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

yucca. 10 increase tne numDcr Oh Judges OF
the supreme court from five to ten, and to di-
vide it into two separate courts; to fix the time
of meeting of the board of trustees of WILDER.
force university the third Thursday in June
and first Thursday in November; to increase
the salary of tho judges of the supreme court
from 81, 600 to $1,000.
HoUsE.-Bills introduced: Making appro.
priations for the last three-quarters of the fiscal
year, ending November 15 1891 and the first
quarter of 1892; increasing the infantry of the
Ohio national guard two companies: to correct
abuses where employers deduct wages from
miners for petty ofenses authorizing the
adjutant general to purchase flag for use
on the state house; amending section 4213 OF
the revised statutes so as to make responsible
Tor damages persons harboring sheep-killing
dogs abolishing the office of secretary of the
state board of charities and authorizing the
employment of o clerk; amending section 1926
so to allow boards of election to correct on
election day mistakes made in registrations;
amending section T026 of the revised statutes so
as to increase the penalty for indecent exposure
OF person to 800 fine and six months imprison-
ment.
COLUMBUS Feb. 2A-SENATE.-Bills passed:
Appropriating fifty dollars to reimburse Com
pany d, Seventeenth regiment Of Ohio National
guard for expenses incurred in the burial of
John Hemger, killed at the annual encampment;
supplementing section 3467 by imposing fine
of s10O to II 600 and an Imprisonment from one
to three years for tampering with telegraph
wires for the purpose of obtaining information
concerning messages: to amend section 6i54 and
6461 so as to give probate courts jurisdiction in
miSdemeanorS in certain counties; to amend
sections 3f33, SIT and 37tS so as to allow alumni
associations to increase their membership not
exceeding the number Of conferences cooper
ating, by electing trustees-at-large; amending
section 29i5 so as to provide that citizens re-
moving from one ward or township to another
ward or township shall not forfeit their right to
vote at municipal elections
HoUSE.-Blls passed: Creating township
boards of education; extending the authority of
the state factory inspector to tenement houses;
authorizing Martins Ferry, Belmont county, to
issue S25 600 bonds for electric light purposes.
Bills introduced: Authorizing the village Of
Glenville, CuyahoEo county, to transfer funds;
authorizing Martins Ferry, Belmont county, to
issue s25 900 bonds for electric light purposes;
authorizing the commissioners of Holmes
county to issue $4,000 bonds for electric light
| purposes.
| COLUMBUS, Feb. 25-SENATE.-Billsp passed.
| Amending section 4G17 so as to provide that in
| laying out state road passing through two or
more countless shall appoint one commits
| sioner, and that the county having three-tifths
Of the road shall be entitled to two commission
| ers amending section 74C8-l by authorizing ag-
ricultura societies to enlarge and improve their
grounds at will Of their board: supplementing
section 6s96 so as TO make disorderly conduct on
| railroad trains q misdemeanor: amending sec
OlSU SO us 10 TeQu'Tc pTcSl.liIlS JuuBtS W
| instruct juries before arguments by coun-
| sci when they consider such instruc-
| tion necessary amending section OF
| an act regulating the manufacture and sale
| Of dynamite so as to prohibit the storage with
| in eighty feet Of private dwelling or business
| house; amending section 66l5, so that, when
| goods sold on installment plan are replevined
| for reason Of default payments, the defendant
| shall have two days after service in which to
| obtain o bond, so as to prevent the goods from
| being removed; providing that road super
visors shall eradicate black knot on plum and
cherry trees by burning same and that they
shall receive same compensation as when en-
| ployed on the public roads; providing that own
ers Of stations or jacks shall have lien on the
| "get' Of the same for period Of eight months
after its birth, to insure him for breeding the
| same.
! HoUsE-Bills passed: Providing that, when
part Of village is annexed to an adjacent city,
| the Inhabitants of the territory annexed shall
| become legal residents Of the city school dis
| trict; to regulate the heating Sf steam passen-
| ger cars; to provide that an applicant for q
teachers certificate may be examined on cur
rent topics; to provide that when village con-
| stitutes part Of a township, the remainder of
the township may be organized as a township,
even If its territory be less than is required by
| statute; to provide that when q
| suit for wages is decided in favor of
the plaintiff the judgment shall include in the
costs not more than five dollars for attorney s
| fees, and if the defendant appeals from the
| judgment and the decision of the lower court be
| affirmed, there shall be included in the cost not
| to exceed fifteen dollars additional for attor-
neys fees. Bills introduced: To provide
penalties for injurng live stock caught in the
| act of trespassing; to provide for the appoint
ment of members Of boards of trustees and
| employees of the insane asylums of the state;
to provide for more liberal education of the
| blind; to provide for the maintenance OF
fiagmen at points in Cincinnati where elec.
trio or cable cars cross streets in o dangerous
way.
COLUMBUS Feb. 26.-SENATE.-Bills passed:
To authorize the board Of trustees of all school
districts to purchase "Howe's History of Ohio u
at price not to exceed S3 per volume; to pro
vide that sentences of persons convicted OF
misdemeanors shall become cumulative after
the third offense, and fixing penalty from one
to three years in the work to authorize
Canal Fulton Stark county, to issue $4,000 in
bonds to encourage manufacturing. Several
local bills were passed
HoUsE-Blls passed. To authorize the com
missioners of Morgan county to pay certain
bills incurred in constructing bridge across
the Muskingum river at Stockport, in Morgan
county; fixing the manner of locating free join
county roads, to authorize the commissioners
of Muskingum county to issue $4,000 bonds fo
the completion of bridge over the Muskiugun
river; to empower the board of education o
Clarington, Monroe county to release Edwar(
T.. Roemer and the suret1es on his bond as treas
urer of the district, from the payment of 81.
school funds, which were consumed by fire; Il
authorize the commissioners of Muskingun
county to issue $4,000 bonds for the completion
of a bridge over the MuslSingum river. The fol
lowing bill was introduced; To repeal the Law
exemptng pipe lines owned by municipalitie
from taxation.
State News ITEMS
THE Hayden national bank, of Co
lumb bus, has been authorized to begi1
business with capital of 100000
FARMER JOHN DIKER, of Kenton, vic
timized number of farmers ant
skipped.
Miss Lou ROSE, of East Liverpool
suicided after being deserted by Ton