The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-02-27
OHIO LEGISLATURE.

COLUMBUS, Feb 15-SENArE-Illns intro
ducod; TO authorize McConnesvillc, Morgan
county to issue 5000 in bonds for cemetery
purposes: to authorize Malta, Morgan county
TO issue 5000 in bonds for gas purposes; to
authorize McConnelsville, Morgan county, to
issue 5000 in bonds for gas purposes.
HousE--Bills introduced: To authorize prop.
crty owners to begin proceedings in prohutc to
condemn and sell abandoned burial grounds,
when the village or city has an interest therein,
and the grounds have not been improved for two
years: to authorize township trustees TO open
and improve streets and alleys outside corpora
tions, and issue bonds therefor upon application
OF the owners OF II majority OF the abutting
property; providing for the issue Of life ccrtli-
Gates TO teachers in country districts; author
izing county examining boards TO grant five
year certificates, good in any county OF the
state, to teachers; to require administrators and
executors to file accounts OF distributions to
provide that taxes assessed for Joint township
cemetery purposes, shall be placed in the hands
OF u managing trustee; to abolish the office Of
state inspector of rife practice, and to author
i2e the ndjutunt general to employ n United
States army officer to assist in the drills and
inspection Of the Ohio National guard: to re.
Quirc telegraph companies to pay fees amount
ing to ive cents mile of line to the state ruil.
road commissions, to be turned into the state
treasury.
COLUMBUS, Feb 16-SENATE.-Bms nitro.
iZc boards of education or directors OF county
districts to rent lease, or grant tho use Of
school buildings for the select and normal
schools when the Same arc not used for the
common schools: to supplement section 5,Sl9
| and 4, $50 so AS to provide for the care or dis
| position of pcrshablc property involved in re-
| plevin and attachment proceedings, so that its
| value may not decrease pending litigation;
| to amend section $500 50 as 10 allow
all savings and loan companies to make
| loans to the extent Of scvcnty.hve, instead
Of fifty per cent OF the value of the property by
which such loans are secured. Among several
| bills passed were the following of general in
| tcrest: Curing technical error in the act pro-
viding for the care OF insane inmates at the Ohio
! Soldiers home. A law, Providing that all hon
| orably discharged soldiers who have been in
| mates Of tho state one year or more at the date
| Of making application shall be eligible to the
| Ohio Soldiers home, and that in such cases
preference shall be given to those who served in
| Ohio regiments. A law.
HoUsE-Bls passed; To make the ami.
versary Of the birth OF Abraham Lincoln legal
| holiday; to provide for the election of an uddi.
| tional judge of the common pleas court in the
! First subdivision of the Fifth judicial district,
composed of Adams Brown and Clcrmont coun'
ties A law. To provide that telegraph, tClc
phone and gas companies having grants for the
use of streets in Cincinnati, shall, before using
tho streets, obtain permits from the board o.
administration.
COLUMBUS, Feb iZ-SENATE-Bills passed
| Amending section 0723 so that no proceeding tC
reverse, vacate modify Judgment or lima
order shall be commenced, unless within siS
months after rendition OF Judgment or order
unless the person entitled to such proceeding I!
an infant or Of unsound mind, in which case thu
six months shall be exclusive OF the time OF sucl
disability; prohibiting road supervisors from
placing bitches In front Of dwelling houses, with
out tiling or scwcriug the same, so as not to in
tcrfere with the convenience OF tho property
owner. Bills introduced: To provide that tht
state school commissioner shall prepare all eX
animation questions for the county school OK
aminCrs, and thus the examinations shall b.
made uniform throughout the state; to prohibit
, tmcrant merchants from selling mcrchundis
without both a state and local license
HoUsE.-Bnls passed. 10 provide for the de
structon of plum and cherry trees afflicted
with "blacll-knot;" to provide for the publicn
tion Of notices OF examination of applicants TO
teachers certificates in two papers of or
posite politics; to provide that children in
township district residing more than one mil
and u half from the school whore they hav
legal residence, may attend the nearest school
TO exempt from service on jurtcs Hll person
over seventy years Of age; providing that, /
case the defendant in q suit for wages appeal
from the decision Of n justice of the peace, h
shall pay fifteen dollars for the fec of the sui
or's attorney in case the judgement is not re
VCrScd law.
COLUMBUS, Feb. 15-SENATE-Bils Intro
duccd: Authorizing tho governor to appoir
! two reputable citizcns to investigate as to III
| adviSabilty of establishing n state insttuto
for the reformation of druulIards, and appr
priatiug 5000 for experiments extending for
period Of nine months; to amend section 25O2
I rs to authorize all municipalities in the state
, grant perpetual street railway franchises o
- proper remuneration, and to prohibit the gran
| ing of the same grat':itously; imposing fir
= OF 80 to 800 for tampcrng with the drain
Ellis passed: Amending sections 55i7 and 65
so as to allow garnishcCs to demand fees in ~
vance, and if not paid he shall not be in co
t tempt Of court for failing to answer: nmcndir
= section 1924 by authorizing county commissio
Cr5 to build and maintain public ferries whcl
necessary, and preferable to bridges.
y HOUSEHOLDS passed: To require commc
d pleas courts TO appoint boards of visitors #
/ county charitable and correctional institution
q to provide that, when widows dover consis
= OF timber or uuimproved lands, whose lnnu
- rental will not give her an income commensu
: ate with the value of the lands, the court ms
b order enough OF the land sold to provide Il
n widow with her dover; to provide for the ere
zion of public libraries in villages and cities
less than O0C0inhabitants; to provide penalti
l. for violation of the switching law Bills intr
n duced: To provide for the appointment of poll
g matrOns in all cities of more than 5000 pOpuI
- tion; TO increase the mileage fees Of jurors fro
five to ten cents pcr mile; TO provide for /
l. better protection of mechanics who are CO..
e PEELED TO work on ScaftoldS; to provide for I
d branding of cheese, and TO prevent fraud in
q manufacture and sale.
T. COLUMBUS, Feb 19.-SENATE.-Thc folio
a ing bills were introduced: To Transfer &.
~ from the street lighting TO the general fund
J. bellevue, Sandusky county: to transfer s.
l. from the street fund to the corporation, brid.
>, fire and light funds in Seville, Medina county
- HoUsE.-Dlls were introduced as follow
~ To abandon portion OF the Hooking canal;
appropriate $4,000 for the completion of I
I'd geological survey and publication of the repo
IF for the construction of n road from Norwood
q Oakley, Hamilton county, TO authorize Mt. V
" tory, Hardin county, to issue $1,000 bonds 70
T. town hall: to authorize boards of county co
n missouers to appoint county inspectors
10 nuisanccs; to authorize the village Of London
l., issue 100000 bonds for the construction o
y building 20 be used as factory and elect
is house.
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le State News Items.
ld The John Duncan and Sam Nor
ut factions met in a Bloomfield dry goo
to store and during their fight the ste
Dix was cleaned out.
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