The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-02-26
REFERENCE BUREAU
BILL WAS PASSED
Provides for Enlargement of
Powers of Reference
Library.
JOKER is DISCOVERED
Senator Fleming Causes Sew
eral Others to Change
Their Votes.
National News Association

National News Association)
INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 26.-Most i'm
portant of the twenty bills passed by
the Senate Tuesday afternoon was
that of Senator Van Mugs appropriate
ing $13,50O for the establishment of a
state legislative and administrative
reference bureau to be composed of
the Governor, state librarian, the
presidents of Purdue and Indiana Uni
versities and one other gentleman to
be hereafter named.
This new bureau provides for the
enlargement of the powers of the
legislative reference library over
which Mr.. John A. Lapp now presides.
Other important bills passed includ-
ed:
Senator Harlan's measure imposing
penalty of from one to five years i'm
prisonment for anyone who draws a
check without having sufficient funds
on deposit to meet it. The vote was
40 to g. Fines also are permissible
under this law and they range from
500 to $1,000 and the act of drawing
such check without the necessary
funds behind it shall be sufficient evil
dence of criminal intent. Senator
CRUDE wanted to reduce the amount of
the fines to $40 to 500 but his col
leagues couldn't see the wisdom of it.
The eagle eye of Senator Fleming
upset the passage of bill introduced
by Representative Isenbarger when it
came up for passage in the Senate.
Ostensibly the measure was for the
purpose Of establishing state charter
to organize banks.
The bill looked so inoffensive that
a majority voted for it. Suddenly
Fleming sighted a clause that would
make it necessary to prove that
proposed new bank was a public
necessary. Quick as fash Senator
Fleming announced his desire to
change his vote from AYE" to may"
and when other senators got through
changing their votes, the mays" won
out by margin Of five votes.
Marion county juvenile court judges
will receive an increase of wages
amounting to $500 annually if
Senator Clarke's bill. which passed
the senate without opposition, be-
comes a law. The same instrument
will give circuit judges jurisdiction in
juvenile cases in counties that do not
have juvenile courts.
Supervision over public accountants
is aimed at in Senator Sullivan's bill
introduced Tuesday evening. 1t pro-
vides for an examination board, COM
prised OF the auditor attorney-general,
governor and two other gentlemen, to
pass upon the qualifications of public
accountants before they can pursue
their profession. Fees for examina-
tions will support the board, It's said.
The man Cor woman) without a job
has friend in Senator Harlan. The
proof exists in the fact that he has in
troduced a bill making it unlawful for
a private employment agency to regis
ter a person for employment unless
they actually have a genuine job to
offer him, and If the job they get him
does not last for one month, the
agency must reimburse him pro rata
for the number of days not employed,
according to the fee charged. The
maximum fee permitted under this
bill must not exceed ten per cent of
the months wages.
So-called administrator" legisla-
ton is becoming mighty popular since
Gov Ralston welded his big stick"
on the public utilities bill.
The Storen registration reform bill,
understood to have the approval of
the administration whizzed through
the House Tuesday afternoon without
a solitary negative vote. Other men,
bers complained a trifle because
Speaker Cook gave the Storen bill
preference OF their own pet measures
covering the same subject but none
attempted to oppose it, and the kicks
were registered privately.
Storen's instrument reduces IT,
number of registration days from
three to two; does not require subse-
quent registration until man moves
out of his precinct and provides for
registration by AFFIDAVIT in case of i'll
ness or absence, The registration
days are fixed for some day in May
and another in October Any honest
man can get his vote registered under
this bill, 1t is claimed
Another bill passed without opposi-
ton was that prepared by the good
roads committee of the House. Under
1t road supervisors would be appointed
by township trustees, instead of be-
neglected ard all road taxes in excess
Terre Haute, INDIANAPOLIS