The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-28

BILLS INTEREST
STATE LODGES
Eight Measures Studied by
AssembIymen: Pensions
Are Sought.

Are Sought.
Eight bills of special interest to
members OF fraternal and veterans
organizations we're among the 249
tntroducedin the first two weeks of
Indiana's 'eventy-sixth general as
sembly.
While lbdge members share the
general interest in tax and appro-
priation bills, and those to boost
salaries, surb banditry, and tax
cigarets, they have some measures
to talk about that apply specifically
to fraterIal and ex-service mems
groups.
Some $4,000 Indiana members of
the Fraterlal Order of Eagles will be
watching progress of the Nejdl-
Gray old age pension BILL which
they fo5ered. 1t provides for
county elections on the question of
granting pensions of not more than
SIS a nDnth to INDECENT persons
over 65, upon petition of 200 or more
signers.
A similar bill, championed by the
Eagles two years ago, passed the
senate, bit was not handed down in
the house.
Another Pension Bill
While .he senate last week a.
vanced the Eagles bill to second
reading, the house committee on
Judiciary B considered bill which
would crate an old-age assistance
commission and county assistance
boards toadminister pensions of not
more than 81 day to qualified per-
sons.
The bill would appropriate $4,000
annually and require counties and
the state to share equally in the eX-
pense Of pensions granted.
Another assistance measure from
the same author, Representative
Thomas Cantwell, Terre Haute, met
indefinite postponement on recon-
mendation of Judiciary A commit
tee. 1t would have granted aid for
mothers with children under 10 and
no means Of support.
Still another of Cantwell's bills
holds particular interest for the
lodgeman. 1t would amend the cor
rupt practices act to require frater-
nal labor. religious and political or
carnations to submit sworn state
rnentS of receipts AMI expenditures
within thirty days after each cleo
ton.
At present, only candidates and
political parties are required to
make such reports.
Extension for Veterans
Exemptions from taxttion for SOL
diers and sailors of tle Mexican,
Civil and World wars and their
widows, would be increased from
$1,000 to 81 800 by provisions of
bill in the house ways and means
committee.
Ex-serVice mems chid interest,
however, is in the Babcocg- Brewster
house bill a. providing for a
popular vote in Novembe-, 1890, on
the question of payment b! the state
of adjusted compensation. If ap-
proved at the proposed dection, it
would give not less thar $50 nor
more than $500 to every lenorably
discharged soldier, sailor, marine or
nurse who served from Indiana in
the World war, or to qualified heirs,
at base rate of SIS a month.
With the ways and means COM
mittee delug ed with appropriation
measures and in a quancary for
means of increasing revenues,
slight hope is held out or the
measure.
House judiciary B committee is
inspecting bill introduced ~ Rep
resentative Newton BuSenark of
Charlottesville providing mems for
lodges to give death benefits under
terms of the fraternal BENEFICIARY
act; to extend old age benefits, and
to change the dates for filing re-
ports with the state insurance COM
missioner.
Insurance for Minors
Busenbark has another bill n the
hands of the house insurance COM
mittee. 1t would authorize fraernal
beneficiary associations to insure
minors whose parents are not nem-
berS of such associations, and fixes
a scale of benefits.
A senate bill still in the haTris of
Judiciary A committee provides that
in cases where fraternal ordes or
individuals own property in part
nership and one of the parties be-
comes bankrupt, the bankrupt party
may have a commission appointed
to appraise the property.
The property then might be
bought at the appraised figure by
either.
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