Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-05-03


| In the amendments. The vote stood 30 to 40, oil
| those in the Affirmative being Democrats and
those in the negative Republicans. The Senate
| resolution approprinting money TO purchnso
| 1900 copies OF Howe's History Of Ohio was con-
CURED In. Bills passed. Making the first Mon
day of September a legal holiday, to be known
as Labor Day; to provide for the maintenance
and support OF farmers institutes by authoriz
| ing county treasurers to pay not to exceed 5000
annually; to prohibit the pollution of streams
| by refuse from oil and gas wells, by giving
county commissi ners power to appoint an In
spector to secure evidence provide for service
and fixing n fine OF 81 900. The bill to create q
Board of Public Affairs for Toledo was reported
| back with amendments providing for change
in the manner of selecting the board, and put
on its passage, and lost by vote of so yeas to
| 53 nays. Mr.. Gear reported back the Railroad
Commission bill, and Mr. Price offered an
amendment striking out all after the enacttng
clause and providing for simple change in the
| name of the office from Commissioner of Rail
roads and Telegraphs, to Superintendent of
| Railroads and Telegraphs. On this proposition
| three Democrats voted in the negative with the
| Republicans and the bill was lost-yeas 55, nays
| So The conference committees report on mat
ters of difference between the two houses over
| the Corcoran Senate bill relative to the estab'
| lishment OF free employment agencies in the
| five large cities was non n-concurred in.
| Senate, April 4.-The Senate consumed most
OF the day in discussing the Geyer school book
| bill, which passed by vote of 81 to 8. The bill
provides as follows The State School Commits
sioner shall within thirty days secure copies of
| all the school books now in use in the State
| with information as to their cost at wholesale
and retail The Governor, School Commissioner
and Supervisor of Public Printing, constituting
| the school book board, shall then examine care
| fully the books and after thorough investiga-
| tion of the subject within sixty days, fix
maximum price for all grades Of school books,
| which shall in no instance exceed seventy-flve
| per cent. of the present lowest wholesale price.
After this is done the School Commissioner
shall invite bids from publishers to furnish all
the school books used in the State during u
| period of five years, the contract price to
be limited within the maximum set by the
InaN..@ 81 hoo vi NDI lNsl1
| board, if the proposals are of the right kind,
| shall accept the lowest and best and require
bond for the performance by the publishers OF
| the contract The boards of education through
out the State must then be notified of the action
of the school book board and shall then elect
| the courses of study and the books nee ed The
publishers will furnish books directly to the
| school boards the latter paying the cost of
transportation and paying for the books out of
range for the sale, through agents or local deal
ers. of the books to the school children, the cost
| to the children in no case being permitted to ex-
| ceed the contract price and ten per cent. The
bill was afterward reconsidered and amended so
as to provide for the appointment by the Gov.
ernor, from the two leading political parties. OF
| an educator and business man to act on the
| school book board. AS amended the bill passed.
Governor Campbell sent &c the Senate the fol-
lowing nominations: w. H. Kinder, OF Han
| cock County Commissioner of Insurance for
three years beginning June 3, 1890; Daniel Wolf,
of Hamilton County, trustee of the Boys Indus
trial School; Charles Roose, of Ottawa County,
| trustee of the Blind Asylum, vice John H Hud-
son. Tho Senate defeated Mr.. Gaumers House
bill to abolish registration except in Cincinnati,
field and Youngstown. A resolution was
adopted to adjourn at eleven a. m. Monday.
| The following bills were passed: To repeal an
act to require the commissioners OF Van Vert
County to give all county work belonging to his
department to the county surveyor; making
appropriations for the salary and expenses OF
| the Canal Commissioners and other expenses;
| to authorize Bucyrus, Crawford County, to
issue $4,000 bonds for building purposes /;
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purpose of constructing sewers; to authorize
Marietta to issue bonds for the purpose OF con-
structing sewers; reenacting the old law with
regard to election officers IN cities and villages
not having election boards and in townships: !:
providing for the appointment of an additional
clerk OF the Supreme Court. The Senate re-
fused to concur in the House amendments to
the bill to legislate Railroad Commissioner Cap
peller out OF office.
House this morning and the Speaker ordered
the sergeant-at-arms to clear the lobby of all
persons, except ladies' not entitled to the priyi-
leges of the floor. Mr.. Gear moved reconstd-
Grafton OF the vote by which the bill to legislate
Railroad Commissioner Cappeller out OF office
tion was called and the bill was passed. The
vote by which the bill to create Board OF Pub
lie Affairs for Toledo was lost, was reconsid-
for its return. Mr. Price introduced bill
amending Section II Of the Dow law, which pro-
vides for o fine and punishment for violating
land" to "or" leaving it to the discretion of the
Judges whether imprisonment shall be added to
the sentence. Mr. Christy introduced bill
signals, for the purpose Of conveying to
farmers a forecast of the weather predictions.
tions, both county and State and the signals
given each morning. The bill was read sec
ond time and will go over to the next session.
The House refused to reconsider the vote by
| which Mr.. Adams Senate bill to compel the fl
ing of inventories of all estates was passed. A
bill introduced by Mr.. Braman compels railroad
l t1.f fhn finn
| overhead bridges and crossings of public roads
in the country as provided in the cities. Bfls
passed: Amending Section 4Ol7 SO as to pro
vide that boards of education shall employ SUI
perintendents and teachers for longer period
than one year only on q three-fourths vote; au'
thoriZing the commissioners of Scoto County
to levy special tax OF five-tenths of mill for
county expense fund: authorizing the Council
of Riverside, Hamilton County, to issue COZ
IN bonds for sewer purposes; authorizing the
Council of Carrollton to issue $4,000 street i'm
| provement bonds: amending an act authorizing
the board of education Of Brooklyn Cuyahoga
County to issue S25, COO in bonds so us to permit
the erection of an additional school house; au-
thorizing the commissioners of Holmes County
to issue $40 1000 in bonds to construct free turn
pike; abolishing the board OF health, West
Cleveland ;appropriating 81. 200 for the purchase
OF Fort Ancient; authorizing Toledo to issue
600O0 in bonds to pay floating indebtedness.
Bills amending the registration law were taken
up and discussed. The first bill passed takes
from the Governor the power to appoint boards
OF elections and gives IL to the mayors OF cities
in which such boards are located. The bill does
not take effect until July, 1890 The other bill
repeals the law requiring annual registration in
all cities except Cincinnati, Cleveland and To
ledo, and provides that In all other cities hav-
ing boards of election electors shall be required
| to register once in four years only. Both bills
were passed by strict party votes. The Cleve-
land bill to create Board of Public Affairs in
that city was taken up and defeated.
Senate-April 25.-Bills passed as follows: TIC
authorize the trustees OF the Ohio Soldiers and
Sailors Orphans Home to contract for water
supply; to authorize the village OF Brooklyn
Cuyahoga County, to borrow $4,000 for the pur
pose of building school houses; to authorize any
township in Cuyahoga County to issue bonds
for the purpose OF repairing roads damaged by
floods; to authorize Carrollton, Carroll County
| to issue bonds for general improvements; to
authorize the construction OF a turnpike in
Holmes County; making it misdemeanor to
| pass through private gate or bars TO avoid
paying toll; for the relief of Jason Wheeler pri
vate of Company A, Eighteenth REGIMENT, o.
N. G.; to authorize the trustees OF Wellington
township, Defiance County, TO issue and sell
bonds to drill for natural gas; to authorize the
village of Bowling Green, Wood County, TO sell
its natural gas plant and make contracts for the
fufllment OF existing contracts; giving the
commissioners of Cuyahoga County authority to
order the removal of nuisances from waterways
or highways aud making person violating the
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