The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-04-06
OHIO IEoIsLATURE.


county and Cincinnati matters occupied legft-
innate proportion OF the valuable time Of the
house and senate Monday, Bills introduced
Appropriating S12,0c0 for the improvement OF
the state permanent encampment near Newark
authorizing municipalities 70 issue bonds for
sanitary purposes In case the Asiatic cholera
becomes epidemic in this country; prohibiting
the giving Of passes to public oncials Mr.
6outhard's house bill TO provide for the distri-
button of Volumes and II Of the roster Of Ohio
soldiers passed the senate.
HoUsE--Bills introduced: To increase the
salary of the day watchman at the capitol from
t720 TO 1870 year, and OF the night watchman
from 1900 to 1900; amending section 7076 30 that
proprietors of boarding houses shall have the
same rights as are now extended to hotel keep
ers, to retain luggage for nonpayment OF boardi
TO amend section 50e3 and 1904, the Law OF libel,
so that the truth Of matter alleged 10 be OF
libelous nature shall be q defense; to authorize
the recording of marriage certificates; to pay
the chaplain Of the house Is for each morning
for prayer.
COLUMBUS, March 20 a--SENA1E-The senate
Tuesday passed the bill, which in brief pro
vides that all foreign companies, except bank.
ing companies shall, before being permitted
to DO business in Ohio, Ale q statement Of their
resources and condition with the secretary OF
state, and secure from him certificate, for
which they pay Q fee Of s2, and license Of slb.
They are also to designate some person in Ohio
processes may be served. Taylor's married
masher" bill passed The senate passed Tisch-
bein's bill which provides that the board OF
administration may improve alleys twenty feet
wide or less without going to the board OF legis'
lation.
HoUsE-Cark's pure food bill was the only
special order on the calendar Tuesday. The
discussion began at II o'clock and lasted for
several hours. The first change relates to the
labelling or branding Of packages, and makes 1t
permissible to place said label or brand on the
bottom Of the package. drng shall be deemed
adulterated when it differs materially" from
the standard recognized by the U. :. Pharma-
copoeia A food product is an adulterat1on
when a substance is mixed with IT so as to
lower land" depreciate its quality, strength
and purity.
COLUMBUS. March 30-SENATE-The Griffin
bill. relating to the admission of applicants to
practice law, passed the senate Wednesday
morning, and is q law. new law was added to
the statutes. the senate passing house BILL by
James, to amend sections 1915 5l44 and 1884. II
adds to those causes Of action which survive at
common law, SO that action may be brought to
recover damages Notwithstanding the death OF
the person who was injured.
HoUsE-Bills passed: To amend section 6044 as
amended and provide that in all additions to the
personal tax lists and duplicate made by any
county auditor the tax year shall be consider
ed as beginning at the time Of the completion
Of the annual settlement with the county treas
urer of the duplicate for the previous year;
TO provide that no life insurance company shall
discriminate in favor Of any policy holder by
| giving lower rate of insurance; to provide
| that wholesale dealers in cigarettes shall pay
| annually into the county treasury $500 and re-
tail dealers S100 to amend section 6292, so that
| the marriage of q woman shall not disQuallfy
| her to act as guardian and all her acts in that
| capacity shall have the same validity as though
| she were unmarried.
COLUMBUS, March S1.-SENATE--The senate
joint resolution to require that propositions TO
| amend the constitution must be voted upon at
| special elections, was adopted in the senate.
The senate passed Clark's house bill, author
izing insurance companies to become sureties
on official bonds by depositng S2O0,O0O with
the commissioner of insurance. The friends Of
the Ohio State university are very much
alarmed over the persistence with which SEN
ator Carpenter, OF Meigs county, is urging the
passage Of his bill for the reorganization Of the
board OF trustees.
HousE-The following bills were passed: To
amend the act TO create the township Of Pitt In
Wyandot county, o separate road district for
macademixing purposes: TO pay councilmen In
Columbus q night for each session, amended
to provide that. they shall not receive In any
one year more than t250; to amend the act au-
thorizing Pomeroy to construct belt railroad
by permitting the trustees to lease It. Quite
discussion occurred over Mr. Clapp's bill to au.
thorixe boards Of education OF township school
districts to establish and maintain graded
schools ss near the center of townships IS
practicable, but the bill finally pissed
COLUMBUS, April l.-SENATE--The bill autho-
rizing the annexation Of villages contiguous to
the Cincinnati corporation line passed the SEN
ate Friday morning and ts o law. large num-
Dor OF other bills OF local nature were also
passed, among them the following: Authorizing
the admission of pupils resident Of county, but
po 0f n Nncfnnah a.
bic cemetery associations in Warren county to
condemn lands to make an entrance TO come
terry; providing that capital stock Of corpora
ton shall not be increased until the original
stock is fully subscribed for; authorizing Han
cock county to levy a tax TO pay the indebted
ness Of the agricultural society.
HoUsE-Bills passed: Authorizing the com.
pissioners Of Fayette county to appropriate
200 to set the headstones 10 mark the graves
OF unknown soldiers, furnished by the y. 8.
government; to increase the penalty for Jump
ing on trains while in motion; to authorize the
commissioners OF Hancock county to levy tax
OF one mill to pay deficiencies In the general
county fund; regulating water rents in Cincin-
natl. Bills introduced: Authorizing Kenton,
Hardin county, to transfer funds. Passed:
authorizing Brown township, Paulding
county, to levy tax for cemetery pur-
| poses; amending the Harrison county court
! house act. and providing for an advisory COM
! mittee to the county commissioners.
JOHN BABIoNE, a saloon-keeper, Of
Fremont has been adjudged insane,
| as result of an attack of delirium
| tremens.
FRED GIVEN, aged 10, employed in
making hynets, drove steel rivet
through the hone of his thumb, the
rivet being clirched on the other side.
Doctors worked an hour to get it out,
and finally had to get pair of large
pliers and pull it out by main force.
THE supreme court the other morn
ing settled the fate of Vanloon, the
Columbus Grove murderer, who is un.
der sentence of death. The verdict OF
the jury and the affirmatory decision
of the circuit court were upheld and
the murderer sentenced to hang on
July Z. This case will at once be taken
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