AFTERNOON SESSION.
On motion by Mr. OVERMEYER the General Appropriation bill was made the special order for 10 o'clock to-morrow.
Mr. Herod's bill, [H. R. 96] for the inspection of petroleum was read the third time.
Mr. HEROD said this bill raised the standard of oil from 100 to 110 degrees, and also changes the test.
Mr. WORKS said the change of test was objectionable as it allows a lighted match to be passed over the fluid at a distance not less than 1/4 of an inch, or it may be passed over at distance of 10 feet.
By consent the bill was amended so as to read "not more than a 1/4 of an inch."
Mr. REED thought the law as it now stands was in the interest of the people, and he was opposed to this bill.
Mr. DRAKE thought this bill was in the interest of the dealer and not as good as the old law.
The bill failed to pass the House--yeas 35, nays 54.
Mr. Allen's, of Putnam, bill [H. R. 122] to authorize cities and towns to negotiate and sell bonds, for the purchase of ground and erection of school buildings, etc , was read the third time, and passed the House by yeas 77,nays 13.
Mr. Briggs' bill [H. R. 133] fixing the time at which causes shall stand for trial in the circuit court at the first term, after it shall have begun, when 10 days' notice or publication has been made for 30 days before the first day of the term.
Mr. OVERMEYER saw no good reason set forth to change the law. It seemed to him the present law was better than the bill now before the House,
Mr SHANKS hoped the bill would pass.
Mr. SLEETH thought the law ought to stand as it is. The law as it stands presents a large amount of litigation. The bill was wrong, because it discriminates between citizens and corporations. It is no fair race, and he was opposed to this bill.
Mr. SAINT: To repeal this law would be unjust discrimination. A National bank having a note upon the same individual that the private citizen has, can go into the United States courts and get a judgment much sooner than the private citizens can in the State courts. He was opposed to the passage of this bill.
Mr. BRIGGS: Under the present law, suit can be brought at anytime during court so long as 10 days' notice has been given. He offered the bill to get rid of an unnecessary expense in his county. He thought the bill ought to pass.
Mr. TAYLOR of Daviess had waited for some time for some gentleman to tell why this law should be repealed. He spoke in opposition to the bill, and in favor of the people, because the law, as it is now, was more to their interest. He held that this bill would favor national banks and foreign corporations over citizens of our own State. He hoped the bill would not be passed, as it was in opposition to rights of the citizen.
Mr. MARCH said two years' experience with the present law has demonstrated the fact that it interferes with the business of the courts and encourages litigation; consequently he hoped the bill would pass.
Mr. SLEETH: There were 100 men in court now under the operations of the present law, and by the passage of this bill you would throw them out; and who is going to pay the cost? He was opposed to the form of the bill? and the principles embodied in it.
The bill failed to pass the House by yeas 42, nays 54.
Mr. Kirkpatrick's bill [H. R. 210] to regulate weights and measures, was read the first time. It only changes the weight, of corn on the cob, making it 70 instead of 68 pounds.
Mr. JOHNSON hoped the bill would not pass, because 68 pounds of corn on the cob will overrun a bushel, or 56 pounds, when shelled.
Mr. THAYER said in nine cases out of 10 a bushel of corn on the cob will not hold out. After corn has become dry and uniform, so much in weight will make a bushel. This bill was to make the weight uniform. He hoped the bill would pass, so that it may conform to the weights of other States.
The bill failed to pass the House by yeas 40, nays 51.
Mr. Compton's bill [H. R. 271] to authorize street car companies to use streets, highways, etc.--if street railways are extended outside of the city or town must obtain consent from county commissioners--was read the third time and finally passed the House yeas 85, nays 4.
The Judiciary Committee's bill [H. R. 364] to authorize sheriff's to administer oaths in certain cases, was read the third time and passed the House without opposition.
page: 170[View Page 170]Mr. Orborne's of Elkhart, bill [H. R. 496] concerning decedents' estates--it abolishes administrator and allows the heirs to file a bond to pay the debt, and thereby avoid the expense of an administrator--was read the third time and passed by yeas 88, nays 2.
Mr. Shield's bill [H. R. 12] to legalize the corporation of Seymour, Jackson county, was read the third time and passed the House yeas 90,nays 2.
Mr. Sleeth's bill [H. R. 132] to amend the act prescribing the duty of administrators--letters of administrators must be granted first to the widow and second, next nearest of kin--was read the third time and passed the House--yeas 89,nays 2.
Mr. Gordon's bill [H. R. 88] to repeal the act defining vagrancies, etc., was read the third "time and passed the House by--yeas 81, nays 11.
Mr. Arnold of Blackford's bill [H. R. 455] to transfer the title of the State of Indiana to the Antietam National cemetery, was read the third time and passed the House--yeas 89, nays 1.
Mr. Osborne of Elkhart's bill [H. R. 497] to amend section 466 of the general practice act, was read the third time and passed the House without opposition.
The committee of conference on the part of the House reported an agreement that the Senate should recede from its amendments to the resolution authorizing the payment of three dollars a day to a House employe and pass it as it came from the Honse, and that the House pass a concurrent resolution to pay for the Statutes ordered by the Senate at $8 per set.
The report was concurred in and the Home then adjourned.
