The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-02-23
OHIO LEGISLATURE.


COLUMBUS, Feb H-The senate was in ses-
sion just thirty minutes Monday afternoon.
Ihere was bare quorum present q, d nothing
but local legislation was attempted Senator
McMakin's bill to authorize the commissioners
OF Butler county to levy a special tax of
e1ght-tenths of q mill was passed and mes
saged over to the house, where 1t
signed to the tender mel ies OF Hon Tom
Goldrick
HOUSE Mr.. Clapp Monday introduced bill
calculated to remedy crying Nvil in the truant
law-that unique act governs members of So
ciety referred to as the Juvenile disoidery
persons" 1t seems that the law in some coun-
ties-Geauga, for instance-is imperative, in.
asmuch as the justice is unable to compel the
paymt mt OF the fine on furnishing Of he bond
by thc JUVENILES parents or guardian Mr. Capp
proposes jail sentence of from ten to thirty
Gays Tor such persons who fail or refuse to com.
ply with the orders Of the court. Mr.. Griffin
Monday offered a resolu tion looking towards in.
surance reform The governor is TO appoint
a bipartisan commission Of four to codify and
revise the insurance laws and submit the re-
SUITS OF their work TO the general assembly.
Their compensation is to be ten dollars o day.
A large number of local bills were passed.
COLUMBUS Feb l5-SENArE- Bills passed:
To amend sections Of the revised statutes re-
latlng TO the destruction of Canada thistles;
10 prohibit bartering In state, cour t and munic
ipal orders nd bills; changing law governing
struck 1urits In addition several local bills
were passed. Bills introduced: TO create a
sinking fund . redeem Cleveland's school bond
Indebtedness: 10 permit legal notices TO be
published in daily law registers Senator Won
Seggerns bill authorizing Cincinnati to sell
the Southern road, was on the senate calendar
Tor the third reading Tuesday. Upon motion Of
Mr Won Scggern further consideration of the
measure was pos poned until next Tuesday
HousE-Bills passed: Providing that no of.
hcers shall hold two commissions in the ma
tonal guard; authorizing the commissioners of
Clarke county to issue S35 O0) bonds to pay de-
fciencfes; creating a special school district in
Goshen, Mahoning county: to reconstruct pike
in Green county: to authorize Norwood to bor-
row $4,000 for sewerage purposes authorizing
the improving and widening of the Cincinnati
Oakley and Madison road authorizing Ports
mouth to issue bonds for sewer: to prevent
hunting and selling of liquor within one-half
mile of the Youngstown Township park.
COLUMBUS, Feb. 18-SENATE-The senate
passed the Phillips bill amending section 6lSS
30 as to allow executives or administrators rea-
sonable attorneys's fees and expenses in all
litigation involving property Of the estate or in
which the will is set aside or not Senator
Green (by request introduced bill providing
for the vacation Of a county road that remains
unopened for public use for four years after the
order for it is made, instead of seven years, as
now. The house bill equalizing vehicle license
in Cincinnati, SO that wagons without springs
shall pay S15 and those with springs $40, was
passed and is o law.
HoUsE-Thc house gave the pool selling bill
another wrestle Wednesday morning and de-
feated 1t by vote Of A in the affirmative and
43 in the negative. Before doing so it passed a
couple Of bills, one by Representative McGran-
nahan, which provides that when any question
is submitted to court on motion or demurrer it
shall be decided within twenty days. That
when case is finally heard upon its merits the
pnta, hall fvtx,, .,l....
Mr. Pudney's house bill approprating $500 for
Representative Paxton to defray the expenses
Of his contest with Mr.. Frazer was passed
COLUMBUS. Feb. 17.-SENATE-Senator Parker
introduced bill Thursday afternoon which pro-
vides that no person holding commission as
coun recorder shall practice law in the courts
of the county of which he is an official. Senator
McMaken will probably try to have the pro-
hibition extend to all county officials
except the prosecuting attorney. 1t is alleged
that recorders who practice law take advantage
Of their position to secure business. M, Conicas
bill, providing that judge shall not sit in case
where he isrelated to either party to the suit,
nor to any attorney engaged therein, was again
up for passage in the senate and was again post.
poned.
HoUsE-The Taylor bill passed Thursday. 1t
provides that any married man who sha fraud
nlently represent himself to be unmarried, and
make proposals OF marriage to any unmarried
or keep company with such female uron such
false pretense that he is unmarried, shall be
deemed guilty Of misdemeanor, and upon convic-
tion, be fined not less than 800 nor more than
t3OO or imprisoned in the county Jail not less
than six months nor more than one year. or
both, at the discretion Of the court McMakens
divorce bill was again postponed Thursday
morning, owing to the absence of the author,
and 1t will come up next Wednesday; it will, in
oil probability, be defeated
COLUMBUS Feb. 18-SENATE-Mr. Lampson
Friday introduced q bill to empower trustees
of townships and councils of villages to act
Jointly in the purchase Of hearse and the erec-
tion OF cemetery vaults. The senate then ad-
iourned till Monday at p. m.
HoUsE-Bills introduced: To authorize the
recorder of Hamilton county to transcribe any
Of the records of the ofnce which have become
torn and mutilated; providing that owners of
willow tree partition fences shall not permit
them to grow to greater height than six feet:
providing that persons injured by the sale Of
intoxicating liquors shall not be required to
give security for costs; providing that the pros
ecuting attorney can recover any money ille-
gally drawn from the county treasury; increas.
from $1,000 to $1,000 per annum The house
then adjourned till Monday 4 p m
The twelfth annual state college ora
torical contest resulted as follows:
Myron j. Jones, Wooster, first; Everett
McCaskell, o. w. u, second; w. M.
Elicit, Mt Union, third; Benton d. N.Y.
ers, Buchtel, fourth; j. G. Skinner,
O. s. o., fifth; L. H. Carmack, Denni-