Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 82, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 March 1909 — SOME OF THE NEW LAWS ENACTED [ARTICLE]

SOME OF THE NEW LAWS ENACTED

A Synopsis of A Pew New Acts of General Interest. Following is a more extended synopsis of some of the new laws enacted in Indiana than appeared in the list published in The Democrat last week. The few given here are those of more general Interest to our readers: Divorce—Wife s Name. Senate bill No. 96 provides that any wife obtaining a divorce on her own petition may have “her maiden or previous married name restored to her” as a part of the relief obtained in the divorce suit, by merely setting out in her complaint the name that she desires restored to her. All divorce proceedings whereby the name of a party has heretofore been changed are legalized. There is no emergency cluase. Gypsies—-Moving On. House bill No. 202 forbids “any band of Gypsies, wanderers, travelers or other person or persons, to camp in tent, wagon or otherwise, on any public highway in this state, or lands adjacent thereto without consent of the owners of such adjacent land, or consent of the owner of the land abutting on the highway, where such camping place is made,” under penalty of a fine of $26 or imprisonment in Jail not exceeding thirty days, or both. There is no emergency clause. Automobiles. Senate bill No. 183 amends Section 6 of the automobile law (Burns 1908, Sec. 1046) so as to provide that “upon the approach of any motor vehicle traveling in the same direction the driver of any farm animal or aminals shall, upon signal of bell or horn from any such motor vehicle, drive to the right with reasonble promptitude, so as to give to said motor vehicle onehalf the traveled portion of such highway.” The act also makes it a misdemeanor to operate a motor vehicle of any kind on a public highway when the operator is intoxicated or under the influence of liquor, for which the offender may be fined not more than SIOO or Imprisoned In Jail not more than six months, or both fined and imprisoned. There is no emergency clause. Partnership—Recording Notice. Senate bill No. 128 enacts that any firm or partnership doing business under a name other than the individual name or names or the persons conducting the business “shall file in the office of the clerk of the Circuit Court of the county in which the place or places of business, or office or offices of such person, firm or partnership may be situated, a certificate stating the full name and residence of each person engaged* In or transacting such business,” which the clerk is to record and index. The act is not to apply to corporations, churches, lodges nor associations operating under instruments recorded in the county recorder’s office, nor to any firm or patrnership using the surnames of all partners in the firm name. Failure to record such notice is punishable by fine of not more than SIOO. There is no emergency clause. Railrouds—Fares—Penalty.

House bill No. 39 re-enacts the 2-cent railroad fare with a provision permitting railroads to charge 10 cents additional when fares are paid on the train instead of 2% cents additional, and omitting the requirement that the receipts for such excess fares shall be redeemed in cash, and another that the fare shall always be made that multiple of five nearest reached by multiplying the rate by the distance, jit also declares that “it/ qhall be I unlawful for any person to ride as la passenger on any railroad between [stations in this State without the [payment on demand of the cash fares or ticket fares prescribed and ! published according to law by the company operating such railroad, i excepting those persons who are by ilaw permitted free transportation and hold the passes of such company,” and a penalty of $25, with a fee of $lO additional for the | prosecuting attorney is provided as ! a punishment for violating such provision. There is no emergency | clause. j Schools—Abandonment—Reopening, j House bill No. 21 amends acts j 1907, page 444, so as to provide |that township trustees shall abanj don schools where the average attendance is twelve or fewer, etc., ‘ temporarily” only, and adds three ■provisos, as follows: “That any school so discontinued and temporarily abandoned may be re-estab-lished by the township trustee in [his discretion, wherever he shall feel assured of an average daily at- ' tendance of more than twelve pupils during the school year; and, provided further that nothing in this act or in the acts to which this is amendatory shall authorize the discontinuance of any school exclusively for colored pupils where such school is the only school for colored pupils in such school corporation, and any such school heretofore disjcontinued by the operation of said act shall be re-established; and, provided further, that in case a majority of the patrons of any school district petitions that any school heretofore abandoned be reopened, then the township trustee shall open such abandoned school and re-estab-lish the same.”