The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-04-18
OHIO LEGISLATURE.


was in session long enough TO receive two nomi. |
nations by the governor The nominations
were Michael Stanton. Of Scioto county, to bo a |
member OF the board OF managers OF the Ohio
peniten tinry for five years, beginning March 81,
1891 and Edward SQUIRE, OF Defiance county 10 |
be n member OF tho board OF trustees OF the In
stitutlon for feeble minded youth for ave years,
leRnning April 0, 1891
HoUsE.-Ony dozen members were present.
Tho journal for the week past was read and np.
proved, md the following bills ore introduced:
Authorizing probntc and common pleas courts
~ appoint an nd interim sheriff, when the elect.
ed sheriff is incapucitated from attending to
h duties. Amending the law Ms to good
time" OF ponitontiary conyicts, making the ap.
plicaton thereof mandatory instead OF dscre.
tonary with the managers. in accordance with
the following schedule: One year, five duys in
each month; two years. I days in each month;
three years days in each month: four years,
lO days in each month; Ave years, II days In
each month; six years or over, 10 days in each
month.
COLUMBUS, April 7.-SBNATE Bills intro
duced; To provide that county Official publica-
tions must be made in two papers of opposite
politics in the county instead OF at the county
seat; to provide for the admission into the
bind asylum OF pupils over 81 years and under
20 years OF age, who have become blind recent
ly and have not had educational advantages; to
make 1t an offense, punishable with 81, 900 fine
Intoxicating liquor 10 an inmate OF Jail or
prison; to require railroad companies to stop
three passenger trains each way on every day
Mt county seats and villages and cities having
three thousand or more inhabitants, providing
SO many trains are running. Several bills of q
local nature were passed.
HoUsE-Bills passed: Amending section 39OS
r. S. so as to provide for elections by wards in
village school districts authorizing the several
counties of the state to raise money to secure
the location Of the Ohio agricultural expert
ment station, aud to provide for such location;
TO enable the auditor of Hamilton county to
correct and complete the pats and tax dupli-
cate Of said county, and to authorize the bor-
rowing Of $4,000 for that purpose Bills intro
duced: Providing that when the owner OF
headgate refuses or neglects to repair the same
property, the Improvement shall be made by
the county commissioners at the expense of
the owner; TO provide for the election OF mem
bers Of village boards Of education separately
In the respective wards; to authorize the re-
| spective counties of the state to offer induce
ments for securing the location OF the Ohio ag-
ricultural experiment station the matter in
each case TO be submitted to vote OF the peo-
pie; to provide that the semi-monthly payment
law shall apply to firms and private individuals
| who employ help; to fix the amounts of flour
and bran to be allowed by milers in exchange
| for wheat.
COLUMBUS April S-SENATE-Bills passed;
as conductors others than experienced railroad
men; relative to the release OF deposits made
| by insurance companies and to provide for the
withdrawal OF the deposits OF insurance COM
panies other than life, when their risks in Ohio
have expired and their liabilities have been
| liquidated; supplementary section 9S2, revised
statutes, so that it shall be the duty OF town
ship trustees to examine into the condition OF
| childrens homes once n year, and to see to 1T
| that the inmates are properly cared for; amend
ing section 36ila, OF the revised statutes, so as
| to permit fire insurance companies to insure
against loss by explosion and to permit them to
insure employees against accident caused by fire
J or explosion; relative to the employment OF
| child labor in factories and mines.
| HoUsE-Bills introduced: Providing that
when any county pays more taxes into the
state treasury for school purposes than they
are allowed under the school apportionment
| that the surplus so paid shall be refunded to
such county; authorizing Columbus to con-
| denim land and establish a sewage farm; to pre-
| vent supervisors from establishing an open
ditch before u persons residence without his
consent; authorizing the majority OF stockhold-
| ers OF any incorporated company to call a meet
| ing at any time to elect officers
COLUMBUS, April o. 9.--SENATE.--Bills passed:
Providing for the repair and care of streets in
the city OF Columbus; providing for the cele-
| bration Of the four hundredth anniversary of
the discovery OF America in all OF the public
| schools of the state; amending Section SCI of
| the Revised Statutes so that when boys are
| transferred from the penitentiary to the boys
| industrial school, and then remanded again to
the penitentiary, they shall get credit for the
time served at school; detaching certain terri.
tory from the corporation OF Lancaster, Fair
field township, and attaching it to adjoining
| townships; authorizing the levying OF tax not
exceeding ten mills in special school districts
for educational purposes.
| HoUSE-The canal question was reopened In
the house this morning by an attempt to pass
Mr. Wagners bill providing for clearing the
channel OF Big Beaver river and to secure out
let for the waste water from the Mercer county
reservoir The bill appropriated $4,000 by the
state, on condition that the commissioners OF
Mercer county made q levy sufficient to defray
the expenses OF the construction in addition tc
the state appropriation. After wrange fol
an hour the bill was defeated on vote OF 81 tc
"a. 1t required rs votes to pass it. Subsequently
there was reconsideration, and the bill was
referred to the committee on bitches, drains
and water courses.
| COLUMBUS, April 10. .-SENATE-Eills passed
Approprating $3.50 to defray the expenses in
CURED in the decoration OF the state house a
the time of Gen. w. II. Sherman's death: pro
viding for the appointment by the director o
public works of Cleveland of an inspector o
stationary engines. Bills introduced: Provid
ing for the disposition OF the direct tax recent,
refunded by the general government; providing
for the appointment Of q commission to secure
} an encampment for the Ohio National Guards
authorizing the expenditure OF 5000 for the com
pletion Of the Mexican war roster; providing
terminal railroad facilities for the city of Gin
cinnati; regulating the advertising OF the lev.
} for turnpike roads,
HoUsE.-Bills passed: Authorizing the com
missioners of Clermont County to transfer $500
, from the building to the county fund; appropr
ating $4,000 for the purpose Of lighting tn
state house with electricity; authorizing the com
mssioners of Brown county to construct q FIRE
, turnpike from Georgetown to the Ripley an
Arnheim road; increasing pay OF police fore
in Cincinnati Bills introduced: To amen
D section 1888, revised statutes, so as to provid
for jury trials in vacation Of roads; amendin
section 4197, revised statutes, so that wher
chattels are loaned to art museums a certificat
of right to reclaim the property from the bo
rover may be filed at any time within te
years; amending section 535, revised statute
D extending the jurisdiction OF the common plea
court in cases where the probate judge is inoi
paciated to act on account OF relationship
j.: contestants or other causes providing for II
: dexing cases in the supreme court
|. A BROKEN frog caused the derailmer
|, of south Inbound freight train on tn
Cleveland and Lorain and Wheelin
road, five miles north of Massillon.
car of sugar, a car of lumber and twelv
coal flats were piled in a heap on tn
track. The property damaged bein
very great.
ANNIE PROSPER, aged 22, daughter {
Benjamin Prosper, of Massillon, mad
X the third unsuccessful attempt to con
NIT suicide, the other morning. 81