NEW PROPOSITIONS.
The following described bills were introduced read the first time and severally referred to appropriate Committees, unless otherwise stated:
By Mr. ADKISON [S. 97] concerning roads and highways-to amend Section 27 of said act-restating to working out road tax. It was referred to the Committee on Roads and Highways.
By Mr. BELL [S. 98] for the preservation of claims against Counties before the Board of County Commissioners and the adjudication thereof. It was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. BENZ [S. 99] to make it a misdemeanor to defraud a hotel, inn-keeper or boarding house, unless credit is given by express agreement. It was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
[Mr. HOSTETTER, on account of ill health, asked and was excused from service on the Committee on Claims and Expenditures, and, on his motion, Mr. Macartney was appointed to fill this vacancy by the consent of the Senate.]
By Mr. DUNCAN [S. 100] for the relief of Joel S. Davis, and authorizing the repayment to him of moneys ($989 02) from the Congressional Township fund, with interest at 8 per cent per annum. It was referred to the Committee on Claims.
By Mr. FLETCHER [S.101] to prevent fraud-in the adulteration of sugars. It was referred to the Committee on Agriculture.
By Mr. JOHNSTON [S. 102] to amend the feeble minded children incorporation act [For the re- organisation of said Institution-the Board to hold, two for four years and one for one year from April next: to have control also of the Soldiers' Orphans' Home.] It was referred to the Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. JOHNSON [S. 103] to provide that laborers and mechanics snail be en tilled to a fixed lien on property, both real and personal, of the employer. It was referred to the Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. MAY, by request, [S 104] to legalize the organization and acts of all macadamized or gravel road companies where they have carried on business in good faith before the act under which they organized went into force.
By Mr. RISTINE [S. 105] to legalize the incorporation of the town of Waynetown in Montgomery County, Indiana, and all the acts of said Town Trustees. It was referred to the Committee on County and Township Business.
By Mr. SPANN [S. 106] requiring hotel propietors to provide fire escapes-where bulling is of the height of two stories or over-for each room, and iron fire ladders from the ground to the pavement to the right or left of each tier of windows, securely fastened to the building. It was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary with instructions[moved by Mr. GRAHAM,] to consider and report at its first reading.
By Mr. VAN VORHIS [S. 107] to define powers of attorney and concerning the recording of the same. It was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr YOUCHE [S. 108] to compel proprietors and keepers of hotels and lodging houses to provide means of escape from fires-of over "two stories in height to provide above the second story a rope or other ladder reaching to the ground, to he kept in good repair and under the control or management of every lodger; notice in each room to be posted explaining the manner of its use. It was referred to the Committee on Judiciary with instructions to consider and report at the same time with the other bill of like character [S. 106].
By Mr. VAN VORHIS [S. 109] to amend Section 123 of the act concerning public offense and their punishment, approved April 14, 1881-relating to any place used or occupied for gaming or any person found in such a place. It was referred to the Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. COMPTON [S. 110] to amend Section 4 of the Gravel Road Company act-Section 3,679 of the Code of 1881-[relating to the Cumberland and another road]. It was referred to the Committee on Roads.
By Mr. BELL [S. 111] to amend Section 618 of the act of April 19, 1881, concerning criminal procedure. It was referred to the Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. YOUCHE [S. 112] to amend Section 618-Section 1,403 of the Revised Statutes of 1881, relating to Master Commissioners.
By Mr. DUNCAN [S. 113] to amend Section 27 of the Justices' act of June 9, 1882, being Section 1,407 of the Revised Statutes of 1881, as applying to changes of venue before Justices. It was referred to the Judiciary Committee.
The Senate then adjourned till 10 a. m. to-morrow, under the rule.
