The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-02-14
OHIO LEGISLATURE,


psnios TO plat real estate; relative to actions
against common carriers; to reduce the salaries
OF tho Assistant State Librarian and the As |
sistant Law Librarian; 70 reduce the penalty |
for delinquency in paying taxes
HousE-3ills introduced: To authorize the
city Of Cincinnati TO vote upon the question OF
keeping open saloons on Sunday between I
ociock in the afternoon and lo o'clock at nights
10 amend Section 2sSo, so as TO authorize coun-
~ treasurers TO bring tax suits In behalf OF |
municipal corporations; to compel county COM
missioners TO employ their surveyors as en-
Eineorsj empowering the Governor TO deed
certain lands in Mercer County 10 Edward
Palmer and James +. Monroe; 20 appro.
priate 1904, ,4la75 for the expenses OF
the State Sinking Fund Commission
and pay interest on the irreducible debt; TO
amend Section 1884, so Ss TO provide that the
chief deputy clerk OF the Supreme Court shall
receive an annual salary of $1,000, and second
deputy 81 100, instead OF 81, 200 each as at pres
ent; to authorize gill net fishermen who were
injured by the unlawful seizure OF nets under
order OF tho State Fish nnd Game Commission,
10 sue the State for damages; requiring per-
sons who intend TO bring damage suit against
city to do so within thirty days; reducing rail-
road fares to two cents q mile and prohibiting
the issuing OF pnsses and from giving discrim-
mating rates providing for the purchase Of old
school books by boards Of educaton ncreas.
ing the compensation for securing drift timber.
Providing that when County Treasurer acts
as Treasurer OF city, his bond rs City Treas
urer shall be made part Of the records OF the
City Council, when accepted and carefully pre-
served and his bond as Treasurer Of School
Funds shall in the same way be made part of
the records OF tho Board OF Education; TO give
Justices OF the Peace FINAL jurisdiction in cases
Of prosecution for trespass. Bills introduced:
To provide that organizations Of laborers and
farmers may use school houses for meetings
when school is not in session; to provide that
all credits shall be listed for taxation and the
liabilities then deducted, failure to report a
credit invalidatng the claim; TO provide for the
appropriation OF $4,000 for the construction OF
fire-proot museum on the Ohio State Univer-
sity grounds for the Geological Museum, not TO
cost more than 800, 900
HoUsE-Bills passed: Amending Section
4022.5, so as to extend the provisions Of the In
corrigibility act so as to raise the maximum
age from IA to 16; making personal injury o
ground for attachment for damages against o
foreign corporation or q nonresident defendants
amending the eight-hour law; authorizing
courts to order the production of documents in
official custody from other counties; requiring
that township trustees should be provided with
the Revised Statutes prohibiting sinking fund
trustees from purchasing bonds except for their
own benefit; extending the jurisdiction OF
justices of the peace In cases OF controversy as
TO obtaining the cost OF evidence for perpetu-
ntlng the title 70 land
COLUMBUS, Feb. 4-SENATK-Bills passed:
To preWde for State inspection of
pTivate banks; TO provide that refusal
TO pay tax on dog shall be punish
able with five dollars fine and that the dog
| upon which tax Is not paid shall be killed.
| Bills introduced; To appropriate $4,000 to be
| used by the Food and Dairy Commission to
prosecute violations Of the law; to require tele-
| phone companies to make annual reports to the
| Commissioner OF Railroads and TeleEraphs; to
reduce tho penalties for delinquepcies in the
| payment OF taxes; to make it an offense to give
public exhibition Of hypnotism, or to use the
| hypnotic power without the consent OF the hyp-
| Noticed person, or without the presence OF q
| third person; to appropriate $4,000 with
which 10 pny the expenses OF the State Decen-
nial Board OF EQualzation; to abolish the
| board OF county iRfirmary directors, and vest
| their authority in the county commissioners and
| superintendent OF infrmaries; to provide for
| the transfer OF certain prisoners from the Ohio
penitentisry to the intermediate penitentiary,
| in accordance with the original intent of the
| law,
HousE-Bills passed: Establishing board
| of equalization for Crestline imposing @
special levy of one.twentieth of one mill on the
| grand duplicate OF the State for an "Ohio State
| University fund"
| COLUMBUS, Feb. 5.-SENATE.--Bils passed:
| To prevent unjust discrimination in freight
rates; TO require private banks, in accordance
| with Supreme Court decisions; 10 return for
| taxation all deposits without deducting habil-
ittes providing that ten days notice, need not
be given before transferring o prisoner from
one county jail to another for safe-keeping; to
| enlarge the powers cf the State Canal Commits
| sion Bills introduced: To provide that town
ship trustees shall give bond IN $500 each, and
that one trustee shall not sign an order for an
other trustee; to appropriate 5000 for tho widow
of the late Senator Zimmerman; TO allow coun-
| tu .hn1f of NJ he
amount collected for the collection of the Dow
| tax.
HOUSE. Bills passed: Paying the daughters
of the late Senator Robertson one year 8 salary
5000; restoring the fee system in Cuyahoga
County as to the Clerk, Sheriff and Probate
Judge; providing for the foreclosure of claims
Of the State, for the benefit OF the County
School Funds upon school lands that have
been sold and where the requirements OF the
sale have not been complied with. Among the
bills introduced was one by Mr.. Braman, pro-
viding that the Presidents OF Boards Of County
Commissioners shall assist in assessing rail
roads
COLUMBUS, Feb. G.-SENATE, Bills intro
duced: To authorize the formation of joint
stock companies for the insurance of live stock
TO exempt farm products from taxation for one
year after their production, il they are still il
the possession OF the original producer: TO re
quire commissioners OF counties consisting il
have them plated; 10 require keepers o
boarding-houses to provide convenient and satt
means OF escape for their boarders in case o
fire; to authorize the municipality OF Cincin
natl TO issue bonds to the amount OF $1500O0 fol
the improvement Of the Montgomery road. The
Senate adjourned 70 4 p. n, Monday.
HoUsE.-The Brice resolution was killed b!
trick in referring same to committee of one
Adjourned to Monday p. m.
FIFTY women employed in the Bel
Bros pottery, of Findlay, went on
strike the other morning because tn,
management refused to treat with tn,
male employees of the works, who hav,
been out since the first of the year
The entire factory is now closed, ant
nearly 200 people are on a strike be
cause of a reduction in the wag
schedule.
Mrs. JAS. CRoHEN, of Bucyrus, fell an,
! struck her head against the stove at he
home, and after suffering from constan
, convulsions for twenty-four hours die
, next morning.
, AT the home oratorical contest of tn
Ohio University, held the other evenin
to select a representative to the Stat
contest, T. w, Bush, of McConnellsville
was decided as the winner.
THE U. S. Senate has passed bil
: providing for an increase of the limit c
$ the cost of the public building at Ports
! mouth, The increase is $4,000.
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