The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-01
GAS PROPERTY
BILL REPORTED
0. K. TO HOUSE
Provides Method of Opera
ton of Utility by
City.

The house OF representatives to-
day received the unanimous report
of the committee on affairs of the
City of indianapolis recommending
passage Of the Claycombe-Lowry bill
providing the method of operation
of the Citizens Gas Company prop
erty after it is acquired by the city.
The house accepted the report.
Decision to start the bill on its
way was reached by the committee
late Thursday.
The companion measure providing
for the legalization of the 1905 con-
tract between the city and the gas
company providing that the city
NAV assume control by 1880 has
advance to third reading in the
house of representative and will
come up for this action early next
week.
The bill took two steps Tuesday,
being ordered to engrossment an
hour later.
No Service Bill Report
No report was made by Judiciary
A committee today on the Kistler-
Knapper bills, which would repeal
the public service commission and
create a new commission, but
changing the methods of valuation
for rate making.
Members of the committee at a
hearing late Thursday inquired II
a repeal measure was necessary
when all that was desired was to
change certain section of the pres
ent act.
State Representative Cecil j.
Kistler, Elkhart, co-author of the
bill, declared that he had asked an
opinion on this point from Samuel
r. Artman, special deputy attor-
ney-general. and was given an in
formal opinion that the bill could
not be amended.
Members of Judiciary A commit
tee scoffed at this and declared
inasmuch as the legislature mad Gre
ated the bill it could amend it. A
formal opinion of the attorney-gen-
eraI probably will be asked.
Police Bill in Hopper
An amendment to the police pen
sion bill, making it possible for a
policeman having twenty years nom
{SN he toIo m
pension, thereby changing the pres
ent statute calling for consecutive
years Of service, was introduced
Thursday by Representative John
w. Cord, Logansport.
A bill which will enable HooSierS,
living in Washington, D. c., to vote
in city, state and national elections
as if they we're residing in Indiana,
was introduced by Representative
John E. King, Indianapolis.
The bill required the Governor to
appoint two clerks and judge for
each major party from Hoosiers
living in Washington and provides
that they shall open polls for all
registered Hoosiers to vote on the
days that primaries, cities and state
elections are held in Indiana.
Amendment of the thoroughfare
law to limit to 10 per cent the share
AUDITING proro-ty owners may bear
in the widening or Strengthening OF
streets already improved, was en-
bodied in bill introduced by Rep
resentative John L. Benedict, Indi-
annapolis. The bill applies only to
this city.
Asks License on Stores
Under the existing law, Benedict
said, property owners often are re-
Quired to bear as high as 25 per
cent of such improvements.
The bill levying heavy tax on
chain stores went to the ways and
means committee which is search
ing ways of meeting increased de-
mandS for state funds.
The bill would require 81 license
of all stores Individually owned, but
the license fee would graduate up
ward to $3.50 for each store if fifty
or more were operated under single
ownership or control.
A board for the registration and
licensing of architects would be Gre
ated by provisions of bill intro
duced by Representative j. Frank
Smith of Lafayette. The board
would be appointed by the adj
ministrative building council. Fees
for registration or annual renewal
would be $25.
Another lab at the criminal was
contained in a bill introduced by
Rer~ sentative Robert B. Stewart,
Brazil. 1t would make petty larceny
punishable by one to eight years