The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1891-03-12
OHIO LEGISLATURE.

COLUMBUS March 2.-SENATE-Dl1s intro
duced: 10 authorize Sabina to borrow $1,000
to be used in sinking ratural gas ellis; TO cor
rect clerical error in bill authorizing New
nrk to borrow $4,000; providing that when o
person lists credits for taxation, he shall make
sworn statement as TO his debts, and the
amount OF the debts shall be deducted from the
credits.
HOUsH.-Bills introduced: To appro
priatc from the money which may be paid into
the state treasury on account OF the direct tax
bill the sum OF ssv0000 to be used In construct
ing the intermediate penitentiary; providing
for the appointment OF receivers for corpora
years and one-twentieth OF the stockholders
demand the same; requiring railroads 10 allow
physicians to ride on freight trains
In discharge OF their Professional
duties; allowing insurance companies
to insure against explosives; to provide
for election of boards OF trustees Of improve
meut funds in tho vlllnges OF Cuyahoga county;
providing for safety OF street railroad passcn-
gers by requiring that cars must stop ten feet
from crossing; to provide for the construction
OF q new insane asylum in Eastern Ohio appro.
priating $780, 900 out OF the direct tax fund Just
allow ed by congress; allowing mutual fre In
surance companies without reissutng policies;
extending laborers' preferred claims so as to in
clude oil insolve1cieS and applying the law to
all employees. Several bills, not OF general In.
terest, were passed.
COLUMBUS March a-sENATR BILLS passed:
To provide that the recorders Tee of ten cents
for indexing o deed or mortgage shall bo paid
by tho person fling tho instrument; providing
that suits between foreign companies, not nf-
fectiDg the rights Of anr person or persons in
this state may be transferred by mutual CON-
sent from the state to the federal courts. Bills
introduced: To provide that when o circuit
court reverses the decision OF a common pleas
court In o state case, the state, rs well as the
defendant, may appeal; 10 authorize the city
commissioners OF Dayton to borrow $4,000 to
complete sewer in the southeastern part OF
the city; to provide that county commissioners
shall not maintain in county inflrmaries any
children who under the law arc entitled to ad-
mission to the county children's home.
HOUSE The house passed Senator Adams
bill providing that where the title Of an estate
comes to person seeking partition, by descent
or devise, upon the death Of on inhabtant OF
the state, the partition shall not be ordered by
the court within one year from the death Of the
inhabitant unless the petition shall set forth
that all Of the debts and claims against the es-
tate have been paid or secured to be paid, or
u at the personal property Of the deceased is
suf11ceDt to pay the debts. There was consid-
erable discussion in the house following the
third reading OF Senator Brady's bill requiring
that the polls should be opened at a. IN. at ev-
cry eIeCtIOn preclnCU IN bno etato. Az prtstHs
the polls are opened in the registration cities
at that hour, but outside it is optional with the
officers to open at any time between and 10 a
m. The bill received just enough votes to pass
1t, and it is now a law.
COLUMBUS, March 4.-SENATE.- Bills passed:
To give the consent Of the state Of Ohio to the
purchase by the Federal government Of o site
for a public building in Lima and to authorize
the commissioners of Allen county to make
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terpreter for tho Cleveland police court; to
change the method Of keeping warrants under
the Cleveland depository act; to provide for the
construction Of trunk sewers In the Milcreek
valley, Hamilton county; to authorize the vii
lage OF Sabina Clinton county, to borrow 5000
to be used In sinking natural gas wells. The
Senate refused to concur In the House amend
ments to Senator Shaw's bill to require the re.
cording of all the states deeds to lands
throughout the state.
HousE-After the hottest and longest debate
OF the session, the house by vote Of SO to 81
passed Mallon's bill making valid the famous
contract OF Isaac ]. Miller for street railway
route No. %, Cincinnati BY vote OF 62 to 10
the house adopted MI. Gears joint resolution
providing that the governor shall appoint six
representatives, three from each party, and
four senators, two from each party, to represent
Ohio at the commercial congress OF tho West
ern states, caliod by the Kansas legislature, to
be held at Kansas City on April Is. A majority
of the house municipal committee have agreed
to favorably report back Rooneys bill requiring
electric light wires to be put under ground.
The bill applies only to Cincinnati and Cleve-
land.
COLUMBUS March b.-SENArH-Bills passed:
Providing that guardians may sell the property
of imbeoile wards for their maintenance and
support when consent is given by probate
Judge; raising from IA to 1G years the age OF
children subject to the provisions Of the tru-
ancy law; limiting the amount that may be al
lowed auditors by county commissioners for la
Dor performed under the Dow law to one-half OF
per cent. OF amount c0lleoted; providing that
judgments secured In suits to recover money
lost in bucket shops shall constitute lion
against the property in which the buck.
ct shop Is located; authorizing and
recurring the commissioners OF Scioto county
to levy tax of $4,000 to construct turnpike;
creating depository commission In cities OF
the second class, third grade and establish
ing Q depository for school funds In such
cities.
HousH--Bills passed: Senate bill providing
for the appointment Of inspectors Of rife prac-
tice by regiments and battalion Of o. N. G.; to
prevent the importation OF armed men into the
state for the purpose OF police; prohibiting tho
employment of children under fourteen yDars In
factories workshops or establishments wherein
the manufacture Of any goods Of any kind Is
carried on.
COLUMBUS, March h0.-SHNATE.-Bil q. passed:
Providing that when township trustees refuse
to establish road on petition Of the property.
holders. appeal may be made to probate court;
making professor Of physics at the Ohio state
university state sealer OF weights and measures
and inspector Of meters. and providing that
apparatus in custody Of the secretary of state
be turned over to the professor; to create do.
pository commission, and to provide q deposit
tory for the public and school funds Of Oincin-
natl; providing for the removal OF bodies from
an abandoned cemetery In Circleville. Bills
introduced: Authorizing county auditors power
to correct the tax returns of banks, IS they now
DO those of individuals; to divide Pleasant
township. Putnam county, into two election