The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-02-11
OHIO LEGISLATURE.

OF premiums, instead Of three payments: q
amend sections Ss5s, $3.50 and 328O by striking
out provisions making stockholders liable 70
twice the amount Of their stock: to correc
technical errors In section 4977 relating to tn
limitation OF actions for the recovery of rea
property; to convert the Licking county reser
voir into q public park, and appropriate 500
for Its Improvement
| HoCsE-Bills introduced: Approf,r,at,no 81
90l ,Os5 for the support OF the common schools
10 40 away with challenges at city election pre-
clncts; providing that each village election pre-
clnct snail receive separate package of ballots
providing that notaries public shall pay 70,
each commission o., of which n shall 90 To IN,
state treasury: providing that tho commission
crs OF county may pay out of the dog fund fol
| the care and treatment Of persons injured by
| any rab1d animal; to provide for the more efB
| cient organization Of the common schools in
townships; to prevent fraud and undue inhu
| ence in the election of u. s. senator's: TO re.
apportion the congressional districts of the
state.
COLUMBUS, Feb. 2.-SENATE-I3ills passed:
Providing for the employment OF regular work.
men to construct public bitches in Ottawa
| county; authorizing the state to lease land for
OIL purposes; providing that the field notes.
plats and records restored to the records of the
| surveyors Office, Hamilton county, shall be evi.
oence In courts Of justice; increasing the sal
aries OF tho common pleas judges Of Cuyahoga
county from $4,000 to $1,000 Bills introduced
slgnees, trustees debtors, etc., are all dead; to
provide for the redemption Of 80 900 in bonds Of
the state board Of agriculture with money from
the sinking fund.
HousE-Bills introduced: Making an appro-
priation OF $3.50 for inaugural ceremonies; to
PROVIDE Tor deficiency caused by the publication
OF lists of cities and villages entitled to be ad.
Vanced under federal census of 1890; to amend
an act to provide for the disposition of inmates
OF the Ohio Soldiers and Sailors home who NAV
become insane. Bills introduced: To provide
for punishment of persons violating the switch.
ing law; to tax collateral inheritances; to give
the mayors Of villages final jurisdiction in petit
assault cases, except when jury is demanded;
giving prisoners the advantage of Jury trials:
10 amend the game laws: providing that school
children in rural districts may attend the near.
est school to their homes and for the payment
Of tuition; amending the revised statutes to In.
clude hospitals, medical colleges and asylums in
the law providing for hre-escapes.
COLUMBUS, Feb Observation-Disclosures bills
were passed: Providing that every laborer who
sues TO recover wages after demanding same in
writing, and recovers in Justice court shall be
allowed five dollars for attorney fees, and in
case the suit is appealed and Judgment is af-
hrmed, he shall be allowed fifteen dollars for
attorney fees; providing that corporations char.
tered prior to the adoption of the present con.
stltution may comply with oil laws now in force
without forfeiting their original charter rights;
providing for election Of assessors in precincts
composed OF territory situated in more than one
township Bills introduced: Amending Section
93O by providing that boards Of trustees of coun.
~ childrens homes shall consist of four mem.
Ders ana be non-partisan to give probate courts
jurisdiction In m!sdemeapors, so as to assist the
common pleas courts in dsposing Of business.
HoUsE.-Bills introduced: Appropriating
SSW, ,45S67 for the sinking fund and its commits.
sloners; to authorize county commissioners to
establish old road survey and to restore bound.
"a ryv 1nv1-c hi
vide that township treasUrers shall settle with |
the township trustees and boards Of education |
on the same day, the first Monday in March; to |
limit the legal rate of interest to per cent per |
annum; to provide that no person not a resident |
OF the state shall be appointed administrator,
unless that person be the husband, widow or |
next OF kin of the deceased. Bills passed: Ap- |
propr1ating $4,000 for the Ohio State univer. !
slty; giving county agricultural societies the |
right to condemn real property for the extension
OF their grounds; making 1t an offense to dig an |
open ditch before o dwelling or barn, without |
providing for its thorough drainage
COLUMBUS Feb. 4.-SENArE.-BIls passed, |
providing for the division OF election precincts |
on petition OF voters, outside Of cities of first
third and fourth grades Of the first class and |
second class; to apportion the state into con.
gressional districts under the last federal cen.
sus: prescribing the duties Of boards OF i'm
provements In villages having population Of
lou. Bills introduced: Amending section 39O9a
oI the statutes to permit railroad companies
whose lines extend outside the state to issue
greater amount Of bonds than they have stock
when such issue Is for the purpose of consoli.
1ation; amending sections 6S51 and 6s35 so as to
allow contested will cases to be tried before
,ourts instead OF juries, and providing for the
privilege OF appeal instead Of proceeding in error
n such actions; to authorize dehorning of cattle
oy persons skilled in performing such operas
ions. |
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women to bring proceedings TO set aside or mod.
~ Judgment within six months, the limit set
Tor all classes; to appropriate ~ 701 0S5 for the
support OF the common schools: to provide PEN
Ilties for ofenses against the peace of passen-
'erS on railways: to provide for the appoint-
nent by county commissioners of a commits
loner or commissioners to view and survey
ounty roads. Bills introduced: To amend the
allot law to provide that when q person is
harged with capital ofense and the cause is
dlourned to another term of court after the
lry Is drawn to try the Csc, the jury shall be |
ischarged the names returned to the box and
new jury drawn at the next term to try the
ase; TO prevent double taxation on real es-
ate,
COLUMBUS, Feb 5-SENATE.-Bills intro
uced: To have all parole cases passed upon by
he governor; to give mayors final Jurisdiction
a petty offerses; TO Go away with special legis.
ltion to transfer municipal funds
HoUsE-Bills introduced: To allow the trus- ,
ees OF the Polk township pike $500 yearly COM
ensation; to authorize the commissioners of
lercer county to transfer to the agricultural
oclety all surplus funds arising from the Dow
AK; to prevent the use Of any measure other ,
nan the standard half-bughel in determining ,
ne weight Of wheat.
state News fsens.
Mr. STERRETT of Miami, who is en-
aged in a war against the practice of
irregular" medicine, has inaugurated s
fight against unfair grain measure t
lent. He introduced bill in the
ouse the other morning to prohibit 7
ne use OF any measure other than the {
tandard half bushel in measuring Il
heat or other cereals. Violation of t
IS provisions is made punishable by {