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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1923
Page
2
A sweeping digest lists enacted measures from bond sales and sanitation to education and highways. Provisions cover Indianapolis finance, street resurfacing cost sharing, school building rules, teacher licensure, and major court reorganizations plus county road funding, tax changes, and highway commissions advancing statewide public works.
Monument Superintendent increases salary of the superintendent of the Soldiers and Sailors' Home from 100 per month to 150 per month. Soldiers' Home codifies law concerning the soldiers' home at Lafayette.
The document outlines various state actions including school for the blind site selection in Marion county with a 200 dollar appropriation for the purchase, feeble-minded youth admission policy changes, and hospital bond replacements. It also mentions pharmacist certification requirements and drug store licensing.
The act increases penalties for stills possession and illegal distilling to one to five years, imposes fines from 100 to 1000 dollars, and restricts sentence suspension on first offenses. Adds jail for liquor law violations and 1 to 2 year terms for second offenses with fines up to 1000. Converts certain property dealings to felonies and criminalizes liquor transport over a quart. Immediate effect via emergency clause and sets deputy sheriff mileage for extradition cases.
The acts authorize petitions to employ county agricultural agents for multi year terms with state salary payments directly to the agent. Other provisions require grain elevator owners to establish grain ownership before purchase and establish standard basket sizes for fruit and vegetable sales to align with national law.
Joint depositors seek clarified bank responsibility when a joint account is paid to one of two holders. Trust companies aim to meet the same legal restrictions as banks through clarified and amended laws.
The article outlines a proposed Utilities Pension Fund requiring cities over 50,000 population to fund public utilities by taxation and by assessed utility employee earnings. It also covers waterworks board spending limits, Kingman Kingman Lands Issue bonds for an electric light plant, Unity Bond Limit curbing utility bond issues, and waterworks plant purchases under revised voluntary associations provisions.
Statewide measures tighten pharmacist licensing requiring high school diplomas and apprentice registration with the board. Deportation rules expand to remove insane or feeble minded patients to states of origin. Martinsville Hospital bond authorization advances for a county facility. Osteopaths may gain licenses to use antiseptics narcotics and anesthetics. Fraternal lodge hospitals may be built for members use. Previously hospitals open to the public. Sponsored by Masonic order seeking a hospital in Indianapolis. Maternity act allows Indiana to
Administrative building council to assume Wilding regulation from the state industrial board health and marshal to simplify the building core. State Mining Board creates a shite board conites and mining with governor appointments. practical miners and two coal operators join as state mine inspector. Bond disapproval allows contract cancellation. accounts board may audit contracts on tax payer petition. fraud notifications to attorney general trigger court action. State funds may receive temporary loans from the state board of finance excluding education and highway funds with federal road aid, ensuring liquidity.
The notice outlines changes to corporations law allowing stock issues near value for certain corporations, defines blank signed stock certificates as ownership, updates technical amendments, and grants preferred stockholders voting rights if the company opts. It targets corporations excluding banks, feast companies, and castolty companies.
Provisions allow taxing rolling stock owned by out of state transportation firms operating in state. Public service commission may regulate crossings and limit crossing speeds. City boards may order railroad track elevations with cost sharing among railroad firms, counties, and cities, subject to conditions and city council consent.
A shift in policy allows insurance companies to buy bonds across all counties of the shire rather than only those where they operate. The article notes officers and directors remain insured and premiums paid after they leave the company. It also details a life policy change designating irrevocable beneficiaries.
The document describes election cost provisions for counties without special funds, a voter registration change allowing 21 or older as sufficient age, and a method to fill vacancies created by withdrawals. It details appointment procedures for county and city offices, prosecutors, judges, assemblymen, congressional representatives, and national and state offices through respective party committees.
The governor appoints a Lincoln memorial commission to buy five acres in Lincolnville, Spencer County, Indiana as a memorial site. War Chest balances may be donated to American Legion posts, public hospitals, War Mothers' organizations, or orphans' homes for war memorial erection.
The New Albany cemetery matter continues on the third page with ongoing investigation and related public interest. Local officials urge residents to follow updates as details unfold and future actions are scheduled.
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