Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-01-25
COUNTY ROAD
CONSTRUCTION
WOULD BE HIT
Proposed Senate Amendments
Make Possible Killing of
Road Projects.
200 SIGNERS REQUIRED

Considerable curtailment in the con-
etruction Of county unit roads would re-
built from the passage Of amendments
10 the county unit law now before the
Senate, according to persons interested
IN road construction. The amendments,
which were introduced by Senator How
ard A. Cam of Frankfort, would make
possible. among other things, the killing
II a road project on the remonstrance
u a majority of the abutting property
Bwners.
The amendments provide that instead
u the county paying the entire cost Of
construction of such roads, half be paid
: by the county, one-fourth by townships
and the other fourth by property owners
tor a mile on each side or the road. The
bill also provides that road projects may
be taken up only on petition Of 200 prop
srty owners instead Of fifty as at present.
It provides that these property owners
be scattered.
The Senate convened at 10 O'Clock this
morning When it adjourned yesterday
afternoon It had disposed Of all bills on
third reading and all bills ready for
second reading had been read, giving it
4 clean slate.
SENATE PASSES
FOUR BILLS.
Four bills were passed by the Senate
yesterday afternoon. The first was Sen
ate Bill No. 5, introduced by Senator
Miles J. Furnas of Lynn, which makes 1t
unlawful to publish or utter any false
br deflmatOry statements about any con-
tern which has stock on the market.
The vote was 46 to o.
The second bill to pass was that Of
Senator A. H. Besrdsley Of Elkhart.
which prohibits prosecuting attorneys
and deputies from practicing law in Grim
lnal cases. 1t was stated that in at least
one county it had been the practice for
one employe Of the prosecutors office TO
prosecute q person charged with crime
Or misdemeanor and another TO defend
. him. The vote was Il to 3.
The third bill to pass was one by
Senator Glen Richards Of Terre Haute,
authorizing a corporation In an adJoin-
Ing State TO own, operate and maintain
lines Of railroads in this State. The
vote was AZ to o.
The fourth bill was the Holmes bill,
permitting the change Of name Of cor
poration. The vote was A to 0.
Senate bill No. 81, providing that mu-
inequalities may form separate corpora
lions for the operation of utilities and
Senate bill No. l, providing for change
In the membership of the board OF di-
rectors of the State Soldiers Home, were
. referred back to committees for amend
Hents
Senate Joint resolution No. 4, provid-
Ing for an Investigation of the so-called
building trust, passed second reading
with amendments correcting Topographic
cal errors and making unimportant
changes in words.
NEW MEASURES
INTRODUCED.
Eleven bills were introduced at the
session, US follows.
Mountaineering public highway law.
County and Township Business.
ArnOld-Providing for the erection Of
monuments on the graves Of former Gov
srnOrs AshbeI P. willard and Michael E.
AEerr.
Beardsley-Providing for the serving of
lunches at cost in the public schools.
Education.
DEMONSTRATING for the teaching Of
kindness to animals at least half an hour
week in the public schools. Educa-
~sion.
Manufacturing the transportation Of
Sils TO public schools County and
Ansh!p Business.
$50 glish s(by request)-ApprOpriat
~ 70 for the purpose Of establishing
OF domestic science and art for
I'D girls. Finance.
Il MMch-Rearrangtng the fees to be col
I'D by county clerks and Increasing
hose which so into the county treas
D'uries Fees and Salaries.
Mccullough bill experimenting the
law concerning jury service, making
both women and men eligible. Judi
eiary A.
Meeker and Misunderstanding for the
appointment Of a commission OF five TO
serve without pay who shall investigate
the advisability Of a proposed Lake
Michigan to Ohio River waterway and
report the results to the Governor. APP
propriating 5000 for expenses. Rivers
and Waters.
Ratts-Providing for the payment Of
deputy sheriffs out of the county treas
uries instead OF out OF personal funds
Of sherifIs.