The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-03-10
OHIO LEGISLATURE.

COLUMBUS, Feb. e0,--SENArE-Bills intro
duced: To prevent the unauthorized tapping Of
electric light wires and providing penalty OF
fine from $50 TO 1900 and Imprisonment of from
one to three years. changing the time OF filing
certificates Of nomination of county and munic-
ipal officers from twelve to twenty days before
election: prohibiting Judge from presiding in
cases where he is a relative to either party or to
any attorney in the case: supplementing sec
tion 1882 by authorizing any interested citizen
Of municipality contracting with persons or
corporations to supply natural gas to compel
the furnishing of the same by mandamus pro-
ceedings.
HoUsE-Bils introduced To authorize G.. A.
r. posts to use National guard armories: to
provide that sheriffs may ride on local freight
trains; to require the teaching of physical cul-
ture in the public schools of cities Of the first
and second class, and also in other educational
institutions supported by public tax; to pro-
vide that the maximum rate Of interest charga-
Bile on notes secured by mortgages on real es-
tate shall be Ave per cent per annum, and that
the mortgages shall be exempt from taxation;
to provide for the letting of franchises to street
railroad companies; to empower municipal cor
porations to condemn land for natural gas pur
poses; to require all minors between the ages
of fourteen and sixteen years who have no bus
ness, lawful occupation or employment to at
tend school.
COLUMBUS, March 1.-SENATE-B passed:
Ohio, and running sleeping cars on their lines,
| to furnish protection to the property of pas
sengers engaging berths and making them lia.
able TO the same extent as inn-keepers
| are now held for losses sustained by
| guests; providing that all persons, before
| entering into contract with contractors to
| repair or erect buildings, shall require them
| to give bond equal to one half of the contract
| price to secure the payment for labor and
material and making any person failing to re-
| quire such bond liable to one-half of the debts
| incurred by contractors and not paid by them
| amending section S7So so as to authorize boards
| Of education in villages and special school dis
| tricts to levy tax of eight instead OF seven
| mills for school purposes.
HousE-Bills passed: Giving to county COM
missioners discretionary power to open town
| ship roads by contract; to abolish the office of
| secretary Of the board of state charities:
to increase the salary of the state food
| and dairy commissioner to $500 per
! annum: to provide for the Condeu-
nation of abandoned grave-yards near cities or
villagcs TO repeal an act creating depositary
| commissions and repositories of school funds
in cities of the second class, third grade; to
regulate the branding Of cheese and to prevent
| fraud in its manufacture and sale; to provide
| for the payment Of bounties for the killing Of
hawks.
| COLUMBUS March 2---This was an "off" day
in legislative circles, the wheels of the law max
|
| bers went, by invitation, to the Ohio state uni.
versity, where speeches were made by Gov.
| Mckinley, Lieut. Gov. Harris, Speaker Lay
| lin, Senator Lampson and others, and a repast
was served in the horticultural building for the
| visitors.
Columbus, Morch s-SENArE-Bills passed:
Amending section e65s SO as to prevent fraudu-
| lent evasion Of work on township roads, by re-
quiring the secretaries of all fire companies ex-
| empt from such work to furnish certificates
showing that each member thereof is on the
active list and in good standing; to provide that
| oil examination questions for examination of
teachers shall be prepared by the state board of
examiners, and that they shall be used by
| county examiners; to provide for the construc-
tion Of pounds in cities and incorporated vii.
lagos; amending present law by making 1t un-
lawful for any person to wear the badge OF the
| G. A. R., or Of any other secret society, unless
members of such societies organizations;
providing that the contest Of elections of state
and judicial officers shall be heard by the cir.
cult court OF the state instead Of by the senate;
empowering councils Of cities Of the second
class to have streets marked.
| HOUsE-Bills passed; To provide for the con-
solidation of the reports of the geographical
survey for 1S90-91-0 -02 making appropriations for
| the last three-quarters OF the fiscal year ending
| November IL, 1892, and the first quarter Of the
| fiscal year 1e03 to require fire insurance COM
| panies, organized under the old constitution of
the state, to make reports to the state commits
sioner: making it an ofense, punishable with
fine and Imprisonment, for person appointed
by board of elections MS registrar or clerk to
refuse to serve; providing that where o town.
ship contains municipal corporation and the
voting places of township and corporation are
common separate ballot-boxes shall be pro-
vided.
COLUMBUS, March 4.-3ills introduced: To
abolish the state board of pardons and create a
similar body; TO limit the number of officials at
the Ohio penitentiary; to authorize the commits
sioners of Franklin county to issue s12 900 bonds
to complete bridge over the Olentangy river
at Fifth avenue.
HoUSE.-Bills introduced: Providing for the
admission to the bar of this state of practcion
ers from other states: providing that employees
OF puplic institution whose salaries do not eX-
ceed twenty dollars per month, may be residents
of the counties in which the institutions are To-
Gated: to authorize owners of lots to grade them
to the grade of adjoining streets or alleys with.
out incurring any liability; prescribing the
quality of illuminating oil to be used in
mines, and fixing penalties for violation
OF the statute; making railroad companies
liable for loss damage by fire originating on
their land; to create board Of electrical con-
troll for Cincinnati; to require railroad COM
panies to provide steps at railroad stations: to
create township supervisors in all the counties
OF the state, and provide for the letting of GER
tain portions Of road work by contract giving
INC poaiu Vi cuuSullOH VI u SCuOOl III
which county children's home is located dis
cretionary powers to admit to the school in
mates of the home
State News ITEMS
MARSHAL SCOTT, of the village of Re-
public, nine miles east of Tiffin, was
neatly taken in by woman few days
ago. Scott is the proprietor of meat
market in the village, and in connec-