The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-01-07
THE OHIO } LEGISLATURE.
Several Messure of ImPors ,nce Intro
dnoed-Bin % Abolish y he Board OF
PSriOns and One to X. Submit tho
Tax amends rent to the y ho,Is

dnced-B3h % Abolish y he Board OF
Parions and One 90. Re Submit tho
Tax Amends rent t. the bopIe.
COLUMBUS. J., Jan. = The draped
desks of Sen ators linn herman and
Robertson am | Rapresea tative BranR
threw q shade of plelapc holy over thss
opening of th adioprnea session. Both.
branches adjc urned till J thursday at 10
a. m. to after d the fune1 Il of Robertson
at Sidney aft ,r two hog RS work, AL
though tho session VIZ short several
measures. OK importance wero dumped
into the b in by enta prislng solons.,
among whi h was Senaa or Loveryg hin
abolishing the board Of pardons, There
has been so much . dyerse criticism
against the board, req ntly that Il has
long been recognized ! doomed, Rem.
resentatius Gaumer. has similar hilf
pending tri the house. Senator Browns
alnennfnhs at TO MI. Ia wery's resolution
to' ueIeru Inc the TN leage account OF
senators
Ca"ed Conside'n .,bIe Discussion.
The cincinnati se1s tor wanted mileage
OF the extra session. included, Senator
GauIner approved dr. Browns motion.
He thought none, # the senators paid
| any r;tinoad tares nd the state of Ohio
| shoulu nNG stantu the expense. Mr..
ADAMS also oppa ed the amendment,
and Mr.. Coke taI ored it Mr.. Brown
Withdrew irs la'd ion and the original
resolution was lopted. Senator Cole
offered resoi'ItT IN requesting the Ohio
mem berIs OF ceur sress to vote FOR Secre-
tarys WlndouCt or Senator Sherman's
proposition for u expansion of the cur
rency for the rel ief of r-ade in financial
matter Eeprt sentative Dougherty, Of
Fayetts coumty, opened ap the campaign
on fee syste IN FOR public offices by offer
ing a joint resolution which PRACTICAL.
provides for aboiishings the system and
replacing 1t with salarias. The resolu-
tlon recl6 IS that 1t is the popular opinion
that the fees received by many state
and c0unty officers are excessive and
coIdd be, reasonably reduced. Ia fur
theranoe. of this resolution it provides
that the governor shall appoint a com
mission consisting OF four members, two
fcOm each political lRtrty, whose duty it
shall be to inquire into
. System of Fees Now In Foros
and; if necessary, 20 visit each county
in the state. They are to report their
findings, together with all the laws
bearing upon the subject; to the
| governor during this sessioR of the
legislature, if possible, and, if not, to
l. the seventieth general assembly. A
| committee of four from each house is
, to be appointed to prepare q bill after
/ the commission, makes u report provid-
: ing for uniform salary system con-
sistent with the duties Of the county
and state officer. Mr.. Belleville came
to the relief OF the cities, whose jails
and infirmaries are crowded with insane
, patients unable to gain admission to the
asyluns, Under the present system
| governing The institutions the state In
: divided into districts and the representa-
ton of admission is based according TO
: population, the result being that the
8 counties containing cities in which in
- - sanity largely prevails are always sx-
' ceeding their quota, Mr.. Bellevilles
bill
Changes the Method Sf Representation
+ by estimating it according to the insane,
q population of the county. 1t also takes
e Columbians county out of the Cleveland
y district and places il in the Columbus
a DISTRICT; changes Medina from Ceve-
e land to Toledo; Morrow FROM Columbus
d to Toledo; Belmont from Columbus to
Il Athens; Champaign, from Dayton to Co
II lumbus; Logan from Dayton 10 Toledo.
It The superintendents OF all insane
% asylums are required annually to in
r. spect each county fnfirmary in his dis
,e trict. One of the most important meas
ures was Representative Taylor's joint
resolution proyiding that the tax amend
ment to the, constitution, defeated IN
1899, be resubmittel TO the people taiE
'd fall, This amendment removes the
s. inhibitions contained in the constitu-
tion which prevents the legislature from
IN enforcing such laws as will reach per-
So sopal property now escaping taxation.