Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 November 1908 — Some Bills Halleck Will Father. [ARTICLE]

Some Bills Halleck Will Father.

State Senator-elect Abe Halleck, .of Rensselaer, who will represent New--1 ton, Jasper, 'Starke and White counties in the upper branch of the next legislature, was in the city* Saturday. Mr. Halleck spent most of Friday making investigations in regard to some bills he proposes to introduce in the next session. Mr. Halleck has had long experience in county business, having been one of the county commissioners in his home county for several years. He that when he comes to the legislaJ ture he will be in favor of some plan for Inspecting the books of county and township officers. He has given considerable attention to. the ideas advanced by the Merchants* Association of Indianapolis. In a general way he favors the plan, although, be says he would not agree to support any measure in its entirety before being thoroughly familiar with its details. “Although I believe that, as a rule, county and township officers are honest,’’ said Mr. Halleck, “I think it would not be a bad idea, by any means, to have a system of inspection for such offices. I believe also that in cases where justice may not be had on account of local conditions, the inactivity of the prosecutor or some such situation, there should' be some other means of proceeding against the guilty persons.’* - Mr. Halleck will introduce a bill in the next session to amend the present drainage law. The present law, he declares, is too cumbersome and there is no adequate method provided for cleaning out dredge ditches. The present law was made cumbersome as it is, he believes, because in several counies there was a strong feeling against the county surveyors having much to do with the Improvement of ditchea Friday Mr. Halleck met Dr. Richard McCain, former sen tor from Halleck’s district, and at the Denison they had a lon talk on matters pertaining to the welfare of their district.— Indianapolis News.