The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-02-16
OHIO LEGISLATURE.

tne assembly to pass Joint resolution urging
congress to submit proposition to amend the
hauon'i constitution by electing United States
senator's by direct vote of the people. The
I nemeless emmissary was sent to the Committee
! on federal relations
hoUsE-The committee on railroads and tele-
: graphs reported back Senator Spencer's ninety.
year street railroad franchise bill, recommend.
ing unanimously m that it be Indefinitely post
poned The law, relating to the taxing of vebi.
cies In Cincinnati, and providing that n wagon
| WIN springs shall be a10 and wagon without
springs slo was passed. Bills Introduced:
40 SUBMIT proposition to the voters
OF ohlo next fall to so amend the constitu
, uom as 70 confer upon the governor the veto
power, n8lng the age OF consent for girls at ls
years instead Of l4 increasing the states liouor
TAX on each share of 500 from $50 to s6O. pro-
viding for the appropriation of 100000 to com
piete the soldiers monument and tablets on
tne eCmckamauga battlefield. The house COM
mltoee on 1ees and salaries has recommended
the passage Of MoGrew's bill repeating the Gar
Der salary law.
COLUMBUS, Feb. 2-SnNATB Senator Oh,
mas introduced bill amending the Weitzel law
30 as TO provide that municipal authorities NAV
give new railroad companies the right TO use
one mile IN every two miles of the track of ex-
lsung railroads. The present law provides tina,
the use OF one mile in eight may be granted
SENATOR dlldebrand introduced bill providing
tnat urugglsts at insane asyuns and other
s.ate institutions must be registered pharma-
clsts. The president of the senate has ap.
pointed, 10 represent the senate on the commit
zee under the Mccoy resolution, to consider
tne advisability of erecting state electric
hght plant, McConica, Eckley and McMaikin
HoUsE-Some ugly charges were made in the
mousse Iuesday morning 1t was insinuated
that In the interest Of Guernsey Taylor's time
Dill unscrupulous methods had been and were
be1ng resorted to: to be plain, that certain mem.
DerS had answered wh ba
sentees were called. Clerk Johnson who was
the chief sufferer by the controversy was
quickly vindicated. The house discussed for
some time bill introduced by Mr. Fisher. of
Frepie, calculated to abolish the boards Of di-
rectors OF county fnfrmaries. The house adopt.
Cd Hodges resolution requiring the appoint.
ment OF commission Of four by the governor.
whose duty 1t shall be to revise the road laws
ana devise means for the improvement of hiqb.
ways
COLUMBUS, Feb o.-SENATE-Sepator Won
seggern's bill to sell the Cincinnati Southern
IsnIoaa VIII come up for passage in the senate
Qext Tuesday; the (ommttee on Municipal
corporations No. Wednesday afternoon re.
ported back the bill recommending it for pass.
age. Senator Fox introduced bill to widen.
extend and improve the Paddock road from It's
present southern terminus to the north corpo.
raton limo OF the village of Wyoming The SEN
ate passed Hsles bill, which gives mine, quarry
sno oil operators the right, under permission Of
the county commissioners, to cross public
roads with their operations. They are to file
an Indemnity bond to keep a safe passageway
c!ear ana to restore the road to safe and pass
able condition. The senate also passed the Ror-
lex bill, which abolishes the annual farmers,
picnic, which is called working out the road
tax" ~
HoUsE-The Fisher bill, introduced by the
member from Preble, which requires that all
primary elections shall be held under the Aus.
tranan ballot system, will soon be reported
oack BY the committee on election for action nv |
the house. The bill provides that conventions |
ana nominations shall be made on the first |
Monday In March for the spring elections and |
the hrst Monday In September for the fall cleo |
lions. The house talked q good deal Wednes- |
gay gay morning, but didn't do much. Clapp's bill
70 regulate the practice of veterinary medicine
ana surgery" was discussed, but action wae |
postponed for q week.
COLUMBUS Feb. 10-SENATE--Most of the |
time OF the senate was taken up Thursday |
morning In the consideration OF McMaken's bill |
making incurable insanity of five years stand
ing ground for divorce. Further consideration
Of the bill postponed until w ednesday, The
senate sat down hard on Senator Won Seggern's
Dill making Labor day bank holiday and pro-
Vlolng that bank paper falling due on any legal
nonoay Shall not become payable until the sue
'eeoing secular day. lively little scrimmage
'prang up In the senate Thursday afternoon
over Hefnlein's bill making appropriation of
y LOO to pay the salary of the state supervisor
n elections.
HOUSE Graft bill, after second read
ng, went to the Hamilton country delegation.
3raft quietly appropriated it. No one but Graft
.nows where 1t now Is, and no one but Graft
,oios the key to the situation. 1.-THE bill is
lead nothing will be DONE" Mr. Graft an.
lounced Thursday Mr. Lilard made O motion |
o reconsider the vote whereby the pool-room
M was lost the motion prevailed. Mr. Nc
irew's bill providing that It shall be sunicient
record OF any mortgage or deed OF trust made |
" manufacturing company is made with the
ecorder OF the county IN which such corpora.
ION has its permanent place Of business.
men SO recorded, without veriflcation, it
nall be held good and suficient lien on the
eIsohal estate OF tho mortgagor, and 1t shall
ot be necessary far the mortgage to verify
r reflle The same
COLUMBUS, Feb ll-SENATE--With n smile
hat was childlike and bland, Hon. Frank
pencer, the young senator from Cuyahoga |
ounty, Friday morning introduced his bill to |
lcrease the salaries of members OF the legisla-
nre from soo' to il,2oO per annum. . This bill
'as lndorsed last week by the Central Labor
nion, of Cleveland Little business trans.
cted.
HoUsE-Eight bills were introduced In the |
ouse, by the Hamilton county delegation, Fri
ay morning, when the call OF the counties was
lade. One of the most important of the ,hir-
'onc oiiS lHrouuceu IN the house is one by
lr Pndnev, Of Cleveland The bill seeks to
D what the title purports, ITO provide for
ie voluntary listing for taxation of promissory |
otes, bonds and other negotiable instrumental
Olmstead introduced a bill de-
gned to protect the little ones. He proposes
lat all children shall be vaccinated before
icy may be permitted to attend school The
acher is held responsible, and must refuse to s
'cept child not vaccinated, or make a report
the board of health. A failure to comply is I
be mtsdemeanor, punishable by s1O fne.
The 7-year-old son of G. Snyder of
erman township, near Wauseon, was Z
orribly mangled by the explosion Of 7
vnamite shell T
A CRAP game in full blast was discov-
ed in the penitentiary few days
nee. Lee Gibson, doing five years 4
ON Montgomery county for horse z
ealing, and Charles Smith, serving u
"a uoara from, C,,-ok | =