South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-10
BRIEF SUMMARY
OF INDIANA LAWS
REGARD Of Seventeen General
Assembly.
THREE SIGNIFICANT ACTS
Prohibition and Womens Partial
Suffrage Measures OF Unusual Inter.
sst-Nunnber Of important Laws.

tieth session OF the General Assembly
of Indiana, which came to a close at
late hour Monday night will be
noted for having passed three meas
ures OF unusual significance. These
measures are the statewide prohib-
ton, limited suffrage for women and
the constitutional convention.
II is declared that no other legisla
ture in the history of the state has
passed any bills OF greater weight
OF more farresching in their effects
upon the body polite OF the state than
any one OF these measures,
The suffrage and prohibition meas
ures are expected to cause greater
changes socially and politically in
their influence than any other laws
that have been enacted in Indiana
At this time # would be impossible
90 tell the results of the constitution.
al convention.
While there we're many measures
before the legislature of more than
ordinary significance in their bearing
that failed OF enactment, numerous
laws of Importance to the state az
large were passed.
Among these measures are the high
way bills and an act abolishing the
once of legal counsel Of the governor
and the public commission and the
state statistician.
The bills so FAR signed by the gov
ernor, those vetoed by him, and those
which were allowed 10 become laws
without his signature, joint and con-
current resolutions. follow:
HOUSE BILLS PASSED.
Symons. Fixing the terms OF
court of the F1sty-third judicial cir
cuff OF Indiana
16. Southland. For protecting fish
in Lake Michigan, licensing various
fishing boats and othed regulations.
q. Southland To protect trout.
legalizing hatcheries and establishing
associations for propagating such fish.
80. Harker. An act empowering
cities OF the NTH class to establish a
park board
~. Myers. To amend the laws gov
erning mutual fire insurance com
panies.
56 Kimmel Providing for grant
and renewal OF liquor license up to
April 2. 1918
% Kimmel To prohibit persons
entering premises for the purpose OF
peeping in windows, and providing
penalties.
SO. McGonage To call a constitu-
tional convention.
rs. Hessong. Empowering towns
OF less than 1000 having school in
debtedness to contract with townships
for the use of town schools jointly.
7s Wright OF Randolph Prohibit
ing the manufacture and sale of in
toxicating liquors Effective when acts
are promulgated and April 2. 1918.
"a. Jinnett. Fixing salary of quar-.
termaster general at $4,000, half to be
paid by state and remainder by fed
eral government
so. Jinnett An act abolishing the
legal counsel and clerk to the public
service commission.
IS. Harmon Appropriating $1,000
with which the state board of health
shall take care OF David Byers, the
TT. Branch leper.
81. McClaskey. To provide that
real and personal property of extinct
Congregational churches become the
property Of the Congregational con-
ference OF Indiana. excepting those in
which national Congregational socie-
ties are interested
"a Alldredge. Providing for the
burial at township expense in other
than pauper cemetery of the body OF
any former soldier or sailor or his
wife
as Montgomery. To make the
stealing or receiving of stolen ANTONIO
biles, aeroplanes or other vehicles a
felony.
100 Durham Amending the act
creating the railroad commission and
having to do with railroad shipments.
demurrages. car returning, etc.
101. Miller of Tippecanoe. Amend
ing law regulating admission to Indi-
ana State Soldiers Home. so as to
admit any soldier, soldiers wife or
widow
1oT. symons. To make a saving
in the states annual printing bill by
providing for governors yearbook
70 take the place OF numerous state
department reports.
122. Vesey To amend law gov
srning publication OF legal notices so
that such notices may be printed
either in a weekly or daily newspaper
125. Houghton. Permitting incor
porated towns 10 assume the indebted
ness OF school towns.
fg2 Kfmmal Making warrants