New Drainage Law Details Ditch Allocation and Oversight
The article outlines provisions of a new drainage law defining surveyor compensation, approval by circuit court, and funding from ditch construction accounts. It explains stipulations for ditches under two miles, costs under 300 dollars, and the transfer of ditches to township trustees with repair duties every biennial August.
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State Line
Circuit
Superior Courts
Commissioner’s
County Board of Commissioners
New Ditch Law Guards Against Extravagance
Senator John W. Parks explains a drainage bill authorizing a county drainage commissioner and ex officio surveyor, with a third nonrelated commissioner. The act sets petition, notice and remonstrance timelines, county jurisdiction by length, and allows flexible ditch design to protect water resources. It also outlines one report and hearing and a method for assessments and payment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Commissioners
Circuit
Superior Court
New Indiana Law Makes Desertion of Wife a Felony
Governor Hanly signed a new Indiana bill turning wife desertion into a felony with 2 to 21 years in prison. It requires police to enforce the law firmly and allows return of a deserting husband to stand trial via requisition if he flees to another state.
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Hanly
Indiana
Orphans’ Home Board
Dr King’s New Discovery Promises Cures and Good Health
Local businessman C O Floyd recalls a dramatic recovery from consumption after six months on Dr King’s New Discovery at Joe K Smock’s drug store with trial bottles offered. Ad also notes Dr Crowley’s forty six year record and a real estate listing at the corner of Section and Donaldson streets authored by Mrs Mary Boatwright.
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C. O. Floyd
Kershaw
8. C
Dr. King
Joe K. Smock’s
Donaldson Street
Mary Boatwright
City
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Foxll
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Terre Haute Daily Star
RED Cross
Sullivan
J. B. Mullane
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