The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1889-01-24
STATE NEWS ITENa


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I COLUMBUS, Jan. i4--sKNArr-Biiis intro.
lduced: Allowing salaries TO prosecutor BY
Probate Courts having criminal jurisdiction;
lpermitting sidewalks along county roads, pro.
viding ofiicial stenographers for grand juries. A
number Of nominations by the Governor were
connrmed. ftef
HOUSE joint resolution offered: To absn.
don the canal in Cincinnati-laid over for ono
day. Bills introduced: RESTRICTING the use Of
district messengers In certain cases; author
izing the use Of stencgrnphers before grand
juries; making appropriations to pay tho prin-
cipal and interest on the State debt; prevent
ing combinations; preventing the repairing Of
machinery in motion; providing compulsory
education Of children under fourteen years;
requiring corporations to keep their books open
for inspection Of stockholders; requiring bet
ter inspection Of boilers and building in shops
end factories: authorizing the Cincinnati
Southern road to secure terminal facilities;
providing that boards Of school examiners shall
consist Of teachers; requiring electric light
companies to properly insulatc their wires.
COLUMBUS, Jan. 49, SENATE. Various bills
were read o second time and referred. Mr..
Tord's bill, TO amend the Revised Statutes re.
lating to school books, was indefinitely post
poned. Several bills were introduced, among
them the following: Requiring county COM
missioners, in counties where there arc towns
Of ten thousand Inhabitants not county seats, to
publish notices Of matters OF general public In.
terest In newspapers OF such town, besides
those Of the county seat. Among the bills
passed was the following: To authorize. the
State Inspector Of Workshops and Factories to
inspect halls and other public buildings in ccr-
tain cases.
HOUSE bills passed. Approprating s32, $50 for
salaries OF members and Officers Of the Legisla-
,ture and for the Clerk of the Supreme Court. To
prevent any person from unlawfully using er
wearing the insignia Of civic or religious socie.
ties. To suppress bucket-shops and gamblingin
stocks, bonds, petroleum, cotton, grain, provis
ipns and other produce. Requiring supervisors
OF roads to keep the waterways open. Defn-
ing pure wines, compound wines and to regu-
late the manufacture Of such wines, and pro-
hibit the manufacture or sale Of adulterated
Wines Authorizing the Trustees Of Scioto
Township, Ross County, to transfer funds.
COLUMBUS, Jan. 18.--SENATE.-Mr Alexan.
der moved to proceed to the election of an En-.
crossing Clerk to fill the vacancy occasioned by
the resignation Of Mrs Patti Kumler Latta,
which being agreed to, he nominated Mrs. Edith
M. Youmans. Mrs. Youmans received twenty
votes and was declared elected. The Commit
tee on Rules reported changes proposed,
which were ordered printed, In order to allow
opportunity for consideration Petitions were
presented for the oleomargarine bill and for the
two.cent railroad fare bill. Various bills were
read second time and referred to appropriate
committees. Bills for third reading were placed
on the calendar for tomorrow. Several local
bills were acted on, when the Chamber was sur
rendered TO the State Agricultural Society for
their meeting.
HOUsE.-Bill introduced Making members
Of the Legislature ineligible to the trusteeship
Of the public institutions. Bills passed: Pro-
tiding for the payment Of certain insurance
taxes In Cincinnati to the police fund; provid.
ing new method for selecting Presidential
Electors; increasing the pay Of the Recorder Of
Hamilton County; for the better protection Of
bridges; making appropriations for the common
schools; defining the quail flcations Of jurors;
releasing mortgaged property from taxation
and taxing the mortgage; preventing lotteries
and games Of chance In this State. Mr.. Spen.
Ger offered resolution providing for IN up.
pointment Of committee to consider the pro-
priety Of changing the intermediate peniten-
tiary TO an Asylum for the Incurable Insane
Laid over under the rule.
COLUMBUS. Jan. 17.-SENATE.-The House
amendments to g. B., to prevent any person
from unlawfully using or wearing insignia Of
civic or religious societies in Ohio, were agreed
to- Il. B. authorizing city council to hx the
price OF gas was read the third time and re.
committed to the Committee on Municipal Cor
porations. The same was done with H. B. to
provide for the inclosure OF abandoned burying-
grounds. Mr. Carlin submitted o report from
the select committee appointed to investigate
tho Toledo sentiment on the natural gas pipe
line bill. The H. B. to enable Toledo to bond
hn ,o<, al lS,.o
then taken up and finally passed motion to
was lost.
HoUsE-Bills passed: Providing that females |
employed In manufacturing or mercantile es- |
shall be permitted to use such |
sents when It will not interfere with the per. |
formance OF their duties; providing what shall |
constitute Q barrel; authorizing referees to re-
port witnesses who refuse to testify to the court
for punishment for contempt; providing for |
cutting down and regarding and regraveling |
hills on free pixies In counties whore the COM
missioners have charge Of keeping such pixies
N repair; amending the insurance laws 30 as to |
provide reciprocity between Ohio and Massa-
In reference to the valuation put upon |
policies; providing for the Improvements Of
J road In Crossley Township, Hamilton County.
COLUMBUS, Jan. ls.-SENArB.-Bills intro.
luced: Authorizing Westwood, Hamilton
county, TO complete and furnish town hall;
the rate Of State taxes. number
Il local bills werepassed. The bill to regulate the
practice Of veterinary surgery was lost Bills
,assed: Relating TO dividends paid by corpor-
ltions; concerning proceeding for ooncealment
" embezzlement OF property. Bills introduced:
Providing for collections for the necessaries Of
ife from weekly wages OF persons who become
iebtors; requiring ODD Fellows, Masonic and
,ther life Insurance. associations TO report to
he State Commissioner Of Insurance; allowing
members Of the Board Of Pardons salary Of
700 per year.
HoUsE-Bills passed; Harmonizing the
tatutes relative to widows homesteads;
Brown County to repair court
iouse. The bill granting women the right to
'ote st municipal elections. was lost on pas
ago, reconsidered and referred to the Judiciary
committee. Mr.. Strsnshan offered . Joint
resolution asking Congress 70 establish Gov.
rnment fish hatchery on Lake Erie. Adopted.
COLUMBUS. Jan. l9-SENATE-Not in ses.
ion. ..t...
HOUsE.-Bills introduced: Repeating the act
cquiring bulletin-boards at railroad stations;
flowing agricultural and cemetery associations
o construct sidewalks; amending the parole
aw; taxing commissions of offce-holders; pro.
'iding for beef inspection; giving final jurisdic.