Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 February 1901 — INDIANA LAWMAKERS [ARTICLE]

INDIANA LAWMAKERS

The House on Thursday kilted Mr. Slack’s anti-trust bill and the Senate bill to limit subsidies dtt aid of railroads. The lower house of the General Assembly on Friday killed the $50,000 appropriation for the pan-Ameriean exposition. A favorable report had been made to the House by the committee. The House also passed a bill compelliug all railroads to issue mileage books containing 500 mites of transportation for $lO. Any member of the purchaser’s family may use the book. On Monday the Senate passed the game law. Senator Lindley’s bill makes it.lawful to hunt in swamp and overflow lands without the consent of the owner, when such lands are uncultivated, but the hunter may not hunt within forty rods of cultivated lands. This will throw open the game preserves of the Chicago clubs. It is also made unlawful to kill more than twenty-four quail in one day. The closed season for wild geese and ducks is from April 13 to Sept. 1, and from Oct. Ito Nov. 10. The House committee will recommend favorably the bill which has passed the Senate providing , for the Calumet river ship canal. The area to be assessed, however, will be limited to a mile and a half on each side of the canal. A bill wns introduced in the House providing for the incorporation of navigation companies and taxing all shipping in the State, This will affect all Clrleago Tesrselr totrehing Miebigirn CMtjv These companies must pay to tlie State annually three cents a ton of the registered tonnage of all vessels engaged in commerce with Indiana ports. The Senate on Tuesday gave a second blow to faith-curists and Dowieites by voting to accept a favorable report on Senator YVood’s bill requiring believers in faith cure to cail medical aid in the illness of children and dependents. The bill makes it a felony to withhold medical ~stjd from children and other dependents when such dependents die for the lack of medical aid. The bill was reported favorably after a hot argument in the Senate. The House passed the Cooper anti-trust bill. It is regarded as a harmless measure and is not nearly so drastic as Senator Agnew’s btti. The 1 louse killed the bill appropriating $120,000 for the payment of the claim of Y'ineennes University based on the sale by the State of certain lauds ceded by the United States 1 government for university purposes. The House on YY'ednesday passed the bill which provides for a special tax of 1 cent on each SIOO of property for the support of free kindergartens. The bill applies to ail cities of the Stale having a.population of 8,000. The bill establishing hoards of children’s guardians was also passed. The congressional renppor tionment bill, which makes Marion Conn 1 ty a separate district, was also passed, j It strengthens some of the Republican districts, but does not make any radical changes, and four districts are left to the Democrats as at present. The bill authorizing the const ruction of a ship canal from Lake Michigan to the Calumet river will he reported favorably in the House, ; as the result of a final meeting of the cities and towns committee. There will probably he a minority report also. The State is not asked to donate for the work, assessments for benefits being made against the property one and a -half miles on each side of the canal.