The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-03-17
HOUSE PASSES
NEW LIQUOR BILL
REGULATION LAW is SENT BACK
TO THE SENATE WITH A NUM-
Der OF AMENDMENTS.
COMMONS MEASURE PASSED
Providing for an Increase in Salaries
OF County Commissioners in coun-
ties Of 10000 TO 10000
Population.

Hapolis by a vote OF 50 10 40
thd rse passed the Proctor liquor
reginbion bill and sent It back TO the
senate with number OF amendments
II is expected that the Joint commit
tee will agree on the changes In
the bill and that it will be signed
by the governor in the next day or
two.
The senate passed the bill for
the new constitution and the house
will pass H. All Democrats in the
senate except Senator Powers voted
for the bin and all Republicans
against it, The vote in the house also
T will be a strict party vote.
The Commons bill. providing for In
/ crease In salaries OF county commits
siOners in counties OF 10000 70 So
600 population. was passed By a vote
OF &C 70 lG The bill provides an IN
crease in five counties making the
following changes: Lake county. ad-
yances from 5000 10 $1,000: St. Jo-
seph from $3.50 to 81 200. Vigo. from
5000 10 $1,000, Allen, from 81 200 to
$500. and Marion. from 5000 TO
s2.4OO.
Representative Finley by permits
sion OF the house. amended the Var
ling bin making interurban railroads
maintain stations in towns OF 5000
population. so as 70 include Kendall
vile
The McCarty school sanitation
bill was passed by a vote OF 81 TO 25.
The legislative apportionment bill
will be passed by the house Ii Is
said that no changes will be made in
the present congressional apportion-
ment.
The senate passed the bill intro
duced By Representative Racey and
which provides that corporations may
take over and operate sewer systems
in any city OF the state The bin Is
designed 10 apply particularly TO
Nincennes. where more OF less diff
Guilty has been experien need in recent
years with the operation OF the sew
erage system there.
The Tingle bill giving cities the
right to levy tax OF two cents on
each 500 OF taxable property for the
maintenance OF kindergartens was
passed School teachers throughout
the state have been interested in the
bill and the Indianapolis Free Kinder
garten has favored H. The present
/, tax for kindergarten purposes IS one
cent on each 800.
The fact that Senator Netterville
has been III and unable 10 attend the
sessions OF the senate for severa
days did not prevent the passage Of Z
bill in which he is interested Sena
tor Netterville's bill. regulating N,
= placing Of telephones and telegraph
A wires over railroad and interurbar
, tracks. was passed after Senator
! Kistler presented a resolution stat
Z ing that the author Of the bill was un
able to be present and look after his
measure.
? The general and specific appropria
4 ton bills were passed by the senate
T with little or no discussion Their
we're only two amendments. the mos
= important being offered by Senate
. Stots enburg which provides that a
, the discretion 81 the governor. audito
I, and secretary Of state the sum o
= $4,000 may be expended for the IS
= tabiishment Of an Industrial schoo
F, for colored children
: Senators Fleming and Kane an
!. Representatives Cravens and Finle
!. we're appointed members Of the con
q ference committee on the appropria
ton bills
= A sharp fight was precipitated #
the senate on the Yarling bill. TO pre-
/. vide that the Judge Of superior court
room !. Marion county. shall hol
!. court in Shelbyville four terms eac
year The measure has been passe
by the senate. amended In the lowe
J, house BY substituting Room s." 70
: Room T." and the amendments wer
:. CONQUERED in by a viva voce vot
in the upper house The bill IS aime
10 tighten the judicial burdens Z
Shelby county
The Republican members ar
5 wrought up over the road roller metl
\ DDS Of the majority in the house an
- tnFNdlehtl W ilthh Alt NuilH
D. Several called a meeting Of the r.
publican members after adjournmeu
Al and proposed that an the Republican
% resign TO avoid voting on "a
{. constitution. The fear that the ma
n jority Of the house would arrest thei
a. and fine or imprison them only pr
IS vented such action They finally d
n cided TO be IN their seats and ne
IN vote. thus breaking the quorum
-
ir DEGREES Fee Law Decision.
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