Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-02-16
MARION COUNTY
SURVEYOR BILL
PASSES HOUSE
Salary. of Official Placed at
$4,000, Fees Go to
Treasury.
SALVAGE ACT FAVORED

Two bills affecting Marion County
alone, one introduced by Representative
John L. Benedict, and the other by Rep
resentative Frank J. NOn, Jr., Nwere
passed and another, introduced by Rep
reSentative Benedict, was defeated in the
Tuesday afternoon session Of the House.
One of the bills passed was for 1ncreas-
ing the salary OF the Marion County sur
veyor, and the other was for exemption
Of the Indianapolis salvage corps from
taxation. The bill, which was defeated
was that which provided methods for at
lacking the truthfuIness of 4 sherif's re-
turn on papers served by him.
The passage Of the bill increasing the
salary of the Marion County surveyor to
$4,000 a year marked the second salary
increase for local officials passed during
the day, a bill increasing the corOner's
salary having passed during the morn
ing session. These offices were not in
Guided in the Benedict bill abolishing
the fee system in Marion County, waicn
passed during the morning session Tues
day, because they were not constitutional
Offices.
STRAIGHT SALARY
FOR SURVEYOR.
Under the surveyor bill, the official is
given a salary Of $500 and all fees
collected by him shall be turned into
the county treasury. He shall receive no
additional compensation by per diem or
otherwise as county engineer. the bill
provides.
The bill fixes salaries OF deputy sur
veyors and qualified assistants at not TO
exceed 500 per month for the first dep
Uty, not to exceed $50 for each other
deputy or assistant. Rodmen. chainmen
and other necessary assistants shall re
ceive not to exceed 81 per diem for their
earvfcas nceOrdfOu rlR bill
The bin would also give the surveyor
the power to appoint as many deputies
qualified assistants, rodmen, chainmen
and other assistants as the volume or
the work may require, subject TO the ap-
proval Of the board Of county commits
sioners.
The Benedict bill exempting the sal
wage corps from taxation WAS merely TO
correct an error which was made in the
1919 session when the tax law was
passed. according TO the author. The bill
passed by g vote of So 10 0.
INSURANCE AND
BANKING HEARING.
Representative Chester A. Davis OF jay
County. chairman of Judiciary \ Commit
tee, announced that a public hearing
will be held tomorrow night in the SUI
preme Courtroom. on the Smith Newman
Barker BedgOod bill to abolish the state
department Of banking and insurance.
Two bills were introduced in the House
prior to adjournment. They were one
By Representatives Davis of Jay, and
Smith, prohibiting the opening or estab-
lishment Of branch banks or branch Of
fees by any bank or loan, trust or safe
deposit company, which was referred to
the Committee on Judiciary \, and a
bill introduced by Representative Coap-
stick, pertaining TO the sale Of poison,
which went to the Commltte On State
Medicine and Public Health.
OTHER BILLS
PASSED.
Bills passed during the afternoon ses-
sion, besides the bills affecting Marion
County, were:
Senate bill No. 100. introduced by SEN
ator Strobe. Kokomo. permitting tele-
phone companies to make assessments on
stock and increase their capital stock
and to determine in what manner the
stocks of the company shall be held and
assigned.
House bill No. III. introduced by Rep
resentative J. Glenn Harris OF Lake Coun-
ty, providing that hereafter there shall
be only one justice Of the peace in town
ships in which Is situated all or the
greater part Of a city Of the second class
when the city is not a county seat. The
bill strikes at surplus justices Of the
peace IN Lake County townships.
House bills 18S, introduced by Repre-
sentative George II. James, Clay County
and providing additional restrictions as
to certain fish which may not be taken
from Indiana waters, and So. introduced
by Representative Ray Y. Gibbons, Medi-
son County, relating to the formation
Of memorial associations. failed of pas
sage.