The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-04-21
OHIO LEGISLATURE.

wednesday evening, to consider the election
law problem and formulate a bill for immediate
passage. The senate confirmed the appoint.
ment of Samuel A. Baxter, of Lima, as a trus.
tee OF the Toledo asylum for insane. bill to
facilitate the completion Of the new buildings,
now being constructed at the Ohio State univer.
sity, was introduced by Mr.. Lampson, Of Ash
tabula. II authorizes the trustees to issue cer-
ti1cates OF Indebtedness in the sum OF s3O 600 in
anticipation Of the collection Of the Hysell law
tax.
HoUsE-Mr. Griffin introduced bill to pro-
vide for the examination of stationary engineers
According TO the bill the governor is to appoint
commission Of three persons. who are to ex-
anime applicants for membership in state
board Of stationary engineer examiners. From
the applicants who pass the examination with
grade Of eighty per cent or more the governor
IS TO appoint commission Of seven persons, who
will receive 81 800 year EACH and who will ex.
anime all stationary engineers. One provision
OF the bill is that no engineer on an inclined
railway shall work continuously longer than
six hours.
COLUMBUS, April 12.-SENATE-Bills passed:
Authorizing the state workshop inspector to
investigate the condition Of powder and dyna-
mite factories; changing the beginning of the
official terms OF the trustees Of Wilberforce
university from September to June, in
order to have them inducted at the an
nual meeting Of the board; repeating that sec.
tion Of the Graber law relating TO the compen.
cation Of sherifs. and re-enacting the old law
regulating their compensation, with an amend.
'ment making horizontal reduction Of about
twelve per cent In their fees; the Clingman bill
TO consolidate the Cincinnati university and the
Cincinnati College Of Law is now half law. 1t
passed the senate without opposition
HoUsE.-Bills passed: Provided that railroad
companies must furnish steps for ascent to or
descent from the cars at every station at which
the platform is more than twelve inches below
ftsa1
that when street railroad in this state has a
continuation Of its line in an adjoining state,
the Ohio company may purchase and own part
or oil Of the stock of the company owning the
land in the adjoining state Mr.. Boards pool
bill got o setback to-day The bill provides
that pools may be sold on onemile race courses,
subject to regulation by track associations, and
on the condition that they shall not be sold
elsewhere. Mr.. Beaird spoke in favor OF the
bill, but while the vote as cast was tie-3i for
and "a against-there was not enough afarma-
tive vote to pass the bill.
COLUMBUS, April 13.-SENATE-Bills passed:
Making amendments to the Australian ballot
law; re-enactng sections Of the old law ap.
plicable to townships and municipalities having
O population Of less than fifteen hundred; pro-
viding that inmates of deaf and dumb asylums,
who are inmates of county in1irmaries when
not at that institution, shall remain there dur
ing vacation to authorize the trustees Of the
Ohio State university to issue certificates of in
debtedness for four years in anticipation of the
levy under the Hyscl law, to an amount of
s12o,000, to complete buildings Adjournment
next Monday was insured by the action of the
senate. The amendment of the house to the
Hildebrand adjournment resolution was con-
Cured in. This provides for adjournment next
Monday.
HOUsE-Bills passed. Providing for the in
| spection Of dynamite. A law 10 establish the
| width of roads in Hamilton county along which
| run electric railways; providing that q town or
| city may not pass from one grade or class to
another except by affirmative action of the coun
| Gil law. To regulate the employment Of
| the inmates OF the penitentiaries reforma-
| tories and work-houses in the state Of Ohio A
| number OF local bills wcro also passed.
| COLUMBUS April Observation-Disclosures wear.
ing dresses hereafter are to be feature Of off,
| cial life at all the state insane ssylums. The
| senate enacted into law Representative Woods
| bill providing for the appointment Of one wom-
| an physician at each of the institutions men,
| toned. One Of the railroad reforms enacted by
| the present legislature became law bv pass
| age in the senate, and provides that steps on
| passenger coaches shall not be more than
| twelve inches above the ground. The Woman's
Christian Temperance union organizations, in
| corporated under the laws of this state are
| given authority to indenture children born Of
fallen women, by house bill that passed the
| senate The Griffin bill to reduce freight rates
was ioSt Dy vote OF yeas ii, nays H.
| HoUsE-The house passed o bill by Mr..
! Workman amending the truency act so as to per-
| NIT parents 10 appeal from the decision Of boards
| Of education to tho probate courts. There have
| been instances IN which parents who desired to
| educate their children at hcine were refused
| that privilege by boards Of education, and the
Workman bill Is intended to give opportunity
for appeal from arbitrary action by school a1-
| thorities. The Fisher bill passed the house by
| the vote-ayes n, nays 4. The house passed DP.
| Sterretts bill re.organizing the militia system
| OF the state. 1t provides for more and smaller
companies in'each regiment although it does
| not increase the number Of guardsmen, and pro.
vides new rules for courts OF inquiry.
COLUMBUS. April lIISENArE.-Bills passed:
Providing for the appointment Of two addi.
tional assistant mine inspectors; providing
| that hedge fences shall be sufficient protection
along tho ombankments Of highways where
| guard rails are required by law; providing that
all stairways In public buildings, hotels and
factories shall be equipped with hand rails. Au-
thorizing street railway companies IN
this state to own and control lines
| extending into other states; providing that the
number Of inmates of the state penitentiary
| and reformatories engaged in manufacturing
| shall not exceed five per cent. OF the number
| engaged In those pursuits outside Of these in.
| situtions: providing that the secretary Of state
| shall furnish each county clerk copies of all
penal laws within ten,days after their passage;
| approprating $4,000 to meet deficiencies in
| the several departments Of the state.
HousE-Bills passed: To create state board
| for the examination Of land surveyors: ordering
the transfer from the secretary Of states posses
sion to state treasury OF e26. 200 A law. Amend
| ing the Australian ballot law; re-enacting the
old low as to the duties Of county clerks In cleo
tions; to provide two additional mine inspectors
| in Ohio. A law. To give laboring men lion
| upon gas and oil well machinery which they are
| building or repairing. A law. To give sheriHs or
constables authority to sell perishabe property.
A low.
State News Items.
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