Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-02-05
OHIOLEGISLATURE
J. :. Journal Summary.

JAN. 8.-Senate-Bill introduced
Amending the bribery law. Bills passed
S. BIS, preventing trusts and combina
tions that limit production and advance
prices; requiring foreign building an(
loan associations to give 100000 security
to state treasurer; providing that either
the giver or taker of bribes, contrary tt
statute, shall be exempt from prosecution
if he makes the complaint.
HoaLse-Bills passed: II. B., appro
priating $l,160 to reimburse Athens fol
repairing Ohio canal; S. B., authorizing
the organization of companies to facili
tate the giving of bonds
JAN. 29.-Senaee- passed: Fl
BIS giving probate judges power to order
an administrator or executor to receive
all cash in settlements of an estate or to
order the sale of notes before due and
final settlement before the expiration
of the allotted time; making partial ap-
propriations for the state during 1891 80
5. B. s fixing salaries of Franklin county
and abolishing fees; adjusting the claims
for killed sheep by township trustees;
giving county commissioners power to
parole INDECENT prisoners; providing for
| female toilet rooms, ETC., on every foo:
of factories ETC.
House-Bin passed: Permitting spear
ing of mullets, suckers and redhorse in
Streams flowing into Lake Erie. The
bill to abolish the board of pardons was
defeated; also the bill to abolish comp
troller's Office at Cincinnati.
JAN. 30-SenGte- introduced
Extending powers of commissioner of
labor statistics and enabling him to col
lect certain information. Bill passed:
S. B., authorizing county commissioners
to parole prisoners confined for fines and
costs, to enable them to pay the same.
House Bills introduced: Requiring
prosecuting attorneys to appear before
board of pardons when notified so to do;
requiring that improvement notification
shall be served upon persons in whose
name property is liable for taxation; to
empower infrmary directors to settle
with probate court in case of the death
of pauper; providing that persons
elected to the Office of probate judge
shall be qualified by examination by
supreme court; to apportion the dog tax
to townships, indemnifying them against
loss for sheep killed by dogs and giving
surplus to school fund.- extending pro-
visions of labor lien law to monumental
and other work in cemeteries.
FEB. 2.-SepGte = Bills introduced
Reducing salaries of assistant law and
state librarians from $1,000 and Sl,2O0,
respectively, to 5000; reducing penalty
on delinquent taxes from to 2 per
cent; allowing shippers to make two or
more railroads joint defendants for
damages.
HobSe-Bills introduced: Prohibiting
county commissioners from employing
any engineer for county work except
the regularly elected county surveyors;
submitting to a vote of the people of
Cincinnati proposition permitting the
sale of intoxicating liquor after l P NJ
on Sundays; providing that irregularities
in the assessment of taxes shall not de-
feat their collection when the improve
ment for which they are assessed is
completed; limiting the rate of fare on
railroads to 2 cents per mile and prohib- |
iting the issuing of passes or discrim
ination in passenger or freight rates; |
increasing compensation for catching |
providing for purchase of |
second hand school books by boards of |
education.