The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-01-26
OHIO LEGISLATURE.


COLUMBUS, Jan. H.-SENArE-Bills intro.
duoed: Providing for viaduct across Bloody
run, near Cincinnati; providing for park COM
missioner for Cleveland: to abolish the Morgan
thaler system Of tax inQuisition. II was blue
Monday in the senate, and little business was
transacted.
HousE-Representat Daugherty intro
duced in the house resolution that the govern.
or appoint o non-partisa commission of four
to thoroughly inveitigate the whole subject Of
taxation in the state and report TO the legisla-
ture. Tuesday or at the first opportunity, Rep
resentative VIM. Ford, Of the Hamilton county
delegation, will introduce bill that has prac-
tically the effect Of repeating part Of the cele-
brated Weitzei law. Instead OF sending prison
ers to Cincinnati 70 serve out workhouse SEN
tences, Mr. Hayes, Of Pike county, wants dis.
trict workhouse established for Pike, Scioto,
Adams, jackson, Gallia and Ross counties. Tho
bill which he introduced Monday does not pro-
vide for the location Of the institution
COLUMBUS, Jan le-SENATE-The senate
unanimously adopted Tuesday morning Mr..
Ely's house joint resolution requesting the Ohio
members OF congress to support the Hatch anti
option bill Bills introduced: Providing that
| spiritualistic mediums shall pay each license
| Of 1900 per annuni: providing that when
municipal corporation fails within six months
| 70 pay for or AXE possession OF land approprt
| ated for public purposes 1t shall pay In add.
| ton to the COSTS already provided for a reason.
! able attorneys fee to the attorney Of the de.
| fendant
HoUsB-Bills introduced; Repeating the Gar.
| ber law, putting county officers on salaries and
| abolishing the fee system; providing for the
| payment to E. w. Simpson, Of Springfield, OF
| $500 for lumber and money furnished to and
| paid by him for the Ohio national guard
during the 1885 encampment; providing1 that
trust deeds executed by Ohio corporations on
chattel property need not be verified, bu. that
! the record shall be sufficient The following
| bill was passed. House bill authorizing the
village Of DeGraf Logan county, TO issue s12,-
| 600 bonds for an electric light or gas plant The
house spent nearly an hours time Tuesday
morning in discussing q bill by Mr.. Sterrett to
pay 81 900 to Richard Tibbetts, father Of Chas.
A. Tibbetts. lato of Company F, Third regi.
ment, Ohio national guard, who died February
| 16, 1887. The deceased was a resident of Troy,
and went with his company under orders from
tho governor in March and April, 1884, to sup
| press the Cincinnati riots.
| COLUMBUS, O., Jan. 19.-SENATE-On meet
| fng at 10 q. m the senators listened to the read
ing of message from Gov. Mckinley an
| nouncing the death Of Ex-President Hayes. AS
the clerk of the house concluded reading the
above message, Mr. Aldricn, Of Sandusky, in
troduced the following house joint resolution:
! "Whereas, 1t has pleased Almighty God to re-
move by death Rutherford b. Hayes, ex presi
dent of the United States Of America and ex-
governor Of Ohio. soldier statesman and
| patriot; therefore be 1t Resolved By the
in pursuance of and in accordance with the
message OF the governor, joint committee OF
| four on the part Of the senate and five members
| Of the house, be appointed by the speaker OF the
| house. and president OF senate, to cooperate
| with the state officials in making suitable
| preparations for attending the funeral and other
observances, and to prepare appropriate reso-
| lutions to be reported to this general assembly
for its adoption"
| HousE-On tho reading of the governors
message the house adopted the joint resolution
| OF respect 10 the memory OF Gen. Hayes.
Speaker Laylin appointed the following COM
mittee to attend the funeral: Messrs Aldrich,
Clapp, McElroy, Hocomb and Beard. In the
| senate the committee appointed were Messra
| Nichols Llmpson, Fox and Stewart
| COLUMBUS, jan 20-SENATE-A number Of
local bills were passed, also the following: Pro-
viding that notice Of delinquent taxes may be
| published for two weeks at any time between
| December 20 and the third Tuesday in january
| appropriatng 800 to pay for lumber and boxes
| used at institution for deaf and dumb Bill
| introduced: Creating state board Of educa.
| ton
| HOUSE-A bill was introduced Thursday
| morning to remedy the tax laws The measure
provides that notes, drafts, checks and bills re-
ceivable shall be listed as taxable property, and
those refusing to list shall have such prop
erty confscated to the state, The payer upon
| payment Of forty per cent to the county treas
urer, shall be released from all furt ther liability
Anyone lending money for the purpose Of evad-
ing taxation shall forfeit the right and title to
the state. AS 10 the foregoing the payer upon
payment Of forty per cent. is relieved Of further
liability; any one lending money to an unknown
| person, fictitious person and one that can not
be found, shall forfeit his right and title: any
person having in his possession money which
should be listed for taxation forfeits forty per
cent TO the state. OF this forty per cent sew
enty per cent goes to the person securing his
conviction, the remainder to the county treas
urer. bill was also introduced increasing tho
powers Of the state board of health.
WHILE on his way to school the other
morning, young lad of eight years.
named Clarence Boyer, was instantly
killed by the cars at Elida, small sta
ton east of Van Vert, on the Pennsyl-
vania railroad. The boy was accom-
panied by his sister, and as they were
about to cross the railroad track, the
sister called the little fellow back, but
he needed her not AS he reached the
track, he fell across one of the rails and
the approaching engine ran over him,
cutting his little body in twain. His
death was instantaneous
AN aged colored man named Gray,
living alone in house near Wester-
vile, Franklin county, was found in
sensible in his house with his ears and
hands and feet badly frozen. 1t is