The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1888-03-22
defined. The law passed both branches
u,,thont q dicsnntinO VOICE

defined. The law passed both branches
without dissenting voice.
The House passed bill amending the
Soldiers Relief Fund-it includes in the
list of fbeneicaries, the parentsofindigent
soldiers, and defines minor children to
be those under fifteen years of age. Also
tax of three.fourths of mill ON the
dollar is levied for the INDECENT Soldiers
Relief Fund. Poorman's bill, raising the
liquor tax to $3.50 dollars straight, was
passed by a vote of IS to 40; fifty dollars
goes into the State treasury. Quite a
profitable lesson might be learned by
something more than one.half the tax
payers of the State of Ohio, could they
sit in the Legislative halls and look on
and see the savants make and try to make
laws for the dear people. We say try
for there are many good, honest men in
both parties that faithfully labor for the
good of the whole people; but as an ex-
ample, Mr.. Hunt, an attorney from San
dusky county, attempted to get bill
through, taking the power from the
County Commissioners of deciding on
the amount of compensation to be allowed
attorneys appointed by the Court to as
sist the public prosecutor, and leave it
entirely in the discretion of the Court.
So barefaced a proposition could not get
through, but the gentleman was morti.
fed at the handling his proposition met
with in the House. As an example of
what men may expect when more than
one-half the tax payers of this great
State, and will add, the bone and sinew
and moral stamina of this or any other
State, have but twelve or fifteen repre-
sentatives in body of .145 members,
who are really from and of them, cannot
be better illustrated than by quoting
from the Columbus Dispatch Of March
14th on the Albaugh school bill. 1t
says the "Albaugh township school bill
will probably come up for discussion
and action in the Senate this week. The
purpose and provisions of the bill are
now pretty generally known. Its pas
sage will undoubtedly be big step in
advance for the country schools, and
leading educators of the State are
strongly in favor of it. The great, in
fact the only fault that has been found
with it is this, that it does not 60 as far
as it ought to, as another big fight on
the wiping out of the district lines, the
provision which it is claimed by many
ought to be embodied in this bill, &c. I"
We are at a loss to know what motive
| to attribute the advocacy of such meas
ures to. Let us hope is for the good Of
the dear people, they are certainly q
fearful compound of both. Our present
school system has been more than thirty
years in building up. Under our present
laws the State has been laid off in dis.
tricts and sub-districts for school pur.
poses. The principle governing those
engaged in the work has been as far al
possible to carry out the spirit and the
intent of the law, by having the dis
tricts to contain, II possible. the con
templated number of pupils to each by
making them as large as it was possible
for the children to reach the schools
For this they had q double motive, viz
to Gil az nearly q practical the intention
OF the law, and also lessen the burden
! Of taxation In keeping up the required
4 amount of schoo! each yeas. The sesplI
Of this = tpdeg psep a Ohio being d.
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