Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-07-22

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I The limit Of the Wisdom of the Last
General Assembly OF ONO has not yet
been reache,i.--' rather its pro oiunlity
has not been f.,Ehomed. rhe latest dis
covery is, INK: there Is q law IN OHIO ''t0
protect more etfectually the lives ol
railroad passengers from casualties by
fire. A bill gotten up under such :,
title as that wuuld have 10 he Il NtlA
hard and ugly coinpound not 10 ue ~
iceived with favor. Then pur leg is. al iqi =
are under Obligations that are pee,li.i:
to project the lives of ralirpad pas>ei,
gers. Ou" LEGISLATORS are eli deal tIea,is
They In.ke laws with free railway passes
in tneir tocteIs. Upon the bas.R o
those passes Is i contract printed 10 this
effect: .-.- 70.
THE person who accepts this fiee
ticket thereby assumes all risk oi ac,-i
dents, and expressly agrees lhat the
company shall not be liable under ANY
cireunlst stances, whether uf negligence
by ti,,iT ts,eata or Otherwise for any
tinj1lry % Lie. person, or for any loss or
INJURY to the prlperty of the passenger
using the tick,,t-p ~ 4, ...,..,t e.,
\ fellow carry ing contract like that
lin his pocket naturally objects TO losing
The law of which We s:;eak takes effect
in Novetnber next. and is as foIlows =
IAN ACr 70 PROTECT MoREEFFECTUALLY
THEtIvES,oF RAILROAD PAssENGER5
FROM CASUALTIES BY FIRE. 90. s,
"SECrrI0N |. Be it enacted by the
Cement Assembly of the State of Ohio,
That each ;aiiroad com pany inthis State
shall, when necessary 10 heat any of its
ears, do So by heating apparatus so con-
structed that the fire in it will be imme-
Idiately eXtingulshed whenever the cars
are thrown from the track and overturn
ed and it shall be unlawful for any
railroad company in this State to allow
any other railroad company or person
or persons to run any cars upon its roads
Iuniess the heating apparatus in such cars
conforms to the requirements herein
prescribed. es,,.f 1l,s..s.l.
/ "SEC. 2. 1t shall be unlawful for any
railroad company to light or illuminate
any of its cars except with candles pro-
perly protected, or to allow any other
railroad company or PERSON or persons
to run any cars upon its roads unless the
manner of lighting or illuminating such
cars conforms to the requirements here
in prescribed. rfa e.a
.iSEc. 8. Whenever any heating ap.
paratus contemplated by this act shall
be offered foI sale, and the price can not
be agreed upon between the railroad
company desiring 20 purchase and the
seller, an arbitrament concerning such
price may be made by the selection OF
three disinterested citizens of Ohio, one
by the seller, one by the purshaser, and
one by the two referees thus selected
whose award shall be binding upon the
parties. The expenses of such arbit
ment, If any, shall be borne in equal
proportions by the buyer and the seller
"SEC. 4. Every railroad company
violating the provisions of this act, shall
be liable to a forfeiture of not more than
five hundred dollars nor less than one
hundred dollars, to be recovered in an
action of debt upon the complaint of
any person before aJpstice of the Peace
in any county where such violation may
occur; one half the penalty shall go the
complainant, and the other half to the
State of Ohio, for the benefit OF
common schools. -bAl t.f
Now the main thing will be to find
somebody with an invention for putting
out the fire in stove when it turns
over. We do not doubt hat American
genius will equal the emergency, though
we must hesitate adopt tn the theory ct
the Ohio State Journal that the law was
prepared to fit'some machine that was
represented in the lobby.-[Cin. Com.