The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-03-05
OHIO LEGISLATURE.

force university on the third Thursday In June
and first Thursday in November; to increase
the salary OF the judges OF the supreme court
from 1000 to s5 900.
HoUsE-Bills introduced: Making appro-
priations for the last three quarters of the fiscal
year, ending November 10, 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 offenScs; authorizing the
ndjutaDt general to purchase u flag for use
on the state house; amending section 1918 OF
the revised statutes so aS to make responsible
for damages persons harboring shccp-killing
dogs; abolshing the ofllcc OF secretary of the
state board OF charities, and authorizing the
employment OF clerk; amending section 2026
so as TO allow boards OF election to correct on
election day mistakes made IN registration;
amending section T026 Of the revised statutes so
MS to increase the penalty for indecent exposure
of person to 900 fine and six months imprison-
ment
COLUMBUS, Feb 24-SENATE.-Bills passed:
Appropriatng fifty dollars to reimburse Com
pany ID, Seventeenth regiment OF Ohio National
guard, for expenses incurred in the burial OF
John Hemger, killed at the annual encampmcnt;
supplcmcnting section 1867 by imposing fine
of 500 to 81 600 and an Imprisonment from one
to three years for tampering with telegraph
wires for the purpose OF obtaining Information
concerning messages; to amend section Ol5i and
6i67 so as to give probate courts jurisdiction in
misdcmcanors in certain countless TO amend
sections 3130, 37i7 anG 37iS so as to allow alumni
associations to increase their membership not
exceeding the number OF conferences cooper
ating, by elCcting truSteeS-at.lnrgC; amending
section 20i5 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 ut municipal elections
HOusE-Bills passed: Creating township
boards of education: extending the authority OF
the state factory inspector to tenement houses;
authorizing Martins Ferry, Belmont county, to
issue s25,0O0 bonds for electric light purposes.
Bills introduced Authorizing the village OF
Glcnvillc, Cuyahogo county, TO transfer funds;
authorizing Martins Ferry Belmont county, to
issue $4,000 bonds for electric light purposes;
authorizing the commissioners Of Holmes
county to issue $4,000 bonds for electric light
purposes.
COLUMBUS, Feb. 25.--SENATE.-Bills passed.
| Amending section 46l7 so as TO provide that in
| laying out state road passing through two or
| more Counties- shall appoint one commits
| sioncr, and that the county having thrcc-tfths
| of the road shall be entitled to two commissions
ers amending section Ti6S-l by authorizing ag'
| ricultura societies to enlarge and improve their
| grounds at will of their board supplcmcntng
! section $500 SO as to make dsorderly conduct on
| railroad trains u misdcmCanor; amending sec
! $40 so to require presiding judges TO
! instruct juries before arguments by coun-
| sci when they consider such instruc-
I tlOn necessary amending ScCllOn Oh
an act regulating the manufacture and sale
| OF dynamite so as to prohibit the storage with
! in eighty feet Of n private dwelling or business
| house; amending section GG5, so that, when
| goods sold on installmcnt plan are rcplcvlncd
| for reason Of default payments, the defendant
! shall have two days after service in which to
obtain bond, so aS to prevent the goods from
! being removed; providing that road super
/ visors shall eradicate black knot plum and
| cherry trees by burning same, and that they
shall receive same compensation as when en-
l ploycd 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 it's BIRTH to insure him for breeding the
| same.
HousE-Bills passed Providing that, whcr
part of o 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 OF steam passcn
ger cars; to provide that an applicant for a
, teachers certificate may be examined on cur
rent topics; to provide that when village con
stitutcs part of a township, the remainder OF
the township may he organized as township
even If its territory be less than is required 10y
statute; to provide that when
suit for wages is decided in favor o.
the plaintiff the judgment shall include in the
costs not more than five dollars for attorneys
fees and If the defendant appeals from thu
Judgment and the decision of the lower court bC
affirmed, there shall be included in the cost no
to exceed fifteen dollars additional for attor
ncy's fees. Bills introduced: To provide
penalties for iniuring live stock caught in the
act of trespassing; TO provide for the appoint
mcnt Of members of boards of trustees anC
employees of the insane asylums of the state
to provide for more liberal education Of tht
blind; to provide for the maintenance o
fagmcn at points in Cincinnati whore cleo
trio or cable cars cross streets in q dangerous
, way.
COLUMBUS, Feb 2G.--SENATE.-Bnls passed
! To authorize the board of trustees Of all Schoo
districts to purchase "Howc's History of Ohio
ut price not to exceed 50 per volume; to pre-
vide that sentences of persons convicted q
misdcmcanors shall become cumulative aftc
the third ofHcnsc, and fixing penalty from on
to three years in the wurllhousc; TO authoriZ
, Canal Fulton, Stark county, to issue $4,000 i
, bonds to encourage manufacturing, SCVcrJ
local bills were passed,
HOUSE-Bills passed: To authorize the con
missioncrs of Morgan county to pay certai
bills incurred in constructing bridge acrOS
the MusEingum river at Stockport, in Morga
county: fixing the manner Of locating free Jor
county roads; to authorize tho commissioner
OF Muskingum county to issue $4,000 bonds fc
the completion of a bridge over the Musldugul
river; to empower the board of education
Clarington, Monroe county, to release Edwar
F. RoCmcr and the surCtics on his bond as trea
urer of the district, from the payment of Sl0S
1 school funds. which were consumed by fire. I
, authorize the commissioners of Muslingul
county to issue $50 600 bonds for the completio
of n bridge over the Musllingum river, The fC
> lowing bill was introduccd To repeal the Ia
2 eNcmpting pipe lines owned by muuicipalitil
S from taxation.
State News items.