Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 112, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 June 1917 — 1917 SESSION LAWS ARE NOW IN FORCE [ARTICLE]

1917 SESSION LAWS ARE NOW IN FORCE

Many Important and Far-Reaching Measures Enacted By the _ Legislature. _ All of the laws enacted by the legislature at the 1917 session are now in full force and effect. Governor Goodrich Thursday issued his proclamation tp that effect. A number of important and far-reachipg laws were enacted by the legislature of 1917, among them being the fol bowing: Galling a constitutional convention. Establishing absolute prohibition of liquor traffic in Indiana on April 2, 1918, which wiH make Indiana a bone dry-state. Creating a state highway commission, which will have control of and supervision over al! road work done in the state. Granting to women the right to vote for all offices not created iby the constitution. Granting to voters Who are absent from their precincts on election day' the right to vote by mail. Changing the voters’ registration law by abolishing precinct registration boards and creating county registration boards and boards for the larger cities; requiring all voters, men and women alike, to registerwith the county or dtv board, as the case may be, and providing that voters may register in person or by mail or messenger. Requiring all poultry . dealers to

take out a county 'license and keep a record of all transactions. Extending the delinquency law to include children up to 18 years. Authorizing cities of the second class to build auditoriums and market houses and to levy tax to pay for them. , . Permitting daily newspapers to print legal notices that heretofore have been published in weekly newspapers. Fixing imprisonment for from six months to twenty years for the theft of an automobile or aeroplane. Regulating advertising dentists. Prohibiting the practice of fortune telling, palmistry and clairvoyance and fixing (penalties. Requiring that all foodstuffs and commodities shall be sold by weight instead of by measure. Requiring monthly fire drills in all public schools. a Requiring that teachers’ institutes be held monthly in townships. Giving counties the right to establish county tuberculosis hospitals. Fixing a penalty for false advertising. Authorizing state penal institutions to manufacture articles needed by other state institutions and requiring such institutions to buy from the penal institutions. Limiting the open season for killing squirrels from August 1 to November 1. Permitting township trustees to be re-elected and to serve eight years out of any twelve consecutive years. Increasing wages and raising qualifications of public high school teachers. Requiring banks and trust companies to keep on hand cash to the amount of at least 12% per cent of their deposits subject to check. Fixing a standard schedule of salaries for township officers.