The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1891-01-22
LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS.
Sixty Ninth General Assembly, A, journe<
Session.


sixty-Ninth General Assembly, Al 'iournea
session.
COLUMBUS, Jan. ~ a-SENATE.--No quorum
and no business transacted
HOUSE. Bills ntroduced Providing for the
payment of members OF the LeglsIathr mile
age and per diem OF Ave dollars whenever they
attend I'm extra session; allowing saloons per.
manently established there for y'ar to re-
main open in the neighrorhood Of county fairs;
making " a felony 10 arb, females under six
teen years of nge in house OF ilfame; providing
that persons ray pol tux In c. sh instead Of
working II outs m king the once Of Food and
Dairy Commies oner elective instead OF appoint
i've. MS now m Ting the open Sc son for quail
from Novem e. oDecember :fOr the preven-
ton OF roos n trusts and other combinations
10 cont 0rprioes or food and other neceesaries;
establishing central standard time uniformly
over tie State; amending Section 8 OF the act
relating to food ard dairy products 80 o, not
TO require the publica ion Of the former on
the label Of each original packag';
providing TO the appoint tnent by the
Governor OF commission OF ton. to make
an Ohio exhibit at the Worlds Fair, Chicago,
and approp iating 500 o, for the same; to ex-
empt honorably 'iisch lrgel soldiers from Jury
duty: to amend Section s789 SO ns to prov de for
q reduction Of not more than fifty per cent Of
the mortgaged liabilities # nj the appraised
value Of real estate In taxation.
CoLuMBrs Jan. 1s SENATE BILLS intro.
ducsd: To provide that councils Of villages Of
the frst and second.o asses may not levy . tax
for any one purpose exceoding 80 for each Ia
habitant; to make II mandatory to he com.
mon pleas court Of each county 10 appoint
board Of visitors TO the county benevolent and
reformatory Il estitutions; giving mayors, 1us-
toes Of the peace and police judges ANAL juris-
diction In prosecutor for trespass; 10 relieve
2sR nv uty n
the superior cour, Of Cincinnati 6nal 1urtsdie-
tion in suits other than mandamua, habsss
corpus quo warranto and those which do noe
involve constitu ional questions, or the coz
struction OF laws, or on which the circuit courts
may disagree, or the circuit judges are net
unanimous.
HousH-The entire morning session end "a
hour in the afternoon were taken up in the
Honss by the discussion Of Representative Mo-
Dermott's bill TO prohibit children under four.
teen years Of age from working in faotorteA
tho existing law placing the limit ct twelve
years. On motion OF Mr.. Strook, the bill was
amended so - to include Mines although the
objection was made that that would cause .
conflict, - there 10 . separate law - TO minsa
Th' bill was defeated By q vote Of - 70 ~ Ths
vose By which he bill was lost was then recon
sidered, and further consideration was post
poned until January 21 Mr. Gaumer's bin 70
abolish the Board o. Psrdons cnms up In the
t10ubc IOr tnltu Iceuln8, Dut y O0leCb IN tno
title WAS discovered. motion 70 suspend the
constitutional rule IN relation therett, in order
to refer to the Judiciary Committee, was made.
Speaker pro tenn. Robertson ruled that the mo-
ton prevailed, II receiving "a to 10 the yeas be.
Ing more than thrse-fourths Of those voting-a
quorum voting
COLUMBUS. Jan lA-sHNATE-Bills passed:
Appropriating $40 900 to pay the expenses Of the
General Assembly; authorizing the commits
sioners OF Hamilton County to borrow $4,000,
with which to pay decsnnia. district assessors
in Cincinnati for working overtime; providing
that a man, on conviction OF using personal
violence. when Intoxicated, upon " fe or minor
child, shall be sent to Jail for twenty 70 sixty
days and fed On bread and water, and that
guardian may be appointed for his estate; 70
provide for the reissue Of lost or destroyed
certificates Of stock In corporations. In addi-
tion large numb, Of local bills were passed.
Bills introduced: Exempting farm products
from listing for taxation for year after their
production; to provide against intimidation and
bribery ct elections; to spply the indiana modi-
hcstion of the Australian ballot system to Ohio
elections; to require the recording Of claims OF
the State to land In the counties In which the
land claimed 10 situated TO appropriate $500 for
the daughters of the late Senator Robert
son; 10 provide that when IN m
eurance comp ny other than hfe discontinues
it, business In Ohio, Il may, On proving that Il
has no risks In thts State, withdraw its surety
deposit from The State Treasury; 70 reduce the
legal rate Of interest from . per cent toA
Houss-Bills passed: Authorising county
boards Of equalization 70 increase or reduce
the taxable vaue Of oil and gas lands; 70 ena-
BILE councils Of villages and cities TO transfer
funds 1t the semisnn,isl settlement without
. plying to the Legislature Motion 70 recon-
sider lost. Permitting cash payments In sd-
administrator sales.
COLUMBIA Jan. 1S.-SENATE.-Bills intro
duced: Providing that actions on liability upon
stocks may be brought In the county whore
corporations are located and its principal bust.
ness IL or was transacted providing the man.
ner Of listing the property. assets and credits
Of banking inst tutions Bills passed: Author
izing the commissioners of Fayetts County 70
transfer funds; authorizing the commissioners
Of Huron County to transfer funds; changing
the name of Ernest @. Kurzhals to Kurtx
HousE. Bills introduced: To provide Tor the
80 Of school lands in Section 10 on executions
by sherifis a. other lands; authorising the trus.
toes TO abandon tho cemetery In Madison.
Lake County. the land to revert TO the original
owner; authorizing the commissioners Of Bro IN
County TO construct free turnpike. Bills
passed: Authorising the Superior Court oe
Cincinnati 70 select . non-partisan jury com-
mission. to be composed sf four fresholAsrs;
authorizing the council Of Clarksvile. C.inten
County, 10 trsnsfer $500 from the police to the
general fund; authorixing tn commissioners oi
Perry County to transfer 1900 from the court.
house TO tho general fund; authorsins the
commissioners Of Franklin County to transfer
$40 from the soldiers monument FUND and use
the same in improving the so disrs' burial lot;
amending Section 66 Of tho Revised Ststutei
by striking out the clause requiring probate
judges to mako record Of cost bills In all coun
ties except Hamilton, Cuyshoga and Lucas
CoLUNBuA Jan. 1e-SEHATE Bills intrt
duced: To repeal the oct providing for the %
tsOlishment OF an asylum for epileptic insane
to provide for the branding Of packages Of fiou
and meal with their weight and quality, and
in addition to the penalty now provided BY law
70 mako ntllers liable for damages due 10 viola
tion OF law; 70 prohibit building snd loan ssso
siations Of other 6tstes and Territories iron
! operating in Ohio The Senate adjourned TO
/ p. m. Monday.
HousE-Bills passed: To prohibit raiiros'
companies from employing locomotive sugi
nesrs who are addicted to the extreme use o
intbxicants and providing heavy penalties 70
4 inteKication Of an engineer while ON duty; =
require all invoices Of pure wine 10 be labels
, - pu Q. and to compel Manufacturers Of art
Acial wine 10 Label II - Compounded wine.
Bills introduce To repeal the present sshoo
, beck law and provide for tho establishment q