The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-01-23
STATE PUBLIC
SERVICE BODY
ABOLISHED IN
PROPOSED BILL
Measure Provides for Repeal
of Law Creating Commis-
sion Bill Provides Mon
ey for State War Work.
SUBMIT LABOR MEASURE
(By Associated Press,

INDIANAPOLIS, Jan 23.-Measures
providing for the repeal of the law
creating the state public utilities COM
mission, for appropriating $105.000 for
retiring the debt contracted in ad
ministration of the states war work.
anad for enactment of a workmen's
compensation law as desired by the
state federation of labor were regard
ed as the most important Of thirteen
measures which were placed in the
hopper of the lower house of the In
diana legislature today.
The session was enlivened by the
futile efforts to amend the Lowe meas
ure to make it provide that no for
eign measure could be taught in any
Indiana grade school as separate
subject The bill will be placed on
passage, providing that that subject
may only be conducted in said lam
guage at the discretion of those con-
Quoting the school," 1t provides also
for fine of from SIS to 500 being i'm
posed upon conviction for any viola-
ton. Jail imprisonment not to ex-
ceed 80 days is left optional with the
trial Judge.
Three Bills Passed.
The bills passed are the Laughlin
measure providing for public notices
of drainage projects, the Davis meas
ure to prohibit display of signs re-
sembling railway crossings warning
signs at places other than crossings
and the Woods measure enabling
building and loan associations to do
businesses in towns, which are not
county seats or less than 5000 popu.
lation.
Franchises, permits or licenses un-
der which public utility corporations
were operating at the time they sur
rendered them and accepted as deter
inmate permits from the state public
service commission would be restor-
ed to them by provisions Of the bill of
Representative Newman Of Indianap-
oils. The measure provides for re-
peal OF the law creating the public
service commission.
Labor Bill Introduced.
Representative Day of East Chica-
go introduced the workmen's compen-
sation bill which the state fedora
ton of labor is sponsoring. It pro-
vides for IS per cent compensation,
beginning seven days after disability
and continuing 500 weeks for total
disability and 300 weeks for partial
disability, established SIS to $40 a
week as the average wage under
which the industrial commissions
would consider awards. provides no
compensation shall exceed $1,000,
classifies occupation according to
hazards. and gives right of electing to
come under law to employees, but
provides that they do not, they can
set up no defense in a suit that the
employe was hurt or killed by reason
of negligence or another employees
negligence. or that the employe as
sumed the risk These rights are CIV
en- those who would come under the
proposed law. Other important pro-
visions of the present law are incor-
porated in the Day bill.
To Honor Boys.
The erection of a bronze entabla-
ture or some other means Of honoring
the Indiana boys who made the SUI
preme sacrifice in the war will be pro-
vided in bill which Representative
Ira A. Kessler Of McGrawsville will
introduce in the house soon. The bill
will carry an appropriation Of $500
to place the name Of each boy in a
suitable place in the state capitol, per-
haps in the rotunda.
bill introduced by Representative
Noll provides that lien may be plac-
ed upon goods in storage. and that
where goods are held for six months
without payment of charges that they
may be sold to settle the account after
public notice of such sale has been
given. After deducting the amount Of
the charges due for storage. the re-
mainder of the proceeds from the
sale shall go to the city treasurer. Mr.,
Noll also introduced his bill amending
the police pension fund. This has
been previously described in The Star.