South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-01-25
STATE SOLONS
FACING HEAVY
WEEK OF WORK
Ratt Introduces Bill to Ward
Off State Constabulary
System.
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direct waterways from Lake Mich
igan TO the Ohio river through the
Tippecanoe and wabash rivers was
introduced by Sens Meeker and
Bainum. The members of the COM
mission would serve without cOmPen-
sation. but the bill carries an APP
Precipitation OF $4,000 for their ex-
penses in their WORK.
Wants Negro school.
Among the other bills presented
I'm the senate was one 10 establish
$4,000 domestic science school
for negro girls by Sen. English; Sen.
Beardsley would have the schools OF
the state authorized to provide a
means 10 serve lunches 10 its pupils.
A half hour a week instruction in
all schools In humaneness to an
finals was demanded in a bill by
sen. Bowers. The graves of eX-CiOv.
Ashbel Willard and Micheal Kerr.
former speaker of the national house
of Representatives. would be marked
by monument costing $1,000 each
by the provisions OF a bill by Sen.
Arnold.
would increase the fees Of the clerks
of the court of the various counties
OF the state from % 10 800 percent.
raised by this measure. The mar
riage license fee is boosted from the
present 81, now necessary, To 81.
The clerk would draw SIS a day in
stead of the 81 now paid for court
attendants. The person assessed the
costs in a case would pay SIS a day
for a hearing instead of the $3.50
now paid by him, regardless Of the
time consumed. The nickle now
charged for swearing witness
would be increased 10 90 cents per
oath, and the dime now drawn for
polling a jury or swearing them
IL increased 70 one dollar for each.
Rats Against COnstabulary.
Sen. oscar Rats of Paol, intro
duCed a bill providing each county
sheriff with an unlimited number
Of deputies in an emergency. His
measure, II is understood, Is designed
TO block the proposal for creating
state COnstabulary..
Agitation for a state controlled po-
lice force has been going on around
the capital for some time, and
move 20 provide a force similar to
the Canadian mounted police or the
Pennsylvania cOnStabulary is expect
ed some time during the present
session.
Sen. Rats measure in no way
indicates that it's intention is in OPP
position TO this plan, but those
( conversant with the senator's ideas
on the subject say that he does not
want a large permanent force OF
this nature added 10 the states
] no. ~ s.
means TO combat the move.
My bill viii provide every sheriff
in the state with sufficient emergency
officers TO combat any disturbance
that may occur in his county said
Sen Ieatts Furthermore. by sift-
I ing the cost Of deputies 10 the county
funds instead Of having the sherins
Z pay il as now done, it will tend
. 10 encourage the sheriffs 10 raise
sufficient forces in time Of need.
/ Proper management under the pro-
/ vision of this act will do away with
I any necessity Of calling for state
/ troops or other outside aid"
Road Law Amendments.
The present method of payment
/ for county roads under the unit road
/ law would be materially amended
! by the passage OF a series of amend
ments offered in the senate this
afternoon by Sen. Howard A. Cam
/ Of Frankfort. The measure provides
| for a scheduled distribution of the
! cost of road building, increases the
! necessary number OF petitioners and
! does away with inspection by a
/ chemist from the state highway
| board
/ The measure provides that the
/ property owners within one mile OF
/ the new road shall be assessed 25
l percent OF the cost of the road: the
! township through which the road
] passes shall provide . . percent of the
/ cost and the county shall pay the
/ remaining so percent Under the
| present laws the county pays the
/ entire cost OF the highways.
The measure increases the number
, OF necessary petitioners from the 50
/ demanded in the present law 10 200.
| at least so of whom must reside in
| the township traversed.
/ Would Demand Bonds.
The chemist from the state high
/ way commission now inspects ana
! approves of a new highway after
! Il is finished. sen. Cam would have
/ the inspectors and engineers OF d
/ road give sufficient bonds 10 guar
antee that any defects found IN
I the road could be rectified by at
! tachment against these bonds.
/ The bill also takes up the methods
Of financing road work, and outlines
| the methods OF raising money by
county and township bonds for the
| desired improvements.