The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-01-12
COMMITTEE
OF DRY men
TO CONSIDER
PROHIBITION
A n ticipated d Statewide
Measure Appears in Both
Houses-Committee Chair
man is Favorable.
BILL VERY STRINGENT

INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. IA state
wide prohibition bill was introduced in
both branches OF the Indiana legisla-
ture today and in the House bills pro-
viding for constitutional convention
and woman's suffrage made their ap-
pearance. The prohibition BIN as ii.
troduced was the same one in both
Senate and House.
In order that it may be among its
friends" the official state wide pro-
hibition measure introduced in the
Senate this. morning by Senator
Thomas Dorrell, of Greenwood, was re-
ferred to the committee on public
rights and franchises.
Committee Headed by Drys.
1t is understood that majority Of
this committee is dry. and its chair
man, Robinson is outspokenly in favor
Of the bill. Dorrell's request that his
measure be assigned to this committee
is said to have been the result of his
failing to land a place as one of the
three Democrats nominated for places
on the public morals committee, to
which ordinarily all such measures are
consigned.
After receiving the administration s
road commission bill in both houses,
and number of minor matters being
introduced both the House and Senate
adjourned at noon, until 2 o'clock
Monday afternoon Eleven bills were
introduced in the Senate and twenty
six in the House.
Is Stringent Measure.
The Dorrell measure is stringent
proposal to prohibit the manufacture,
sale, gift, advertisement or transporta-
tion of intoxicants. 1t would become
effective September /, 1917, if enacted,
and allows ten days thereafter for
pharmacists, chemists and hospitals to
report intoxicants on hand to the
clerks of the circuit court The House
prohibition bill was referred to the
committee on public morals.
Pharmacists are prohibited from
handling intoxicants on written appli-
cation from manufacturers or chemists
or upon written prescription from
physicians And in order to be allow
ed this privilege they must give bond
to the clerk of the courts and twice
annually file such applications and
prescriptions as matter of public
records. In event of the failure of
local prosecutors to enforce the law it
is made the duty of the attorney-gen-
eral to enforce it. the county wherein
there is prosecution being held liable
for fee covering the cost.
Places Heavy Penalties.
Penalties for violation of the law
range from fine of $50 and an option
al Imprisonment to a fine of $500 and
Imprisonment and of six
months or longer.
Senator Dobyns roads measure
which has the endorsement of the
Goodrich administration and which is
endorsed generally by leading senators
or both sides, provides for the appoint
ment of non-partisan commission of
four members, non-salaried who have
to appoint an engineer and
other necessary employees all to be
under the merit system of employment
to lay out and maintain main market
highways and continuous and connect
ed roads Revenues for the purpose
Is provided in proposed tax of five
cents on each 800 of property valua-
ton the state inheritance tax, the
petroleum oil fees and state highways
funds as now collected.