The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-01-09

qulre or trust companies the same cash
reserve against deposits as is required
of banks; that both banks and trust
companies be required TO publish FIVE
statements per anum on the call OF
the auditor of state; that the auditor
OF state be authorized to refuse char
ter TO bank or trust company when
in his judgment the territory proposed
to be served does not need and will
not support the new institutions re-
serving, however, to the applicant the
right of appeal TO the Marion superior
court upon the sole question that the
auditor did not base his refusal upon
true conditions but was actuated by
malicious or interested motives. For
the protection of the people them.
selves against panics, l recommend
that bank or trust company be au
thorized when a run on it has begun,
to appeal Immediately TO the judge Of
the circuit court, in chambers, and
receive from the judge upon proof
that the bank or trust company has
solvent and responsible assets to pay
its liabilities in the usual and Ordinar;
course of business, permission TO limit
for given period of time the amount
Ct money which the bank or trust com
pany shall be compelled to pay day
by day, to an individual depositor,
without rendering the bank or trust
company liable to a receivership.
Setter Housing Regulations.
The congested condition of our
cities has led to the erection of I'M
sanitary tenement houses i'll which
health is destroyed and lives lost
| recommend stringent housing laws,
regulating construction, heating, light
ing and ventilation.
The Robert w. Long Hospital found
no abiding place upon the grounds
owned by the state There was 90
much objection to the use of Military
park that l finally told the trustees
of Indiana university that If they
would erect this institution upon
other ground, that would recommend
to the general assembly that it pay
for the site, and I. accordingly, make
such recommendation.
In the interest of high professional
training, l recommend that the act
creating the board of medical regis
tration and examination be amended
SO as to require the board to revoke
the license of physician who splits
his fees with an expert physician or
surgeon. Certain changes in the law
with reference to the registration of
nurses hav- been prepared by the
board and will be submitted to you in
the interest of the higher development
Of this value adjunct to the preserva-
ton and restoration to health. I re-.
commend the amendments.
For four years l have carefully
scrutinized the work of the board OF
charities. l find it's efforts have all
been directed along the right line of
social service upon the part Of the
state, namely, to the enactment and
enforcement of laws which will take
care only OF those who cannot take
care of themselves and which will
produce at least a hope of cure. To
illustrate: When under the recommen
dation of this board the unqualified
right of the township trustee to pass
out poor relief as he pleased was
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supervision of the boards of county
commissioners, we were paying each
year to 82,235 persons $500, 1879.
Now, we are furnishing relief to only
43,227 persons to the extent Of only
1856, In less than ten years
the outside poor class has been cut in
two and their aid has been reduced
nearly two-thirds. This is something
from money viewpoint but it is more
from the viewpoint of the respect
which has been instilled into the peo-
pie who no longer are calling for aid.
Just word about the county Jail.
The insane. the feeble-minded, the
epileptic, the vicious. the unfortunate,
there all are herded together. Last
year, $3.50 men. women and children
were admitted to Indiana jails. 5000
Of whom served sentences or laid out
fines They lived in idleness at the
expense of the taxpayer. They de-
generated morally, physically. intel
lectually. Many came out confirmed
criminals The Jail was never in
tended as a place of punishment. 1t
was intended only as a place for the
detention of persons, pending trial.
State Penal Farm.
An advance along the line of the pre-
vention and the cure of crime and in
cidentally in the work of better roads
in Indiana in which We are interested.
may be accomplished by the estab-
lishment of a state penal farm for
all male persons sentenced in the
counties for one year or less. Prison
ers there could work for the benefit
OF the state and the victims of evil
habits, who are not criminal in their
tendency. would by outdoor work have
an opportunity to rehabilitate their
manhood.
An orphans home where children
are herded together and kept as wards
of the state or county is not the proper
place for the normal child. The prop
er place is a home and a good nome
can be found for every normal child
in Indiana We should do away with