Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 January 1917 — REPRESENTATIVE WOOD'S BILL PASSES EASILY [ARTICLE]

REPRESENTATIVE WOOD'S BILL PASSES EASILY

Bill vyhich Would Prohibit Sale of Liquor On Indiana Trains Passes 86 to 6—Other Doings. , The bill presented in the house by Representative W. L. Wood, of Parr, which—would prevent the. sale of Liquor on liMiana trains, easily passed the house Monday by a vote of 8 for and 6 against. Among the more important bills recommended for passage were the drainage 'bill making the state pay its parts of drains constructed through swamp lands owned by the state. Also Rep. Montgomery’s bill defining the stealing of automobile and other vehicles as a felony. The following house bills were passed: Cooper’s bill stopping all school wagons before crossing railway tracks; Symon’s bill changing date of Henry county court; Southard’s fish bill; Wood’s bill prohibiting the sale or giving away of liquor on railway cars in Indiana. Representative Mosier’s .bill relating to change of township lines; Kimmel’s “peeping” bill; Harker’s park bill applying to fifth class cities, and Williams’ quail bill prohibiting killing of quail for three years. Rep. Vesey, of Fort Wayne, introduced a bill exempting the Ahmish faith from the provisions of the state marriage laws. Representative Eikenbeirry proposes the creation of a state commission of censorship to pass upon all picture films exhibited in the state and appropriates $5,000 for the expenses. The measure provides for charging owners of films an inspection fee of $2 for each fihn. Rep. Miltenberger of Miuncie introduced a bill substituting ayerdupois weight for dry measure in the purchase and sael of grain, seeds, fruit and food products. Garden truck and berries are exempted. Rep. Green proposes an increase of one hundred per cent in the tax or license on dogs. Rep. Southard introduced a bill amending the teachers’ pension law making it to apply only to cities of 20,000 to 100,000, to include school superintendents and assistants and to make is apply to teachers who have taught forty years, but are not now employed in the schools. ' Rep. Montgomery introduced another highway commission bill, differing from a bill now in commit tefe, by placing the right of contract and supervision of all market and other highways in the hands of the county commissioners. Practically sdl t control of the road building is taken away from the commission and lodged with the local authorities. Rep. Curry, by the bill introduced by him, would require all shoes sold as leather should be so stamped by dealers and heavy penalties are provided for misrepresentation. Making the crime of burglarizing a bank punishable by imprisonment far a term of twenty-five to forty years is provided for in a measure introduced by Rep. Symon. The establishment of a state market bureau is contemplated in a bill introduced by Rep. Dynes. It is designed to advise farmers of the state of market conditions in this and adjoining states, through a bulletin issued from the department of statistics. Speaker Eschbach announced a public hearing on the three-anile road law repeal in the house chamber on Tuesday ~