The Syracuse Journal, Volume 5, Number 47, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 20 March 1913 — Page 2

MftNY IMPORTANT LAWSJffiJ’ASSED Session of the General Assembly Was Busy One. I STATE TAX LEVY INCREASED Amendments to the Constitution to Be j Submitted to People—Public Utili- i ties Commission Created —New • Voters’ Registration Law. Indianapolis, March 11. —Now that the Indiana general assembly has finished its session and adjourned, it is possible to get a line on the result of its worP. It was perhaps the busi-| est session held in many years. Many | important new laws were enacted. A ■ large number of bills were passed in- : creasing salaries of public officials, i but practically all of these were local ; matters that did not affect the general public. Increased salaries were given to adutors, sheriffs, clerks, and other county, township and city officials here and there, the total of the 4 Increases amounting to many thousands of dollars. Increases were made in salaries of some state officials and employes, but many salary boosts that had been proposed were refused. Among' the important measures I passed and signed by the governor, are the following: To increase the state tax levy; to submit a number of amendments to the state constitution to the vote of the people; to create a I public utilities commission; a “blue i sky’’ few to regulate the issuance and sale of stocks and securities; to pre-i ventVhe illegal traffic in habit-forming ■ drugs; a new voters’ registration law; to regulate loan sharks; to regulate the use of trading stamps; to regulate the practice of dentistry; a commission to investigate the subject of workmen’s compensation; a commis»lon to study the subject of working conditions of women, with special reference to the number of hours they are required to work; to establish agricultural and vocational education in the public schools of the state; and many others, A tote 1 . of 1,327 bills were Intro- ‘ duced in the two branches of the I legislature, the largest number ever | put in in this state. Between three hundred And four hundred bills were , passed and delivered to the goverBor. He signed more than three ■ hundred. The amendments to, the constitution, If the 1915 legislature agrees, will be submitted to a vote at the election in 1915, together with the question of whether the state shall hold a constitutional convention. If the convention plan fe adopted at the election the amendments voted on will be void. But if the convention plan fails the amendments may be adopted. The first amendment proposed would give the legislature power to enact workmen’s compensation laws and define hazardous employment. Another amendment would require the legislature to enact voters’ registration laws, and provides that counties with a population of less than 50,900 many be exempted from the registration law. > Section 22, article 4, would be > amended by giving the general assem-1 hiy power to adopt special charters ■ for the different cities of the state. To Give Governor More Power. Under the present Constitution the general assembly may pass a bill over the veto of the governor by a bare majority vote. It is proposed to amend this provision by requiring a three-fifths vote of all members. It would also give the governor power to veto any clause or item in an appropriation bill and approve the remainder. Section 1, article 5, would be ameded so as to make the attorney general, reporter and clerk of the supreme j court constitutional officers and provide that they and all elective state j officers, except the supreme court j judges, shall be elected for four years i and limited to serve four years in any i eight years. All judges in the state i would be eligible to re-election. All county officers would be elected ; for four years and would not be eligi-1 hie to re-election to successive terms. , Another amendment would make all | other elective or appointive state, j county and township officers, not otherwise provided for, serve four years and be ineligible to re-election or reappointment for successive terms. To Englarge Supreme "Court. Under the present Constitution the ‘ supreme court is composed of not less than three nor more than five judges. It is proposed to increase the maximum number to 12. They would be elected for terms of not less than six years nor more than 12 years.' The present Constitution fixes the terms at six years. One amendment would empower the i legislature to create more than one i circuit court in any county, all of equal . jurisdiction. Prosecuting attorneys | h would hold office four years, instead of • two years, as now, and would not be ; to re-election to another sue- j cessive term. It is proposed to 'give the legislature power to adopt laws for the in-1 tiative, referendum and recall, both | local and state, hut thtere would be no .recall of the judiciary. The legislature might; however, provide for the ! Impeachment of all officers, including judges. I The legislature would be empower--ed to provide for the qualifications for ! admission to the bar. The term of the state superintendent of public instruction would be increased from two to four years, but nothing is said about his eligibility to re-election. Dn the subject of taxation an amendment says that “the general assembly' shall have the right to classify different kinds of property, and to provide for a different manner and basis of assessment and rate of taxation for each class.” The legislature would be empowered to a » *»>- charters-of all corporate ’r-lena

It la proposed to strike out the present provision which limits membership in the militia to white men. To Make Amendment Easier. Another proposed amendment would enable the legislature to Submit an amendment to the vote of the people : by its own action, instead of requiring the action of two successive gen- i , cral assemblies. Any political party j ! would have the right to declare for or : against any amendment and have such > declaration made a part of the ballot. ! It is provided that no constitutional convention can be called unless a mai jority of the voters at an election have I favored such call. The provision of the present Constitution that while an amendment or j amendments which have been submit- ■ ted are still pending no other amendI ment can be submitted, is to be elim- ■ inated by one of the Stotsenburg l amendments. The appropriations bills carry appropriations of more than $8,000,000 for the coming two-year term. In addition, there is provision for a referi endum vote at the 1914 general elec- | tion on the question of whether the ' state shall spend $2,000,000 for a cen- ; tennial building, to be dedicated in/ ‘ 1916, the one hundredth anniversary i of the admission of Indiana into the I union. In order to meet the increas- j ed expenditures a bill was passed to I make a 7% cent increase In the state tax levy. Taxation. The new law' to increase the state tax levy for a state benevolent institution tax of 10 cents instead of 5, as at present, and for an educational I institution levy of 7 cents on the SIOO instead of the present levy of 2% cents. The bill would cut the state levy for the general fund from 9 to 7 cents. The net increase in the total state levy is 7% cents. This increase is expected to produce about $1,300,000 annually of additional ■ revenue. The total receipts of the state, estimated before this increase was made in the tax levy, w’ere estimated at $8,514,812.95 for the two fiscal years of 1914 and 1915. The total expenditures are estimated at SB,866,311.62. The increased tax levy will more than take care of the deficit. Public Service Commission. What is regarded as the most important new law enacted is the one creating the public service commission for the regulation of public utilities. The bill provides for the creation of the public service commission of Indii ana. The commission is to consist of five members, not more than three of whom shall be members of the same political party. Members are to be ap- , pointed by the goverfior for terms of ' four years, expiring at different times. I The members of the railroad commisi sion are continued in office as members of the commission until the expiration of the terms for which they were appointed. The salary of each commissioner is $6,000 The salary of the general counsel is $6,000 and of the secretary $3,600. The existing powers conferred on the railroad commission are trans-1 ferred to the public service commis-I sion. The steam railways will continue to be governed by the railway commission laws, but the Interurban companies will come under the provi-1 sions of the public service commission I law. Under the terms of the law, every public utility will be required-to furnish reasonably adequate service and facilities, and charges for service must be reasonable and just. ( The commission will have the power ! j to order physical connections between j i different utilities, such as between tel- I i ephone systems, for reasonable com- j pensdtion, when there will be irrepar- j able injury. ’ In order that data may be obtained ' for the fixing of rates, the commission is empowered to value “all property of every public utility actually used and useful for the convenience of the pubi lie.” Power is given the commission to require the keeping of uniform accounts open to examination, and to require full information concerning the conduct of the businesses. Procedure is specified whereby the i commission may force the public serv- ■ ice companies to adopt reasonable i rates and charges. Appeals from the orders of the com-1 I mission in regard to rates may be ta-1 I ken to the courts of any county in | | which orders of the commission are / i operative. Definite regulations are prescribed i by which the commission shall have ; supervision over the issue and sale of ■ [ .stock and other securities of the public > i service companies. Provision is made, under certain ; conditions, for two or more public utilities supplying similar service to be merged. Licenses and franchises hereafter granted to any public utility shall have the effect of an indeterminate permit, subject to revocation by the commission for cause. Municipalities will be allowed to purchase property of utilities under terms set out in the act. County Business. The Cravens bill to legalize calls by the state board of finance on couni ty treasurers for advance payment of i taxes due the state was signed. It will , I go into effect immediately. The Stotsenburg bill provides that in j opening highways, where damages are | assessed, the damages must be paid : within ninety days after the assessI ment has been recorded. The Voris house bill legalizes the is--1 sues of highway bonds, issued by coun. jty commissioners or ordered sold by ■ I county councils, when the purchase ; price has been paid and received in I good faith. , .The StotsenbiJrg bill provides that I independent newspapers may get legal i advertising when there are no papers I of the two leading political parties. The Ratts bill provides that deeds and mortgages shall take precedence according to the time of their filing. The existing law allows forty-five days in which to file such deeds and mortgages, without the title being made void by such delay. The clerks’ fee bill gives the county clerks a large number of new fees which they have not had in the past, but which have gone into the county treasury. The bill also legalizes all fees collected and retained illegally by clerks under the 1909 act, which was later declared unconstitutional by the supreme court. The bill also carries provisions «

which will make it unnecessary for the county clerks to make a report of any kind in regard to the fees collected. Where an application for a renewal of a saloon license is filed and the county commissioners do not meet to act on it until after the date of expiration of the original license the I original license shall remain in effect : until the day the commissioners meet. ’ The governor allowed the county clerks’ bill to become a law without ; his signature giving county clerks i many new fees and allowing them to • retain thousands of dollars of fees ; which they illegally retained under. the 1909 act which was held uncon- ] stitutional. i A bill was * passed authorizing county commissioners to pay back to saloonkeepers, license money, for the length of time their licenses have yet to run when their saloons are put out | of business by decision of courts, i This is to meet a situation at Koko- i mo, where a court decision regarding a local option election closed up a j number of saloons. Township Business. The Spencer house bill, amending the existing statute to provide reim- • j bursement for townships when the an-1 | nexation of territory by cities includes I township school property, carries an | ■ emergency. The Van Auken bill provides for taking the enumeration of soldiers and I sailors of the Mexican, Civil and Span-1 ish-American wars by the township [ trustees at the same time they take i the school enumeration. It carried an emergency clause. The Carey Jackson bill provides methods whereby township trustees may raise money to erect schools in which to teach agriculture and domestic science on a petition of township. The bill will allow the trustees to issue bonds for the erection of the schoolhouses and levy a tax, with the consent of the advisory board, not to ex-' ceed one per cent, of the total taxable property in the township. An emergency clause is attached to the bill. Hereafter all road supervisors will be elected instead of appointed by township trustees, and road taxes up to S2O may be worked out, but all road I taxes in excess of S2O in a township | must be paid in cash. This will stop j the old custom of railroads letting | contractors work their road taxes at about 60 cents on the dollar. Live Stock. The Isenbarger bill creates a new board in the state. Within sixty days after the law takes effect, the governor will appoint a board of three persons to be known as the stallion enrollment board. \ « Stallions and jacks will have to be enrolled with this board, a certificate of soundness from a licensed veteri- i narian being also required. It is made a crime for any person to sell a horse that is afflicted with “moon eye” or that is a roarer or an habitual kicker. Fifteen thousand dollars was appropriated to Purdue university for the ■ extension of the laboratory for the | duction of hog cholera serum, by I which means it is hoped to lessen the prevalence of hog cholera in the state. It is unlawful to sell any cholera' serum not produped at Purdue. | Another new law prohibits the run- i I ning at large of swine infected with ; cholera so as to expose other swine. It also prohibits the shipment of such swine. Labor. The Stotsenburg bill provides for ■ ■ the payment at least semi-monthly of | i wages to all laborers. The bill pro- : vides that “every person, firm, corporation or association shall pay each i employe thereof at least twice each | month, between the first and tenth ; I and between the fifteenth and twenty- | fifth of each month.” j “Any” contract to the contrary is declared void by the bill. The payments are to be made for all wages earned to a date not more than ten days prior to the date of such payment. The original bill provided for only a six-day interval between the payment and the close of the work for which payment was to be made. It ’ was amended to read “ten days” as a concession to the railroads and others coming under the provisions of i the bill. Drainage. The Sullivan bill gives interested j I parties in drainage proceedings the j ; right to go into court and prove, if I i possible, that the drain, if enlarged or 1 I extended will still be insufficient. ! lln case the court finds that, the ; i extension ‘ or • enlargement proI posed will be sufficient for the ! drainage of the land it is intended to drain, then the right of remonstrance against the drainage extension is denied the interested parties. Cities and Towns. House bill 27 amends the firemen’s pension act by giving the board of trustees of the firemen’s pension fund power to require and provide for a medical examination of applicants for employment in the fire department. The VanNuys bill provides that cities may buy telephone plants and operate them. Under the existing statutes a city may buy other forms of public utilities to operate as municipal plants, but the telephone systems . j were not mentioned in the law. The Parks bill pfrovides for the es- ! tablishment and maintenance of playI grounds in cities of the fifth class. i One new law requires all franchises to be published once in a newspaper before they can be granted. Cities of the second class are au-1 I thorized to levy a tax of not more than one cent on each SIOO to estabi lish and maintain public playgrounds. ; I Cities of the second, third, fourth I and fifth classes are authorized to establish a public bathhouse and swimming pool on petition of 15 per cent, i of the voters. Winona assembly, at Warsaw, is au-, thorized to incorporate as a towm. Loan sharks will now be required to take out a state license and they ■ will not be allowed to charge more than 2 per cent a month interest on loans, and not more than $3 for ex-; penses in inspecting the security and | making the loan. Heretofore they have charged as much as 10 per cent a month and as high as sls for inspecting the security. This applies to all persons making loans on personal security up to $250. Railroads. The Stotsenburg bill requires rail- , t way brakemen and firemen to have i

had at least two years’ experience before they can be promoted to the positions of conductor and engineer, respectively. The Gardner bill provides that wa- j ter cranes and water spouts used on steam railroads shall be equipped with self-locking mechanical devices, and shall be kept securely locked when not in actual use or operation. It is made unlawful for cars to be placed locomotives of a dou- ■ ble-header tn»m, and another new law i requires pilot engineers, motormen, ; conductors or other persons of equal : ; responsibility to accompany cars or i trains that are being detoured. CourtsJ Representative Storen's bill will result in a large amount of interest from funds of unclaimed estates being transmitted to the state treasury instead of into the pockets of county; [ clerks and banking Institutions in the ■ various counties. The bill shortens. I the time that clerks may hold unclaimed estate balances from two ] years to thirty days. Thereafter the i clerk must send the balances*-, to the, attorney general, who in turn gives > i the money to the state treasury, | i where it is held pending the call of j I the unknown heirs. Senator Ratts’ bill provides that > debts on real estate of deceased peri sons shall not be a lien on the propi erty after the owner has been dead for i three years. The Van Auken bill increases the I pay of petit and grand jurors from $2 a day to $2.50 a day, with five cents , a mile for each mile necessarily trav-1 eled in attending the jury sessions. The Grube bill provides for the ap- i pearance of prosecuting attorneys in I divorce cases, where no other ance of counsel is made. The Van Auken bill provides that no divorce case shall be tried finally until the complaint has remained on i file on the docket for at least sixty ; days. ' •» The W. P. Miller bill provides for ; the separation of the judicial circuit composed of Lake and Porter counties and giving each county a separate i circuit court. The new judge is to i i preside over the Porter circuit court. The Stotsenburg bill provides that | j the panels of both petit and grand • ! jurors shall be drawn from the jury box publicly. Under a new law any attorney who ' has been disbarred for five years may ; be reinstated on application to any supreme, appellate, circuit or superior court judge. A change of judge is provided for J in cases of an equitable nature which I are not triable by jury. Corporations. The Bedwell bill provides that it ■ shall be unlawful for any foreign corporation to transact business in In-1 diana until it has filed with the aud-1 itor of state a certified copy of a vote ; or resolution of its directors, consenting that service of process’in any action against it may be served on the auditor, and agreeing that any process so served shall be of the same legal! force and validity as if served on such ! corporation, and agreeing that such : service may be made with such es-j ' feet, while any liability against the ! corporation is outstanding in the state.' j The blue sky bill, which was passed, : requires that the governor shall ap- ■ point an inspector of securities, and all corporations wishing to issue or ! sell or offer for sale in this state any ' new stocks or bonds shall first regls- ! ter with the secretary of state and obi tain a license, and their securities shall be submitted to the inspector. If he finds they are all right he may authorize their sale. If he finds they are not good he shall refuse to permit them to be offered for sale. This is intended as a protection to the investing public. Taxation. The Tingle inheritance tax bill did not carry an emergency clause and will not become a law until the governor issues his proclamation some time in April declaring all acts of the general assembly to be in force. The Tingle inheritance tax act is regarded as one of the most important pieces of legislation of the present session. Inheritances are divided into 1 classes, as. also, are the relatives and beneficiaries, according to their degree of relationship to the dece- ■ dent. The act also establishes what ‘ is designated as a primary rate of j I taxation on all bequests, this primary ■ I rate applying to inheritances of less ■ than $25,000 in value. Primary Rate. Where the beneficiary is the husband, wife, lineal issue, or lineal ancestor, the primary rate is one per cent, of the clear market value of the inheritance; where the beneficiary is a brother or sister, a wife or widow of a son or the husband of a daughter of a descendant, the rate is per cent.; where the beneficiary is an uncle or aunt of the decedent, the tax is three per cent.; where the beneficiary is the brother or sister of the grandfather or grandmother of a descendant of the brother or sister of the grandfather or grandmother of the decedent tthe tax is four per cent.; I where the beneficiary shall be of any i ! other degree of collateral consanguin-1 ity than above stated, or shall be al stranger in blood to the decedent, or i shall be a body politic or corporate, | the tax is five per cent. On inheritance above $25,000 the I rates are fixed as follows: From i I $25,000 to $50,000, one and one-half j j times the primary rate; $50,000 to I SIOO,OOO, two times the primary rate; ; SIOO,OOO to $500,000, two and one-half I times the primary rate; all above i $50,000, three times the primary rate., Exemptions From the Tax. The following amounts are exempt i from the inheritance tax under the i act: All property transferred to I municipal corporations for strictly | I public use; bequests to religious or ! educational institutions, or to any bishop, rector or pastor, trustees or I governing board of such institution, j where the property is to be used soleI ly for educational, charitable or re- | ligious purposes; property worth up to SIO,OOO for the widow and $2,000 to a husband, child or lineal ancestor of the decedent; other small exemptions, ranging from SIOO to SSOO, according to the degree of the relationship. The administrator, executor or true- , tee of an estate are held personally l liable for the payment of the inherit-

ance tax. The tax shall be paid to the treasurer of. the county having jurisdiction of the estate. If the tax is paid within one year a discount of I five per cent, is made. If the tax [ is not paid within eighteen months interest at the rate of ten per cent, i shall be charged. All inheritance taxes collected shall be sent to the auditor of state at once, and the tax i money goes into the state treasury. ; The bill gives the governor authority to appoint, on the request of the state | tax board, an inheritance tax investi- ’ gator, at a salary of not more than I $2,000 a year and whose ■ business it shall be to investigate all cases where it is reported that the law is being evaded. Education. The most important piece of educai tion legislation in recent years is the I Stahl bill to establish vocational and I agricultural' education in all public schools of the state. The bill makes optional the estabi lishment of schools of industrial and I agricultural education in any city, town or township in Indiana. B>tate I aid for such schools is provided for | with a tax levy of one cent on each ; SIOO of taxables in the state, and aa appropriation is carried in the bill, available April 1, 1913, to tide over the state aid provisions of the bill until the tax levy shall become available. Day schools, night schools and parttime schools are provided for under the law. Elementary agriculture must i be taught in the grades in towns and I township schools, -elementary indus- | trial work in city and town schools ' and domestic science taught in elei mentary grades throughout the state, i A provision of the bill elaborates the membership of the state board of education and another provides for the appointment of an assistant state superintendent of public instruction to take charge of vocational training. The state aid will take effect at the beginning of the school year 1914-1915. and all other provisions of the bill take effect upon its publication as a . law. County agents of agriculture and i the supervision of Purdue university I in the agricultural work are provided for in the bill. Elective Text Books. The Curtis bill for uniform high school text books provides that text j books in high schools shall be selectied for five-year periods. The state ) board of education is to sit as a commission to select the books. The provisions of the old text book law of 1889. which provided similar I powers for the state board in regard ; to common school text books, are made to apply in the new act wherever possible. In that law is a provision that specifies that school book companies shall bid on books selected on a j basis of furnishing them to the schools i of thq state for a period of five years. : In case the state board is satisfied to continue the use of books longer than five years it may do so. Under a new law the first Friday in April each year is to be observed in | all schools as Arbor day, in honor of Charles W. Fairbanks, who was a leadI er in forestry legislation work in this I state. A new office created is that of high school Inspector for the state. The salary is fixed at $2,500 a year. Local Tax Levies. Each city, town or township may levy a tax of not to exceed ten cents on each SIOO to carry forward the vocational training and the initiation of such schools in the various divisions of the state is to be accomplished by petition. County boards of education are provided for and these boards, with the supervision of- the state board of education, are to approve the appointment of the particular ’’county agent” by Purdue university. The McCabe bill authorizes township trustees and school trustees of incorporated towns to continue high schools for a longer time than the term of the elementary schools has been approved. It contains an emergency clause, and therefore is now in effect. In the event the school authorities deem it unwise or inexpedient to continue the term of the elementary schools for the period required for a commissioned or certified high school they are authorized to continue a non-com-missioned, commissioned or certified i high school for a term hot to exceed j that required for the commissioned [ high school. Fish and Game. i A new law authorizes the issuance of a joint hunting and fishing license for one dollar. Any person may fish or hunt in his own county and any adjacent county witbout a license, but any persons fishing or hunting elsewhere must have n license. Permission is granted the United States government to establish fish hatcheries in Indiana without having them come under this provisions of the Indiana fish and grme law. Crinns. The bill by Representative Fleming, provides penalties for anyone who maliciously or mischievously poisons or kills or injures with a deadly weapon, horses, mules', goats, sheep or 1 hogs. The penalty provided is a fine lin any sum not exceeding SSOO. to : which may be added imprisonment in I the county jail, not exceeding one j year; or imprisonment in the state I prison for a period of from one to I eight years. The provision permitting imprisonment in the stat? prison is a ' new one, the remainder cf the bill being a reenactment of the act of 1905. j The bill carries no emergency clause. The Kemp bill provides that whoever barters, sells, gives .*r delivers any pistol, dirk,' bowie kni'e, dagger I or other dangerous or deadb weapon > to any person, who is at the time in-, toxicated, knowing such pers*i to bej intoxicated, or whosoever tells or gives a dangerous or deadly Weapon i to any person, v. io, he knows, is in the habit of becoming intoxicated, shall be fined in any sum not exceeding SI,OOO, or be imprisoned in jal- not less than thirty days nor more "'.han six months, or both. The Sands bill provides a Qnt> of from $lO to SIOO, or imprisonment from ten days to thirty days, or both, for any person who pursues, hunts or kills any homing pigeon. A bill introduced by Senator R. H. Jackson prohibits hunting rabbits or other game with ferrets. The Harlan bill makes it a crime for persons or corporations to obtain credit by making false statements.

) The Branaman bill prohibits the - drinking of intoxicating liquor on s trains except in buffet or dining cars t It carries no emergency clause, and t therefore is not yet in effect. The Cravens bill, commonly known . as a Y. M. C. A. bill, amends the pres- » ent law so that the minors may be al- » lowed in rooms with, and may be al- : lowed to play billiards, pool, bagatelle . or pigeon hole on tables in a building - maintained for philanthropic, benevo- > lent or educational purposes. State Institutions. i The Faulknor bill, introduced at the » instance of Warden Fogarty of the I state prison, provides for the appoint I s ment of another prison physician in i the hospital for the criminal insane at ’ Michigan City. The Franklin bill, amending the law I i which provides for the admission of [ veterans and their widows to tho State ; Soldiers’ and Sailors' home, so as to include Indiana veterans of all wars, | . was another signed. It carried an . I emergency clause. . The Stotsenburg bill, permitted to be- | • come a law without the signature of i ■ the governor, provides that convicts in | . the state prison or the reformatory I may be utilized for public road work , in any county of the state on applies- < tion of county commissioners. A commission is authorized to be appointed by the governor to have charge of the Indiana exhibit at the San Francisco exposition in 1915. and $75,000 is appropriated for the ex- 1 pense. The members are to serve ; without pay, but their expenses will j be paid. The term of Thomas W. Brolley, ; state statistician, was extended two I years. He was elected for two years, ' but his term will now be four years, j The office of state fire marshal is ■ created by a bill passed. He may ap- [ point as many deputies as he may I need throughout the state. He will ' investigate fires and seek to eliminate i causes for fires. His salary is SI,OOO j a year, and this and all other expenses . are to be paid by assessments on fire insurance companies doing business in ; I Indiana. Provision is made in a bill passed : to establish a state penal farm. The bill carries an appropriation for land and the erection of buildings. The i site is to be selected by a commission. Persons sentenced to jail jor more than sixty days and not more than one ! year may be sent to this farm instead of to the county jail. The purpose of the farm will be to finally do away entirely with the county jail fe this ■ state. A bill was passed creating a state racihg commission to have full jurisdiction to regulate and oversee all race meets. Racing is permitted from April Ito November 15. The commission shall make all rules. The bill does not gambling at race tracks. Cities and Towns. The Hughes playground bill provides for the creating of public playgrounds, public bath houses and public comfort stations in cities of the /’second, third and fourth classes, giving power to levy a tax for that purpose. The Thornton bill provides against the pollution of water supplies in Indiana towns or cities, by giving to the state board of health the power to compel any corporation or individual taking water from Indiana streams to install proper filtration plants or to bring up the existing plants to a state of efficiency tkaj. the state board may approve. Heavr penalties attach against any officer of a corporation or municipality that fails to act on the order of the state board in bringing ’ about the installation of such systems. The Van Horne bill, to prevent the annexation of a city of five thousand or more without its consent, provides that the only way such city can be annexed is under the provisions of the; law relating to union of cities. The Traylor bill permits cities and towns owning municipal plants to turn over balances, accruing from the operation of such plants, to the gem eral funds of such cities at the end of ' the year. Public Health. The “anti-dope” bill prohibits absolutely the selling or giving away of . any cocaine, morphine or other habitforming ‘drug by any druggist except on the written prescription of a licensed physician, dentist or veterinarian. The physician, dentist or veterinarian is prohibited from issuing ( a prescription to any habitual user of a drug, but he is not prevented from administering any drug in his legitimate practice. A- fine of $25 to SSOO and from 90 days to one in jail is the penalty for the first of the law and a fine of S2OO to SI,OOO and imprisonment for from one year to eight years for each subsequent offense. t The new dental law provides that no dental license shall be issued to any person unless he possesses a diploma from a recognized dental college and is able to pass the examination required by the state dental board. The license fqe is one dollar a year. A bill was passed authorizing counties to establish and maintain hospitals for the treatment of tuberculosis. The bill introduced by Representative W. W. Spencer requiring all sales of foodstuffs to be made by standard weights and measures. A]l counties having population of 50,000 or more shall appoint a county inspector of ! weights and measures and smaller | counties may appoint such inspectors j if the county commissioners see fit to ; do so. A new law for the regulation of the \ ■ practice of dentistry was enacted. It i j provides that no license to practice I I shall be issued to any person unless j he has a diploma from a recognized ■ dental college and passes au examina- ! tion. * Bills Vetoed. The governor vetoed the following bills: The bill to reduce the penalty for burglary from 1$ to 20 years down to 2 to 14 years. The bill permitting county commissioners to levy a the support of county fairs. The bill to give sheriffs “in and out fees” and increaiing from 10 to 50 cents a day the pay of sheriffs for boarding prisoners in jail. The bill to make it a crime for land owner to permit wild onions and gan lie to grow on their farms.

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