The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-03-13

ity to invest funds in bonds OF federal
land banks or Joint stock land banks
organized under federal act.
Traternal societies authorized to
consolidate upon complying with GER
tain conditions.
Payment Of death benefits on lives
OF children from two TO eighteen years
OF age may be. provided for BY irater-
nal societies.
State insurance department created
under direction OF commissioner.
paid a salary OF $4,000 annually.
Highways and Uses
Creation OF state highway COM
mission, passage Of a county unit
measure and increasing license fees
to be paid by owners Of motor trucks
are the important laws concerning
highways which were enacted. Others
would require automobile drivers to
stop their cars while school hacks arc
stopped on highways to allow school
children to get In or ont; permit trans.
fer OF funds designed for use in re-
pair OF roads designated hereafter by
the state highway commission as main
market highways, to the repair OF other
roads in the same township or county;
increase wages to be paid to team.
sters from IS to so cents and Of la.
borers from 20 to IS cents an hour
while employed on public work, and
prohibit display OF signs resembling
railway crossing warning signs at
other places than railroad crossings.
Another requires road taxes to be paid
in cash.
Expenditure OF approximately ST..
100000 annually In construction OF
hard surfaced highways and in keep
ing them In repair IL provided by the
highway commission law. Members Of
the legislature predicted that the ag.
gregate payments In the state for i'm
provements constructed under the
county unit law would exceed the fore
going amount.
Boards Of county commissioners
will be required to designate impor-
tant public highways and erect guide
posts at the Functions.
Political
In addition to the law giving women
presidential suffrage, other new sta
tutes on a political character are those
which provide for permanent registra-
ton of men and women voters, ex-
cept upon petition OF 800 or more
voters for a general registration, and
for registration Of new voters on the
seth and goth days before general cleo
ton dates by personal or written ap-
plication. The political party. whose
for secretary OF state re-
ceived the largest number OF votes at
previous election, given first place on
ballots used in next general elections
Pay Of precinct election Officers fix
ed at So a day for each day actually
engaged and cents mile gratuity
for each mile travelled.
Absent voters law made to apply
to- city elections same as to general
elections.
Bonds required to be fled by both
parties in an election contest case be-
fore proceeding with the trial
School Legislation.
Legislation affecting schools had a
wide range, teachers, pupils and tax
payers alike being interested In the
measures sent to the governor, among
which are:
Anti.German language laws.
Basic salaries of teachers increased
by addition OF three-fourths OF a cent
to present multiplier for teachers of
the A and B classifications and one
cent to those of the and D and ex-
emption classiflcations.
State board of education made a
teachers training board with author
ty to designate normal school instruc-
ton courses. Graduates of such
schools receive provisional certificates
without examination, which become
life certificates after two successful
years of teaching.
Physical educational courses requir.
ed in elementary and high schools.
Free tuition to Indiana university
provided for two students from each
county, selected on basis of scholar
ship
Township trustees required to pro.
vide and maintain system of trans
portation for benefit of school children
living at greater distance than two
miles from school to which assigned.
Congressional school land funds to
be adjusted every ten years on basis
Of new enumeration of school children.
State school fund law amended to
authorize school trustees to increase
tax levy to Is cents on 800 assessed
and rs cents on each poll.
State law amended to provide for
of school funds to school
which have been unable
TO keep schools going full terms.
Civil trustees of towns of less than
2 900 population authorized to assume
Indebtedness of school town in order
to. enable latter to continue its school
within legal limit of indebtedness.
Consolidation Of district schools In
two or more townships authorized.
Normal Schools Given Funds.
Establishment Of free kindergartens
BY school boards authorized and en-
abling levy of two cents on 500 as
sessed valuation for financing such
schools operated by semi-public asso-
Citations.
Number of pupils attending joint
high schools made the basis of taxa
ton instead of the valuation Of tax
ables of units from which the pupils
come.
County superintendent of instruc-
lion in counties of 1900 population or