The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1891-04-30
OHIO LEGISLATURE.


Ooau,nvA ApYn N -snRAr1L Bills passsls
10 authoriss the city council Of the city OF sab
dusly 70 transfer funds; TO provide voting
place for the electors Of Precinct No. q IN
dssAen township, Mahonjng county; to author.
ise the council 6f Logan, Hooking county, 70
transfer fu ds; 70 authorize tho council OF
authorize the village Of Convoy, Van Vert
county. TO transfer $500 from the police to the
street fund, and SITS from the sanitary TO the
atreet fund: TO authorize the village OF Man
chester to acquire certain ferry privileges; to
authorize the board Of education in Delphos
school district, Van Vert county, to issue 5000
bonds and levy tax for school purposes
Housn-Bnls passed: Authorizing the ap-
pointment of An ofhcial stenographer in MARI
on, wyandott and Crawford oouaties; increas-
ing the pensions OF disabled nremen In Toledo
from sa5 to $40 per month.
COLUMBUS, April 21.--SENArE BILLS passed;
To provide that the commissioners OF each
county shall pay the expense Of county cleo
lions, and that each township shall nay for its
township election: to authorize the several
counties In the state to raise money to secure
the location Of the agricultural expcrimentIta
tion; prescribing the manner Of making nppl'
cation for pardon or communication Of sentence;
TO reduce The state tax levy. by abolishng the
levy of three-tenths OF 4 mill for sinking fund
purposes; to provide . permanent camping
ground for the Ohio national guard; to provide
for the stay Of execution Of Judgment or order
pending the prosecution Of proceedings in Or.
ror; to provide for the admission TO tho blind
ssylum, for . period Of three years, OF adults
under twenty-five years Of ago who have be-
come blind IN adolescence; TO provide that, af-
ter summons has been served, II tho defendant
does not appear, o trial in justices court may
proceed by jury.
Housn-Bnls passed: Giving the mayor Of
Cleveland power to appoint all officers hereto
fore appointed or elected by council; providing
. non partisan government for the Ohio state
reformatory.
CoLuMpus April N-slHATR-Bllls y passed:
Appropriating e2oo with which 10 purchase Of
James H. Smith, Of Newark records Of the
Mexican war collected by him; to provide for
the expense Of cleaning out, repairing and on.
larging bitches located In more than one coun-
ty; to fix the weight OF four and bran to be
given BY = miller in exchange for wheat; to
prevent minors from entering places whore in
toxicating liquors are sod
HoueE-Bils passed: 70 accept the consres.
sional grant for Ohio State university; making
1t unlawful to stand . stallion or jack within
thirty feet from any street or alley; making 1t
unlawful to enter horses In speed classes under
| fraudulent Interpretations; providing that
the board OF review shall have all tho powers
heretofore vested in the board OF revision; CIV
ing courts Of common pleas the same powers in
| regard to township bitches as they now have
over county ditches; TO provide that in tho
ease Of the loan Of any chottsls to on art muse
ugn tho certificate Of ownership required by law
| to be filed In order that the loaner may reclaim
tho property after i've years, may be filed any
| time after that period; TO exempt hotels and
| boaYdiAg-house keepers from the payment Of
| licenses under the Russell law; to appropriate
$4,000 for the purpose Of lighting the state
| house with electricity.
COLUMBUS April e8-SHNATE-Bills passed:
| Making 1t misdemeanor to give an exhibition
| Of hypnotism; to provide for the examination
/ Of each county auditors accounts by q commit
| toe appointed by the county commissioners; /;
| to empower county commissioners to permit
land owners to 10y pipe lines within the lines Of
public roads and highways; to authorize tho
board OF administration to- contract with per.
sons for keeping streets In repair for period Of
| hve years; to authorize tho commissioners of
| Clermont county 70 construct FREQ turnpike
road; TO suthorise the board Of education Of
Cincinnati to issue esS0oo0 bonds for Me pur.
TO provide for tho employment At o salary Of
81 800 per annum Of an oficial court stenog-
| rapher in the second subdivision of the Tenth
| judicial DISTRICT composed Of Marion, Crawford
/ and Wyandot counties.
| HoUsE.-Biils passed; Providing for the cleo.
tion instead OF appointment Of the state food
| and dairy commissioner; making appropria-
tions for general deficiencies: providing for the
publication Of the constitutional amendments
| proposed by the present general assembly, in
papers Of opposite politics Of each county at
sixty per cent Of the Legal rate; authorizing the
city OF Cincinnati to issue $25000O bonds for the
| construction Of school houses; authorizing the
| supreme court to suspend sentence in criminal
| case pending motion for leave to hle . peti.
| tion In error; providing that every honorably
discharged soldier. sailor or marine who has re-
| sided in Ohio one year shall be entitled to I'D
mission into the soldiers and sailors homo at
| Sandusky.
COLUMBUS April 24.-SENATE--Bills passed:
Prohibiting the employment of railroad engi.
| neers who are addicted to drink; providing that
railroad companies shall, in case of accident,
transmit over their telegraph lines private mes
sages at regular commercial rates, and prohib-
iting discrimination in freight rates on the same
class OF freight; providing that school examin-
ers shall not conduct normal schools, and that
| at least two members OF boards Of examiners
shall have had at least two years. experience
MS teachers within hvo years preceding their
appointment providing that cemetery trustees
may petition county commissioners TO construct
roads to cemeteries: permitting trust com.
panies, under appointment OF probate Judge, to
act as guardians, administrators. etc. provid.
ing for the publication Of the proposed cohstitu-
tional tax amendment.
HoUsE-Bills passed: Amending section 1, lss
Of the Revised Statutes SO rs to permit town
ship trustees to condemn and purchase ma
terial for gravel roads outside Of their OWE
township; amending section 2,77l by requiring
county auditors, when they meet to assess rail
road property, to keep full record OF theil
proceedings and enter tho yeas and nays on all
questions on their Journal which shall be kept
on nle and open to public inspection; authoriz
ing the governor attorney-gcneral and cana
commission to sell canal lands at private sale
ut not less than their appraised value wher
such appraisement does not exceed 800; 70
Quring cable and electric street cars to come to
full stop before crossing the Lines Of each other o.
| n tpAH ASn ~ NTH hI
governor 10 return to the psnitentiary prisoner
transferred thsrefrom 70 the reform school snt
providing that they shall serve their full sen
tence In the penitentiary; authorizing the nsl
and game commission to adjust tho damage
sustained BY fishermen whose nets were de