The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-02-18
OHIO LEGISLATURE.

CpLIh5Us, fsp o-SENATE-The senate Iut
m fifteen minute at work and two bills were in
troduced, one by Mr. McMaken making incur
able insanity ground for divorce, and another
permitting salmon to be taken with hook and
hne between September and March
HoUsE.-Bills introduced: Requiring all
railroads over forty miles in length TO heat cars
by steam, and prohibiting the use of car stoves;
amending section $500 so rs to prohibit cases
being appealed from o Justices court unless the
judgment is over $50 instead of $40 as
heretofore; giving county boards Of cleo
ton discretionary powers in the division
OF election precincts; providing for the estab-
hshment Of libraries in towns and cities of
population from 5000 to 80 900: amending sec
ton 6964 so as to make 1t unlawful to catch or
have In his possession any fish during the
spawning season between September and
March; amending section $3.50 so as to exempt
oil persons over 70 years Of age from jury duty;
prohibiting pawn brokers from charging q rate
Of interest in excess Of per cent. per annum
on chattel loans amending section 27s1 so as to
increase the penalty for evading taxation on
COLUMBUS, Feb. 9.-SENATE-Bills passed:
To authorize the commissioners of Franklin
county to issue s48 ,0OO in bonds to build bridge
across the Scioto river at Gravel View avenue;
to authorize the commissioners OF Fayette
county to issue $4,000 in bonds to erect SOL
diers monument: providing for the reorganiza-
tion OF the board Of education Of Cleveland, by
placing the same on the Federal plan The fol-
lowing bill was introduced in the senate: To
authorize courts Of common pleas to allow ten
days additional time for the filing Of bills Of
ception.
HoUsE.-Dills passed: Providing that county
commissioners may pay the cost Of an appeal
from their decision in condemnation proceed
ings II the appellant secures judgment for
greater damages than were awarded by the
commissioners; making it misdemeanor for an
unauthorized person to wear the badge or but.
ton Of the Union Veterans legion, Woman's
Relief corps or Womens Circle of the G. A, R.;
Giving the owner of stallion o lien on
its get; providing for the issue of certi-
| hcates Of service to veteran members Of
| volunteer fire companies; providing for the
| service Of notice Of an intended improvement by
city or village authorities; providing for gradu-
| alton from the country schools. Bills introduce
| ed: To provide penalties for malicious shooting
Of horses and cattle tn at are being driven away
| from trcspassing; to abolish the present sys-
| tenn Of tax inquisitors; providing that numbers
must be placed on houses in cities Of the second
| class; to authorize the sale of unproductive
| lands and the payment Of dover In money; to
| require owners Of buildings to construct hand
| rails on stairways; making void q transfer Of
property for the benefit Of particular class Of
COLUMBUS Feb. 1O-SENATE-Bills intro
| duced: To give the circuit and common pleas
courts exclusive jurisdiction in all judicial and
| state election contests with the exception Of
those for membership in the general assembly;
providing for one inspector Of plumbing in cities
Of the first, second and third grades Of the first
class, and cities Of the first grade Of the second
class, to be appointed by the mayor, to receive
| salary Of q, 800 per year. He shall be examined
| by board appointed by the mayor, and receive
b certificates of qualification Bills passed:
| Appropriating s248 to provide for DEFICIENCIES
| caused by the publication Of lists of cities and
| villages advanced under the census Of 1890; pro-
| viding that the trustees Of the Cincinnati uni
| versity shall be nominated by the Judge Of the
superior court OF that city appropriating u 1885,
| 600 for the support OF the common schools.
| HoUsE.-Bills passed: Giving managers Of
county fairs control Of any device set up for profit
| within one-Quarter Of q mile from county fair;
| providing that garnishee may demand fees,
the same as any other witness, at the time Of
the service, and, unless they are paid, shall not
| be bound to obey the notice; appropriating
e297, 1893 81 to pay the principal and interest on
| the public debt, and interest on the irreducible
| debt and expenses of the sinking fund commits
sioners. Bills introduced To provide that
when the bounds Of q village and township are
coextensive, the township officers shall be
abolished and the village Officers shall serve In
their places; amending the Taylor law as to
permanent improvement Of streets in cities OF
the second class; making election day legal
holiday; to prohibit barbering on Sunday
COLUMBUS, Feb. 1l.-SENATE-Bills passed:
To supplement section 5,242 by providing that
If witness dies and his testimony has been ia.
ken by stenographer, the same may be incor-
porated in bill of exceptions and in case of
an appeal, the stenographer may read it in fu-
ture trials; to amend section 5,44l as to allow
unmarried females IN exemption Of $500 in lieu
of homestead; to amend section 6,96S so as to
prohibit seining for red horse, mullets and suck.
ers in the Scioto river and tributaries;
appropriating $4,000 for the Ohio State
university now in the treasury by rea
son Of the one-twentieth of mill levy under
the Hysell bill. The following bill was intro
duced: to provide for the appointment Of a
state sealer Of weights and measures in mines.
HoUsE-Bills passed: To provide for the
separate publication Of the annual reports OF
certain state departments; to provide that
either party to suit may present in writing a
request that the trirl judge give certain instruc
tions to the jury, and that the judge shall pass
on the request before the arguments begin; ex
tending to all municipal corporations the pro
visions Of the law as to obstruction or
streets; providing that suit brought by
stockholder to secure his rights in
case of consolidation of railroad com.
panies shall be brought in the State where the
stockholder lives; to compel owners of land
| along public highways to cut down thistles o
| all kinds; providing that when 500 or more votes
have been cast in precinct, the county boarC
of elections may and, il a majority Of the voters
petition therefor, shall divide the precinct into
smaller voting precincts to provide for the Of
fering of bounties Of fifty cents each for tht
killing Of hawks, except those known as mouse
hawks.
COLUMBUS, Feb. 12.-SENATE-The senate
was in session for an hour and half this fore
noon, and did little except to transact the usua
routine business Bills introduced: to authorize
Canton, Stark county, to issue $4,000 in bonds
to equip the fire department.; to authorize Can
ton, Stark county, to issue 5000 in bonds II
provide for police telegraph and patrol system
Bills passed: Making appropriations to pay thu
principal and interest on the public debt and in
terest on the irreducible debt; appropropriatinl
| m I, u,
debtedness upon the Ohio state fair grounds
to authorize the board Of education of Coshoc
ton to levy a tax Of one-tifth of one mill to sup
port free school library; to authorize Archi
bald special school district, Fulton county, t.
issue 5000 in bonds to complete high schoo
building.
HoUsE-To Representative Flumerfelt, Of
Seneca county, was to-day permitted the honor