IM>! 







d that th.-r.- -h.i.l -;;;. 



ill ha* 

 hall U k 'r 



U/ provide* fur the e*- 



Arratigvment* with 



', ' : '..'.' ,v 



law wi 



iipeanhmf in and tnal of Stair officer* by 



through the grand jury or by affidavit and trial by 

 the circuit or criminal court . 

 The special verdu i law ..f l*ft. which ma 

 *nblr for a plaintiff to MK*U a vi 

 lamage suit gifaat i 



Another act daclarr* that the standard half- 



Hal. nly measure u . 



Ill lea* than . .r-L* : 



was rsssirl declaring the number of | ... 



1 ' ' ' * . 



shop*. It 



awful 



.1. U 



irpOSe of u'liili. a 



ui rtnt proctti 





m was the 



r atores a wrll a* 



.:-,..' 

 . ; 



or give a* 



us, vinous, or malt 



!! :. .i!. 1 ;. .'. 



, .1 bam hi n 



m not -:. ta 

 n- that every 



-hull 

 -.ami | 



vets paan 1 for tin- purpose of secur- 



r prisoners. The most im- 



M-ee is the law converting what was 



tth int.. H Krformit' 

 n|Mrtant ru.-a.siir.- for prison 

 sentence law. apply ii 

 except treason and t.-i- 

 lird measure with a like purpose is < 

 ,- already in use with go 



u-nt of th- din-ctor- 



1 1 ut ions was changed by an a< ' 

 c* for th.-ir p.v.-rntnrnt l.y boards of thrv*. 

 o more than t* 

 f the same p 



. 

 i- that I ap|M.int a non- 



all 



ill un- at ii v day* before tha aaat- 



. of the St*t4-. 



like a r 

 unl nceoa. 



y measures a: 1 >-rv enartctl. 



i'h tlu> UK-HI imiMirtuiit tiroliably wan that n- 

 r the section ai th, old law which imposed 



:> iiiumiu-< 



MM for failurv to adjust and pay losses with- 



oorpuiiia- 

 of aseM 



iinors. A : law declares un- 



all adulterations of f<**l j-r :.; :> <r drugs. 



v of these articles by weight a 

 differing In weight from the standard. 

 ^ were pa^^l '. 



- slaughter of q 

 by any other method lh 

 An-.th.-r in,-a.iir.- pr, t. i,t- th knin^-. 

 phaasani- ' rs. 



\ inong other measure* psjasad war* t he follow - 



{ropriating $5jOOO for a statnt of 



I at Washington, 

 ulrning the scope of surety companies so that 



i SJ n r- | . 1 



Taxing transient merchants 



Requiring certain county officials to execute pan. 



M. i; pan r- f-.. afd ,._ 



tax and regulate clairvoyant*, street fa- 



ant dealers, vehicle*, branch stares, and trolley and 



to recover the claim of the State against the Van- 

 dalia Railroad Company ' 



-.solution drclan-d "The Story of Liber- 



r U --k for school children. It is a 



book put out for u M- in the schools, a story of the 



In<{iiiMiion.and i- n-parded by ('at holies as sJandar- 



vard Ihfir 



< ont.-Hiod Law.-The constitutionality of the 

 law |Mil this year limiting street-car fares in In- 

 dianapolift to three cent* was disputed on the 

 grounds that it impaired the validity of contract* 



and wan ,,- .-ml legislation ; b 



<i, n,rl Aswmblyof 1806 passed an act pro- 



unty MI* undrr crrtaJn 



.< only county eoming under the 



conditions was Jackson County, and the law made 



necessary a special election to determine the que- 



-f removing the county smt from 



Aisled on the gnmnd thai 

 th- law wa special legislation. The Supreme Court 



law DM-., .tire power ov. 



Moral of county seaU is vested in the Legiala- 



Indiana and Ohio law* enabling the local 

 State aut) property of railroad. 



lias were 



tulufiaph. , 



all thrir part* > -tates Supreme Court 



Feb. I. This dec'W. 



v press companies and $135.000 in the case of 

 the telegraph com pan r. The latter appealed only on 

 the ground of the 5O-per-cenU penalty 

 State sought to collect for the company'* failure to 

 pay the tax when it wa* duo. The law imposing 

 the tax was decUn . 18M: the company 



then tendared the tax without the penally: the 



TMMUSJI NfUSSd SO r,.. -x. ;-. , 



this year sustained the Treasurer in collecting the 



