Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-04-19
THD OHIO LEGISLATURE
Has Finished It's Work and Adjourn
ed To Jan. 3, 1898.
QUITE A GRIST OF LAWS MADE,
But Nota Great Many Of Them are Important to the
Welfare Of the State-A List Of the More In
portant Measures That Passed Both
Houses and are Now Laws

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H., Jan. 3, 1898.
Ia the hurry to rush through the
amended Australian ballot law no pro-
vision was made to compensate the
State Supervisor of Elections which Of
flee was created. The bill was intro
duced in the House by Mr.. Holcomo,
providing for a salary Of $1,000 year.
1t was rushed through both Houses and
became law. This creates an Office
which will be sought after, as the only
work attached consists Of appointing
the County Boards Of Election.
The House passed Van Cleaf's Senate
bill amending the present laws relating
to pardonS, so as to require the unani-
nous vote Of the Board of Managers to
grant pardon. Heretofore majority
vote vas all that was necessary. 1t is
now law.
A bill proposing q tax on collateral
inheritance and beQueStS was defeated
in the Senate. Pudney's House bill pro-
viding for better protection Of employees
on scaffodS and ladders passed the Sen
ate, as did also Mr.. FerrelPs bill pro-
viding for the payment from the
deficiency appropriation the Boys
Reform School bills, and both
are now laws. The Senate
also passed Representative Haskell's
| bill appropriating $500 to place an Ohio
tablet on the National monument at
| Gettysburg, and it is law. The Col
umbus ripper bill failed to pass the
! Senate, lacking just one vote. Senators
| Boehn, Phillips and Iden, Republicans,
voted against it, and Rawlings, also Re-
publican, failed to reach the city@tn
| time to vote.
Although the present session OF the
Legislature has been an unusually long
/ one, and apparently very busy, the net
| result in the way Of important general
legislation is very small. Early in the
/ session bill establishing a permanent
/ camp ground for the State militia was
repealed, but subsequently re-enacted,
! and the camp ground located at New
! ark, Ohio. A bill by Mr.. CARRIER max
ing it crime TO tap or tamper with
electric wires passed early in the session.
( When the Legislature convened the
/ Adams Express Company was discharg-
! ing its employees because they belonged
/ 10 n labor union. Mr.. Llewellyn intro
| duced a bill making il crime to dis
| charge employees for this reason. A law,
| of which Mr.. Heinlein Of Belmont was
the author, and which passed this ses-
| sion, permits Common Pleas judges to
| deliver their charges TO the Juries be-
/ fore the arguments are made.
A law, of which Mr.. Welch, OF Knox
/ county, is the aAIthor, permits children
| living in the country to attend the near
/ est school.
The Dayton ripper bill came along
one month ago. IL throws the govern
ment OF the city OF Dayton into the
hands Of the Republicans. A bill by
Mr.. Mccoy, providing for an asylum for
| the insane in eastern Ohio, has become
| a law, and a commission TO locate IL has
| been appointed by the Governor.
The Mcconnell Sunday barber law is
/ the work Of the preseut session. 1t pre-
vents opening of barber shops on Sun
/ day. except by those who recognize an
| other day Of the week as Sabbath. A
| bill introduced by Mr. Griffin, abolish
| ing the office of Secretary Of the State
/ Board of Charities, in order TO get rid
/ of John q. Dorm, the incumbent,
| became law. Mr. Won Seggern is the
| author of a law Of much Importance to
/ workingmen. II provides that where
| they sue to recover wages they shall be
allowed s. attorneys fees when they
| win, and SIS when the case is appealed.
| A bill by Mr.. Llewellyn makes it a mis-
! demeanor T. conduct ones self improp-
/ erly on railroad trains. A bill by Mr..
/ Nichc.s, of Belmont, which became a
/ law, provides that there shall be but
/ one assessor in townships OF more than
/ one precinct. A bill by Mr.. Carpenter,
! becoming a law, limits the number of
officers at the State prison and reduces
| the salary expenses there about $4,000
a year.
One OF the most important laws OF
/ the session is the Workman school law.
\ Ii takes the district schools out OF the
/ hands OF the local directors and places
| them in the hands of the township
school board, made mp Of one member
/ from each district. Another important
school law made by this session Is the
/ Bowel bill, for graduation Of country
/ school pupils. 1t provides that on nm
/ ishing their course they may be examin-
/ ed by the country examiners and given
/ a certificate that will admit them to any
/ high school in the country. Grifhn's
switch law is Of great interest TO shipp-
erS. 1t provides penalty Of from $3.50
/ 10 5000 fine for railroad companies
l charging in excess of regular rates for
/ switching. \ new law by Senator
| Phillips requires County Commissioners
/ to employ a duly elected county survey
| or TO do all county engineering.
\ law Of which Mr.. Griffin Is the au-
| thor provides eight additional factory
1 inspectors al their usual salaries. A
/ law OF which Mr.. McGrew is the author
provides that administrators Of estates
Of imbeciles or insane people may pay
| the valid debts Of same without reduc-
ing such debts to judgments. law by
Mr.. Clapp is OF great Importance TO the
northern aud eastern parts OF the State,
where the dairy business is conducted
largely. II requires all cheese to be
labelled, showing the per cent OF
those qualities which make the grade
of cheese. A bill Of which Mr.. Pud-
ney is the author imposes fine Of
yo 500 to $500 for cOunterfeiting
Peh"9rks, labels or insignia Of labor
Ijol; tion UpSjo "a Jaw OF which Mr.. Taylor, Of
= O-SS Or CRY the author, divides the
ana highest 6Octs for oil inspectors,
Sale. $500 Inspector here. Senator
y barrels runs author of law that
a, PITTshuB made in the township
lr 9SStci cYthe enactment and Subse-
4, ''1+" ment of the Australian
law by Mr.. Carpenter, OF
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