The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-03-17
OHIO LEGISLATURE.


COLUMBUS, March T.--SENATE.--Bills intro
duced Providing tnat public hospitals shall DO
established in all counties not already supplied
with the same: prohibiting persons holding cleo
tive public Offices from being members Of boards
of education In cities of the second class; or in
village school Districts; to provide that when
o jury venire has been exhausted during the
progress of u case additional names shall be
drawn from the box, instead of being selected
by the court; TO provide that acting scrgeints OF
police in Cleveland shall rank as regular SER
geants, ana be paid rs such
HoUsE-Biils introduced Making 1t unlaw-
full to empty refuse water, filth or filthy drain
age from a pipcr.mill pulp works or strawboard
works into any of the rivers, lakes, po1ds or
streams Of the state: to require street railroad
companies to place guards around the running
trucks Of cars; amending the ditch law so that
county commissioners may, on tho petition OF
twothirds of the assessed property. sell n ditch
in its entirety: toabolsh the state mcteoroloS'
ical bureau and create a state weather aud
crop department: 10, extend the provisions OF
the INDECENT soldiers act to survivors OF the
Mexican and all other wars; extending the
rights of cemetery trustees as to the purchase
of land: authorizing railroad companies to ac-
cept and Use electric bells and other inechani-
cal devices ut crossings in towns and cities: TO
permit mine quarry and oil operators to cross
highways with pipe lines
COLUMBUS, March S.-SENATE.-Bills intro
provide an nclosure On car platforms to protect
notor1ueI and drivers from the weather; pro-
viding That before n board OF equalization adds
to the value OF real estate, the owner thereof
| shall be served with written notice Bills
| passed: Amending section G951, providing for
| penalties for cruelty to animals, by permitting
| the dehorning of cattle: to supplement section
| si7 by empowering city councils and county
| commissioners to require gates or faglner at
dangerous crossing: to amend section 3ON9 by
| authorizing the entering of contributing mem.
bcrs in companies of the Ohio National guard
| cities of the fourth grade and second class: to
| provide for a more efficient organization of the
| common schools in township districts, by au-
| thorizing the election OF q board OF township
| directors, with one member from each district,
10 have control and management of the schools
| of the township
| HoUsE-Bills passed: Providing that, when
| several religious conferences have charge Of q
college or university, the trustees OF tho insti-
tuition may elect trustees ut large for the differ
| tnt conferences Intended for Otterbein uni
vcrsity. A lew: making the harborer Of q sheep
killing dog responsible for damages done by the
! animal; requiring minors between the ages OF
| fourteen and sixteen years. who have no bust.
ness, lawful occupation or regular employment,
| to attend school; making 1t the duty OF county
commissioners to keep up guard rails on bridges
| in municipalities: providing that boards Of elcc-
tiors may correct all election day mistakes Of
| registration; making 1t an offense to purchase,
| sell expose for sale fish caught out OF season:
increasing the penalties for indecent conduct
! COLUMBUS, March 9.-SENATE.-Bills intro
duced: To authorize the street railway COM
pany building road from Maumee City to To
| ledo to condemn property and use tracks Of
other companies: to appropriate $1,000 for the
| erection of monument over the grave OF John
c. Lloyd, late Of the Thirteenth O. V. l., who
was killed while planting the colors Of his regi-
ment on Mission Ridge. Bills passed: 10
| md hy nj RI nr-
tees to property owners in cities for street i'm.
provements to be served as other summons, on
| the owner or at his place OF business: to amend
section 25O0 A, so as to prohibit the obstruction
of streets by railroad trains at street crossings
| in Cincinnati for longer period than two min
| utes at % time: to provide for graduation from
the common schools of rural sub-distriots and
| special districts, and the admission OF such
graduates to the high schools Of the county
| HoUsE-Bills passed. Providing that appeal
bonds from the common pleas to the circuit
courts shall be filed within thirty days after the
entering OF the decree on the journal; to in
| crease from 1900 to $500 per year the salary Of
the assistant teacher Of music at the Blind
| asylum; providing that consolidated railroad
company may issue bonds without increasing
its capital stock; to protect associations unions
of workingmel and individuals in their labels,
| trademarks and forms Of advertising; provid-
| ing that II, after jury has been drawn in trial
for capital offense the case is postponed to
| the next term of court the jury shall be dis.
charged and a new jury drawn.
| COLUMBUS, March l0.-SENATE-Billsp passed:
To compel railroad companies to block their
guard rails and frogs with iron, steel or hard
wood, or other device which will make positive
foot guards; 10 supplement sections 5sl9 and
$500 by authorizing judges to provide for care
of live stock and perishahle goods pending liti-
cation for their disposition: supplementing
section 1888 by providing that, in cases of rail-
road consolidation the stockholders shall bring
suit to enforce their rights in the state where
| they reside A law. Exempting persons over
| seventy years OF age from jury service. A law
To authorize the commissioners of Fairfield
county TO take possession Of certain township
roads when public necessity demands it. A law
| To prohibit the tapping of telephone and tele-
graph wires to obtain information concerning
| private dispatches.
| HoUsE,-Bills passed: Making it unlawful to
keep more than one hundred pounds of dyna-
mite within eighty rods of any occupied dwell
| ing or public building. A law. Requiring the
placing of hand-rails on stairways in tencments
| factories and public buildings; providing for the
! endowing Of justices Of the peace in villages
with concurrent jurisdiction with the Mayors in
certain cases. Bills introduced To make
valid old deeds executed without witnesses: to
| improve the stock of horses and discourage the
| use of unsound stations: to cure defect in the
| present law so that special assessment can
not be imposed upon an entire municipality
| COLUMBUS, March 11.-SENATE.-Bills pass
ed: Amending the game laws; to compel rail-
road companies to construct telephones or tele
| graphs along the lines Of their roads in Ohio;
giving the mayor final jurisdiction in petty
cases: authorizing the Franklin county COM
nlissioners to complete bridge across the
Olentangy river at Fifth avenue in Columbus;
| amending an act to authorize the Cincinnati
board OF education to issue bonds for the pur-
pose of erecting additional school buildings;
| authorizing Cambridge to bond itself to build a
mill; authorizing Middletown, Butler county to
issue al5,Jl0 bonds for school purposes. Ad-
journed until Monday.
HoUsE-The STATE amendments To Mr..
Grifin's bill supplementing section 1893 of the
revised statutes, relative to the consolidation
Of railroad companies, were concurred in. I'm
der suspension of the rules, two senate bills by
Mr. Eckly were passed for the fire and police
departments in Canton. Mr.. Dougherty intro
duced bill to amend section 1856 of the revised
statutes. 1t provides that the state school COM
mission, while holding that Office, shall not per-
form the duties of teacher superintendent of
any public or private school, or be employed as
teacher in any college. Adjourned until Mon.