NEW PROPOSITIONS.
The following described bills were introduced, read the first time, and severally referred to appropriate Committees, unless otherwise stated:
By Mr. BICHOWSKY, by request, [S. 181] to provide for the regulation of the running at large of horses, cattle and mules in the various Counties of the State. [Boards of County Commissioners may prohibit by submitting the question to a decision of the voters of the County]
By Mr. BROWN [S. 182] concerning the Supreme Court and to repeal an act in relation to the Supreme Court of April 14, 1881. [The Supreme Court shall appoint five Commissioners of the Supreme Court to hold office for two years]
By Mr. FOULKE [S. 183] amending an act supplemental to the State Board of Health act of March 7, 1881, being 4,992 of the code. [To amend Section 7 and Section 10, by requiring deaths to be reported at such times as the Board of Health may direct instead of fifteen days after death as now required.
By Mr. CAMPBELL [S. 184] to amend a supplemental act to the Common School law, being Section 4,436 of the R. S. of 1881. [So that Township Trustees may act as a Board for regulation of studies without the vote of the President of Trustees of towns or cities.]
By Mr. JOHNSON [S. 185] by request, to amend a supplemental act to the Common School law, being Section 4,420 of the code. [The Governor, the Superintendent of Public Instruction, the Presidents of the State University, Purdue and Normal School, the Superintendents of Schools of the three largest cities in the State, and three County Superintendents to be elected at an annual meeting of all County Superintendents, to constitute a State Board of Education; the County Superintendents to hold one, two and three years each. The Superintendent of Public Instruction to be President.
By Mr. McINTOSH [S. 186] to amend Section 155 of the Common School act of March 6, 1865, being Section 4,422 of the code of 1881. [Authorizing issuance of life diplomas without examination to teachers who have attained eminent scholarship, professional ability and distinction as teachers.]
By Mr. RAHM [S. 187] to amend Sections 1 and 3 of the act for repair of free turnpike roads, being Sections 5,104 and 5,106 of the Revised Statutes of 1881 [To allow County Commissioners to make a small levy for the repair of free gravel roads, turnpikes, etc. He says Vanderburgh County has ninety miles of improved free gravel roads, costing $1,000,000, but under the present law the Commissioners have no right or power to keep the same in repair.]
By Mr. VOYLES [S. 188] to amend Sections 1 and 9 of an act concerning public offenses of April 14, 1881, being Section 2,117 of the code. [Prohibits the taking of fish in March, April, May, November and December]
By Mr. WILLARD [S. 189] to authorize railroad corporations to endorse and guarantee the bonds of any railroad organized under the laws of any adjoining State.
By Mr. FOULKE [S. 190] to legalize the proceedings of incorporated Turnpike Road Companies which have been operated for twenty years.
By Mr. CAMPBELL [S. 191] to amend Section 159-the Common School law-being Section 4,521 of the Revised Statutes of 1881. [To increase appropriations to defray the expenses of teachers in County Institutes.]
