Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 17, Number 17, DeMotte, Jasper County, 21 March 1947 — GOV. GATES OKEHS 357 BILLS. KILLS 33 [ARTICLE]

GOV. GATES OKEHS 357 BILLS. KILLS 33

Indianapolis. March IX - ndiana had 357 new laws today, after Governor Games’ busy week of studying new hills produced vetoes of 33 measures enacted by the 1347 legislature Prominent among the acts ye-

toed just before the deadline fur action by the governor was’the "anti ASCAP” bill, which would have outlawed payment of musical performance royalties, bv theaters and taverns. The governor said the subject “can only properly be dealt with on a national level.” In other veto messages, the gov-

ernor said an act to foi • i gs*rbage feeding within a mile of a church or school was "too broad”: a bill to authorize pa. i< - ing- meters for fifth-cb.-s i ties “unconstitutional”; and .i -it a.-ure to limit traffic case do-A. » Gfes

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