The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-02-22
AMENDMENTS TO
new ROAD BILL
ARE PREPARED
Brief Legislative Session Held
This Morning to. Consider
Important Measures.
fBy Assoc:ated Press,

INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 22.-Chair-
man Dobyns of the senate road COM
mittee,. was in his seat today going
over the highway commission bill. He
said that he would see that the bill is
amended in the committee so as to re-
move certain powers conferred on the
director in the bill as Lieutenant Gov
ernor Bush suggested yesterday IN
handing it down. The amendments he
said, would provide that all final ac-
tion of the director would be approx
ed by the commission. AS the Dill
was passed by the house, it provided
that the director be empowered to Sc
ilect and buy road materials and sup
plies, to sign all vouchers, to employ
assistance besides many other provls'
ions ging him power to spend annual
ly the millions expected to be invest
,, ed in better roads under the DILL
Another amendment expected to be
offered is one to provide that roads
connecting all county seats be built
before more than one road is con
structed lin any one county.
Thirteen Days Left.
With thirteen legislative days of the
I iseyenty-first session OF the Indiana
general assembly remaining in which
to dispose Of business the. leaders OF
the lower house were not inclined to
observe all of Washington's birthday
today as a holiday, and the members
assembled at $50 o'clock this morn
| ing expecting to hold two and one
half hour session for transaction OF
| business.
| The week just ended has been the
most notable of any week OF the ses
sion. Disposal of the tax bill and the
commission highway measure and con
sideration of the regular appropriation
measure in part lifted from the mem
bers what they regarded as the mos
! important questions presented this
session. Although the senate is ex
pected to make amendments to botf
the highway and tax measures, the rep
resentatives are of the opinion ina
the changes will not be such that vii
cause a deadlock on either bill be
tween the two houses.
1o1 Bills From House.
Thus far Governor Goodrich has no
vetoed any of the bills. passed b!
both houses, the majority of which
are not regarded as being of grea
! consequence, or any of the senate
Joint resolutions, initiating amend
ments to the state constitution.
The house has sent to the senate
since the opening of the session 10.
measures, and has passed with amend
ments in some instances twenty-fou
measures, including joint resolution
received from the upper house. Their
are pending for consideration OF
passage more than 135 senate ant
house measures, some of which are o
much importance and of statewide In
terest. There are an equally larg
number of bills in committee many o
which are not expected to receive cor
sideration.
The house passed the measur
which would compel parents of pei
Isons of feeble minds or insane, care
/ for in a private institution or home
to provide financial support for ther
j when it is possible to do SO; defeate
the Kngsbury bill which would hav
i enabled voluntary admission into hos
lpitals for the insane by persons VIII
though not declared insane, are SUI
fering from mental disorders in tn
: insipient stage, and voted A to 26
favor of the Abrams bill, throwing saf
guards about the people against pu
! IContinued On Pace Fifteen.l