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making.(lepres* nt»ti\c Jacob •). Reisinger,((I-, inocrut, Vandciburg) offered abill which would abolish th* PublicService I'ommi^-iou *nd reestablish the old railroad commission.Senator C. Herman Pell (republican, Parke and Clay) offered a bill which would abolish the poor houses of the state and create a stat* hone for the indigent, operated sralllar to other slate institutions under a.hoard named by tin governor.Representative Herbert felvan*(republican, Henry) carried his fight against Richard Lieber, dirclt; -tor of the state conservation department to the legislature when In i ntrcdtyced a measure taking' thefislt and game department fromunder control of th«* conservation department and setting' up a coin mission composed of the governor, the lieutenant governor and the speaker of the house. The number of game wardens would he limited to sixty, although an honorary warden could be named in county.Another attack on a state department was in the form of a. resolution offered by Representative Fred(iallowae (democrat. Marion) for .lt; committee to investigate operation of the* state oil inspection department. Th© resolution originally called for the committee to consist of t«n democrats and on* republican. hut th*’ democratic floor leader was caught napping when Representative Miles Furnas, of Winchester, offered an amendment providing' that all three members of the committee should be democrats. Galloway accepted the amendment befor*- h*- knew th* import whicU would make a, partisan probe of th** committee. This caused the democrats to call a caucus immediately following adjournment. Consideration of the resolution was mad*’ aspec ial order of business Thursday forenoon.Senator Pell asserted that, his poor farm bill would mean a. saving to the counties of approximately 11.000.000 annually. The measure provides for an appropriation of $300,000 for purchase of land and construction of buildings and $200 per month for maintenance of inmates, the counties to pay for each patient they send.
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Hammond Lake County Times
Hammond, Indiana, US
Tue, Jan 20, 1931
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