The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-03-04
AMENDMENTS TO
COMPENSATION
ACT PROPOSED
Senate Adopts Provision to
Exempt Miners From Act
Two Bills Passed.
(By Associated Press)


INDIANAPOLIS, March - Discus
sion of amendments to the industrial
boards workmen's compensation meas
ure occupied the closing hour Of the
morning session of the state senate
today. One amendment offered by
Senator Metzger and adopted struck
out that faction providing that all in
surance companies writing compensa-
tion insurance shall maintain an in
spection department and tEat this
shall be under supervision of the in
dustrial board. The inspection depart
ment would have determined the haz-
ards of industries and reported to the
industrial board
Another amendment adopted ex-
ers from provision of the bill until
April 1. 1920, at which time the pres
ent wage scale expires.
Several other amendments were to
be offered when consideration Of the
measure was resumed at the afternoon
session. This was to have been taken
up before the senate resolved itself
into committee Of the whole for a
consideration of the tax bill.
Discuss Canal Title.
ton were passed by the senate. One
measure concerned the South Bend
fire department. The other bill pass
ed provided that all municipal and
highway bonds issued in Indiana after
July 1, 1919 and all coupons thereon
shall be made payable in indianapolis,
Chicago or New York. This was the
measures introduced by Senator South
o~x6 ~ ~ n
nor Bush which failed to pass last
consideration the vote was 80 to s.
More than an hour was consumed In
discussion of Senator McCray's con-
current resolution directing the attor-
ney general to quiet the title of the
canal running from North to Washing
ton street in Indianapolis.
Harris Bill Passes.
Passage of the Harris bill. providing
for practicing physicians to pay IL
cense fee of So annually to the state
board of registration and examination
over the protest of some members who
declared it IS direct slap at chiro-
practors, featured the session of the
house of the legislature this morning.
The vote was 72 to 18. This after
noon. the house was sitting as a COM
mittee of the whole studying the pro-
vision and the specific appropriation
measure.
The purpose of the physician license
measure, according to the offer, Is to
provide the state board Of registration
and examination a working fund by
which 1t can prosecute fakirs and 9TH
ers who rob the public. The bill
would increase the fee to be paid to
the prosecting attorney upon success
full prosecution from S. to $25 and
would increase the minimum penalty
from fine of $25 to 800.
Another attempt was made from the
floor of the house to force reconsid-
Grafton of the house action yesterday
In refusing to concur in the senate
amendment to the commission high
way measure. Representative Beh-
mer, of Loganspart, moved that the
house reconsider its action, and
Speaker Eschbach receiving 1t, said:
"The gentleman files motion" This
was the fourth attempt Of the kind to
call the bill down.
Will Modify Amendments.
A conference committee will be
named by the speaker to confer with
a committee Of the senate to reach an
agreement between the two houses.
whereby the amendments Of the SEN
ate will be modified. The principal
points at issue concern fixing of the
tax levy at Is cents instead of 10
cents and returning 100000 annually
of the motor vehicle tax to the coun-
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