Laws Paint Broad Picture Of 1913 Legislature Action
The article reviews major 1913 session results including housing, road, and tax measures and notes vetoes and passed statutes. It highlights road superintendent provisions, a cash road tax, creation of a legislative reference bureau, and extended terms for county superintendents and the state statistician. It also covers liquor bills, blue sky and public playground laws, uniform high school textbooks, a publicity law for franchises, and various other enacted or rejected bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
House
Legislative Reference Bureau
John A. Lapp
State Library
State House
Gary
Traylor
Lincoln
Washington
Praud and Petit Jurors
Lilis
Hearing
Ralston
Electrocution Bill Passed In House
The RK J Jackson bill to substitute electrocution for hanging as execution method passed the house 51 to 25, with Rep Sands recorded affirmative though absent. The rule against absent votes could have kept the bill from a constitutional majority by one vote. Rep Voris declined to vote and Reps Daugherty and Stahl voted against the bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RK. J
Provisions of Garnishee Bill Dead After Heated Session
The wage garnishee bill, pushed by the Indiana Retail Merchants' Association and opposed by labor representatives, was killed in the closing sessions. Though defeated, it may resurface in two years, leaving many curious about its aims and implications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Retail Merchants’ Association
Law draft limits garnishment for wages under judgment for necessaries
The bill proposes limited wage execution on judgments for necessaries of life. Ninety percent would be exempt. execution would continue until the judgment and costs are paid. Only one unsatisfied execution can run at a time, first judgment first served. A $2 cost cap applies, with further costs to the creditor. An affidavit to be filed with proof of the unsatisfied judgment and due wages triggers commission of the order, with ten days notice to the debtor and others before issuing the execution. Parties may seek modification after filing, upon hearing.
Purdue Names Andrew Smith as Football Coach
Purdue selects Andrew Smith to lead the football squad for the upcoming season. Smith has four years as head coach at the University of Pennsylvania and is highly regarded by experts. He will be in Lafayette in April to meet the players. Sam Cole of Williamsport visited, reporting terrible road conditions between Attica and Williamsport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Smith
Purdue
Smith
University of Pennsylvania
Lafayette
Legislature Approves Racing Commission Licensing Bill
In the final hours the senate passed a racing commission bill sending it to the governor. It creates a commission to issue licenses for horse racing at tracks and fairs, sets meets from April 1 to November 15, and determines daily license fees. Promoters must show good moral character and may appeal license refusals. The commission can revoke licenses for misconduct. The bill enables licensees to collect entrance fees and fines, reducing illegal gambling footholds in Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Racing Commission
Senate
Indiana
Changes in Jury System Law Enacted
The new statute requires juries to be drawn in public and changes struck jury procedures. It shifts from private lists drawn by the county clerk to in presence draws with jury commissioners. Those seeking struck juries may lose prior advantages as names come from the same eligible pool.
John Hodge Dies at West Lebanon Residence
John Hodge a respected West Lebanon resident died at his home Wednesday afternoon after a two year battle with dropsy. He was a son in law of John Epperson of this city. The remains were brought here Friday for burial with services at the Methodist church and interment in Riverside cemetery. He is survived by his widow a son a daughter and a step daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hodge
West Lebanon
John Epperson
Methodist Church
Riverside Cemetery
Hodge
Murderer Gilbert Crumley Keeps Busy at Prison Farm
Letters to Will Crumley reveal Gilbert Crumley, recently sentenced to the Northern Indiana state prison for his wife’s murder, working outdoors inside the prison walls and leading a gang building a barn. The town notes cite a dry ordinance fine and jail time, social visits, and surrounding real estate transfers in Fountain County including Attica and Veedersburg deals ranging from $1 to $30,375.
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Will Crumley
Gilbert
Indiana
Aliho
McGeorge
Covington
Danville
Musical Art Society
A. P. Green
Anna Sabel
J. F. M. Club
Silas Cundiff
Pine Village
Margaret
Anna Murphy
Lafayette
Kate Finney
Chicago
Fountain County
Ledger
O. S. Douglass
Hester A. Bartlett
J. C. Hoffman
Tree surgery appropriation spotted for Tippecanoe battlefield
George D. Franklin of Tippecanoe county on the Ways and Means committee inserted a $500 appropriation for tree care on the Tippecanoe battlefield during the framing of the appropriation bill. The action appears to have gone unnoticed by Lafayette residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Assembly
Lafayette
Tippecanoe Battlefield
George D. Franklin
Tippecanoe County
House
Franklin
Wingate Fair Officers Elected at Meeting
Wingate Fair association chose Sam Ogle as president John E Wilson as vice president O G Moser as secretary J W McCorkle as treasurer and Austin Palin as superintendent in a recent election meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wingate Fair Association
Sam Ogle
John E. Wilson
O. G. Moser
J. W. McCorkle
Austin Palin
Time to Pay Your Light Rent and City Taxes
The notice warns that light rents are due and a ten cent penalty applies if not paid by the tenth. Albert Holm, treasurer, directs all accounts be paid at the city treasurer’s office. Austin Fenters cancelled a Kentucky laundry deal after discovering a mortgage on equipment and concerns over clearing the mortgage. He will stay in Attica and return to his former job at the White City laundry next Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Holm
Austin Fenters
Kentucky
Aus
Attica
White City
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Stahl
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Duncan
Einsle
Circuit Court
Franks
Thornton
Carter
Fleming
W.W. Spencer
Public Service Commission
Hughes
Stotsenburg
Supreme Court
SELZ
Self Royal Blues Store
Sam Cole
Williamsport
Ben Fugate & Wife
Angia Idle
James A. Idle
Geo. W. Stafford
L. H. Johnson
M. P. Rowlett
Kingman
Wm. T. Willet
T. M. Meeker
Shawnee
Robert St. Clair
J. C. Canine
Veedersburg
James Malone
Perry C. Rutledge
Richland
Wm. J. Martin
D. A. Waynmire
Logan
Samuel Rice
Mary E. Moore
Edna M. Ristine
Jane Ristine
H. B
Taylor Alston
Wm. E. Howard
Chambersburg
F. A. Crane
Wm. S. Munson
W.R. Campbell
Hiram Jones
van Buren
Cornelia Osborn
John S. Osborn
Fulton
Robert Krout
Uma
Wingate Fair
Thomas P. Huffman
Ind
American School of Osteopathy
A. T. Still
The
Science
Noah Weaver
Ferry
North Perry Streets
J. A. Coffing
W.H. Small & Son
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