The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-03-26
OHIO LEGISLATURE.

Cor uMBUs. March il-SENATE.-Bills intro,
duccd TO amend section 6iSS so ns to allow ad.
illustrators attorneys fees out OF the estate
involved I'm cases where wills arc Contcstcd to
authorize Coshocton county to issue $4,000 to
build an nrmory for the O. N. O., at CoshOcton;
to authorize Lima TO issue Sl50OOO TO encourage
manufacturing, II approved by two.thirds vOto
ot the people: TO authorize the commissioners
OF Coshocton to transfer i9,0 600 from the poor 20
the county fund.
HoUsR--Bills introduced To extend TO wit
nesses the law relating to offering bribes To
Jurors: to provide for the consolidation Of the
fish and game commission and food and dairy
commission OF Ohio; increasing the salary OF
the Ohio Worlds fair director to $4,000 per nm.
mum, uppropriating $4,000 for the use OF the
commission, and authorizing the commission to
contract for II suitable memorial design: pro-
vidinB that all claims against an estate must be
presented to the executor or administrator
within eighteen months after the notice OF his
appointment; extending the law prohibiting the
employment OF minors under fourteen years OF
age to all establishments OF labor; giving tho
state board OF agriculture control OF half tho
levy for farmers Institutes; making valid deeds
executed by persons acting under powers OF
attorney and named In the deed or signing as
grantors.
COLUMBUS, March ib.-SENATE. Bills passed:
To amend section 5sls by providing that shcri1s
shall not remove household goods under re-
pevin proceeding for two days after serving dc.
fendant with notice OF the order; to amend sec
tions 5S6l and 1866 by providing that contests OF
wills should be tried before judges instead OF
| iurics: amending sections 529S, 520 and 1902 hv
| providing that bills of exceptions to decisions
shall be made within forty days after the de.
| Csion, and that exceptions to admission and re-
| lection OF evidence may he taken and that all
| orders OF such proceedings shall be entered on
| the court records and that extension Of time
| shall be entered on the bill OF eXceptions TO
amend sections 1850 and 4G6s so as to authorize
county commissioners to vacate roads that have
| been abandoned for period of seven years
HoUsE-Bills passed: Providing that school
| houses may be used for select or normal schools
A law. Providing that lot owner may grade
his lot to the established grade Of an adjoining
| street without incurring liability for damage;
repeating an act changing the name of the In.
| termcdatc penten tiary to the Ohio State re-
formatory; requiring that oils used for illumi.
| mating purposes in mines shall be pure; provd-
ing for the appointment of two chief inspectors
of oil.
COLUMBUS. March 1G 1G-.SENATE-Bllls passed:
To supplement section 1884 by providing that
| boards of equalization shall serve property
| owners with notices Of intention to increase
value of property before the same is done;
amending section 6li5 by requiring common
pleas and probate Judges, in passing on estates
in charge of administrators and executors, to
file with the county recorder record Of liens,
mortgages and claims against such estate;
amending section 42l3 so as to make harborers
of shCCpkilling dogs, as well as owners, liable
for the full amount Of damages done by same;
amending section 7066 so as to prohibit fallirs
from exhibiting shows or vending wares within
onefourth of mile Of county fairs; amending
section 7026 by increasing the penalty for using
obscene language from $50 TO 500 and from
twenty days to six months Imprisonment.
| HOUSE-Bills passed: Prohibiting the use OF
seues or set nets in the Lewiston reservoir
within period of five years; prohibiting the
depositing in streams of the refuse from paper
mills, pulp works and strawboard works; ex
cmptng from the operation of the new ballot
law hnmlets and townships.
COLUMBUS March 17-SENATE.-Bllls
passed: To amend section 4502, by providing
that county commissioners may pay all costs il
appealed road cases where public utility iusti
tics the improvements. A law. To amend sec
tion 4567c, by providing that mill dams may bt
removed by county commissioners upon peti
tion, when the damage sustained by the owne
is paid by the petitioners A law Exemptint
townships and villages not divided into wards
from the provisions of section of the Austral
ian ballot law so that elections therein will b.
held under the old system. A law Amending
sections 1l66 and 1881 so as to require county
commissioners to employ the county surveyo
: 10 do the engineering work of the county; EN-
powcrng the state dairy and food commissions
TO enforce laws against adulteration of food
, providing suitable quarters for him in the state
: house, and empowering him to fix compensation
of state chemist for analyZing specimens sub
, mittCd by the commissioner
, HoUsE-Bills passed. For the taxing o
mortgages; permitting the dehorning of cattle
A law. Prohibiting The catching of salmon be
tween September Is and March II. A law. Pro
/ viding that the testimony Of a witness who ha
died may be presented by the official stenol
raphcr who made the shorthand report of il; rt
1 quiring the destruction of thstles and othe
4 | noXious weeds.
D COLUMBUS, March 1S.-SENATE-Bills intro
duccd: To repal the act providing that tlremel
=, in the city of Cleveland shall have twelve hour
on and twelve hours off each day. Senator AT
bott presented a petition from II. B. Vincen
= and three hundred other citizens of Morga
: county, asking the general assembly to urge tn
passage of a bill by congress for Il ship cana
from Cleveland to Marietta. Adjourned unit
Monday.
: HoUsE-Bills introduced: Making an add
tional appropriation Of 800 for the erection OF
'high water mark" memorial tablet at GcttyS
- burg and providing that the name of the Firs
Artillery shall be added 10 the inscription; pr
viding that no person shall act as railroad-tlaG
! man without having served two years rs
brakeman: providing that train service me
shall not be employed for more than fiftee
: hours without lay off Of eight hours and tina
= ten hours shall constitute a days work; increa'
ing fees of jurors in cases before justices of th
t peace from fifty cents TO one dollar day; I
r regulate the practice of medicine and surger,
Adjourned until Monday.