The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-03-08
APPROPRIATIONS
To Be RESTORED
TO FORMER sum
Senate Acts to Restore Mil
lion Dollar Fund Slashed
From Bill by House.
(By Associated Press0

INDIANAPOLIS, March 8.-SpecifiC
appropriations will be restored by the
senate to the figure OF the original bill
before the house slashed more than
one million dollars from the total, ac-
cording to a plan laid out today by
Senator Munton, chairman of the leg
islative visiting committee. Munton
took the floor Immediately after the
senate resolved itself into commit
tee of the whole for consideration of
the bill and said that he has amend
ments to increase practically all OF
the proposed appropriation to make
them conform with those recommend
ed by the committee of which he was
chairman.
An amendment will be offered, he
said, to reinsert the appropriation of
$1,000,000 for emergency and contin-
gent funds to be used in buying more
land and erecting buildings at state
benevolent institutions. This was re-
duced by the house to 100000 with a
specification that it should be used for
nothing except the purchase of addi-
tional land.
Strenuous Day in House.
Speaker Eschbachs promise to the
house of the Indiana legislature that
this is going to be strenuous day."
was borne out at the morning ses-
sion. He told the representatives they
might be prepared to remain at work
until midnight tonight, and you will
get further if you do not get excited"
Immediately the house started its
business by adopting reports favoring
passage of senate bills increasing
from 50 to So a day the fees of county
clerk for attending court; requiring
county treasurers to pay from public
funds 21a per cent of the bonded in
debtedneSs on county buildings an
nually and providing for the state to
take over certain property here as
an official resident for the governor
of the state
A bill passed would limit action
against fire insurance companies or.
ganiZed under the laws of Indiana to
suits filed by the attorney general Of
the state.
Death and annuity benefits on child
ren's lives could be paid by fraternal
insurance associations under a bill of
Senator Furnas', passed 50 to 4.
School Provision
Transfer of high school pupils re-
siding within two miles of high
school in an adjoining city or town
and more than four miles from the
nearest high school in their own dis
trict was passed 76 to 2.
The guardian of an insane person
and the spouse of the person of un-
sound mind would be empowered 10
execute a deed for the property held
under joint title by the provisions of
Senator Dorrelrs bill, which passed.
When Representative Vesey of Ft
Wayne called down his motion to re-
consider the action yesterday of killing
the bill authorizing city councils to
increase the salaries of mayors of
different classes, debate began imme-
diately. The motion was lost 63 to 81.
Masters Bill Passed
Senator Masters bill, repeating the
registration of voters law, was passed
20 to 4.
The house concurred in the confer
ence committee amendment to the
Barnard conservation measure.
An increase of salary of 81, 900 year
for administering the oil inspection
work was refused to the state food
and drug commission by the house.