The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-02-10
COUNTY ROAD
MEASURE TO
Be ACTED ON
DURING WEEK
State Assembly Starts on
Fifth Week of Session-Oil
Inspection Bill Hearing to be
Resumed.
SUNDAY MOVIE ACTION
(By Associated Press)

OF the general assembly remained
when state senators returned today to
inaugurate the fifth week.
Members of the roads committee of
both house and senate will meet in
the senate chamber tonight for pub
lie hearing on Senator Dobyns' meas
ure creating a county unit system for
road construction. The bill provides
that counties as a whole pay cost of
road construction within the county
and that county commissioners form
a county road commission to cooper
ate with the state highway commits
sion. Chairman Dobyns said his com
mittee probably will report the bill
Wednesday and that it will receive
prompt action in order to dispose Of
II before the highway commission bill
comes over from the house.
Having passed the presidential suf-
frage bill. five of the six administra-
tion amendments to the constitution
and two other administration meas
ures, the senate will focus it's atten-
tion on the bills legalizing Sunday mo-
tion picture shows, the county unit
road bill, and the measure relating to
the inspection Of oil.
"Movie" Bill Ready.
Committee reports on Senator Nc
Cray's Sunday movie" bill and the
Dobyns road unit bill are expected to
be placed on the floor of the Wednes-
day. Members of the committee on
rights and privileges of which Senator
McCray Is member. predicted that
an unanimous report for passage will
I've made on the McCray measure and
this course likewise probably will be
taken on the Dobyns proposal.
Senators Beardsley and Wolfson,
aided by the minority, will resume
their attacks on Representative KIM
mel's measure abolishing the present
system Of oil inspection and re-estab-
fishing It under conditions which will
make possible q Republican regime,
when Il comes up for second reading
as special order Of business Tuesday
afternoon.
Governor Goodrich is understood to
De satisfied with the cenate's progress
on measures he advocated in his an
nual message. Rounding into the last
lap of the session with four weeks
yet to go the administration measures
pending are:
The constitutional amendment pro-
viding that the legislature shall abol-
ich the office of state superintendent
OF public instruction as constitution
al office and making it legislative
office. The reestablishment would be
the task of the next session Of the
legislature. inasmuch as the amend
ment would have to be ratified by it
and adopted at special or general
election.
Conservation Commission.
The bill creating a commission of
conservation to embody several state
offices.
Scnatos Meeker's measure abolish
ing the office of state statistician.
The Duffey measure creating new
highway commission and providing for
its organization and administration.
Senator Hadgins' bill providing for
an Investigation Of child labor and So
cial welfare conditions by commits
sion appointed by the governor.
Final action probably will not be
taken on the bills providing for a
conservation commission, reestablish-
ing the highway commission and the
liudgins measure.
Opposition Developed.
1t is understood that all three of
among Republican senator's. One SEN
ntor said today that the committee
on judiciary favors indefinite postp-
onement Of the Hudgins bill but in
view of the fact that it is a platform
measure will report the correspond
Ing house bill without a recommends
tion when it is received by the SEN
ators. Senator Furnas, chairman and
other members of the committee on
natural resources favor indefinite post
ponement of the conservation bill. The
highway bill, however, is not so
strongly opposed in the committee but
Chiirman Debyns is awaiting house
action on this because the house bill
provides methods of taxation to meet
the expense OF the highway commits
sion and the Duffey bill does not
Administration measures--especial-
~ the tax and highway commission
bills-will receive attention in the
lower house beginning today.
1--WE will concentrate our efforts on
getting the administration measures
through the house and to the senate
Off it's consideration" said Represen-
tative Mendenhall, floor leader OF the
house majority. 1.-The tax and high
way measures are the biggest ones
pending and effort will be directed to-
ward getting prompt action on them"
Appropriations Ready
Other business will include the in
PRODUCTION, probably late in the week,
Of the general and specific appropria-
ton measures for the next two fiscal
years. The ways and means commit
tee of the house has been discussing
provisions of the bills. Representa-
tive Swain expects to introduce them.
The committee has been considering
the report of the legislative visiting
committee which recommended ap-
z 'ropriations totaling approximately
81. 7.O95,000
Efforts to amend the tax and high
way commission bills will be made on
second reading. members said they
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