Indiana Governor’s Biennial Message to the Seventieth General Assembly
Governor Samuel M. Ralston’s address to the Seventieth Indiana General Assembly outlines tax relief, new state agencies, and fiscal management. He cites reductions to the sinking fund levy, recommends halving the vocational education tax, and urges stronger banking supervision, workmen’s compensation safeguards, and publicity for public reports while calling for a State Department of Roads and broader tax reform. He notes healthy treasury balances and ongoing debt liquidation efforts.
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Seventieth General Assembly of
Indiana
Treasury
Ralston Urges Tax Cuts and State Reforms in Recapitulation
Recapitulation of Ralston's message calls repeal of sinking fund tax, transfers to general fund, and a one cent levy reduction. It notes $324,546.74 in the Vocational Educational fund and proposes a 1/2 cent levy cut. Reforms include a nonpartisan Banking Department, casualty company reserves, Blue Sky law, impeachment strengthening, public reports, a State Department of Roads, stronger tax enforcement, a Central Board of Control, a constitutional convention, and specific statutes on the Old State House purchase, residency for marriage licenses, and state land drainage and sales.
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Vocational Educational
State Board of Accounts
State Department of Roads
State Tax Board
Board of Control
Old State House
Corydon
Goodrich Seeks Broad Reform in Inaugural Address
Gov Goodrich outlines major proposals including a constitutional convention in January, classification of property for taxation, a highway commission law, a state budget and efficiency survey, executive leadership, appointive superintendent of public instruction, regulation of fire insurance rates, county voter registration changes, simpler impeachment law, shorter workmen's compensation waiting period, strict economy, expanded vocational training, a department of banking, repeal of the three mile road law, home rule for cities, appointive attorney general, abolition of several clerical offices, a four member state conservation commission, fish and game enforcement, absent voting, and other streamlining measures.
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Goodrich
Highway Commission
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Department of Banking
State Conservation Commission
Fish and Game Bureau
Geologists Forestry Board
Fish and Game Warden
State Statistician
State Commission Reports on Taxation and Institution Management
A Indiana commission recommends reviewing taxation laws to create a just system and presents a report to the Governor. It urges sound business principles in penal, correctional, and benevolent institutions, noting humane elements and rising inmate numbers with a fourteen million dollar invested capacity. The report will be laid before the legislature.
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Indiana
Board of State Charities of
Law To Be Enforced by County Road Officials
County Superintendent of Roads T E Slinkard convened all sub superintendents in Bloomfield Monday and gave notices detailing penalties for heavy hauling on soft roads. They were instructed to enforce the law strictly and prosecute if needed with no favors.
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T E. Slinkard
Bloomfield
Former State Treasurer W. H. Volmer Dies in Vincennes
W. H. Volmer of Vincennes, former Indiana State treasurer, died Saturday after gall bladder surgery at Good Samaritan Hospital Friday. Doctors removed thirty eight gall stones during the operation.
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W. H. Volmer
Vincennes
Mr. Volmer
Good Samaritan Hospital
Monster dredge boat launched near Clay City for Eel River work
A large dredge boat was launched at Neal's mill five miles west of Clay City on Saturday at four o'clock. Machinery is being installed and operations are planned to start March first. The dipper will move five yards per crane trip and the project is expected to last about two years, creating a new channel reentering the river near Johnstown north of Worthington.
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Eel River
Neal’s Mill
Clay City
Johnstown
Worthington
Lightning Damages Lyons Central Office Switchboard
An electrical storm last week damaged the Lyons central office switchboard, making phone communications through that office practically impossible. The Mead Spears residence was struck by lightning in the same storm, but no serious damage resulted.
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Lyons
Mead-Spears
First Case Successful in Greene Circuit Court
Henry Bunch, proprietor of a Worthington drug store, fined $50 and costs for illegal sale of intoxicants in Greene Circuit Court. The case marked the first prosecution by new prosecutor Paul Y. Davis. Jury delivered verdict on first ballot after brief deliberation.
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Henry Bunch
Worthington
Greene
Law and Order League
Paul Y. Davis
Petty Thieves Visit Library
Thieves visited the public library Saturday night and stole about $2 in library funds and an Ingersoll watch owned by Miss Lamb the librarian. They pried open a drawer where the items were kept and it is unclear how they entered the building.
Old Soldier Captain Daniel Yandle Dies at 82
Bedford resident Captain Daniel Yandle aged 82, a veteran of the 31st Indiana, died Saturday and was buried in Bedford Monday. He was well known to local old soldiers and served in the Civil War era unit.
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Daniel Yandle
Bedford
Ind
Knox County Fair Ground to Be Sold at Sheriff Sale
The Knox county fair ground is to be sold at sheriff sale in the next weeks to satisfy judgments in favor of the German National Bank for 9731 dollars and Mrs Mary Gimble for 9520 dollars. It is thought the fair association will buy the property at the sale.
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Knox County Fair
German National Bank
City
Mary Gimble
The
Fair Association
Bloomfield Hosts Worthington In Friday Basketball
Bloomfield faces Worthington at Bloomfield in old Matonic Hall Friday night January 12 at 8 00. Home fans are urged to come out and root for the Bloomfield team with admission set at 25 cents.
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Bloomfield
Worthington
Old Matonic Hall
Baker Family Secures Committee Roles in Greene County Session
Representative W. H. Baker from Greene County was assigned to the Statistics and Immigration Drains and Dikes Rivers and Waters Mines and Mining Soldiers Monument and Telephones and Telegraph committees by Speaker Eschbach. His son John H. Baker of Lyons is named a door keeper for the current session.
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Eschbach
W. H. Baker
Greene County
John H. Baker
Lyons
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