LAWS OF INCORPORATED TOWNS.
On motion by Mr. TOWNSEND the bill [S. 102] was read the third time.
Mr. TOWNSEND: We have in Wayne County several little incorporated towns. They ask that they may guard their ordinances by the Justices' Court.
Mr. ENGLE: The only change made to the present law is that if there is no Justice of the Peace in the towns the Justice nearest the town shall have jurisdiction.
Mr. GORDON: This bill amounts to practically nothing. Under our criminal code there is no ordinance of any value under which a man may be arrested which the State laws do not embrace.
Mr. DEEM: As every town has already by law a right to a Justice of the Peace, I think the bill unnecessary.
Under the operations of the previous question, the bill was defeated by yeas 25, nays 59.
Mr. ENGLE: For the reason that there are many town ordinances which the criminal code do not embrace, I vote "aye."
Mr. SMITH, of Tippecanoe: Because I favor permitting the towns to work tramps who tramp rather than work, I vote "aye."
Mr. WILLIAMS: I think this bill has been misrepresented. It provides that violators of town ordinances shall either pay or stay fines or labor. I vote "aye."
