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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. (INDIANA.) 



out the State of an arbitration plan of their own, 

 very much like the methods employed by the 

 State board to produce harmony between them- 

 selves and their employers, has had much to do 

 with the tendency toward peace in the industrial 

 ranks. The most important cases investigated 

 by the State board in 1901 were the East St. 

 Louis Building Trades case, the Saline County 

 coal case, and the Chicago Heights case, in all of 

 which thorough investigations were made by the 

 board, and recommendations made which were 

 acceptable to both sides. 



Legislative Session. The General Assembly 

 convened at Springfield on Jan. 9, 1901, and was 

 presided over by Lawrence Y. Sherman, Speaker. 

 On Jan. 23 United States Senator Shelby M. 

 Cullom was reelected. Many important measures 

 were presented to the Assembly, but the legisla- 

 tion consisted chiefly of enacting appropriation 

 bills. The Assembly adjourned sine die May 4, 

 1901. Among the more important laws of the 

 session were the following : 



The garnishment law was amended so as to 

 exempt $15 a week of the wages of heads of 

 families. 



The State Board of Arbitration received author- 

 ity to inquire on its own motion into labor dis- 

 putes that directly affect the public. 



Kidnaping for the purpose of extorting money 

 was made a capital crime, punishable by death. 



Juvenile courts received jurisdiction of delin- 

 quent or uncared-for children under the age of 

 eight years, with power to designate homes and 

 hospitals for them. Provision made for a State 

 home for delinquent boys, at a cost of $35,000. 



The addition of two colored battalions to the 

 National Guard was authorized. 



The city election law was amended by requiring 

 lodging-house keepers to file lists of lodgers, etc., 

 four weeks prior to elections. 



The primary election law was amended by lim- 

 iting the number of voters in each precinct to 

 800, and keeping the polls open from noon to 

 7 P. M. 



Corporation authorities and park commission- 

 ers were empowered to raise funds and condemn 

 land for small parks or pleasure-grounds. 



The sum of $250,000 was voted for the State's 

 representation in the Louisiana-Purchase Expo- 

 sition to be held in St. Louis. 



The aggregate of all taxes in any district or 

 municipality was limited to 5 per cent, of the as- 

 sessed valuation of property. 



Corporations were required to make annual re- 

 ports to the Secretary of State. 



The gale of liquor near national homes for dis- 

 abled soldiers was prohibited. 



Hazing was made a misdemeanor; penalty, $500 

 or six months' imprisonment. 



Factory owners were forbidden to employ per- 

 sons under sixteen years of age more than ten 

 hours a day, and required to furnish seats for 

 women and girls. 



INDIANA, a Western State, admitted to the 

 Union Dec. 11, 1816; area, 36,350 square miles. 

 The population, according to each decennial cen- 

 sus since admission, was 147,178 in 1820; 343,031 

 in 1830; 685,866 in 1840; 988,416 in 1850; 1,350,- 

 428 in 1860; 1,680,637 in 1870; 1,978,301 in 1880; 

 9,192,404 in 189 ; and 2,516,462 in 1900. Capital, 

 Indianapolis. 



Government. The following were the State 

 officers in 1901: Governor, Winfield T. Durbin; 

 Lieutenant-Governor, Newton W. Gilbert; Secre- 

 tary of State, Union B. Hunt ; Auditor, William 

 H. Hart; Treasurer, Leopold Levy; Attorney- 

 General, William L. Taylor; Superintendent of 



Public Instruction, Frank L. Jones; Statistician, 

 Benjamin F. Johnson; Adjutant-General, James 

 K. Gore, succeeded in April by John R. Ward; 

 Geologist, Willis S. Blatchley; Commissioner of 

 Insurance, Cyrus W. Neal; Commissioner of Pub- 

 lic Lands, L. G. Rothschild; Tax Commissioners, 

 J. C. Wingate, Parks M. Martin ; Supervisor of 

 Natural Gas, J. C. Leach; Secretary of the Board 

 of Forestry, W. H. Freeman; President Board of 

 Health, J. H. Forrest; Factory inspector, D. F. 

 McAbee; Fish and Game Commissioner, Z. T. 

 McSweeney; Secretary of the Board of Charities, 

 Amos W. Butler; Chief Justice of the Supreme 

 Court, John V. Hadley; Associate Justices, James 

 H. Jordan, Alexander Dowling,. Leander J. 

 Marks, Francis E. Baker; Clerk, Robert' A. 

 Brown. All State officials are Republicans. 



A Governor is elected once in four years, at 

 the time of the presidential election. Other State 

 officers are elected 

 for two years in 

 the even-num- 

 bered years. The 

 Legislature meets 

 biennially, in Jan- 

 uary of the odd- 

 numbered years, 

 and consists of 50 

 Senators and 100 

 Representatives. 



According to the 

 census the State 

 has 843,885 perr 

 sons of school age, 

 833,697 of them 

 native born and 

 10,188 foreign 

 born. There were 

 425,666 males of 

 school age; 411,- 

 353 white natives, 

 5,252 foreign 

 whites, and 9,060 

 colored, of whom 

 9,011 were negroes. Of the 418,219 females of 

 school age, 408,788 were white and 9,431 were col- 

 ored. Of militia age, eighteen to forty-four years, 

 Indiana had 530,615, of whom 516,250 were white 

 and 14,365 colored. There were 720,206 voters in 

 the State, 646,889 native born; 701,761 white, 

 18,445 colored, of whom 18,186 were negroes. The 

 foreign-born voters numbered 73,317, of whom 

 73,087 were white. 



Finances. The Auditor's report for the year 

 ending Oct. 31 shows that there was at the end 

 of the year a balance in the treasury of $611,- 

 649.98, which was greater by $239,582.06 than the 

 balance Oct. 31, 1900. During the last fiscal year 

 the school revenue for tuition amounted to $2,060,- 

 377.02; the receipts of the benevolent institution 

 fund were $660,145.80; of the State debt sinking- 

 fund, $396,043.29. 



The disbursements for the year were $5,541,- 

 832.86, of which $2,055,568.20 was from the school 

 revenue fund, $660,109.42 from the benevolent in- 

 stitution fund, and $219,717.07 from the educa- 

 tional institution fund. 



In July the Auditor took up $300,000 of the 

 State's bonds, which could have run till 1909, but 

 contained a provision giving the State an option 

 on redeeming them before they were due. 



A part of the State debt, amounting to $1,085,- 

 000, can not be paid off until April 1, 1915, be- 

 cause the bonds representing that amount contain 

 no option. There are bonds belonging to the 

 Purdue University endowment fund amounting 

 to $340,000 that run perpetually, and the State 



WINFIELD T. DURBIN, 

 GOVERNOR OF INDIANA. 



