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2rlt; nat* . but privatcl iold iin n «»t his action, At tit t.iT arln i s Retirement fund h«rab ed a pproxfmn t H.y a adaccorditi.tr to th* lb u tenant u*#\ t ernor will soon ho in the neighbor-| hood of |2:*.©00.000. Tin* fund is in*'und'T tlv jurisdiction of O. H. bn I.an actuary in the department *»t(duration. Tlnrc h, * been litre! 5' ‘ lt;t 1 fa nd dr r +iuu the past s* verul : • '\-:ion, chars*that the fund was short several millions of dollars, but no definite invest i g n t ion ever has b# t n made. I hi* lieutenant govertHM* asserted ther e was plenty of money in » n fund for home time to «•« me and that it .a\; relief wa** v.anlni this is a go,el . plat ** ta» knock • *ff a t wo-eet*I levy.■ Th* two .senator v cr« ordered to study the fund and report suggestions back to the senate for art ion.Over in the house a ha f do/a n attacks on carious « oniisiiscions and do pat trm fits were made in the form of bills. Two nv’aams attacked tin Public Service commission. One by Represent;* t ive Edwa rd K. El ken-herry, (democrat. Wabash) and Cecil,J. K istler, (if* |iu bl iea n. Klkhart)would abolish the Public Serv’h•«* : c*om miss ion as now constituted and mi bat itut * therefore a rlt; enactment of th* Spefnor-Shivcly act with : provision that original cost ofI utilities l»* the basis for ratej making.Repres' n t ;• ti \ - Jacob J. Reisinger, (democrat, Vamicrltur^) * * ff • md .lt; bill which would abolish th* Public Service commission md reestablish the old railroad commifvlon.Senator C. Herman Pell (republic an, Pa i k e and flayi offered a billw hich would abolish tin poor housesof the state and lt;reatt a statlt; honn for the Indigent, operated smillarto o t h ** r fit ate institutions under a board named by tin governor.Representative Herbert Pvans (republics ii, H*nry) carried his fight against Richard l.ieber, director of th*- state conservation department to the legislature when In intrcdqced a mi.if ure taking' the fish and game department from under control «»f the conservation department and setting up a. coin mission composed *f the governor,
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Hammond Lake County Times
Hammond, Indiana, US
Tue, Jan 20, 1931
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