Indiana State Sentinel, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 March 1891 — Page 1

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Ml If iJ The New Laws Provided for Hoosierdom. Important ChangesMadein the Taxing Law. Reforms Provided For Regard to Fees. in Strong Measures Bearing Upon Corporations. The Scope of the School-Book Law Greatly Extended. Considerable Change Mode in the Natural Gas Laws. Relief at Last Provided for the Supremo Court. Drainage Laws A New Agricultural Eoard. Complete Abstract or All the Laws FJna ted. The legislature which closed its se ton last evening enacted a larger number of bills than odv of its predecessors for many years. Many of these are of the b'irhest importance. We have, at considerable trouble and expanse, prepared an abstract of all these bills and presents them this mominsr in their entirety very much condensed, of course, but with all the essential features clearly pointed out. Fy the perusal of this synapsis every citizen of Indiana can tell iust whit the legislature as a whole and each individual member thereof baa accomplished. ELECTIONS. Some Amendments Mnd to tbe Australian Law. House bill 23?. by Teal, la for the amendment of the election law. Sees?. 1 and 4 are for a reduction of expenses by restricting publication of notiees. Sec. 2 permits political parties to pay one challenger and one po I-book holder at each precinct, not to exceed $3 for hi services. Sec. :i provides that no candidate's name thall appear more than once on the ballot for the tame office. Sec. 5 changes the form of the ballot, requiring that the device at the beaTof 'each' 'fi. let8hall be inclosed In a large square, and sec. 9 changes the manner of votincto conform tothischang In printing. If the voter desires to vote a straight ticket he may stamp the large square inclosme the device, but must stamp nowhere el.se. If Le desires to scratch, ha must stamp each name he votes for. Tbero is but one method of scratching. Sec. 6 provide! for an addition ti guppivof state ballots and stamps to be used in case of loss in any precinct. Sec. 7 change the initials of the poll clerks trom the lower left-hand corner to the upper right-hand corner of the ballot. Sec. 8 civH einp overs and employes the privilege of agreeing on whatever time for voting may he convenent. Sec. 1- provides pona ties for the mutilation of ballots by election officers. Sec. 13 excludes "watchers" from the election room, Sec. 14 applies the Autraian system to town and city elec tion.". Sees. 10 and 11 were added by amend ment airer the Dill was introduced. Sec. 1(1 ! designed to meet the aLered consti tutional objection that the law did not allOW a man tO VOtA ffiranv nnr. I, a ftaairA.1 - -..w .v itLCIILU. It provides that a person desirintovote for a candidate whose name is nt on the ballot may have printed a complete litof the pe-sons for whom he desires to vote, and paste mis on me ornci.ii rjall.t. He must tlien stamp in irontof the names so pasted on. Any distm.ruishm:r mark on the paster vitiates th hulot. s.i 11 aA.t j - v vt tc, 40 cf the old law to sec. 47, as a mat ter of con venienc? m drafting the amend ri. n iai 1 1 1 1 1 1 y i I " ll 13 Included in the sections named, the obet;lot which is to make certain various points that wero in controversy durin iu; ia.-i campaign, ine importatitchancs are the souare surrounding fh?evh. limiting st ratchin.- to one method, and' me u-e oi it-? complete paster. Hou.e bill 320, introduced by Mr. Kyle, re-er.a. ts tlie registration s ct on of the election law which was thrown out bv the supreme court. It in amended to agree as nearly s possible with that decision, by omitting al! reference to absentees from the state on business of the state cr the Lmted Slates, and movidin? that rp'ri. 4 n ' tration may be mado to within fifty-nine davs of the election. Hf'U.ic:J20, by Kyle, provides that any elector wiio na.s tKen ntentfor 6ix months previous to' election in another s:ate, or vrho has not been a resident nf th mnnt for six months. shall r irister in the circuit couri ins lnv-nuon to vote at least liitynine days before election; this does not apply to any one who six months or more ut-.ore eieruon register tm intention of retaining his residence while absent from the state; no person shal register for another or advise another not to register; a violation is punishable by from one to five years in the penitentiary; emergency. LEGISLATIVE APPORTIONMENT. Tb Srnst Arinptc tint Dill As It Comes from (ha IIi.ukm. Representative Ciinia' lezislative apporb'onraent bill (hou.e 240) parsed. The districts are apportioned aa follows: SEXATE. Poey nd G bon; V'AnderLarv; Warrick and fpencer; I;ubois and IVrrj; Ontnre, Crawford and iiarriAn ; 1'ar.rM and llarun; Koox and Pike; Larence and Jnrkmn; ulbraa and Orfi; Waihingtoo and 1'loyd; Clark, feoit and Jtnoini; Clark and Ja'enon; Dearborn, Ohi and SwiizerUnd; li'ib-y, F'raoklin and Uuion ; Jlooroe. lirown and Hrtholftroew; iloran, Jnfinfoo ai'l Urmn; Marion and lleodrick; Clsj and Owen; Vi'ieo; Park and Vermil ion; Putnam and MooUohh fry; Marion S); hhelby and iteeaior; lIneoek iod Kasb; Henry and i'afettt; Warner Dtla rare and Randolph. jraut and lladivon; Adnj, J7 and hiackhrd; f Inntinirtoii and WelU; Miami and Howard; Clinton and Tipion; I'toone and Hamilton; Iippecao; Varreo and Fountiiu; .Newton, Japer an J Benton; J Uki. Whiia and ( arroll; ;; Ixka and J'orKr; L;ort; it. Joicph andgiarke; liar

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m; w hiuerand Allen: Allen;obI and D i; uiuranre and Meuben. B PREVENTATIVES. Vanderburir, Gihson and KnoxiToiey; Gibson ; Van-ferburir (2); Warrick ; Sj.ener; Parry Xnoz; l'ika; Orceie; Dtrxu; Dubuia an. Jlartin; Lawrence, Orancs and Duboia; lltr riion: F!od: Fld. Harrison and Cruwford Washington: Jackson ;Clark; Clark, 8cotl anl Jenumen; JetTrson; Kiplr; !-arborn: Dearborn. Ohio nd Sii2erland; It'plfT, l rar.khn a:d L'uion; Frankliu; Decatur; Itartholouicw; Monro and Urown : Jolinson : Morgan: (),n ruinam: Jlendrieka; Su lifan; Ciay; Viiro (2); l'arke; Sutiiran, Vigo anl Vcrruillioo; Mont. gnmery; Jrountan; Montamery. I'utnim nd Clsy; Marion (C); Marion andSlisby; Madiion; llaneock: Shelby; Ruth; Ilenrr: taynnnd layeti; yne; Kantdh; Delaware; llainilion; iiono; t'liuton; Tipton; Vimton, Tipton and Madison; Howard; Tippernnne (-J); Benton and Warren; Lake; Porter; Newton and Jasper; Pulaski and U hite; Car. roll; Cass; Fulton; Cnta and Mimd; Miami; Wahnsli; I luniitiifton ; Well; Giant; Adams end Jay; Adam. Jny and Blackford; AI1mi (3); Whitiey; DeKalb; Noble; Steuben : IiGrnnce: Llkhari; llktiart and Kosciusko; Kosciusko; Marshall; St. Joseph (2); Lapone; Laporte and

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Venule ltd, bv J lownrd, requires that the county clerk alm.l pay to the treasurer notary's fees and jus'ice be-, as well as witness fees remaining unclaimed for two ye:trs (instead of one), and the clerk shall notilv each person to whom fees are d'n within thirty davs after they are paid in, receiving 5 cents for each notice; emergency. House 125, by Nolan, provides that township trustees and township aep.is shall receive $2 per day for the time actually engaged in the discharge of their duties, provided that in townships of over 75,(KJ0 they shall each retvive Sl,50d pfr year; provided further, that townships of less than 70,(100 and more than 25,000 inhabitants shad rev ive not less than $1,)03 and not more than $l,-xt0, a? fixed by the board of county commissioners; emerz!ncy. Hou?e y.32, by Glesner, creates the o!hce of supervisor of natural gas to ho lkt.Atnl.il VvM .tftl A nimtrti.l . . I r e i ij i ii vvj uj ma rimer cMii'iri, aim ! clothes him with prartieahv the same powers r.s were possessed by the old oil nsoector; em-nrenev. IIoue 120, by Ader, defines the duties of the reporter of the supme court and the commissioner of pubi c printinx and i. : .iv vuniu). it requires i ne repo' icr 10 preI pare opinions within eix tnon'hs i after the close of the term nt which they are rendered and publit-h tliem when they ehall make a volume of 7ud pan' s unler the directi on of the suprema courL The reoorter chall be paid an annual paary of 6 1,000, his rssistant SI .500. Printing shall bo done under contract.. let by thi commissioners id rrint:ni: and I binding. Fifteen hundred eoo'et of each Jvolumo shad be published within niivty I daj-s after the opinions necess.iry to make J the 700 paea shall have civno to the re-" porter's hands. The price of reports h ro uuceu in ? i .tn) per volume, anu 10 non-rcs-iden.e 52.50, not moro th:;n one copy of each volume to any one person, except that stationers may purt hauc not to exceed 50 copies of auy vo urneat onutin.e at the above prico and eell the aame at an advance of not exceedim; 25 cents per copy, provided that wh n the secretary oi stnto shall have no more than one hundred voltur.es he shall onlysell them to citizens of the state, one copy to one person. E .;tra editions shall be run off 250 copies at a time. This act applies only to reporters hereafter elected. Senate 137, by Foley, amends the metropolitan police act so as to put the Terre Haute police fotce undsr its provisions; emergeucy. CONGRESSIONAL APPORTIONMENT. But Slight Change Mole from the Old Districts. Senate lc0, by Byrd, fixes the concreseionul districts "ns fo lows: First rocey, Gibson, Vanderburgh, Warrick, Pike, !-pencerand Perry. Second Knox, Greene, Daviess, Martin, Duiioii, Lawrence, Oranne, and Crawford. Third Harrison, Washington. Jackson, Jefferson, Jenitiiies, ccott, Clark and Flo;J. Fourth Itipler, Desltir, Franklm, Dearborn, Ohio, Switzerland. Shelby and Ituii. Filth Owen, I'utnsm, Hemlricks, Morpnn, Monroe, Proti n, Joh: ion and Hurilio oniew. Sixth Henry, Delaware, ltandoljili, Wayne, Fayetifl an I Fmun. Seventh Marlon, fdion and Hancock. Kighth Sullivan, Wo, City. 1'nike, Vernjidion, Fniiotdin a:rl Montgomery. Ninth Boone, Tirpecanoe, Clinton, Tipton, llainilion, Hosnni, lirnton and Warren. Tenth Carr.d!, Can, White, Fultu,.l,ulaski, Newion, Jasprr, Ijiko and 1'i.rter. Eleventh (irant, Miami, Wabash, Huntington, Wella, Adams, Jay and BlncktorJ. Twelfth-Allen, Whitley, Noble, Pckalb, Lsmnce and Steuben. Thirteenth-Starke, Lnporte, St. Joseph, Uarsball, Eikbart and Kosoiusco. THE COAL MINING DILL. A Jest 3Irasnre of ;r t Importance to the Deli era .Vid..i (irounrl. House 13, by Carroll, requires that the owner or operator shall provide accurate acales, which shall be tested each morning by U. S. standard weichts by tho weiphtnan and check wcighman, who shall keep a public rocord of tho Wright of each miner's car. If thepe two disagree work may le continued till the mino inspector arrives, who dntlals3 h tve power to settle disagreements reganlmg the correctness of ueules; minera hhall have thw ri.-lit to a check wcighiuau emjilovcd at their own expanse. A penalty of 25 line for each d.iy hr the vi-'lation of any of these provirions it i'npped. All coal mined shull bo weighed before screening; eighty pounds shall constittito a bushel and 2,00) pounds a tor, but impurities mixed with the coal shall not be paid for. Operators are requested to keep a sufficient amount of timber, etc., on hand for the protection of the miners at wotk. A penalty of ?1(0 tine for each day there two provisions are violated shall be imposed. Where two veins are being ndned in one shaft, two rvfiecting lamps shall t,e kept liglned not more than ten f'et from the shaft in the ut per vein; gates shall be hung at the top of raid v-in to prevent anyone fahin into it. Oiges mutit bo, covered wiih one-quarter inch boil.-r plate and no one must be permitted t discend any shaft when coal is asccndi:i on the other eaje. A code of bed signals is established : One bell to hoist cnal or or empty tago or slop it when in motion; two bells that men ere coming up; when engineer's return signal receive I uten will get on the cae and ring one bell to hoist; thr c beds is th j engineer's signal to men to jret on cajjre, and four signifies to hoit slowly, implvlug danger. These provisions shad be conspicuously posted nt the shaft and eniritio room. The mining bos shall examine each working place at least every alternate day. Kightof action aeamst tho operator shall lie fur any injuries sustained throug i violations of thii act or any w illful failure to comply w ith it. The operator must report anv Ions of life lot lie mine inspector, who with the coroner shall conduct a thorough investigation. A violation of this provision incurs a $50 fine, or in the event of failuro to pay the line tdxtv to ninetv davs in lail. Ventilation ihaii be provided to the extent of 100 cubic feet of air per minute for every man ind S00 feet for c-ach mule or horse, me istired at the foot of the downcast. It la made nnlawful for any miner to enter anv coming until it is reported sate dv ine ire rxya. The current of air shall be so ilit as to give a separate current f.r ech fty men, or smaller nr.mber if the mine nspector so onlers. If vent lation is imerfect the inspector may c ose the mine nd cause a penalty of $100 per day be imposed on the operator. Ereakj through" or airways shall be

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made in each room ct least every forty-five feet and closed by airtight doors. Competent mining bosses are required who shall keep a daily record of the nir measurements. No male person under fourteen and no female person shall be employed iu a mine. A epeaXin? tube from the botto it of tha shaft is required. Miues emp ovins less than ten men are

exe .ipt from the provisions of this ecL Where not specia.lv provided violations ot . ,1,ma nvi t-n.'i oe. puniHoea iy a utio oi roin $ .'5 to20dund all conflicting acts are epe t'ed. Senate 131, by Byrd, provides that .very corporation, association, companv. ,tnn or p.-rson, eng3ced in mining coal or other nyneral, or quarr3-ii'g stone, or in m;.nu:'acturicir iron, steel, luiLber, st-ives, heading, barrels, brick, tile, machinery, pgriculturai or mechanical implement?, or anv arhcl-s of n.erchandi.xe, snail piy each cmpl yeofsuch corporation, association, company, firm or person, at lest once every two weeks, the amount due such employe lor labor, an 1 such payment slui.l be in luvful money of the United States, and any contract to the contrary shall be void. The penalty for a violation of this provision is a fine of S'00, ami in a!di ion tho employer sdia 1 be liable to the employe for the entire amount of wscts and Sj per d:ty lor erch day it is delayed. It is made r.n awiul for x ny such corporation to sell to any employe any merchandise at a h:c!ier price than is c'nargel to others wbfti sold for cash. FenaLtv, a fine of $5 to f 100. COURT BILLS. The Kew Arpeiljtie Court Other Conrt Mrnsures. The most important at in regard to courts was the passage of senate 18, by Howard, establiihing an appellate court of live judges for the relief of ths supreme co.trt. This court is given oxrluiive juristliction of all appeals from the circuit, superior or crimimd courts in cases of misdmieanor; ca.-cs orig:ntiug before a justice of the peace where the amount involved exceeds ".0 exclusive of coj-ts; all cases for the recovery of money where the amount does not exceed $1,000 and all cas.'s for the recovery of specific personal property; actions Ivtwcen landlord and tenant for the possession of leased premises and in all cases of appeals from orders allowing or tlisa'lowinir appeals from decedent' e-tates. In all suca cases the court's decisions shall l.o final provided the vabdi'y of no rta'nte of the state or United Mates be involved in which case such fact shall be certified to the supreme court, which shall then hear the case. The governor 6hall appoint the first fiv judges I but three of one part 7; who shall serve till Jan. 1. 1613. At the elections in 1$'.J2 the successors to these judges shall be elected one of these from each of the following districis: (1) Monroe, Owen, Clay, Parke, Morgan, Sullivan, Vigo, (ireene, Knox, Daviess, Martin, Dubois, I'ike, (iibson, I'osey, Vanderourph, Warrn k, Spencer, Ferry and OraTjjo; (2) Ohio, Uush, Switzt-rland, Detrbrn, Shelby, Frown, Lawrence, Crawled, Harrison, Floyd, CT:rk. Scott, JefTersro, Ripley, Decatur, Fartholomew, Jtickjon, Wafhington and Jennincs; (3) Tippecanoe, White, Joimson, Warren, Tout. tail, Montpnuery, Clinton, Rootle. Tijiton, Ilymillon, Marion, Vermiliicn, Putnam ant' Hendricks;" f-tf Allen, Whitley, lluitincton, Wei's, Adams, Grant, Ulcckforc, Delaware, Randolph. Jav, Howard, Midison, Hancock, Henry, Wayne, Faye te, II tiion and Franklin; (b) Lake, Bt'ntcn, Purler, Laporte, St. Joiirpb, K khart, Kcsciusko, Slarsbul!, Starke, Jasper, Newton, Pulaski, Fulton, Vabash. Miami, (Vs, Carroll, La Grxnge, Steuben, I)e Kalb and Noble. T"o terms of the judges first elected shal be by districts ns follows: (1) Two yea s, 12 Iind ill thre. years, (1 and 5) four . ynra from Jan. 1, but their succeetors shall serve for four ve trs. Judges mut be thirtr years of ago and for live years residents of the state: euprcine court othcers ser;e as ollic rj of the iijpeilate court. 11m th rk shall receive such fees as may bo sllowed in similar caes in the supreme rmrt, and shall receive jit.000 a year additional lo his present snlaty, out of which h shali pay ls dejuities. Orde'S, etc.,sh;;ll Le served by county sheriS" for the eimc fea a lowed for serving similar onhrs, etc., frmi the supreme court. The court shall be a court of record and its acts have the sa.io lorco aj those of tue supreme ojurt. Tho court room is to be located in tha state bouse. Appeals are to bo taken to tl.is court in the mo manner an to thi supremo court and subject to tho sane liabilities atid restrictions, practice stiall bo t'.o Mrno and judg' s ' iu vacation shall have the same power as supreme jiJjies iu vacation. In every ca?o reversed a wri ten opinion shall Ikj rendered and ccrfilieation of jiplgii;ent 10 the lower rour shall be in the same manner as by tie supreme court. A rehearing inty bo prayeii in the time allowed by tho supremo cot.rL The supreme court elmll convene t.e appellate court as soon as couvcniMi when they e!.a 1 adopt the supremo court practice. F'.'ch jtiilgJ rh dl rereivo a sa ary of S'.'l.'itKi per unuum. Judges f this court shall be competent to sit as judges of the t irctiit, superior and criminaLxiuris; shall choose, their own chief jolve, no chief jml'-'e to serve two consecutm tL-rms. Wlien the court is organked tho supreme court tduiU transfer t tho appellate docket all eaes now on he supreme court docket of which the appellate court may have jniis iictton, exeep: such ca."es as an appel ate judge may beincomj etent to sit in. Tcr.ns of court sbdl bejrin on the fourth Monday ol May and November. If any judce shall lokin tc any litigant, interested in any case, huvo acted as attorney therein or decided ipon it in a lower court, 1 e shall cot sit :htreon; anil if the other judges b ti"d tie case shall bo certified to the supreme ccurt and there decided. A concurrence of three judges shah be necessary to decidea case. Hearing and argument shall be in accordance with the supreme court rules or the court may adopt its own ru!t. The reporter of the supreme cotirtis required to pubdsli the "Indiana ApDcllate Court Kcporis." A docket fee of U, to go to tho stat, shall be taxed to the loser of a case, Whenaenso is appealed to the appellate court which should lave been appealed to the supreme court the former shall of its own motion tmn&fer the hame to the latter and vice versa. If the appelate court fail to act on any case within one year after it is filed, it shall, on motion of either party thereto, bo transferred to the supreme court. The appellate court must not, even by Implication, reverse or modify any supremo court decision. The lite of the court expires by limitation March 1, 1S07. IIot.seJ2, by Work, provides thaton petition ol any Incorporated town not having a justice f the peaco the county coiun issioners slull appoint one and certify tho appointment to the covernor; emergency. .House 23, by Leyden, provides that the

Fifty-second circuit court shall be held the second Mondays in May, September, January and March. House 3:)1. by Voifft, fixe3 the term of court in the Fourth distiict at the first Monday in February, th.rd in April, firet in September and third in November. Senate 81, by lLibbel!fauiends the laws governing city judges bo as to epply to cities of 5,CO') inhabitants; given city judges jurisdiction over criminal as wed a. civil matter of which ju-ticf s of the peace have juri-dicdon ; pives them jurisdiction in civil cases where the amount is less than $.0.?, except in action of slandtr, libel, forec'ot-urcj of mortitates, or where the title of real estate is involved ; excepting all mat ers pertaining to de-cedt-nts' estates, appointment of guardian?, etc. ; causes shall stand for issue three days after summons or thirty days' pubbcation, and extends jurisdiction in criminal cases to tho entire county; emergency. Senate 2US, by (Irifliths, provides that Jel! rson county shah constitute the Fifth judicial t ircu;:, and court shall be held therein the tint Mondays in January, Apri , .v'erb?mber and November. Dearborn, Ohio and Switzerland shill constitute the Seventh circuit ; terms shall be held in Ohio th" firt Monday in February, fourth in April, first in September and third in November; in Dearborn the second Monday succeeding the beginning i 1 Ohio, and in Switzerland the tilth Monday after the beginning ia Dearboru ; eniTtrency. Senate 146, by Lynn, fixes the time of holding court iu the Third circuit as follows: Harrison county th rd Mondny in February, second in May, first in September and third in November, and in Crawford the first in Januarv, third in March, third in June and thirel in October. Senate 04, by IloUanJ, fixes the time of holding couits iu the Sixth circuit as follows: Jn Ripiey county the first Monti iy in February, fourth Monday in April, fir.-t Moi'da. in :epttmber and third Monday in November; in Jenniua the fifth succeeding Mondays; and in Scott the third Monday sueceeelimr Jennings; emergency. Senate 3 i, by Lynn, requires the judg'o of the Third circuit to hold the January terms of the Dubois c rcuit; emervencj. Senate '.), by Holland, provides that in alf cases where a cat tilled copy of the decisions of tl;e supreme court of the state of Indiana would bo competent evidence in any of the courts of the state-, the decisions of said court, ns published iu the "Indiana Reports," bhali bo competent evidence ; emergency. House 2d, by Curtis, provides that in couiilu-s of 30.CHK) population the judge of the circuit court may appoint probate commissioners. Senate 107, by Fulk, fixes the time of holding court in the Tenth dibtrict: emergency. Houa 394, by Cu'lop, amends the jury law so as to provide that either party to an uetion in a circuit or superior court mav demand a struck jury. The clerk sh:dl g've four days' notice to!oth parties of the time of the striking of the same and the jury commissioners shall then select fotty persons to t-orve on the jury and th- n the party demrmtlingsuch jury shall strike oft' one ot the nnmcs and then the opposite party, until each shall have struck out twelve." In the absence of either party the jury commissioners shall net in bis stead. The remaining sixteen shall immediately be summoned to serve thereon. Two d iys' r.otice by the isheri shall be deemed sutlitient. The jury shall bo called as they stand upon the panel and the first twelve of thrm who shall appear w ho ? not challenged lor cause or set s:dde l.y the court shall be the jury and unless one-half smh jury shsll have been summoned and be in attendance when such cause is cal'ed for trial, the case shall bo tried by the reguhtr petit jury. DRAINAGE.

Some Rather Inu i'tlnnt Measure Sn Conurt ton Therewith. IIouso No. 441, by Tea!, provides that cities may eider upon property within or without the city limits for the purpose of constructing drains and may assess damages and benefits upon .property, hfchwavs and cities by action of council upon the report of three commissioners. Appeals nmy be had to the circuit court, who shall appoint commissioners for a resurvey nn.l ns.-essment. If the two cs.-essments substantially agree the cost of the resurvey is to be asse.-sed upon retnoimtrcnts. Dr.'inag' comteis-ioners hall asses benetits and requiro tho samo to be paid in im ta lments not exceeding 20 per cent, per month. Ciriea shall maintain such inlet or outlet drains ut their own exp me. Senate 73, by Shockney, authorziei oflicers having control of ditches in any county adjoiniusr counties iu other st; tiM to construct interstate drains by scrreement with tho proper ollicers of such a Ijoining counties; such drains to be constructed and maintained under tho Ihw s oi this stat ; emergency. lloi:se 21', by Moon, permits the time ditches to bo cleaned between the first d:iys of Augu-t and November imtead of Sejitember and November and provides that penalty for failuro shall not be rerecovered from any person unh-ss all the allotments between Ids own and the mouth of said uitch shali have been completed within the time fixed by the trustees ; it w made the duty of tho trustee, before the let of August of en h year to notify property owners of their allotment fnr ch atting or repair and fix a time for the comp'etion oi ' tho work ; the trustee shall begin with tho allotment next tho mouth of the ditch and proceed upward ; emergency. House tid, by Rrown of Steuben, amends the drainage laws so as to provide that when commissioners establish a public dit h they shall order the viewers to meet for ten days ami report the time in which each sharo or aliottment of the ditch shall be constructed and they shsll apportion the locat:on thereof and specify the time in which tho expenses" sha l be paid. Any jobnot completed in the timo fixed by the viewers may be sold to the lowest bidder after notice by publicat'on or posting for throe weeks, and no bid shall be enlertained which exceeds 23 per cent, above the estimated cost. The cost of advertising and letting these contracts will be assessed aeninst the land against which such work is allotted. The surveyor and engineer shad le allowed $3 per day for time aciuallv employed. Viewers and reviewer shali be allowed $2 per day, and each chain man. ax man, rod in an and ad other bands $1.50 per day for time actually employed. Houee 64S, by Cul.op, provides that when there is an unexpended balance of money collected for constructing a dram or building a levee, anv person interested I may file the supplementary editioo pruyi inu'thatsurh money be expended in deept uinj the ditch or heightening the levo. I Further proceedings to be conducted as in cbfp of building ami original work. j House 578, by Timmons, authorizes county commissioners to cam'e to be constructed or repaired, etc., any ditch of the length of five miles when it Is X3ecc:r-ry

to drain any lots, lands, public or corporate roa ls or railroads, but no such improvement shall be located unless a s illicient outlet is first found to exist. When the improvement benefits any roai or railroad, tho owner of such, w hether it bo township, county, tate, towii or comrny, shall pay a proper share of the" C06t of the ditch. A petition for a drain must bo signed by at least tvu owners cf propei ty to be benefited: and a bond of at least $T0 per mile shad bo riven to secure costs in case the petition is not granted. The commissioners shall appoint viewers who shall report on the route of said ditch, the projKTty benefited and apportion the expense of const rn; t Ion to each parcel of land, within thirty driy.s after making said survey and lev 1. Tho auditor bhall fix a day for hearing at the next term of tho board. If the commissioners do not then approve the report of the viewers they may go upon the premises themselves and make an apportionment; njpcal lies to the circuit court. If no appeal is taken, the commissioners m?.y sell tho construction of the diich in such parcels as they see lit and purchasers shall the bond lor the faithful performance of the work. No hid shall be entertained w hich exceeds the estimated value of the work. Work shall begiu at the omlot en 1 bo finished within a yc-.r at farthest oi the date of let tine; the working section nearest tha outlet shall be completed at ka-d two days before the section ucxt above it; the contractor shall be liable on his bond for all delay?. Kach owner of land may construct that part cf the ditch apportioned to him. A fob pot completed on time may be sold to the lowest bidder without ntic.;. When the working sections of the improvement aro let, and the costs r.nd expenses of construction and a'd compensation and damages ascertained, the commissioners shall meet and determine nt what time had in whnt number of assessments they will require the same to be paid; they shad also isue tha bonds of tho county in donominations of not loss than $100, bsse i on such assessments, to raisu tho money necessary to pay such cesls and expenses, and such bond may be ijvKtied fcr a term of years, in series, not exceeding twenty years, at a rate of interest not exceeding d per cent per annum, payable semi-annually. Such assessment shall constitute u first and paramount lieu upon the real property ass?cd in the same manner and f nn as other taxes. The board of commissioners may issue bonds at 0 per cent, and sell them to met the expense of constructing anv ditch, which bon Is shall mature at intervals from two totwenty years; and assessments Bhall be so made as to meet theie bonds as they como due. Any emdneer, auditor or commissioner who refuses to perform his duty shi'l be lined ?2 for each refusal. Ditches may be dm in two or more counties by joint action of all the boards of commissioners. The viewers, other than diich commipioners, whose per diem is fixed bv law, shall each receive ?2 per day. The surveyor or engineer shall be allowed S3 mt day for the time actually employed by him. Fach chainmatt, axman atid rodman 51.23 per day. For printing. 50 tents per square for tin-t insertion, and 2" cents for ca h additional ins'-rtion, actual printed matter, nonpareil t tdimato. '1 ho fees lor the clerk, sheritf and witness's sha 1 be the same ai allowed them by hw for like services in civil casos in the circuit court. The county auditor shall receive ir tiling each paper connected with the c:ise, three cents; for issuing each summons nnl siibpcena, twenty cents; for e.v h athdavit, ten cents; swearing each witiic.-s, fivo cents; for approvim and tiling each bond, twenty-live cents ; for record in ir or copying, for each one hundred words (fo ir figures collating cue word), ten cents; emergency. STATE FOARD OF HEALTH.

Previsions) of nn Art tlm Stat IX is I-on -Needstd. Senate .'0, by Hudson, creates a rtate board of health composed of five members, four of whom shall be immediately elected bv the governor, secretary of state 1 and auditor, the-c four to elect a secretary, 1 who sh-11 be a member of the board; the terun of two of the ricinbers shall ex.'irj March 1, ISi.'ls and two ot!u r Mc.rch 1, 1S".j; two to be seleet.-d every two years thereafter. The secretary thai I be a physician elected for four years, shal! be the state health ollicor, keep bis office in Indianapolis mid shad receive irl,2.0 per j year. It shall bo hie duty, among other I things, to keep a record of vital statutes and compile information rtgr.rd.ng urneases, etc. Other members of the bo.trd than the secretary shall receive no compensation other then traveling and necessary expenses. STREET RAILWAYS. Anthorlitnjt Klerr o 1 ltec Vubarhmi Senate ll2, by UayJen, provM-s thA street railways may employ electricity fori motive power by consent ot the commonj councilor countv commissioners as thel case may be; provided, that nothing in 1 this act shall take uway the exclusive control of streets, alleys and bridge's now vested therein: councils or commissioners may make such terms as they sm? fit in granting the rtcht to use electricity. Anv electric railway company may bor row money for construction or improve ment, issue bonds thcratorand mortgage its corporate property and franchises; ill m iy be apreed in a contract for equipment that the title to tuch pro:ortv shall not vest in vendee until the purchase money shall have been ful y paid or that the vendor shall have anil retain alien thereon for the unpaid purchase money, notwithstanding delivery thereof to and possession' , thereof by tho vendee. It shali bo lawful in any contract for lessingsuch equipment to stipulate for a conditionr.l sale thereof, and that rental may, when paid in full, be applied as pun hae money, which contracts shall be valid when acknowledged before an otlicer authorized to take acknowledgments or deeds; and such contracts shall be filed with the county recorder. Senate 17l, by Hudson, amends the lavj governing the street railways. It permit a company to construct its track, etc., unod the streets under these restrictions: ih j track mu6tbeupon the center or side the street, shall conform cxat tly to thi established grade of such street, tverj company operating a road in any city KKJ.OOO ehall permit the me of tta track II any incorporate aurburban passenger rj way company ironi the corporate limits ot some central point wiie ! ever the common council and board of J I dermen or the common council an I boa I j of trustees shall fix such central point ail 1 grant nght-of-wav to aucu suburban ti t rjoration. FroridVd that such use shall 1 I upon such conditions as the council, et hare prescribed ana upon such terms to compensation as such companies, im mutually airree. In case of dispgreemei: such nse shall be prmittel upon sue terras thtt may be fjxJ and determin by ti r- - 1 - - -

j companies in the ci-cuit court. Appeals sha i not stay the ue of such track or j tracks. The terms of this a t shall not apply to any line which extends moro ; tnan ten utiles teyond tLe corporate

limits of such city. THE AGRICULTURAL. BOARD. An Act to Mak th- B rd of Somt Earth ty Value. Senate 01, by Ewing, abolishes tho state board of agriculture, and creates tha state agricultural und industrial board, in which is vested all the property of the old board, and which assumes al the old board's indebtedness. The new board shad consist of fifteen nn nibe-s, not more than tight from one political party, one, at least, from each congressionnl dirdrict to be chosen by the governor, secretary ot state nnd auditor, three from the agricultural interests, three fro u tne mechanical, three from the art, three from the commercial and three fro u th" t-tock breeders. For the first board live suah be appointed for three ye:rs, live lor twoan 1 fivefor one and thereafter one-third of Hie board shall be elected each year. Luht members shall bo iitves-ary to constitute a quorum and it shi.l require the vote of right members to ex pen I money or order imioveincnts. The board shall meet at Indian ipolis within sixty days alter its appointment and elect a president, vicepresident, secretary, trc.tv.iter and superintendent for wie yo.ir terms; but the president ami viee-ore-id'-nt si a 1 not serve more thtti three out of any four years. Four members of the board, one from each class reprc-ctit-d, rhad be appointed an executive committer. Any odieer may bo icnov d for cauee by a majority of tin; b'-nrd. 'At one of th refill -r meetings cf sail state agricultural and industr.al board there shall bo calb-d together tiie rci-d-Mits, cha;rinen and olncr del-ates duly authorised from each county oi the state from the S"V rai arieu t ur.l KK'ieties. inechnnical institutes or f.nr, boards of trade, stock breeders, as n ay I e organized under the laws of the state, whe shad, for the tin e beinu, be ex-ofii i-j members of the at 'dp agricultural and industrial board lor th purpose of de iberation aud consultation as t the wants, prospects and conditions of sericulture, mechanism, art, commerce, live stock, horticulture, etc., and at such annual meetings t! e swot n reports of the several interests shall be delivered to the state board whi'e in ses-ion. The arsociation i$ given powr to purchase land not exoediuz bid acres for the purjiofc of holding fairs and may sell the present fair grounds, but must not further incumber the latter. The board shall meet twic esch year for which mend-ersj shall be allowed tyt r r iay and 5 cents per mile for twveliDg tiptntes; erner gency. - FIREMAN'S PENSIONS. A TUU to rroTtds for the Itrave Uoya ta Old IIouo 41S, by Mack, establishes a pension fund for firt men. Foreign insurance compan es in any county where there is a fire department ar required to turn into the fund 1 on every $1 0 of net receipt over the !ses in such county, under forfeiture of $100 for each day the payment is delayed, and, if it be delayed ten days, they shall forfeit their license to do business. Any county au litor failing to report any violation to the state auditor shall forfeit to the fund S2j per day during the continuance of such neglect, and a nesdiircnt state odlcer shall forfeit 3"0 per day; the fire committee of any council, or tho corresponding officials w ith four members of the d -partmcnt, shall constitute a bor.rd to administer ti.is fund ; th lire department members shall be elected by the members ot the department on the first Tuesday of each year ; the president of of said bo ml, each member of the department, sh il be assessed a port ion of his salary for the benefit of the fund (not more than f 13 per annum.) Funds may be invested in Fniled States, state or county bomR TIkTi' shall be paid n disabled fireman on retirement twelve sixteenths of his former mn bly E.Vary; to the widow $2J per month and each ch.l l under sixteen years of h'o Sti; sttcr twenty-five years' service a fireman mar retire 0:1 thirtcen-sixteenths salary, and his widow 23 per month and hi!drcn under sixteeu years, 7, after thirtv vears ; in no ease shali a pension exceed S73 per ,month or S-SO after thirty years' service, the last twelve ye-trs conscutively if that cum dm.! wtt nv.....d tliirtrrn irtnpnth Cl.l III V. V 1 11' b V. J I W . t . V. V ...-.- of hia Falary; any moruluT iii.ohariro! after twrutv-two veai-s pcrvice fornnv taoA rth..s limn iritoviottli n f'laTwvtink tnurc . iti t iiitiii iiuu 11 tuivi. uionviti r i a Asi iviinnl n m I I .isaar tun.t;iTtnar si n .t niiiiini av b niiiiii niati tou'ct a . w v aj oaiai 9 viif' 1 m- iiv. , 9 t1ia a ltlSFl nan

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