Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 166, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 July 1920 — SPECIAL TERM OF LEGISLATURE [ARTICLE]

SPECIAL TERM OF LEGISLATURE

Indiana General - assembly MEETS IN THIRTEENTH “ SPECIAL SESSION—-" Indianapolis, July 11.—Hoping for a short session but fearful of having to dispose of a flood of bills, members of the seventy-first general assembly of Indiana held . informal discussions at hotels tonight in anticipation of the opening of the special session tomorrow. The session which will convene at 10:30 a. m. will'be the second special meeting of the present legislature. The first special session was held June 16, last, to ratify the suffrage amendment to the constitution of the United States. The present session was called by Governor Jas. P. Goodrich primarily for the purpose of providing funds for state institutions which have exhausted their appropriations. Since the call, however, the decision of the supreme court declaring invalid horizontal tax increases made by the state taxing board has presented another serious question and the legislature will be called upon to make a revision of the tax laws. The legislators are inclined .to confine their labors to consideration of the tax laws, the appropriations for maintenance of state institutions, bills for a war memorial, and a bill for the purchase and operation of a state coal • mine. These subjects will be dealt with in the governor’s message to the assembly. But various interest are reported to have other bills which they hope to bring before the assembly and it is considered possible that the assembly may find it has a task in eliminating some of the measures that will be introduced. _ The resignation of Jesse E. Eschbach, from the state board of accounts is expected to be presented to the governor so .that he may serve as speaker of the house. After the close of the session he will be reappointed examiner of accounting board. . , Republican leaders so far have made no attempt to outline a program for the session but it is expected a caucus will be held tonight. It is probable that at this meeting a limitation will be placed upon the bills to be given consideration. A complete list of extraordinary sessions, the time the former ones lasted number of laws enacted in each, follows: — 1. Fortieth General Assembly, Nov. 20 to Dec. 25, 1858, thirtysix days; twenty-three laws enactcd 2. Forty-first, April 24 to June 2, 1861, forty days (constitutional limit); fifty-three laws enacted. 3. Forty-third, Nov. 13 to Dec. 21, 1865, thirty-nine days; 102 laws enacted. „ „ „ 4. Forty-sixth, April 8 to May 17, 1869, forty days; 61 laws enacted. 5. Forty-eighth, Nov. 13 to Dec. 22, .1872, forty days; forty-two laws enacted. 6. Forty-ninth, March 9 to March 15, 1875, seven days; thirtyfour laws enacted. 7 Fiftieth, March 6 to Marcty 15, 1877, ten days; forty-six laws enacted. „ 8. Firty-first, March 11 to Mar. 31, 1879, twenty-one days; 124 laws enacted. . ~ 9. Fifty-second, March Bto Apr. 16, 1881, forty days; 118 laws en10. Firty-fourth, March 10 to April 13, 1885, thirty-five days. This was a continuation of the regular session and in both sessions the Assembly enacted a total of 106 laws. 11. Sixty-fifth, Sept. 18 to Sept. 30, 1908, thirteen days; seven laws enacted. This was the Hanly special session in which the unit option bill was passed. . 12. Seventy-first, Jan. 16, 1920, one day; one joint resolution passed, ratifying suffrage amendment (No. 19) to United States const!-. 13. SeVenty-first, July 12, l£2o. The special session of the fortythird General Assembly was erroneously regarded as the forty-fourth session and the regular session of 1867 was numbered the forty-nfth. The error has been perpetuated m the numbering of subsequerft sessions. ; ■ V, - -L. L . .. '