Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1893-03-18
OHIO LEGISLATURE.
Proceedings of the Adjourned sessiou OF
the Seventieth General Assnnhlx

tory clause OF the law extending water mains
beyond the corporation lines; requiring county
reasurers when ex.offlcio municipal trcasurers
10 give suihcient bond requiring all bond ques.
lions for public Improvement to be submitted
10 the vote of the people
house-Bills were passed as follows: Chang.
Ing the methods by which night schools nre or
gan1zed by giving power to those desiring to at
tena night schools TO circulate petition for
such; ar the paper secures TWENTY-FIVE or more
| signatures the directors shall establish such n
scnooi ana employ competent teacher who has
| received certihcnte): providing that the Jury
wheel Shall be emptied once each wear: reotir-
ing street railway companies to place guards or
frames around the running trucks of street cars;
| providing that county commissioners shall
grant q review OF county roads on the petition of
| tWelve freeholders who give the required bond
| providing for an examining board to consist of
nve members before whom each applicant for a
| license to practice veterinary medicine In this
state must appear deposit $40 and submit TO an
examination: prohfbi ting the use of hedges and
| Willow trees for line fences The Doty Joint
| resolution providing for the printing of certain
| TAX tables to assist the proposed tax commits
sion was adopted Mr.. Holcomb's bill to in.
| crease the states portion OF the Dow tax law
| from $50 to 500 was defeated. The Iden bill pro.
Vldlng penalties for violating the Sunday bar
bering law met similar fate
COLUMBUS March S-Sendte-Several bills
were introduced and q number passed Nearly
|
| local nature. A bill was introduced recurring
| Keepers of inns, tenements, factories or work.
! shops where persons lodge laborers work
above the second story, TO provide n
lie saving canvass and ropes for use In case of
| fire. Among the bills passed was one making
| the publication of u legal notice in daily law
bulletin in Cuyahoga county sufficient for the
| requirements of the law The senate confirmed
| the nominations of l.. H. Williams, of Brown
county, as trustee of the girls industrial home,
ana John +. White, OF Hooking county, as
trustee of the boys industrial school
Honse-Consideration Of the HAYS Joint reso.
luton favoring constitutional amendment for
the division of the state into legislative ois-
tricts occupied most of the session. The reso-
luton was finally adopted-yeas &C. nays 49,
The resolution as 1t now stands and as il goes
10 the senate provides that every county in the
state shall have at least one representative,
ana that each county entitled to more than one
shall ba divided into as many districts as there
are representatives from said county. The vote
oy wnlch the house yesterday passed the ClGpp
veterinary surgeon bill was reconsidered, and
after lively discussion the bill was again
passed by n vote of "a to ls
COLUMBUS, March a-Sendte-The senate
transacted considerable business ut the session
to-day. long list OF bills. local and general,
were passed the most important being the fol.
lowing: Providing that in cities having n popu.
lation OF less than 10000, councilmen shall be
paid - per night and in cities above that SO
per night; providing that all township trustees
shall be recognized as local boards OF health for
lheir townships, with power to establish quar-
antine, but subject to review by the State
board; providing method for distribution OF
the cost of cleaning and repairing n Joint
county ditch the probate court of each
county, when the commissioners cannot agree
appointing two nonresident arbitrators Among
the bills introduced was one by Senator Lamp
son prohibiting free railroad passes to mem
bers of the legislature The bill makes it q mis-
demeanor, punishable with fine of from 800
TO 800 for an agent of any railroad company TO
issue free transportation 10 any member of tho
legislatures as balancing provision the mem.
Ders are allowed ilOO for travelling expenses
The senate confirmed the appointment of
George ID. Gesseman, OF Youngstown, 10 be
trustee OF the Cleveland asylum for the insane
HouSe-The Iden bill relating to Sunday bar
bering was reconsidered and passed 1t adds
Imprisonment TO the penalty for second offense
under the present laws. Most of the session
was taken up in consideration of the Clark bill
which puts up the deposit from 100000 TO S2O0,-
Ooo which foreign companies must make in
Ohio, to 20 on the bonds of her citizens IL was
amended so that no insurance NAV be taken by
such company save by this speciality No final
action was reached on the measure and it went
over Mr. Griffin called up his free school book
bill, and the remainder Of the session was de-
voted 10 its discussion.
COLUMBUS, March l0-Stndte-But little bust.
ness was accomplished by the senate to-day
A bill was passed providing that whenever a
college organized under n religious institution ia
abandoned by that institution, the stockholders
may get an order of sale from the common pleas
court a few local measures were passed The
senate refused TO pass any more house bills uh-
I'll that body took care Of the senate measures
that are accommodating ON their hands. Ad-
iourned until Monday, March l3
Houss-Among the mass of bills introduced
were the following: To extend the time for
filing chattel mortgages from one TO three years
and providing that in case OF removal OF mort
gagor the mortgage shall be reflled where latter
resides at the time; requiring foreign stock
companies doing business in Ohio 10 secure GER
tncate from secretary of state TO effect that
they have complied with all laws OF the state:
prohibiting justices of the peace and MAYORS of
municipal corporations from acting as ttorneys
or counselors on behalf of defendants in crimi-
nal cases. providing n levy for building
fund.- to enlarge the state house; providing
that village and special school districts shall be
exempted from the provisions of the Aus
tralian ballot system; providing penalty
OF from one to five years imprisonment
for forging or fasiiying abstracts of titles;
providing for uniform system for policies for
hre insurance in Ohio according to n prescribed
policy. The following bills were passed: Pro-
viding that the law to prevent fraud in the sale
OF binding twine shall not take effect until Sep
tembcr ], 1893; increasing the governors mill
tary staff from ten to twelve. A joint resolu-
tion was passed authorizing the adjutant gen.
eral to purchase the relics from the Gettysburg
battlefield In relic room OF capital from Andrew
Diehc, and appropriating $500 for the purpose.
Also joint resolution directing the printing of
10000 copies OF the new health law. Adjourned
until the 18th.
COLUMBUS, March 13.-!Ssnate-A large num-
Der of local measures were adopted, but few
carried in them any general importance A
bill was introduced by Senator McMalxin pro-
viding that street railway companies shall pay
one-third of the street improvement assess
men's before they can secure franchise
H0use-The introduction OF bills, nearly all of
local interest, consumed two hours OF the ses.
sion to-day Among the most important
were the following; Requiring inmates OF
hsylums, when able, TO pay their own
expenses, at the direction Of the trus-
tees; extending to gravel pits and ore pits
the provisions OF the law permitting condemna.
tion of property for railroads to build branches
to mines. etc authorizing the trustees of the
Boys Industrial school to build water stand |
pipe at the institution at Lancaster to cost |
fl6OOO-passed; authorizing justices OF the |