Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 102, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 March 1919 — SEVERAL MORE INDIANA LAWS [ARTICLE]

SEVERAL MORE INDIANA LAWS

Action of Governor Goodrich on Measures Passed. NEW LAWS SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR S. B. 26 —Furnas. Providing methods for organization of fraternal benefit societies and for their consolidation. S. B. 27—Furnas. Permitting fraternal beneficiary associations to insure lives of children between 2 and 15 years old, supported by members, under certain restrictions. S. B. 214—Grant. Providing that gravel or macadam roads may be repaired with other material than , that with which they have been constructed and providing that county commissioners may have work done by contract if county highway superintendent has not facilities for (performing work. H. B. 437 —Miltenberger. Providing that state auditor may license Insurance agents and obviate necessity of agents filing licenses in individual counties of state. Fixing price to be paid for insurance company statement publishing in newspapers. S. B. 127 —Dorrell. Amending statutes to permit guardian and one party to marriage to convey real estate when other party is incapable.

8. B. 13$—Batts. Providing that in a proceeding for appointment of a guardian for insane person court may hear case without Jury. 8. B. 208 —Vats Auken. Eliminating the German language from the required studies in the high school course. 8. B. 250—Smith and ‘"Brown. Amending ditch and drain laws so as to provide that petitioners must give bond when the county advances money for cost of survey and penalizing construction commissioner for failing to do his duty. 8. B. 240 —Masters. Repealing 1917 act requiring registration of voters. 8. B. 244 —Munton. Making provisions of absent voters* law apply to city elections. 8. B. 235 —Hogston. Amending existing statute regarding sale of unused school houses to provide that where buildings have been unused ten years the property may be sold by trustee with approval of advisory board. I -S B. 237 —Laney. permitting new banks to act as depositaries of public funds. S. B. 239 —McConahay. Exempting soldiers and sailors in the recent war from penalties when their i taxes became due while away in service. S. B. 65 —Beardsley. Requiring road taxes to be paid in cash. S. B. 83 —McKinley. Amending boards of children's guardians’ act to permit placing children with mothers as well as with other persons. I s B . V 87—Ratts. Deducting i mortgage Hens from real estate in appraising property of decedents for purpose of setting off property to widow under the SSOO law. I S. B. 90 —Southworth. Providing for organization, operation and supervision of fire Insurance ratemaking bureau, and prohibiting discrimination in such rates. 1 S. B. 109 —Ratts. Making it .unlawful to have in one’s possession i any bicycle or motorcycle from which manufacturers’ trade number or any other-manufacturers’ trade | or distinguishing number or identil fication mark has been removed, defaced, covered or destroyed to , conceal identity of vehicle. 1 8. B. 100 —McCray. Providing ' restrictions in bringing sjjits against 1 insurance companies. I s. B. 116 —Laney. Providing ' that county officials shall draw ' their salaries monthly instead of 1 quarterly. I H. B. 455 —Morgan. Amending bribery laws pertaining to county ' and. township officials to permit fines ' and jail, or penal farm sentences 1 in cases where the amount involved i is less than S2OO. S. C. R. 9—Negley. Calling on the congress to give discharged soldiers, sailors and marines bonus equal to six months’ pay. I S. C. R- JO —English. Call on federal government to take such action “as will in some practical and just way for six months folI lowing discharge or some other reasonable period,- make wp to the honorably discharged soldiers and sailors now returning to civil life whose necessities require It, for the difference, if any exists, in wages or salary received at the time of entering the governmerft service and the wages or salary received at return to civil life.” S. J. R. 41 —Ratts. Proposing to amend section 4 and 5, article 4, state constitution, so as to take as basis .for legislative apportionment of senators. and representatives, certain general election statistics instead of township trustees’ cen-

bus. , S. B. 136 —Douglass. Authorizing incorporation of county farmers mutual fire insurance companies. S. B. 140 —So - th worth. Prohibiting the opening or establishing of branch banks without first obtaining charter from State bank department. S. B. 150 —Alldredge.- Providing for establishing of courses in physical education in the public schools. S. B. 155 —Hudgins. Making offense embezzlement where any common council, school trustees, town trustees, mayor, president, officer, agent, attorney, clerk, servant, ’ etc., of eudh city or county auditor knowingly diverts funds to any other purpose than for which the funds were raised or appropriated. S. B. 171— Alldredge. Providing for joint ownership and conduct of high schools by cities of more than 5,000 population and townships, the township trustee to act as exofflclo member of the city school board in such cases. S. B. 175 —Hogston. Making it a felony for any public official to demand from or directly or Indirectly receive from any deputy or clerk under him any part of the compensation fixed by law for such deputy or clerk.

SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR S. B. 196 —Laney. To exempt from Inheritance taxes estates of less than $25,000 of any decedent who died while serving in the war "in which the United States is now or has been engaged, or if death results from injuries received or diseases contracted in such service within one year after the termination of such war.” S. B. 271 —Munton. Raising per diem of field examiners from $8 to $lO a day. H. B. 470 —Davis. To permit incorporated tpwng of fewer than 2,00(h having a school Indebtedness, to discontinue school boards and transfer property to township trusH. B. 377 —Cann. Providing that absent voters’ vote may be counted in counties using voting machines by the inspector and two clerks registering the count on the voting machines. ,H. B. 380 —Miltenberger. Changing the minimum age of boys sent to the Indiana boys’ school from 8 to 10. H. B. 254 —Gaesser. To peYmlt funds in hands of any township, for improvement of a highway, which is designated as a main market highway by the state highway commission, to be transferred to the

.general roads fund, and need for improvement of other highways in township. H. B. 359 —Tuthill. To provide for memorial forest reserves and also the state to accept and maintain 40 acres near Michigan City given by N. P. Kruger for park purposes. H. B. .366 —Jlnnett To reimburse national guardsmen in the sum of |13.31 for eadh man, who paid the state for uniform when the guard was federalized and to cancel the debts of the officers of the state for their uniforms. S. B. 256 —English. To admit children of soldiers and sailors of the world war to the Indiana soldiers and sailors’ orphans’ home at Knightstown. . , H. B. 381 —Symons. Authorizing secretary of state to destroy motor vehicle license applications two years old and to make void unredeemed vouchers against roads fund after two years. ■S. B. 330 —Smith. For the relief of James T. Ford, Pulaski county, ' relating to claims 'by the state on real estate. H. B. 446 —Butler. Amending the laws providing for the free supply of diphtheria anti-toxin so as to include tetanus anti-toxin. H. B. 72 —-Hoffman? To aimend the fishing, law so as to permit the use of lights and bobbers in fishing for the larger fish. H. B. 35 —Barker of Boone. #o repeal the laws creating the state department of statistics and geology H. B. 131 —Noll. To provide for public sales of goods held six months by warehouses, transfer companies, etc.,- when no storage payments have been made by ownera. H. B. 167 —McKinley. Amending 1911 law in regard to workmen in dangerous occupations by providing building inspectors to see that buildings are constructed in compliance with the former act. • S B. 316— ‘Hogston. Authorizing a public utility to supply free service or service at special rates, um til such time as Its franchise would have expired, had it not been surrendered and an indeterminate permit taken. - S. B. 33 —Signs. Creating a livestock sanitary board, which shall appoint a state veterinarian, and abolishing the veterinarian examining and stallion entoll'ment boards and giving the livestock sanitary board tiieir duties. S. B. 70 —Brandt. Providing that the clerk of circuit court ot Lake county shall receive SI,OOO additional salary Tor attendance In criminal court. H. B. 201—-Kessler. To increase basis of payment for teachers in the public schools of Indiana, by addition of 1% cents to the multiplier of the grade made by the teacher in his license examination. H. B 190— Axby. To give widows and orphans of the world war the iprivileges now enjoyed by wld-

owe and orphan* of soldiers of former wars. H. B. 171 —Cann. To amend acts relating to spread of hog cholera to provide specific equipment for places disposing of dead animals. H. B. 168—Johnson. To provide for the appointment by the governor of a cbm mission to study child welfare and social legislation. Americanization and other subjects. H. B. 108 —Dean. Providing for the licensing of automobiles according to horsepower and motor trucks, according to capacity. |H B. 205 —Symons. To permit the establishment of free kindergartens by boards of school trustees or school commissioners and permitting a tax levy not to exceed |2 on 8100 for such purposes. H. B. 45—Davis. To prohibit the display of signs resembling railway crossing signs at other places than railway crossings. H. B. 23 —Wood. To amend rural loan and savings association law, by fixing the amounts of guaranty stock that rfhall be provided in cities of different copulation. H. B. 274 —Hoffman. Providing that soldiers 70 years old and widows of soldiers 60 years old may have tax exemption of 81.000H. B. 275 —Wimmer. To reimburse Putnam county for expenses due ,to escaped prisoners from Indiana state farm at PutnamvlUe. H. B. 296 —Deem. ’ Making it unlawful for any person to exhibit or display any red or black flag or flag of any other color bearing insignia representing sentiments of persons opposed to the government. H B. To provide that’ auditor of state may sell swamp lands to pay assessment benefits. ‘ _ H. B 317 —Kessler. To authorize county superintendents to give returning soldiers who were teachers success grades, to enable them to go on up in the teaching profession to the point where they would have been if they had nQt gone to war. • H. B. 327—Willis of Lagrange. To compel autolsts to look and listen when approaching a railroad grade crossing and to prohibit them from passing school hacks on highways, when school children are entering or leaving hack.

EFFECTIVE WITHOUT SIGNATURE S. B. 263—James. To legalize warrants heretofore Issued by township trustees for money lent, materials furnished and services performed; authorizing payment of face of tueh warrants with interest at legal rate from issue, provided suits pending shall not be affected. Township advisory boards are to examine witnesses and pass on facts as to warrants. S. B. 159— 'McCray. Providing that in Marlon county two chief probation officers of the juvenile court shall receive a yearly salary of 11,500, Instead of |lB a week, and that other Juvenile (probation officers in all counties may be appointed at the rate of one for each 50,000 population and be paid |l,100 a year. H. B; 93—Lowe. To enable cemetery associations having capital stock to retire such stock and create a voluntary association. H. B 268 —Southard. Amending the law to increase the daily ration allowance of sheriffs for "boarding prisoners from 40 cents to 60 cents a day, and to increase mileage allowance. S B. 227 —Douglass. Granting owners of thrashing machines a lien on grain thratfhed or hulled. H. B. 152 —Kingsbury. To provide for voluntary admission to state insane hospitals, In cases or Incipient insanity. H B . 68 —Davis. To provide for free* tuition at Indiana university of two students from each county, to be chosen on a basis of scholarship during entire high school state board of education a state teachers’ training boasd with power to designate normal school Instruction courses. , H B 236 —Flfleld. Changing legal per cent of interest on drainage bonds from 5 to 6 per cent. H B. 216 —Hamilton. Making It a felony to remove from a courtty or to dispose of personal property under condition of sale, without the consent of the owner. H. B. 209 —'Harris. To give city and county treasurers certain fees which the attorney-gdneral some time ago held they were not „enH B 253 —Kessler. To permit township trustees to transfer 13,000 from township fund of Washington township, Miami county, and 11,000 from the commission fund to the special school fund. H. B. 266—Harris. Amending the park laws to eliminate terv-year limitation period for assessing tax levies under law of March 6, 1911. H. B. 221 —Craig. To authorize boards of trustees of towns of 1,000 or more to accept and maintain auditoriums of value in excess of

>20,000 as donations from citizens or associations and to levy a tax of not more than 2 mills on the dollar for maintenance. H. B. 240—8waln. To amend the laws governing the state board of optometry so as to exclude oculists therefrom. H. B. 319 —Bordon. Providing for the construction of roads to county Infirmaries on petition of 300 voters. H. B. 219 —Laughlin. Repealing sections 1 and 2 of an act relating to loans made to married women. H. B. 232— Mlltenberger. To amend present laws so as to provide that school boards in cities and towns, when elected by city council, must have no more than two of the three members from any one political party.

REFUSED TO RECEIVE H. B. 362 —Hamilton. To provide that city clerks in fourth class cities shall act as clerks of the city court. _ , | B. 217 —Kimmel. To increase pay of county road superintendents and allow them 7 r cents a mile for travel on business in their own automobiles. , , S. B. 153— Hepler. Authorizing county to issue bonds to pay expenses where It joins with city in the maintenance of market house in a public hall under tihe same roof. S. H 221 —Bairtum. Providing a specific statute for burglary or attempted burglary with explosives and fixing penalty of twenty-five to forty years. A measure recommended by the Indiana Bankers association. 8. B. 104 —McKinley. Authorizing common council to appropriate public money to assist Incorporated associations for the protection of public health. S. B. 94—Elsner and Decker. Making Wells county the twentyeighth judicial circuit and Blackford the sixty-ninth. H B. 112 —Tuthlll. Concerning appellate procedure and repealing act of 1917 concerning civil pro—Delaplane. Authoring township trustees to provide fire apparatus. H. B. 456 —Lowe. Providing that the board of trustees of the state soldiers’ home may make it a condition for admission to receive all sums of pensions in excess of 120 for widows and 'unmarried soldiers, and in excess of $25 for married soldiers. vetoed 8. B. 128— Duffey. Authorizing county commissioners to designate important public highways for the erection bf guide posts at-crossings for the benefit of travelers.