Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-02-11

you are striking at the very foundation
Of our Government. When confidence in
our judges is lost, our country IS gone"
Representative William R. Phillips OF
Glenwood said the people would have
to revert TO forty -fves" when conf
dence has been lost. He cited Judge A.
B. Anderson Of the Federal bench as an
4, ideal type Of American jurist, and de-
clared the public has faith In him.
Judge James A. Collins nationally
known probation system" came in for a
scoring from Representative Paul L. Ha-
worth, Marion County, who said that
too many of our judges are chicken
hearted"
Representative Elmer K. Waters, Tip
pecanoe County, declared he would not
critieise the judges, but would like to
strike at the pardon and suspended sen
tence system. He said counties spend
large sums of money in trying prison
ers, often resulting in a suspended SEN
tence or a pardon after long and expen-
sive hearings
The House concurred unanimously in
the report of the conference committee
on the appropriation bill. The Senate
cOncurred in the report Of the confer
ence committee Tuesday. The bill now
goes to the Governor for his signature.
marking the earliest time in the history
OF the Legislature that an appropriation
bill has been passed. It covers more
than S5.0OG.OO0
HOUSE PASSES
SEVEN BILLS.
The House passed seven bills during
the afternoon. One bill introduced by
Representative Henry L. HumrichOuser
of Marshall County, which would Gre
ate new judicial circuits in Fulton and
Marshall Counties, failed to pass through
lack of a constitutional majority. The
vote was A to A.
Bills passed were:
House bill No IS. Representative Gin
ton J. Givan, Marion County; a new
act for organization and control of cor
poratiOns established for pecuniary profit.
Passed by 81 to 0.
House bill No. 90, Representative Eph
z. Daley, Allen County; providing joint
stock land banks, established to provide
capital for agricultural development,
shall be taxed in same degree as national
banks. Passed by II to L
House bin No. 157, Representative Os-
car Ahlgren, Lake County; providing that
in building contracts between owner and
principal contractor no lien shall attach
10 real estate unless the contract is in
writing and recorded. Passed 10 to f.
House bill No. III, Representative Js-
cob D. Miltenberger, Delaware County
providing penalty Of $1,000 for any con-
tractor who accepts payment for con
struSton work while owing for portions
Of the material used and who falls to
pay all obligations incurred in the work
causing loss to obhgators. Passed by
so to o.
House bill No. 119, Representative
Claude A. Smith, Gibson County; provid-
ing no persons shall be barred from
State institutions because Of social dis
ease, and providing for treatment Of such
persons. Passed by 81 to 0.
House bill No. pa. Representative
Miltenberger, providing that where civil
school townships unite in building a
public school a rate Of not to exceed 6
per cent may be paid on bonds issued.
(The present limit is ) per cent?. Passed
by 66 to r.
House bill No. 143, Representative
Henry Abrams; amending section 7 Of
an act regulating the admission of for
eign corporations for profit to do bust
ness in Indiana. Passed by 70 to 0.