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Brevier Legislative Reports, Volume XXII, 1885, 656 pp.
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THE
BREVIER LEGISLATIVE REPORTS.
VOLUME TWENTY-TWO.
INDIANA LEGISLATURE.

List of Bills introduced into the House of Representatives the titles of which were not printed when first presented because crowded out by Debates. The author's name follows the figures indicating the number of the bill.

133. Boyd. To provide for the recovery of attorney's fees in case where any person Bhall recover a judgment against a railroad for stock killed. 134. Deem. To authorize library associations to change their names. 135. Deem. To provide for a convention to amend the Constitution of the State. 136. Unsday. To require all railroada in this State to fence, put in crossing gates and cattle guards. 138. Robertson. For the perfect organization and the transaction of the Boards of County Commissioners. 139. Robertson. To amend sections 7 and 20 of an act concerning highways. 140. Eley. To repeal an act enabling owners of land to reclaim the same, etc, 141. Wynn. To amend section 38 of an act concerning highways. 143. Rivers. Concerning the carrying of passengers by railroad companies. 144. Rivers. To amend section 1 of an act concerning highways. 145. Williams. To make appropriations to test the constitutionality of section 87 of an act concerning taxation. 147. Wilson. In relation to claims against) municipal corporations. 148. Wilson. To amend sections 2, 3 and 4 of an act amending sections 218, 227 and 228 of an act concerning taxation. 149. Peudleton. To abolish the office of City Assessor in cities having a voting population of 18.000 or more. 150. Pendleton. To repeal sections 2136 ana 2137 of the Revised Statutes of 1881. 152. Schley. To repeal section 105 of an act conerning taxation. 155. Sohmidt. For the opening of the polls, on petition of voters, at 6 o'clock a.m. 156. Schmidt. To amend section 4= of act regulating the license and sale of spirituous, vinous, malt and other intoxicating liquors. 157. Franklin. To amend an act providing for a system of common schools. 158. 'Kellison. To legalize the in corporation of the town of Bourbon, Marshall county. 160. Adams. To amend section 409 of Revised Statutes of 1881. 161. Adams. To prevent th,e keeping open of places of public tippling on certain days and at "certain hours therein mentioned. 163. Pieasants. To amend section 8 of an act amending an act providing for a general system of common schools. 165. Smith of Perry. For the relief of John D. Works, of Ohio county, et al. 166. Gordon. Concerning common carriers, and to prevent unjust dissrimiua-tion by them. 168. Gordon. To prescribe the duties ol Clerfcs and Judges of the Circuit Courts in relation to estates, etc. 171. Engle. To amend section 5 of an act authorizing tne appointment of short' hana reporters for certain courts, etc. 172. Loyd. To prevent gaming and gambling on county fair grounds. 173. Lord. To amend section 9 of an act amending an act providing for a general system of common scaools, etc. 174. Frazee. To require all persons handling stallions to pay a license for the same, and giving owner a lien on mares for service. 175. Hoban. To enforce the laws of the State of Indiana. 176. floban. To regulate railroad freights. 177. Moody. Concerning taxation of railroads, and repealing all laws in conflict. page: 342[View Page 342] 342 BREVIER LEGISLATIVE REPORTS. 178. Glazebrook. To amend section 4521 of an act for the encouragement of teacnere' institutes, etc. 179. Glazebrook. To amend section 211O of an act preventing hunting on lands. 180. Best. To amend section 240 of an act coneerniner public offansee. 181. Best. To make it a misdemeanor to employ on any railroad any person in the habit "of using intoxicating liquors as a beverage. 182. McMichael. To amend sections 1 and 2 of an act concerning taxation. 183. McMichael. To amend section 108 of an act concerning taxation. 184. Trout. To amend section 5096, Revised Statutes of 1881. 185. Overman. To amend section 162 of an. act providing for a general system of common schools. 186. Patten. To amend section 70 of • • the Justice of the Peace act. 188. Smith of Tlppecanoe. To fix the compensation of the Superintendent of Public Instruction and his Clerks. 189. Smith of Tippecanoe. To amend section 4439 Revised Statutes of 1881. 190. French. To amend the school laws. 191. Haworth. To amend section 4369 Revised Statutes of 1881. 192. Debs. To authorize Boards of Commissioners to issue bonds for completion of public buildings. 193. MeBrnome. To provide for Justices of the Peace issuing executions to other counties, etc. 194. Smith. To define the legal rate of interest. 195. Shanks. To provide for cash books in certain cases. 196. Snanks. To secure the healthful location and construction of school .houses, etc. 198. Maun. To amend section 2120 " Revised Statutes of 1881 concerning fisu. 199. MeGovney. Concerning the repair of ditches and drains. 200. Garrison. Concerning taxation. 228. Robertson. To amend section 2 of an act allowing owners of real estate to petition for the opening: of streets. 229. Robertson. To amend section 1 of an act amending an act providing for the regulation of the running at large of all kind of animals. 230. I3unn. To amend section 231 of an act concerning taxation. 231. Dnnu. To amend section 20 of an act concerning highways. 232. Eley. Concerning tax sales, prohibiting the enforsernent of tax liens under tax deeds, etc. 233. Rivers. To amend section 256 of an act concerning public offenses. 234. Rivers. To amend section 187 of an act concerning public offenses. 236. Williams. To regulate the ownership of real estate. 237. Reiter. To amend ah act to amend section 189 of an act concerning taxation. 238. Reiter. To repeal section 21 of an act fixing the compensation of the officers named therein. 239. Krueeer. To empower the Trustee of Cold Spring township, Laporte county, to release judgment against Barry Keir'er and Robert Curran. 240. Schley. To amend the election iaw. 241. Schley. To protect the health of female employes in mercantile and»inami-facturing establishments. * 242. Jameson. For the relief of county asylums, providing for better accommodations, etc. 243. Pendleton. For the relief of P, Kirland. 244. Overman. To repeal an act providing for a general system of common bchools. 245. Passage. For the admission of all insane persons to the Insane Asylum. 246- Adams. To amend section 191 of an act concern in g public offcmees. 269. Butz. To provide a metropolitan police in cities of 29,000 or more inhabitants. 270. Brooks. Concerning roads. 273. Rivers. Concerning public of-tenses. 274. Timmona. In relation to taking turnpikes. 275. Mock. Concerning proceeding in criminal cases. 276. Mock. Relating to the levy of city taxes, and abolishing the office of City Assessor. 277. Browning, Concerning grand and petit juries. 278. Loop. To provide for the erection of fish ladders, etc. 279. Barnes. In relation to the organization of county Boards. 281. Staley. In relation to the buying and selling of votes. 282. Staiey. Concerning building and loa-n associations. 284. Taylor. Concerning public of-tenses. 285. Taylor. Concerning proceedings in civil cases. 286. Frazee. To am end section 284 of an act concerning proceedings in civil cases. 287. Floyd. Relating to printing contracts by county commissioners. 288. Hanion. In relation to assessment for eravei and macadamized i*oads. 290. Moody. Concerning taxation. 291. Moody. To pay the claim of John W. Pulleu. 292. Harrell. To authorize Boards of Commissioners to construct free gravel roads. 293. Twineham. To provide tor the copying of official records in certain cases, 294. Twineham. Concerning proceedings in cviil cases. 296. Helms. To require railroads to carry oaosengers and baggage on local freight trains. 297. Deem. To regulate insanity inquests. 298. Gooding. Concerning drainage. 299. Goodlng. Concerning proceedings in criminal cases. 300. Dt-em. Concerning the regulation of the sale of vinous, malt and other liquors. 301. Barr. For the protection of game, 302. Rivers. Concerning proceeding in criminal cases. • 303. Rivers. Concerning public offenses and their punishment, f 304, Copeiand. To provide for the election of Reporter of Supreme Court, 305. Williams. Relating to the release of sureties on bonds of retail liquor deal- . ." ers. • ,:. . : " '".' 306. Wilaon. To define slander and prescribing punishment. 307. Wildnian. In relation in the State Library. 308. Jameson. Concerning taxation* ; and abolishing the-office-of City Assessor in cities ol 70,000 inhabitants. page: 343[View Page 343] BREVIER LEGISLATIVE REPORTS. 343 309. Jameson. To provide for voluntary assignment of property. 310. Williams. For the relief of Mrs. Sarah May. 311. Schley. For the incorporation of trades unions and Industrial associations. 312. Schmidt. To authorize the city of Indianapolis to erect a market house and other public buildings. 313. Scbmidt. For the incorporation of onion railroad companies. 314. KeJlison. Concerning mechanics, liens. 315. Kellison. To authorize aid for the construction of railroads by counties and townships. 316. Adams. To give incorporated towns and cities control of public highways, etc. 317. Adams. To authorize the construction of levees, etc. 319. Robinson. Concerning liquor licences. 220. Engle. Concerning drainage. 321. Loyd. Concerning taxation. 322. Glazebrook. To authorize the Di-rectore of State Prison North to sell certain lands. 323. Hoban. To provide for the payment for the services of persons wot on gravel or macadamized roads. 324. McMicbael. Concerning election contests, etc. 325. McMichael. To provide for a gen-•eral system of common ecnools-. 326. Williams. To appropriate $3,000 to repair loss by fire at the Insane Hos-oital. 328. Patten. To legalize judgment and decrees of courts. 329. Vickrey. To legalize sanity inquests, etc- 330. Garrison. To provide for the regulation of stock running at large: 331. Garrison. Relating to highways. 332. Hayden. Relating to petit juries. 333. Dale. To amend an act providing for a Metropolitan Police. 334. Browning. Relating to unexpended, general and specific appropriations. 335. Cartwright. To provide for completion of trial8~in certain courts. 336. Cartwrignt. Concerning elections and contests thereof. 337. Robinson. In relation to mine inspectors. 338. Robinson. To prevent the payment of wasres in script, or selling goods to employes at excessive prices. 339. Taylor. To provide for redemption of personal property sold for taxes. 340. Mauck. To prescribe certain duties of County Clerks and Prosesuting Attorneys, 341. McMullen. To require foreign insurance companies doing business in this State to make semi-annual statements to the Auditor. 342. McMullen. To legalize the appraisement of real estate and assessment of taxes made by common councils. 343. Moody. To organize the State militia. 344. Passage. To make appropriations for certain improvements at Purdue University. 345. Linvilie. To prevent the propelling of velocipedes, bicycles, on public biehways. 346. Mosier. For the protection of game. 347. Hanlon. To amend the act concerning public offenses. 348. Enerle. To abolish certain offices in cities and incorporated towns in this State. 349. Helms. To provide for the organization of the State militia. 35U. Gopdingr. Concerning and defining the jurisdiction of Grand Juries. 351. Goodincr. For the protection of pu blic ditches and drains. 353. Loyd. For relief of Jane F. Brown. 354. Robertson. Regarding the construction of plank, macadamized, gravel, clay and dirt roads. 355. Rivers. To amend an act concerning public offenses and their punishment. 356. Williams. Appropriating money for maintaining the State exhibit at the New Orleans Exhibition. 357. Passage. Supplemental to an act authorizing the sale of"lands. 358. Patten. To provide a treasury system for State. 359. Wilson. To provide for the fees of justjces of the peace, 360. Franklin. To provide for the more effectual care, ^support and education of pauper children. 362. Pendleton. For an appropriation for Baker, Smith Co. et al. 363. Jameson. An act concerning public offenses and their punishment, 364. Schley. To provide for the construction of bridges over railroads. 365. Kellison. To authorize aid in construction of railroads by counties and townships. 366. Passage. To legalize the acts of the trustees of the town of Bunker Hill, Miami county. 367. Trout. To authorize Boards of County Commissioners to take care of certain improved roads, 368. Passage. In regard to collection of tolls on toll roads* 369. Adams. To define the liabilities of railroads for Killing stock. 370. Adams. For the consolidation of wards in cities, 372. Carr. * Relating to the incorporation of towns, defining their powers, etc. 373. Akins. To prevent wagers for drinks in saloons. 374. Hargrave. Regarding estrays, etc. 375. Engle. To provide for the election and qualification of Justices of the Peace. 376. McClelland, To provide for the organization of County Boards. 378. Gordon, To create liens in favor of decedents' estates, etc. 379. Gordon. To regulate foreign insurance companies doing business in this State. 380. Engle. In relation to turnpike and gravel roads. 381: Engle, To provide for the election of Justices of the Peace. 382. Frazee. To prevent the spread of Pleuro-pnuemonia, and to suppress that and other contagious diseases. 383. Frazee. To regulate buying and Belling of dynamite, giant powder, etc. 384. Medcalf. To legalize the acts of the Board of Trustees of the town of Rock-port, Spencer county. 385. Medcalf. To enable the Trustees of Rockport to pass an ordinance requiring the holders of town orders to present the sume for payment. 386. Gooding. For the relief of Tsaiah Curry, ex-Treasurer of Hancock county. 387. Gooding. For the relief of Calvin Jackson, Trustee of Vernon township, Hancock county. page: 344[View Page 344] 344 BREVIER LEGISLATIVE REPORTS. 388. Best. Declaring it is a misdemeanor to sell or give away cigars, cigarettes, etc., to minors. 389. Best. To authorize guardians to sell lands in certain cases. 390. Taylor. To repeal section 269 of an act concerning public offenses. 391. McMichael, In relation to streets and alleys in cities and towns. 392. Franulin To authorizing the township trustee of Union township, Union county, to pay certain indebtedness incurred by other trustees. 393. Franklin. Concerning highways and supervisors thereof. 394. Butz. To regulate the business of life insurance companies. 395. Butz. Relating to fees and salaries. 396. Eley. To fix certain fees to be taxed by certain officers. 397. Eley. To enable the owners of lands to drain and reclaim the same 398. Taylor. To legalize the acts of notaries public and mayors in certain cases. 401. McMullen. Concerning the powers and duties of cities and their common councils. 402. Williams To define the {Tenth, Twelfth and Forty-seventh Judicial Circuits. . 403. Williams. To repeal laws authorizing counties and townships to aid in the construction of railroads, 404. Mock. To prescribe a general system of common schools. 405. Taylor. To provide for the satisfaction of judgments in certain cases. 406. Eley. Concerning the sale of the Revised Statutes. 407. Mock. Concerning public offenses and their punishment. 408. Cartwright. Concerning fencing. 409. Crecelius. To provide for the payment of semi-annual interest on county bonds. 410. McMullen. Concerning public offenses and their punishment, 413. Hanlon. To authorize the construction of plank, gravel, and macadam, ized roads. 414. Helms. Relating to tuition funds. 415. Robertson. To regulate the fees of certain assistants to county surveyors. 416. McGovney. To authorize county commissioners to construct gravel and macadamized roads. 417. Eley. Concerning public offenses, 418. Krueger. To make specific appropriation for the State Prison North. 419. Pendleton. To establish meteorological bureaus, etc. 420. Pendleton. To regulate banks of discount. 421. Jameson. To regulate the incorporation of cities. 424. Williams To amend sections 2 and 3 of an act relating to the State University. 425. Adama. To require joint stock associations to pay a tax of one dollar on each telephone operated in their offices. 426. French. To provide for steam boiler inspectors. 427. Overman. To amend an act concerning taxation. 428. x Robinson. Concerning the appointment of nine coal mine inspectors, 429. Eagle. To fix certain fees to be taxed and salaries of certain officers. 431. Best. In regard to regulating the sale and license of intoxicating liquors. 432. Best. To declare unlawful the erection ana maintenance of certain fences, constructed in whole or in part of barbed wire. 433. Pleasants. Relating to attorneys' fees. 434. Smith of Tippecanoe. Concerning the duties of county treasurers and auditors and requiring the prompt payment of all funds due township trustees. 435. Smith of Tippecanoe. Concerning the election of Township Trustees. 436. Barr. To establish a bureau of scientific information in the different counties of the State. 437. Debs. Concerning license for vending merchandise, and for exhibiting menageries, etc. 438. Debs. To amend section 1 of an act for the encouragement of agriculture. 439. Butz. To amend the act establishing a State Board of Health. 440. Butz. To authorize county district agricultural societies to purchase real estate. 441. Hanlon, Concerning ferries, and providing appeals from the Board of County Commissioners. 442. Sears. To amend section 3 of an act encouraging agricultural fairs, etc. 443. Eley. To fix the fees, salaries and compensation of certain officers named therein. 444. Dale. Relating to gravel, macadamized and paved roads. 445. Dale. To prohibit the playinsrof billiards, pool, or other games, in saloons 446. Taylor. To provide for the support of illegitimate children. 447. Gooding. To require railroad companies, their lessees and assignees, to construct fences along their lines. 448.- Gooding. Relating to the payment of attorney fees in drainage proceedings. 480. McMullen. To provide means for erection of the New State House, and the collection of certain taxes. 482.——————. To authorize the Board of Trustees of school cities to pay for certain real estate. 483. McClelland. To fix the time of holding court in the Thirty-first Judicial Circuit. 484. Robertson. To legalize certain acts of the Board of Trustees of Browns-town, Jackson county. 488. Ways and Means Committee. To establish the Indiana Volunteer Weather service, and locating the same. 489. Williams. To provide fire protection to the Insane Hospital. 490. Carr. To create the Forty-Eighth Judicial Circuit. 491. Haworth. Concerning the sale of spirituous, vinous and malt liquors. 492. Helms, To limit the hours of labor performed by street railway laborers. 493. Branch. To amend sections 318 and 81 of the Revised Statutes of 1881. 494. Bailey. To drain lands by straightening Eel River. 495. Robinson, For the relief of George D. Armstrong, Trustee of Perry township, Clay County. 496. Staley. To amend an act providing for the appointment of the trustees of the Home for the feeble-minded children and the Soldiers' Orphans' Home. 497. Floyd. To amend the act concerning the election, duties, etc., of justices of the peace. 498. Floyd. Concerning the Fish Commissioners for the State. page: 345[View Page 345] f BREVIER LEGISLATIVE REPORTS. 345 499. Taylor. To create liens against the property of railroad companies in certain cases etc. 500. Linville. To prevent the spread of hoe: cholera. 501. Fisher. Concerning the records of County Surveyors and County School Superintendents. 502. Barney. Concerning soldiers monuments. 503. Jewetfc, Concerning the boundary -of Scott county. 504. Mauck, To legalize the the incor poration of the town of Laconia, Harrison county. 505. Mauck. To provide for the redistribution among the counties of the common school fund. 506. Williams. To abolish the office of ^•Sapreme Court Commissioner. 507. Pendleton. To amend an act to , provide for the crossing of railroads, etc. .•508, Pendleton. To amend an act con-• earning taxation. 50#. Farrell. To repeal section 5 of an act concerning liens of mechanics. 51Q. Schley. Concerning book and stationery manufacturing companies, 511. Schley. Concerning th9 license of hucksters, peddlers, tftc. 512. Overman. To amend section 6 of an act to reeulate and license the sale of spirituous, vinous, rnalt and other liquors. 513. Hargrave. To regulate the sale of nursery stock, and protect horticulture. 514. Engle. To prohibit the giving of passes by railroads to judicial, legislative and other officers. 515. Engle. For additional powers to the Boards of Trustees of towns. 516. Glazebrook. To protect muskrats. 517. But#. To protect trees and shrubs. 518. Sayre. To prohibit forced contributions of money, etc. 519. Smith of Tippecanoe. To compel county offiicera to produce their records in court on supoenas. 520. Hanlon. Concerning water works companies, etc, 521. Frazee. To require gravel and macadamized road companies to make an annual statement of assets and liabilities. 522. Smith of Tippecanoe. In relation to the rights and liabilities of married women. 523. Brownlee. To provide for the appointment of a fee and salary commission. 524. Staley. To regulate the tenure of the appointment of teachers by school boards. 525. Reeves. To amend the act concerning the partition of lands. 526. Taylor. To provide for the computation and reporting of the average daily attendance of pupils in public schools, and the apportionment of school revenue accordingly. 528. Rivers. Concerning the abandonment of county offices, and providing for declaring them vacant.
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