The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1891-03-26
OHIO LEGISLATURE.


COLUMBUS March ie-sENArH-Biils intro.
duced: 10 authorize the village council Of
Leesburg, Ross county. to transfer funds; to
authorize the village council OF Leosburg, Ross
couu =, to issue e2 500 bonds for street improve
ment purposes and the payment OF debts; to
require surety companies, organized in other
states and dong business in Ohio, to make an
nual reports to the state insurance commits.
sioner, and TO place with him each 5000, 900 in
United States, state or municipal bonds; 10
transfer 10 the Portsmouth public library fund
the proceeds OF u tax levy OF two-tonths OF o
mill by a clerical err or credited to the building
fund OF the board OF education.
HousE--Bills passed: Authorizing the ap.
pointmcnt OF arbitrators to de ,ermine the value
of abstract OF restored records destroyed by the
Cincinnati courthouse fire; taking OF the 20
per cent. penalty assessed against property
owners IN cities Of the second grade, fourth
class, VIII fail to construct sidewalks; to con-
sent to tue purchase by the U. S. government
OF site IN Canton for government building.
Bills introduced: Amending Sections 10, IL and
IS Of the compulsory education law SO rs to
authorize boards OF education to supply cloth
ing 10 indlgcnt pupils; providing that county
commissioners shall pay expenses Of opening
up road to admit defendants to bail in bas-
tardy proceedings when an appeal is taken; to
require owners Of stock 10 corporations organ.
lied in other stntes TO return their stock for
taxation in this state
COLUMBUS, March l7.--SENATE Bills passed:
TO permit defendants in replevin suits to give
bond and retain possession of property, the
plaintiff IL he wins the suit, to have ground for
an action for damages for the retention Of the
property; making 1t an ofIense to tamper with
the pipes or other works Of gas companies;
abolishing the fee system Of paying the mayor
OF Hamilton and providing that he shall be
paid IN annual salary Of $500; to authorize the
commiss oners Of Mahoning county to
issue $4,000 bonds to meet def1cien.
cies: to increase to fifteen the
number of aids on the governors military stan
Bills introduced: To require the inspection Of
stationary engines and the licensing Of station
ary engineers IN NIL cities and villages; to pro.
vide for the appointment by the probate court
OF Seneca county OF non.partjsan boards Of re-
vision In Tifnn and Tostora
Housl.-'rhe following bills were passed:
Dividing Middleton township, Coumbiana
county, into two election precincts; providing
for the payment Of tl97O to Drs. c. M. Gallo.
way and s. S. Wilson for medical services rem.
dered In The diphtheria epidemic at the SCI
diers and sailors orphans home.
COLUMBUS, March Is. SENATE. BILLS passed:
To require sbstracters of titles to give bond In
5000 each; providing that if property-owner
refuse to accept the amount offered by q NUM-
cipal council for the condemnation OF land, and,
going to law, lose the case, he shall pay the costs
OF the trials to change the rate Of interest which
bonds issued by Toledo, In loaning the city's
credit for street improvements, may bear from
four and half to five per cent. per annum; to
provide that, when real estate, which Is the
joint property of heirs is sold at legal sale, the
mortgage securing deferred payment shall be
filed with the sheriff OF the county In which
the land is situated. TO authorize the trustees
OF Union township, Brown county, to trans
fer funds; to authorize the commissioners of
Brown county to transfer funds; to empower
n lam In pt,fta
county TO O. v. Parrish, on condition agreed
upon by Parrish and the canal commission.
Bills introduced: To appropriate &2 600 for tho
erection Of monuments Mt Fort Amanda and
Fort Barbee, Auglaize county, to soldiers Of
the war Of 1912 buried there to make 1t on of.
tense. punishable with $1,000 fne and three
years i'm prisonment in the penitentiary, to tap
telegraph or telephone wires for the purpose Of
stealing kilograms.
HousR-Tbe contested elections bill was unde.
discussion In the house. but no definite action
was taken. The democratic caucus decided to
pass the Cincinnati charter bill without amend
ment.
COLUMBUS. March h19.-SENATE--Bills passed:
To require winners to label wines es pure, com.
pound or adulterated; to appropriate $l0O ,Oo0
for the arrangement and display OF the products
OF Ohio at the Worlds Columbian exposition Of
1888; to include county inflrmary directors in
those oficisls whose bondsmen may, on appli-
cation, be released; to levy a tax OF. one-twen.
tieth Of mill on the property of the
state for the support OF Ohio state
university; TO regulate foreign building
and loan associations doing business in Ohio; to
authorize the commissioners OF Richland coun-
~ to levy an additional tax for macadamizing
and improving the road from Mansfield to the
intermediate penitentiary; to authorize the
village council OF Carrollton, Carroll county, to
issue Is 700 bonds for general improvement pur-
poses
HoUsE.-The house passed the bills 10 pre-
vent railroad companies hiring inexperienced
conductors, and the Cincinnati charter bill.
CoLUNnus. March R0.-SENATE-Bills passed:
TO authorize the trustees of Pleasant town
ship Hardin county, to transfer funds to au.
thorize tho village council Of Edison, Morrow
county, TO issue bonds for the completion of o
town hall; to authorize the board Of education
Of Portsmouth to issue bonds for the purpose
Of purchasing site aud erecting schoolhouse.
The senate adjourned 10 I p. m. Monday.
HOUSE,. - Tho following bills were passed
to-day: Providing that when village school
district becomes too large, more territory can
be taken In and The district divided without
action BY the lsgislature providing for the lay.
ing Of natural gas pipes In Toledo; authorizing
| the commissioners OF Hamilton to improve the
MIL road, In Hamilton county; authorizing the
| commissioners Of Hsmilton county to improve
Montgomery road; authorizing the commission
| ers OF Hamilton county to improve Edwards
| road; transferring certain money in Portsmouth
| from the school building fund 10 tho library
| fund; transferring certain funds in Leesburg
| Highland county; authorizing Toledo to ISSUE
| 1900 bonds for new patrol house. RepreseB
| tstve Davis introduced bill to authorize tn,
| commissioners Of Nshoning county TO ISSUE
| 100000 in bonds for the improvement OF ths
Market street bridge in youngstown. It wa
referred to the two members from Mahoning.
FIRE in Cincinnati damaged the Bied
niger Paper Co., and Sherman H. Gere
dealer in chemicals, to the extent o.
$40, 900. Et
A JOINT resolution of Mr.. McKelvey
providing for an investigation by the
state board Of health Of impurities II
the water Of the Ohio river, was adopted
by the house.
DANIEL WIssINeER, q prominent citi
zen of Springfield, was psralyzed OF
the entire right side while at dinner th'
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