The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-03-30
OHIO LEGIsLATURN

tne routine Dy senator LempSOn anu Otners
1t was oil about o resolution offered by Sen
ator McMaken providing for sine die adjourn
ment on Monday, April 10 Senator Lampson
introduced o bill amending the section relating
to the recovery Of the sta te's property in the
courts of Franklin county, or in the county
where the land III question fs located. Senator
Abbott introduced bill reducing the price foi
road work from sl.b0 to u per day. In Other
words, the farmer who works out his road tax
will have TO work three days instead OF two.
HoUsE-They had quite an interesting dis
cussion in the house precipitated by Mr.. Ford's
motion to relieve the committee on corpora
tions from further consideration OF his bill pro
viding for the repeal Of the Weitzel law. The
motion was postponed. Mr.. Taylor, Of Guern
sey tried to have the committee on schools 70
lieved of his bill TO repeal the Workman school
law, but met with enough opposition TO make
him retreat The motion was defeated by .
vote Of 43 to a.
CoLuMBUs March % = SENATE - The
'tmasher bill" was on the senate calendar Tues
day, but some OF the married senators secured
stay OF execution by having II postponed until
Wednesday, The senate enacted into a law
bill by Mr.. Taylor, Of Crawford, which provides
that credit to reasonable amount may b
given an administrator or executor for the ex
penditure OF money to erect q monument to de
ceased, or paid into perpetual fund in a GENE
terry association to preserve and care for Tie loi
in which the deceased is buried. Boxwell's bill
nation Of members OF the general assembly
when the legislature is not in session, was
dered on Wednesdays calendar.
HoUsE-"No monkey ng" was the order in
the house Tuesday morning. They began work
at in the morning, and fell gracefully into the
introduction an! passage of bills. Forty new
measures were pr, scnted and seven cen of them
passed. under II pension of the rules. The
bills were mostly of local character. The
pure food bill was called up and postponed for
one week. Guernsey Taylor's bill making cen.
tral standard time the legal official time of the
state became a law. This bill has been n feat.
ure of the legislation of the Sixiy-nin!h and
Seventeen assemblies having been originally
introduced in the first year of Mr.. Taylors
first term.
COLUMBUS, March 23-SENATE-Guern
Taylors bill ito protect innocent girls and un'
married women and 10 punish married men pre-.
tending to be SINGLE" was under discussion IN
the senate and just at noon went down in de.
feat Bills introduced: To amend the Russell
law SO that persons doing business without the
city of Cincinnati may send wagons into The
city to procure such merchandise as they may
be In need OF without paying for a license; re.
ducing the price for road work from sl.40 to 81
rer diem. The following bill was passed: Elk.
emptng from the provisions Of the Australian
ballot act school elections in special districts
held on the second Monday in April.
HoUsE-The Ford bill, to repeal the Weitzel
fell nineteen votes short of q constitutional ma.
jority. Mr. Gallagher, for the purpose of pre-.
venting any future consideration of the meas.
ure, moved to reconsider 1t, and MIR. Wydman
moved TO lay this motion on the table This
motion was lost Bills passed: To authorize
the trustees OF Franklin township, Wayne
county to build township house at a cost OF
s70o; to allow the cemetery trustees at Leba-
non to appropriate property for q road to the
cemetery.
COLUMBUS, March A-SENArK-Ihe senate
Thursday morning passed one Of the most i'm
portant bills OF the session. This was Nc.
Makens measure providing for the uniform ex.
amina ton Of teachers. The state commissio
Of common schools and the state board Of school
examiners are constituted sta o board Of edu-
cation This board is to meet twice each year. or
the frst Monday In July and the last Monday in
December, and prepare six lists Of questions
covering the subjects taught in the common
schools. A fine Of not less than twenty-five
nor more than two hundred dollars is provided
for the selling, stealing or giving away OF
these questions prior to examinations Tho
county examinations are TO be held on the
last Saturday In each month except August,
when IT shall be held on the last Thursday.
The applicants are to pay fee of nifty cents
each
HoUsE-When the libel bill came up Thurs
day Mr. Ely offered an amendment striking
out that part Of the measure which permitted
serting provision that permitted 1t TO be used
only in mitigating the amount Of damages. Mr..
Grif1n added an amendment providing that IL
should be the duty Of the defendant to prove
that there was no malice. A vote on the bill
was taken which resulted: yeas ~; nays 10
The house passed Jackson's civil rights bill
COLUMBUS, March @.-SHNArH-The senate
was In session just ten minutes Friday, and
transacted no business further than 10 refer
number OF bills TO standing committees. Mr..
Clingman's bill authorising the common coun-
oil in the city Of Cincinnati to issue Zoo 900 in
bonds for the benent Of the university, WAS rs-
ferred TO the committee on universities and
colleges,
HousE-Oniy one bill passed tho house FRI
day, and that was by Mr.. Davis the first one
on the calendar, to prohibit the docking Of
horses 1t received ffty-nine votes, the full
strength Of the attendance. The following bills
were introduced: To allow Toledo to convey
land to the Retreat, home for friondless girls;
requiring county commissioners to read the
minutes every morning during their session
and to permit access to the books to reporters
Of the press; resolution making provision for
the printing required by the state board Of
agriculture
A TEAM Of horses formerly owned by
ex-President Hayes, and which were re-
Gently bought by Tiffin man, ran
away on the main street of that city
while the street was thronged with
people and vehicles. A number of
people were knocked down, and intense
excitement prevailed
AT a meeting of the Mansfield health
department the other morning it was
decided to quarantine the p. F., Erie
and B. & o. railroads against Akron.
REV. JOHN SoUDERs, pioneer
preacher of Seneca county, died at his
home in Tiffin, aged "a years.
A STOCK company with s25, 900 capi-
tai has been formed at Mansfield, to
manufacture the Blaine window blind.
VALENTINE WENTZ, prosperous
farmer, of Youngstown, was crushed
by falling tree, burying him in the
earth. His wife, while searching,
found the remains mangled out of rec
ognition.