The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-03-19
OHIO LEGISLATURE.


duced Providing that public hospitals shall he
established IN ~. counties not already supplied
with the same; prohibiting persons holding clcc
tive public Offices from being members Of boards
OF education IN cities Of the second class; or In
village school Districts: to provide that when
jury venirc has been exhausted during the
progress Of case, additional names shall be
drawn from the box, instead Of being selected
by the court; 10 provide .hat acting scrgeants OF
police in Cleveland shall rank as regular SER
gCants, and bc paid us such.
HoUsI--Bills introduced: Making H. unlnw.
full TO empty refuse water, filth or filthy drain.
ago from paper.mill pulp works or strawboard
works into any OF the rivers, lakes, ponds or
streams OF the state; to require street railroad
companies to place guards around the running
trucks Of cars: amending the ditch law, so that
county commissioners may, on the petition OF
twothirds OF the assessed property. sell n ditch
in It's entirety: to abolish the state moteorolog.
cul bureau and create n state weather and
crop department; TO extend the provisions OF
the INDECENT soldiers act TO survivors OF the
Mexican and all other wars; extending the
rights OF cemetery trustees as 10 the purchase
OF land: authorizing railroad companies to no
cept aud use electric bells and other mechan!
cal devices at crossings in towns and cities to
permit mine quarry and oil operators to cross
highways with pipe lines.
COLUMBUS. March 8-SENATE.-Bills intro
duccd: To require street railway companies 10
provide an inclosure on car platforms to protect
motormen and drivers from the weather; pro-
vidinF that before board Of equalization adds
10 the value OF real estate, the owner thereof
shall he served with written notice, Bills
passed.: Amending section 605i providing for
| penalties for cruelty to animals, by permitting
| the dchorning OF cattle; TO supplement section
| 2iT by empowering city councils and county
| commissioners 10 require gates or tlagnen Mt
| dangerous crossing: to amend section 3OO9 by
authorizing the entering OF contributing mem.
| bers ia companies of the Ohio National guard
| cities OF the fourth grade and second class; 10
| provide for q more efficient organization OF the
| common schools in township districts, by au.
| thorizing the election OF a board OF township
| directors with one member from each district,
| 10 have control and management OF the schools
| Of the township.
HOUSE Bills passed. Providing that when
| several religious conferences have charge Of a
| college or university, the trustees Of the insti-
tuition may elect trustees at large for tho differ
cnt conferences. Intended for Otterhcin uni
vcrsty. A law; making the harborcr OF sheep.
| killing dog responsible for damages done by the
| animal; requiring minors between the ages OF
| fourteen and sixteen years, who have no busi-
ness, lawful occupation or regular employment,
| TO attend school; making 1t the duty OF county
commissioners 10 keep up guard rails on bridges
in municipalities; providing that boards of clCc
tions may correct all election day mistakes o
rcGistra tion; making it Hn offcnsc TO purchase
sell or expose rar sale fish caught out OF season
|
COLUMBUS March 9.-SEEATE.-Bills intro
ducCd To authorize the street railway com
pany building road from Maumeo City to To
lcdo to condemn property and use tracks OF
other companics to appropriate 5000 for the
erection OF monument ovcr the grave of Johr
G.. Lloyd, late Of the Thirteenth O. V. l., who
was killed while planting the colors OF his regi
mcnt Mission Ridge. Bills passed: TC
amend sections 1904 and 1920 by requiring no
tees to property owners in cities for street i'm
/ proNements to be served as other summons, OF
. the owner NJ his place OF business; to amcnt
section 300 A, so rs to prohibit the obstruction
OF streets by railroad trains at street crossings
in Cincinnati for longer period than two min
utcS at time: to provide for graduation from
the common schools of rural suh-districts ant
, special districts, and the admission of sucl
graduates to the high schools of the county.
HOUsE-Blls passed: Providing that appea
bonds from the common pleas to the circu
courts shall be filed within thirty days after III
, entering Of the decree on the Journals to III
, crease from 800 10 $500 per year the salary o
the assistant teacher OF music AT the Bin,
asylum; providing that consolidated railroad
company may issue bonds without increasing
its capital stock: to protect associations, union
of workngmcn and individuals in their labels
trademarks and forms of advertising; prOVid
ing that il, after n jury has been drawn in trii.
! for capital oNCrsc, the case is postponed 4
, the next term of court, the Jury shall be dis
charged and new jury drawn.
COLUMBUS, March l0--SENATR-Bills passed
b To compel railroad companies to block thci
c guard rails and frogs with iron, steel or har
r wood or other device which will make pOSitiy
foot gunrds to supplement sections 5sl9 an
=, ! $3.50 by authorizing judges to provide for car
u OF live stock and pcrlshablc goods pending lit
t cation for their disposition; supplemental
. section S3SS by providing that, in cases of raj
, road consolidation the stockholders shall brin
3, | suit to enforce their rights in the state whCr
! they reside. A law. EXcmpting persons owe
l seventy years Of age from jury service, Law
To authorize the commissioners OF FArtiel
| county to take possession OF certain townshi
roads when public necessity demands it, A Law
| 10 prohibit the tapping of telephone and tell
graph wires to obtain information concCrnin
Y private dispatches.
Il HoUsE-Bils passed: Making it unlawful I
}. keep more than one hundred pounds of dyni
!. mite within eighty rods of any occupied dwell
i ing or public building. A law. Requiring IN
. placing OF hand-rais on stairways in tcnement
l. factories and public buildings; providing for II
{ endowing of justices of the peace in village
/. with concurrent jurisdiction with the Mayors
certain cases. Bills introduced: To mal
valid old deeds executed without witnesses;
l. improve the stock OF horses and discourage II
;. OF unsound stations; to cure defect in u
n present law 80 that special assessment ca
=, not be imposed upon an entire municipality
COLUMBUS, March ll.-SENATE.--Bill pas
y ed: Amending &c game laws; to compel raj
l. road companies TO construct telephones or tel
II graphs along the lines OF their roads in Ohi'
y, giving the mayor final jurisdiction in pett
cases: authorizing tho Franklin county cor
" nissioncrs TO complete bridge across u
"a Olentangy river at Fifth avenue in Columbus
e amending an act to authorize the Cincinna
- board of education to issue bonds for the pu
. pose OF erecting additional school building
T. authorizing Cambridge to bond itself to build
y mill; authorizing Mddletown, Butler county,
q issue $4,000 bonds for school purposes. A
n jsurned until Monday.
!. HOUsB-The state amendments TO NJ
" Griflin's bill supplementng section 1898 OF Il
Up revised statutes, relative to the consolidate
es OF railroad companies, were concurred in. U
der suspension of the rules, two senate bills
Mr.. Eckly were passed for the fire and poll
departments in Canton. Mr.. Dougherty intr
duccd q bill to amend section 356 of the rcvis
lie statutes 1t provides that the state school col
h mission, while holding that office, shall not pC
~ form the duties Of teacher or superintendent
- any public or private school, or be employed
- teacher in any college. Adjourned until Nc
III day.
ne stare News Items.
is AT Caldwell special election w
IN held to decide whether the salool
ry should longer exist within the corpor
it. tion The dryS were successful Ca