South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-03-08
LEGISLATURE
In SINE DIE
ADJOURNMENT
Closing Hours of 72nd Cen
eral Assembly Uncrowded
With Meaures.
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ing for consideration a number Of
conference reports and a heavy bal
ance OF more or less important bills.
House Defeats Measure.
Among the measures disposed Of
at the afternoon session was the
Masters bill 10 increase salaries OF
legislators. As originally passed by
the senate the bill provided for
$1,000 a year salaries. The house
cut that figure 20 SIC a day for the
for the period of the session. which
is double the amount paid under
the present law. Even with the
marked reduction the house defeat
ed the measure, 40 TO 50.
Immediately after Speaker Nc
Clure handed down the salary bill.
a committee from the senate led by
Sen Nedjl. filed into the house and
read a demand from the senate that
the house take action on il.
The house passed the English bill
providing for a special election on
pending constitutional amendments.
The date for the election is Sept.
s. An amendment provides that
clerks and inspector shall be ap-
pointed by county commissioners
after nomination by the majority
party. Election judges would be
appointed in the same way after
nomination by democrats. The vote
vote on the measure was y TO %.
The house passed a bill 10 appro
pirate SIS, 900 for a domestic sci
ence school for colored girls. the
appropriation being conditioned
upon the raising Of $4,000 by pro-
moters of the school. Rep. Hum
richouser opposed the bill on the
ground that 1t was intended to
train servants at state expense.
Pass NediI Bill.
The Nedjl bill providing that SAL
aries Of officials in cities advanced
from the fifth 70 fourth class may
be increased and abolishing boards
OF public works and public safety
i'm certain cases Of cities of the
fourth class was passed.
The Decker bill creating a new
court in Wells county, to be known
as the 59th judicial circuit, was
passed.
The house passed the Leonard
bill providing that lakes of north
ern Indiana shall not be lowered
by drainage ditch projects.
The Furnass bill. which proposes
all members Of the general assem-
bly, shall serve without pay, mileage
! Nv
vote of 81 10 s.
The Anderson bill, providing sal
airy for members of the county
commissioners on a basis of per-
centage of population, tax assess
ment. area of county and the num-
Der OF free gravel roads in the
county, was passed, 81 TO ..
The Hoffman bill. making it a
nisdemeanor punishable by a fine
OF 81 900 or one year Imprisonment.
! TO make a false statement Of the
financial condition OF any bank or
trust company, passed 26 TO 10.
The Lafuse bill. which would
authorize school trustees TO join
with trustees in an adjoining state
In the purchase OF ground and the
: erection and maintenance of
schools, was passed unanimously.
| The measure affects Union county
particularly.
Receives Senate Approval.
The Cronin measure, which would
\ permit the sale of school property
/ by one school corporation to an
other where two school corpora
lions desire to consolidate, and a
/ companion measure by the same
author. permitting school districts
/ in adjoining townships to build con
! sohdated school buildings, received
senate approval.
After some discussion, in which
! opposition 70 creation Of a new Of
/ flee was expressed, the Humric-
houser bill which would establish q
Lewiston of engineering under the
state conservation commission, was
defeated. % 20 Il.
The Bedgood bill, which would
do away with the statute giving the
! father absolute care of a child and
making the father and mother
Jointly guardians, was passed, 80
\ to ..
The Calef bill. providing condi-
tions for grading and draining of
dirt roads, and the bill by Rep,
/ Willis. Steuben county, which would
/ change the course Of public drains
when a hazard TO the travelling pub
/ lie exists, were approved.
The following bills were passed,
with little discussion:
Benedict bill providing for print
/ ing and publication Of the proceed
ings and papers of Indiana Academy
/ Of Science; Cooper bill. authorizing
/ Hancock county TO appropriate not
/ to exceed $1,000 from general fund
\ for county history of world war;
| Winesburg bill providing for uniform
/ danger signals at interurban cross
/ ings: Tucker bill, increasing 10 SO
amount county may cxpend for
/ clothing for patient in insane hos
pital: Knapp bill, requiring inter
| urban railroads TO obliterate noxiubs
weeds: Jameson bill, vesting power
/ in the public service commission "a
I investigate headlights on interurban
/ cars; Miller bill. providing all en-
! ployes Of police departments, regard
/ less Of age when pension fund is
/ established, shall share in benifits
Of fund; willis Of Dekalb and
/ Schultz bill providing that hedge OF
shrub fence shall not exceed FIVE
/ feet in height at road intersections
Postpone Daley Bill.
The senate Monday morning voted
/ to postpone indefinitely Rep. Dali
ey's bill. providing for a codificauou
4 Of insurance laws
Republican leaders Monday night
declared they were satisfied with
the accomplishments Of the session.
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