
1t will be practically a high license
bill. but win restrict the saloons to
certain districts Senator Mccullough
has given out an outline of what his
bill will be- and this is what he says it
will contain:
No saloon shall be permitted except
in incorporated cities and towns. and
saloons shall be confined to the bust
ness district or the fire limits. This
would. in my opinion, do away with
the roadhouses, which are such a men
ace in every community.
The number of saloons shall be limit
ed to one for every 1000 inhabitants.
and when a saloon license expires it
shall not be renewed until the popula-
ton basis justifies 1t.
A license fee of not less than 81 900
| shall be charged, and perhaps in the
cities this fee might be higher
| The license should be granted by the
judge of the circuit court on a proper
showing by the applicant that he is a
| fit person to have license. When
there has been violation of the law
| the circuit judge shall at once re-
woke the offenders license, and he
shall not be permitted to engage in
the saloon business for two years In
event of the death or total disability
of holder of a license, mean dis
| ability to conduct the business. the
| license issued to him can be sold to a
/ competent person, but the Judge OF the
circuit court is to pass on the com
potency of the person desiring to
purchase the license just as If he
were an original applicant. The license
in case of death shall become a part
| of the estate of the decedent salable
| by the administrator or executor, la
ways, Of course, under permission of
the judge 70 the circuit court