Upon Amendment No. 16 the House accedes. Upon Amendment No. 17 the House accedes. Upon Amendment No. 18 the House accedes after amending to read as follows: "To secure the use of a farm and for implements and articles necessary to cultivate the same, five thousaud dollars, of which three thousand dollars shall be available when needed during the fiscal year ending October 31, 1898, and two thousand dollars shall be available when needed dur ing the fiscal year ending October 31, 1899." Upon Amendment No. 19 the House accedes. Upon Amendment No. 24 the House accedes. Upon Amendment No. 25 the House accedes after amending by adding before the words "State officer" the word "elective." Upon Amendment No. 26 the House accedes. Upon Amendment No. 34 the Senate recedes after amending by striking out the words "two years" and substituting therefor the words "one year." Upon Amendment No. 35 the House accedes. Upon Amendment No. 37 the House accedes. Upon Amendment No. 39 the House accedes. The Conference Committee recommends the following additions: Amendment No. 45. Insert after line 305 in Engrossed House Bill No. 603, as printed by the Senate, the following: For the purpose of carrying out the objects and purposes of the child labor bill there is hereby appropriated for each, the fiscal year beginning November 1, 1897, and November 1, 1898, the sum of one thousand dollars, said sum to be under the control of the Governor, and to be paid out on his order on sworn itemized statements of the Factory Inspector. Amendment No 46: Strike out the word "twelve" in line 29 of the printed bill and insert the word "fifteen," and amend by adding after the word "dollars" in line 30 the following words: effect March 8, 1897." "To take Senator Watson moved that the Chair appoint a committee of three to wait upon Governor Mount and ascertain his desires regarding the further transaction of business by this Senate. The motion prevailed. The Lieutenant-Governor appointed Senators Watson, Shiveley and Ellison as the committee. On motion of Senator Campbell the Senate adjourned. MONDAY AFTERNOON. MARCH 8, 1897. The Senate reconvened at 2 o'clock P. M., with LieutenantGovernor Haggard in the chair. On motion of Senator Houghton, the Senate took a recess until 3 o'clock. The Senate was called to order at 2:35 P. M., with LieutenantGovernor Haggard in the chair. Senator Bobilya made the following motion : MR. PRESIDENT: I move you that a rising vote of thanks be tendered the presiding officer of this Senate for his impartial manner in his treatment of members of the body during this session which is now about to adjourn. Which motion prevailed by a unanimous vote. BOBILYA. Senator Gochenour offered Senate Resolution No. 62: Resolved, That the thanks of the Senate be and the same are hereby extended to the Hon. Chas. E. Shiveley, for the able and impartial manner in which he has discharged his duties as President pro tempore of the Senate during this session. Which resolution was adopted. GOCHENOUR. The following message was received from the Governor: INDIANAPOLIS, IND., March 8, 1897. MR. PRESIDENT: I herewith return Senate Bill No. 451, without my approval. This bill seeks to legalize all settlements made by Boards of County Commissioners with County Treasurers between November 22, 1894, and June 22, 1895. The fee and salary law of 1891, under which these County Treasurers were elected and served, is the law by which settlements should be made. If the constitutionality of the law of 1891 was in question when these settlements were made and the County Commissioners and Treasurers presuming that the Supreme Court would not uphold the law, upon this presumption made settlements, such settlements were made at their peril and should stand or fall by such decision. The Court having upheld the law of 1891, it is manifest that all settlements made under the law of 1879 are unlawful. Money received under a misapprehension of what the law is, should be returned when that misapprehension is removed. If any officer draws too much money by mistake or misapprehension of the law, must it follow as a sequence that, because the mistake was honestly made, therefore he should keep the money? Many thousands of dollars in our State have been paid to County Treasurers in the manner above mentioned. Shall the taxpayers be subjected to this wrong? This bill seeks to establish an unsafe precedent and legalize a vicious principle. It legalizes settlements based upon the presumption of what the law is instead of upon the law itself. MR. PRESIDENT : Respectfully, JAMES A. MOUNT, Governor. I am directed by the Governor to inform the Senate that he has approved and signed Senate Eurolled Act No. 442: An act to amend section 9 of an act entitled an act to provide for the incorporation of street railroad companies, etc. Also: Senate Enrolled Act No. 65: An act defining the regular terms of boards of commission ers, regulating certain duties of boards of commissioners and county auditors, providing penalties for violations thereof, of etc. Also: Senate Enrolled Act No. 199: An act concerning warehouse receipts, and the issuing, sale and transfer thereof, and the sale of goods, wares and merchandise stored in public or private warehouses, etc. பா Also: Senate Enrolled Act No. 300: An act defining public highways established by uses, and providing for the recording thereof. Also: Senate Enrolled Act No. 19: An act declaring what are partition fences, and providing for the repair and maintenance of such fences. Also: Senate Enrolled Act No. 254: An act authorizing educational institutions incorporated under the laws of the State of Indiana to admit to membership in its board trustees elected by the alumni of such institution, and declaring an emergency. Also: Senate Enrolled Act No. 426: An act to amend sections 3 and 4 of an act entitled an act concerning elections, providing a penalty for the violation of the same, etc. Also: Senate Enrolled Act No. 251: An act to appropriate money to defray the expenses of the commission appointed by the Supreme Court of the United States to establish the boundary line between the State of In diana and the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Also: Senate Eurolled Act No. 471: An act to amend section 1 of an act entitled an act for the appointing of probate commissioners by the judges of circuit courts, etc. Also: Senate Enrolled Act No. 385: An act to fix the salary of the Adjutant-General and Quartermaster-General of the State of Indiana. |