Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 37, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 March 1905 — HOUSE BILLS. [ARTICLE]

HOUSE BILLS.

GENERAL APPROPRIATION. House BIIL No. 431. Sayre. Making general appropriations to cover the cost ■ of state government and its institutions and directing the application of such appropriation. This bill carries approximately, $6,756,645.14. This will be expended during the two fiscal years, beginning Oct. I! 1905, in regular maintenance funds to the state’s educational, benevolent and correctional Institutions; in the payment of special appropriations authorized by the legislature; in specific allowances given state institutions, offices and departments and in the payment of salaries to state employes and the running expenses of the state offices and departments. BOYD MARRIAGE BILL. House Bill No. 118. Boyd. Regulating the issuing of licenses to marry. This bill provides that no license to marry shall be Issued except upon written and verified jpplleatlon, which shall set out full particulars ns to the name, age, residence, etc., of both the contracting parties. No person who is an imbecile, epileptic, of unsound mind or under guardianship as a person of unsound -mindy improvident or indigent person, nor any person afflicted with a tiiinsniissablo disease shall be allowed to marry. Should the clerk refuse to issue a license for any of the given reasons in the bill,, tlie person making the application may resort to the circuit court to prove his or her right to a license. If persons go to another state for marriage with intent to evade tlie Indiana law. and return for residence to this state, the marriage shall be void. A fine of not to exceed SSOO is to be file penalty for falsely swearing to an affidavit when application is made for a marriage license. A person who. .knowingly solemnizes n marriage of persons who have not t-jompliwl witli tire stattnt" slptll lw subject to a lino of not to ox'-eeil sson. whil" a clerk of a court who sliall isstio a lu i-n - ' contrary to tlie provisions of the liw slu-.ii be fined not less titan $25 nor mo-e than SIOO. House Bill No. 145. Fletcher. Prov’ding for the elevation of tracks at the grade crossings in Indianapolis. Tills b'll provides that the railroads shall pay seven'yflve per cent of tlie cost of stn-lt Intii-"vo-ments. The city. 4n case .there are no street car tracks m the crossing -whore tlie improvement Is to be 'made, will bear seven teen per cent of the cost of the improvement. and the cnut#y will bear eight per cent. 'Where there are car tracks the traction company will bear five per cent of the cost and the county six per cent. House Bill No. 3. Kean. Amending nn net levying an annual state tax for the purpose of raising revenue for the general fund. This is the new law authorizing a levy of three-fifths of a cent on each SIOO, the proceeds to go to those poorer townships in the state which with a local tax of 40 cents on the SIOO, cannot maintain a school of 120 days, House Bill No. 340. Houk. To regulate primary elections In Vigo county, providing that the primaries of all parties shall be held on the same day and that the names of all candidates shall be on the same ballot, further providing that the voter can vote for only the candidate of one party. House Bill No. 178. Springer. Providing for the assessment for taxation of the stock of banks organized under the laws of the United States. By the provisions of this inw the stock of National banks is taxed In the towns in which the bank is located. House Bill No. 135. Darby. Amending the act of March 9, 1903, fixing the fees and salaries, duties and compensation of the officers named therein; giving justices of the peace In towns of over 50,000 authority to appoint substitutes. House Bill No. 67. Gulrl. Relating to the liability of common carriers, prescrlb'ing the practice and proceedure and fixing the burden of proof in certain cases. This law particularly refers to the proceedure in damage suits against railway companies. House Bill No. 2,33. Stansbury. Taking Fountain county out of the Twenty-first judicial district and creating a new district for this county, known as the Sixty-first judicial district, leaving the Twenty-first composed <>f Warren and Benton counties. House Bill 125. Ruick. Exempting from taxation real estate and personal property belonging to Greek letter societies connected with colleges and other institutions of learning. House Rill No. 156. Sayre. Amending sections 2 and 4 of an act authorizing tlie establishment and maintenance of,hospitals by boards of county commissioners in their respective counties. House Bill No. 199. Branch. Adding one week to the term of court in the Fifteenth judicial circuit. House Bill No. 221. Cravens. Renewing the act of 1899. protecting pheasants from huntsmen for a further period of six years. House Rill No. 210. Batman. Concerning the settlement of decedent's estates. This law bars claims against decedent’s estates when no letters of administration nre issued within twelve months after notice is given. House Bill No. 32. Keyes. Authorizing the establishment and maintenance of a state Laboratory of Hygiene. House Rill No. 111. Morton. Providing for the extension and re-extension of time within which to file a bill of exceptions. House Bill No. 2(55. Legler. Authorizing railroad companies heretofore organized under the general railroad laws, nnd which hnve availed themselves of the benefit of the act of March 9, 1903. to operate as Interurban electric or street railways, to haul freight by steam. House Rill No. 15. Rosson. Requiring the registration of trained nurses. House Rill No. 78. Meeker. Regulating and simplifying the proceedure in cases appealed to tlie supreme and appellate courts. House Bill No. 246. Dausman. An act concerning forestry. Relating to the encouragement of forest reserves, by exempting forests froth taxation under certain conditions. „ House Bill Nn. 153. Curry. Revising the laws in relation to coal mines and subjects relating thereto, and providing for the health and safety of persons empleyed therein. House Rill No. 302. Shively. Authorizing hydraulic companies to condemn lands to their own use upon paying the assessed value thereof. House Rill No. 50. Batman. Concerning the equalization of assessments of real and personal property by the State Board of Tax Commissioners. House Bill No. 85. Beals. Regulating the conveyance of real estate by husband or wife, when either is insane. House Bill No. 350. Honan. Concerning reports to the governor from state institutions. officers, boards, bureaus, societies, etc., prescribing the formal manner of such reports, and that they, must be Uniform. House Bill No. 25. Sweeney. Changing the time of holding court in the Third judicial circuit, consisting of the counties of Perry, Crawford and Harrison. House Bill No. 30. Legler. Requiring county recorders to enter all cancellations, satisfactions and assignments in the entry book. House Bill No. 193. Elliott of St. Joseph. Fixing nnd regulating the compensation of county assessors. House Rill No. 232. Legler. Concerning taxation and providing for the foreclosure of liens for delinquent taxes under specified conditions. House Bill No. 254. Fletcher. Concerning the office of county surveyor In Marlon county. House Bill No. 298. Denbo. Concerning proceedings and appeals In criminal cases. House Bill No. 71. Kline. Appropriating $115,000 for the expenses of the 64th session of the general assembly. House Bill No. 35. Shively. Prohibiting the sale of fruit or shade trees and the de- ■ livery thereafter with the Intent to deceive i and providing penalties. House BUI No. 426. McHenry. ConccrnI Ing nnd regulating the admission for the transaction of business of foreign casualty, i surety and health companies. ! House Bill No. 267. Keyes. To establish n board of veterinary medical registration and examination. House Bill No. 62. Long. Concerning dikes nnd ditches. This is the codification commission bill, codifying all the statutes relating to this subject. House Bill No. 179. McGonngle. Regulating the construction and alteration of theaters and public halls for protection from fire. House BUI No. 134. Darby. Providing for n special tax of from five.to ten mills on the sl<>o In the city of Evansville, for sei curing reading matter for the public 11- ’ brnrv. , House Bill No. 21. Bntmnn. I'rovlJfng that school books shall not be revised often, er than once In every ten years, except In cases of geographies, histories and copyl><Honse BUI No. 95. McDowell. Leaving appointment of special judges io the parties Involved In the case. House Bill No. 124. Kline. Authorizing rabbit hunting with ferrets. House Rill No. 310. Howe. Prohibit Ing boys sixteen years old or under nnd girls

•eventeen yean old or under from attentfing dances at public halls. House Bill No. 334. Batman. To con. struct free gravel roads on the petition of fifty freeholders without an election. House Bill No. 363. Reasoner. Allowing the state librarian 200 Instead of 150 copies of the state publications. House BUI No. 879. Agar. To permit agricultural societies, operating under a state charter to issue bonds for improvement. House BUI No. 388. Condo. Providing methods for bolding sanitary inquests where convicted persons may be Insane. House Bill No. 429. Sayre. Transferring the three-cent sinking fund to the general fund for the years 1905, 1906 an l 1907, and restoring It as a sinking fund in 1908 and 1909. House BUI No. 105. Colvert. Authorising counties to appropriate money to aid agricultural societies in maintaining county fairs. House Bill No. 432. Bartholomiw. Authorizing the governor to issue patents for certain Michigan roiid lands. Joint House Resolution No. 2: Wilson of Jasper. Giving the General Assembly the power to prescribe what qualifications shall be necessary for admission to practice law In all courts of justice. House Bill No. 2. Gulrl. Allowing foreign mutual fire Insurance companies to do business In Indiana, provided they have cash assets to the amount of $50,900 nnd premium notes to the amount of SIOO,OOO. House Bill No. 331. Bosson. Authorizing the erection of the Masonic temple to be used by the local lodges of Masons iu Indianapolis. House Bill No. 19.8. Robinson. A bill for an net regulating township business and to provide for the funding of township indebtedness, authorizing township trustees to issue bonds for the payment ot such indebtedness. \ ■■ House Bill No. 110. TTnnna. Giving town boards nnd city councils the right to condemn lands for cemeteries. House Bill No. 217. McGonngle. To empower county councils, by resolution, to return unexpended balances of appropriations to the general fund of the county. House Bill No. 323. Beals. To provide for a seal for the justices of the peace and for better authentication of certain records. House Bill No. 353. Branch. To provide punishment for the wearing of G. A. R. or othwr military badges unlawfully. House Bill No. 317. Stansbury. A bill to legalize all ordinances, amendments, resolutions and contracts entered into in good faith by the boards of trustees of incorporated towns. House Bill No. 52. Branch. To make the reporter of the supreme court a member of the state printing board. House Bill No. 318. Carmichael. To enable denominational schools to require that four-fifths of the stock in the corporation shall be held by the members of the denomination. House Bill No. 409. Shively. Prohibiting jurors In mayors’ and justice of the peace courts from serving oftener than once In six months. House Bill No. 396. Pierson. Relating to the construction of gravel or macadam roads on county lines. House Bill No. 105. Long. Amending the common school law with a view to securing a uniform course of study throughout the state. House Bill No. 307. Dnusman. Concerning county superintendents, their qualifications, their compensation and assistants. House Bill No. 62. Long. Concerning drainage. LEGALIZING ACTS. Senate Bill No. 17. Matthews. Legalizing the proceeding, the election, the contract and the bond issuance with reference to a certain gravel road in Southeast township, Orange county. House No. 170. Beckman. Legalizing the record of conveyances and other Instruments acknowledged before justices of the peace and defectively certified. House Bill No. 89. Batman. Legalizing the title to real estate in Brown county, where the deed records were de-, stroyed bv fire prior to 1870. House Bill No. 72. Beckmnn. Legalizing certain sales of real estate made by county auditors of lands bought In on account of the school fund. Senate Bill No. 14; liendco. To legalize the incorporation of the town of Lapel, Madison county, and make valid all its acts. Emergency. House Bill No. 218. McGonagle. Legalizing tlie Incorporation of tlie town of Riverside City, Delaware county. House Bill No. 317. Stansbury. To legalize acts of township advisory boards taken without notice on account. Senate -Pill No. 277. Bell. Legalizing the annexation of territory to the city of East Chicago, Lake county. Senate Bill No. 157. Farber. Legalizing the Incorporation of certain mining and manufacturing companies. House Bill No. 33. Gough. Legalizing the charter of the New Harmony Workingmens’ Institute. House Bill No. 248. TTnnnn. Legalizing the Incorporation of the town of Plainfield, Hendricks county. House Bill No. 278. Baker. Legalizing the incorporation of the town of Fulton, in Fulton county. House Bill No. I<l9. Rock. Legalizing the incorporation of the town of Shirley, Hancock county. House Bill No. 191. Wade. Legalizing the incorporation of the town of Griffin, Posey county. House Bill No. 79. Denbo. Legalizing the Incorporation of the town of Greenville, Floyd county. House Bill N0.‘326. Martin. Legalizing the incorporation of the town of Bryant, Jay county. House Bill No. 132. Bntmnn. Legnllzlng the Incorporation oi Nashville, in Brown county. Senate Bill No. 318. Benz. Legnllzlng the Incorporation of Milltown, Crawford county. ■“ Senate Rill No. 183. McCain. Legnllzlng the acta of the Mbrroco Cemetery association. House Bill No. 342. Baker. To legalize the Incorporation of Galveston, Cass county. House Rill No. 425. Force. Legnllzlng a gravel rend election In Orange county. House Bill No. 279. Agnr. Legalizing certain acts of notaries public.

VETOED BY THE GOVERNOR. House Rill No. ISO. Howe. Limiting the conditions under which sales may be mnde of parts or the whole of stopk of merchandise in bulk. House Rill No. 141). Reasoner. Protecting the water level of fresh water lakes by prohibiting ditches or drains to be 1 , constructed within forty rods of the margin of the lake. : llouse Rill No. 220. Reasoner. Providing that the remainders of subsidies voted by townships should bo divided among the eltles of the township, and the cities outside the township. House Rill No. 302. Wilson, of Jasper. To authorize cities and toryns not operating under special charters to levy an assessment to extend their water-works system. . „ Senate Rill No. 130. Hugg. Indian, apolls track elevation bill mnde unnecessary by the Fletcher House bill, exactly the same nnd already signed. , House Bill No. 174. Andrews. To extend privileges of public libraries of eltles .and, towns to townships and counties. House Bill No. 374. Batman. Providing for a vote of electors of Monroe county on the question of building a new courthouse. Senate Bill No. 278. Bell. Concerning public Improvements tn cities having a population less than 35.999. . House Bill No. 306. Dausman. Defining wife desertion nnd providing penalties therefor. House Bill No. 02. Gage. To compel the county council of Spencer county to appropriate $250 to make up the deficit In the expenses of the last term of court. Senate Bill No. 38. Moore of Putnam. Concerning procedure In appeals to the supreme and appellate courts. House Bill No. 208. Bartholomew. A bill authorizing the governor to Issue patents for certain Michigan road lands In the BUI No. 174. Gnnlnrd. A bill frovfdlng for the relief of William Waters, treasurer of Lagrange county. Senate Bill No. 160. (laniard. A bill frovldlng for the relief of Henry J. Hosetter, former trustee of Clear Spring township, Lagrange county. Senate Bill No. 48. Lyons. To give preference to United States soldiers, sailors nnd marines in appointment to subordinate positions in nil public Institutions where salaries do not exceed S9O per month. Senate Bill No. 80. Barcus. To make the erection of a fence over six feet high for the purpose of annoying the next nd" joining occupant or owner a private nuisance. Emergency. , Senate Bill No. 275. Milburn. Supplementing the gravel road law. Senate Bill No. 224. Davis. Concerning gravel ronds. , House BUI No. 65. Vizard. Concerning macadamized road* on township lines.