Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 103, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 April 1911 — LAPORTE TAKES ON NEW AIRS [ARTICLE]

LAPORTE TAKES ON NEW AIRS

Mayor Darrow Assumes the Duties of City Judge. Laporte, Ind., April 7. —Mayor Darrow issued a proclamation proclaiming Laporte to be a fourth-class city and at the same time he assumed the duties of city judge. With the city council a Republican body, the mayor was obliged to make a number of concessions, though the principal offices, with the exception of the city attorney, have been filled with Democrats.