The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-04-16
OHIO LEGISLATURE.

bill was introduced by Mr. Parker Of Cuya-
hoga, ~ the request VI State Fnetory and
Workshop Inspector Mcdonald It is to pro-
tett the public from danger of accidents by rea-
son Of passenger elevators being conducted By
young and inexperienced persons The bill pro.
hibits the employment OF any person under
twenty pears OF age ~ such services. The PEN
atty ~ o fine Of 300 10 $3.50 and imprisonmeut
thirty TO ninety days. Mr. Nichols, OF Belmont,
introduced inc bill making numerous amend
ments to the Australian ballot hu He also
introduced a bill Tc-enacting tho old law appli-
cable to spring elections Mr.. Ohl, OF Mahon-
ing, presented petitions to the senate from
large number Of Mahoning county citizens ask
ing for the passage Of the twooent railway fare
bIll, and demonstrating against the proposed re-
peal Of the Rawlings law.
HousE-Sprinp fever and spring elections
were counter attractions too great for
the general assembly TO Withstand, and conse-
Quently the attendance was so small that very
little business was transacted. When the house
convened AT o'clock there was less thap half
quorum present, and nothing farther Than tho
introduction OF local bills was attempted.
COLUMBUS, April 5-SENATE.-Bills passed:
Increasing the levy for road purposes, to bo
paid in labor, one mill throughout the state;
amending section 449 and 44!8 so as TO provide
that county bitches shall be cleaned out on ap-
pliCation TO county commissioners OF three
nbutting property owners: providing that adj
ministrators OF estates in Ohio shall reside in
this state fixing the fine for tappingC. tamper-
ing with electric light or power wires at S5O0and
also imprisonment in the county jail from two
TO six months or both; providing that the PEN
atty for stealing dog shall be governed by the
value Of the animal; amending section 1906 by
providing that the statute of limitations shall
not run against unmarried women in actions to
recover ren property.
HoUsB--Bills passed: Providing for an Rp-
pointment of Y non-partisan public library
board of Dayton amending the Cleveland do
pository commission act so rs to make It con-
form TO the new school law. A law. To abolish
days Of grace on all commercial papers; TO pro-
vide a state dental board and regulate the prac-
tice OF dentistry; imposing n collateral inherit
ance tax; to provide for appeals from the judg.
mcnt Of mayors of villages in prosecuting for
| violation of the ordinances OF the corporation.
COLUMBUS, April 6-SENATE.-Bills passedI
| Amending section 656 by increasing pay Of
| jurors in justice courts from fifty cents TO one
| dollar per day. A law. Supplementng section
| 4022 so as 10 permit children living one and q
half miles from the schoohouse where they arc
| apportiuncd to attend the nearest school. n
| law. Extending tho time for the removal of Nc
| hiCken university, Of Cincinnati from It's pres
| ent loca ton; providing a uniform mode of aC-
| acknowledgements for conveyance OF real estate:
| creating fircmens pension fund IN the city OF
| Columbus. 4 law. Authorizing Toledo to issue
| S4OO 600 10 refund natural gas Indebtedness, A
| law.
| HoUsE-Bills passed: Giving common pleas
| courts Jurisdiction in cases in which persons are
| charged with concealing assets; providing for
| the Introduction into the schools Of Ohio as o
reference book of "Howe's Historial Collections
| of Ohio; codifying The corporation laws of the
| state providing that when minor, imbecile or
| lunatic is interested in an estate, the probate
| court must require the guardian 10 give bond.
| A law. Providing that there shall be one lady
physician in each insane asylum of the state; re-
pcalnC the act creat ting county repositories in
counties containing cities Of the second class,
| third grade.
| COLUMBUS. April 7.-SBNATE.-The Llewellyn
| labor bill passed the senate and is law.
| 1t insurcs TO employees the right to belong 10
| labor organizations without danger Of losing
their situations. The bill provides than any
| corporation, firm or individual who shall pre-
| vent or attempt TO Coerce an employc from be-
| ing member OF union or other labor organt-
2ation shall be subject TO a fine OF $500 and inn
| prisOnment for one year. The senate passed u
! triangular judgeshp bill OF considerable i'm
! portancc. 1t is by Mr. Richards, of Portage,
and as originally introduced and passed by the
| house, provided for the election of one addi-
tional common pleas judge in the second subdi-
| vision of the ninth judicial district consisting
of Portage, Trumbull and Mahoning counties.
| In the senate Mr., Shaw had it amended so to-
| authorize the election OF an additional judge in
the first subdivision of the third judicial dis
| trict, comprising Allen, Auglaize, shelby and
| Mercer counties,
| HousE-1hc house took up the Hildebrand
| adjournment resolution and amended by fixing
April IS as the day for final ndjOurnment OF the
session. and then adopted II. motion TO re-
| consider was made and voted down in order to
| Clinch the matter The house agreed to the
| senate amendment TO the Taylor bill, providing
for the appoin tment OF two chief oil inspectors
and il is 10 all political purposes a law. The
house took long turn at the CARRIER bill, the oc-
| casion being that of the third reading of Mr..
| James bill TO repeal that portion of the law ap-
| plying 10 county recorders A vote was taken
and the BIZ was declared lost.
| COLUMBUS, April S.--SENATE-Bills passed:
Providing for the appointment by the mayor, OF
| q board of park commissioners in Cincinnati, OF
| six members; amending section 6l65, providing
| that in suits for damages on account of death,
| the person causing such death should receive no
part of the Judgment amending sections 445O
| and 4iE4, by requiring three petitioners to ask
| for u county ditch, and that before the work is
ordered by the commissioners onethird Of tho
| property owners affected shall consent; prohib-
| iting the use OF Seines or nets in the Lewiston
| reservoir for five years; permitting the publica-
| tion Of county school examiners in only one pa
| per a law
| HOuSE-Bis passed: Providing that a per-
son peddling agricultural produce of his own
| raising in Cincinnati shall not be required to
pay for n license; directing the commissioners
| Of Butler county to issue S3j 0O0 bonds to pave
the I'LL from Middletown TO the c., II. & d. rail-
road. law. Authorizing the council of Elyria
| 10 transfer funds Bills introduced: Providing
| that in counties having less than 10000 popula-
| ton the levy for the support of the agricultural
| society shall he equivalent to one and one-half
| cents per capita authorizing village and city
councils to fund debts when 1t seems TO be for
| the best interest OF the corporation; appropri-
| atng u 200 for the construction OF new closets
| in the state house basement; nppropriatng S6l5
| TO pay the contest expenses Of Representative
| Rawens, of Stark county; authorizing Ken ton
10 issue $1,000 bonds for the extension OF water
| W