South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-02-02
SENATE RECEIVES
MRS. MlLlER'S BILL

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only to be recommitted to the commit
tee en- agriculture for further consid-
Grafton The bill also would provide
for system of investigation and reg
ulatiOn of all commission men by the
secretary of state. The amendments
10 the bill sought To reduce the an
nual license fee from $40 TO So. Rep.
Miedrich of Evansville, had number
of amendments TO be offered to the
bill and Speaker BedWell suggested
that the measure be sent back TO COM
mittee for further amendment.
ON motion of Rep. Mason Niblack,
the Westfall bill. seeking to amend
the act dealing with orphans home
boards, was recOmmitted 10 the COM
mittee on benevolent and scientific in
@titutions This is the bill which con
tains the Joker which would legaliZe
all payments by counties for the main
tenance OF orphans in such homes at
a rate of 40 cents day each, the Oil
purporting TO amend the law only by
changing future payments for such
purposes from 50 cents 10 40 cents a
day.
Chairman Strange OF the committee
declared the committee believed the
Dill in conflict with another law and
Rep Niblack told the house he be-
lieved the committee did not under
stand tine bills purpose, which, he
said. was TO do nothing more than
raise the rate of pay from 50 cents a
day for orphans in such homes to 40
cents "A day. lie said, in his speech,
that III the bill seemed TO legallZe
anything, ne would be willing that
part of the proposed measure should
be stricken out Niblack gave the
bib TO WestfaH for Introduction
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The Jones bill. providing for the
levying OF "a tax in township including
the municipal corporations therein, 10
pav the expenses OF the township trUS-
tees office, passed second readins IN
the house.
The Branaman bill. allowing the
state board of finance 90 make adj
vance calls for payments OF state
moneys in county treasures at any
time. also passed second reading. This
bill if il becomes a law, Will ease
the troubled minds of the state admin
istration between now and June 80,
when the semi-annual settlements be
tween the counties and the state are
due. The state treasury hopes to get
across the financial desert \betWeen
then and now with as little temporary
loaning as possible and this bill VIII
be a material aid thereto.
The Sare bill. authorizing the state
auditor 10 accept building and loan
association certificates of deposits
from insurance companies as cover
for Their legal reserves, passed a sec
ond reading The Branaman bill al
lowing the state hoard of tax commits
sioners TO give notices of equalization
of assessment by publication IN two
newspapers also passed second read
ing.
Half Holiday Bill Passes.
The NIedrich bill, making saturday
afternoons half holidays in certain
counties and cities of more than 3D.
900 population. was another bill which
went phst second reading. IL Was
slightly amended.
The house Monday afternoon re-
ceived the report of the special com
mittee appointed 20 investigate the
conditions OF quarantine in certain
Indiana counties because OF the foot
and mouth disease. Chairman Acre.
OF the committee. made long report.
the main recommendation being taat
hereafter the Quarautined units be
three miles square. instead of county
units and that these quaranuned areas
be supervised by the state veterinarian