The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-03-24
OHIO LEGISLATURE.

duced: 10 amend section Cls9 so rs to allow ad-
ministrators' attorneys fees out OF the estate
involved in cases where wills are contested; to
authorize Coshocton county to issue $4,000 to
build an arnory for the o. N. G.. at Coshocton;
TO authorize Lima to issue 10000 TO encourage
manufacturing, IL approved by two-thirds vote
Of the people; to authorize the commissioners
OF Coshocton TO transfer 10 coo from the poor to
the county fund
HousE-Bills introduced: To extend TO wit
nesscs the law relating to offering bribes to
jurors: to provide for the consolidation OF the
fish and game commission and food and dairy
commission OF Oho increasing the salary Of
the Ohio Worlds fair director to $4,000 per an
num- appropriating $4,000 for the use of the
commission, and authorizing the commission to
contract for u suitable memorial design. pro-
viding that all claims against an estate must be
presented to the executor or administrator
within eighteen months after the notice Of his
appointment; extending the law prohibiting the
employment of minors under fourteen years OF
age to all establishments Of labor: giving the
state board Of agriculture control of half the
levy for farmers institutes: making valid deeds
executed by persons acting under powers OF
attorney and named in the deed or signing as
grantors
COLUMBUS, March h15.-SENATE.-Billsp passed:
To amend section 1918 by providing that sherifs
shall not remove household goods under re.
plevin proceeding for two days after serving de.
fendant with notice of the order: to amend sec
tions 1851 and 1855 by providing that contests of
wills should be tried before judges instead of
juries amending sections 5a93, 520 and 5302 by
providing that bills of exceptions to decisions
shall be made within forty days after the de-
cison, and that exceptions to admission and re-
lection of evidence may be taken and that all
orders of such proceedings shall be entered on
the court records, and that extension Of time
shall be entered on the bill OF eXceptions to
amend sections 1850 and 1868 so as to authorize
county commissioners to vacate roads that have
been abandoned for period OF seven years.
HoUsE-Bills passed: Providing that school
houses may be used for select or normal schools
A law. Providing that lot owner may grade
his lot TO the established grade Of an adjoining
street without incurring liability for damage:
repeating an act changing the name Of the In
termediate peniten tiary to the Ohio State re-
formatory; requiring that oils used for iilumi.
mating purposes in mines shall he pure; provid
ing for tho appointment o; two chief inspectors
of oil
COLUMBUS, March i6-.SENATE.-Bills passed:
To supplement section 1854 by providing that
boards Of equalization shall serve property
owners with notices OF intention to increase
value Of property before the same is done;
amending section 6l45 by requiring common
pleas and probate judges in passing on estates
| in charge OF administrators and executors, to
| file with the county recorder record Of liens,
| mortgages and claims against such estate;
| amending section 42l3 SO rs to make harborers
| Of sheepkilling dogs. as well as owners, liable
| for the full amount Of damages done by same:
| amending section 7O68 so as to prohibit faxirs
| from exhibiting shows or vending wares within
onefourth OF a mile OF county fairs: amending
section 1925 by increasing the penalty for using
| obscene language from s20 to 500 and from
twenty days to six months imprisonment
HoUsE-Bills passed: Prohibiting the use OF
seines or set nets in the Lewiston reservoir
within a period Of five years; prohibiting the
| depositing in streams Of the refuse from paper
| mills, pulp works and strawboard works; ex.
| empting from the operation Of the new ballot
| law hamlets and townships.
COLUMBUS, March 17.-SgNArB.-Bnls
| passed: To amend section 45O2, by providing
that county commissioners may pay all costs in
| appealed road cases where public utility justi
| fes the improvements. A law. To amend sec
tion 4561c. by providing that mill dams may be
| removed by county commissioners upon peti
| tion, when the damage sustained by the owner
| is paid by the petitioners. A law. Exemptine
| townships and villages not divided into wards
from the provisions Of section Of the Austral
ian ballot law, so that elections therein will bt
| held under the old system. A law. Amending
| sections f18 and 1881 as to require county
commissioners to employ the county surveyor
| to do the engineering work Of the county; em
| powering the state dairy and food commissioner
| to enforce laws against adulteration of food
| providing suitable quarters for him in the state
| house, and empowering him to fix compensation
| OF state chemist for analyzing specimens sub
mtted by the commissioner.
| HoUsE-Bills passed. For the taxing o
| mortgages permitting the dehorning of cattle
| A law. Prohibiting the cat tching of salmon be
| tween September Is and March IA. A law. Pro
| viding that the testimony of witness who has
| died may be presented by the official stenog
| rapher who made the shorthand report of it; re
| quirirg the destruction of thistles and othe
| noxious weeds.
COLUMBUS, March 1S.-SENATE-Bills intro
| duced: To ropal the act providing that fremel
in the city Of Cleveland shall have twelve hours
| on and twelve hours off each day. Senator Alb
| bott presented a petition from H. B, Vincen
| and three hundred other citizens Of Morgan
| county, asking the general assembly to urge tn,
| passage of a bill by congress for ship cana
| from Cleveland to Marietta. Adjourned unit
| Monday.
HoUsE-Bills introduced: Making an addi
tional appropriation of 300 for the erection of
| burg and providing that the name Of the Firs
Artillery shall be added to the inscription; pre-
| viding that no person shall act as railroadfag
| man without having served two years as
| brakeman: providing that train service mel
| shall not be employed for more than ffteel
| hours without a lay OF of eight hours, and tha
| ten hours shall constitute a days work. increas
ing fees of jurors in cases before justices of tn
peace from fifty cents to one dollar day; t
| regulate the practice of medicine and surgery
| Adjourned until Monday.