Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1893-04-08
OHIO LEGISLATURE.
Proceedings OF this Adjourned sossicn of
tho seventicth General Assembly.

proceedings OF ths Adjourned sessIon Of
tho seventieth General Assembly.
COLUMBUS, March % s--S.ndte-The senate 40
complished considerable legislation to-day
me Taylor bill providing that married men
snail not deceive innocent girls, win their love
ana propose to them rs single men, was recon-
s,uered, the lden amendment cut OFF and the
Dill enacted into q law. (The bill makes IL an
onense punishable with fine and Imprisonment
Tor married man, frnudulently representing
himsef to be single, to call frequently upon or
propose marriage TO q respectable unmarried
woman) Other bills passed were the follow
ing: Making Labor day legal holiday for
banks and all other purposes; granting the shop
ana factory inspector authority to inspect and
order necessary changes in store houses for
dynamite and other explosives; for the rerula-
tlon OF foreign corporations by requiring them
10 procure certificates from the secretary OF
state that they have complied with the law and
TO designate places of principal business. A
large number OF local measures were also dis
posed OF and number introduced
Houss-The following bills wero passed: Pro-
viding for the designation of police stations for
the detention OF women and children under ar
rest ana for the appointment of police matrons
In Cleveland, Cincinnati, Columbus, Dayton,
Toledo and Springfield, whose minimum salary
shall not be less than two-thirds that of patrol.
men; amending Sections $50 and 93oa so that
clerks Of boards of trustees OF children's homes
shall enumerate the youth of school age In such
homes, the object being to have the school
money credited direct to the proper fund;
amending Section 1915 so that claims for sheep
killed by dogs may be settled at any regular
session OF the county commissioners in May,
June, September and December and striking
out the clause in existing statutes that prevents
any except freeholdcrs from testfying. Part
OF the forenoon and all the afternoon session
was consumed in discussing the Clark pure
food bill. About $50 amendments were offered
mi in t1,a nhn,t halF ~
which were adopted Without reaching final
action on the measure the house adjourned
COLUMBUS, March 9-Ssndte-Bills passed
the senate to-day rs follows: Providing that
the estate OF murderer may be sued by
the heirs OF the murdered man; provid.
ing that an attorney who has practiced for ten
years at the bar of another state or territory,
half that time in the higher courts, shall be ad-
mitted to practice Mt the Ohio bar without ex-
animation; appropriating "a, 800 A. for the ex-
penses OF draping the state house and attend
Ing the funeral of exPresident Hayes. A num-
ber of local bills were also passed
Houss-The Clark pure food bill, which was
under discussion when the house recessed yes.
terday, was called up and further consideratio
postponed until April H. The Gaumer bill
increasing the salary of members OF the general
assembly came up. number OF amendments
we're offered and rejected, and after n lengthy
discussion the bill was placed on its passage
and defeated-yeas -, nays e. The taxation
bill of Mr.. Walsh was reconsidered, amended
and then defeated by q vote of SO yeas to q
nays. The following bills were passed: Amend
ing an act 10 eradicate the disease known as
black knot on plum and cherry trees, so as to
provide for the destruction of peach trees in
which disease known as peach yelows appear;
providing that the expenses of burying inmates
OF the Ohio cottage OF the Women's Relief corps
ut the national home in Madison. Lake
county, shall be borne by the county in
, lsn1,
home; providing that dead animals shall
be buried or burned within one day after death
under penalty Of fine OF any sum not exceeding
SO; applying principles OF Dow liquor law to
cigarette dealers by requiring wholesalers to
ray license OF 1900 and retailers 400 u year:
amending the anti-rebate insurance law so that
n fine OF from Sl01 to 800 or imprisonment for
thirty days may be imposed upon any life in
surance company or agent discriminating be-
tween policy holders, and empowering the state
superintendent to revoke charter for one year
COLUMBUS, March 31-.Sendte-The Joint reso-
luton by Mr.. Geyer, amending the constitution
so that questions voted upon by the people,
such as constitutional amendments, may come
up at special elections, was adopted. Among
the bills passed the following only were OF gen.
eral interest: Providing for the appointment
Of park commission in Cleveland and author
fzing Cleveland to issue bonds TO the amount of
sl0Oo,OoO for park purposes; to permit insurance
other bonds and requiring them to have deposits
in the state treasury to guarantee the perform
ance OF their obligations: providing that per-
sons not residing in Ohio shall not act as ad
ministrators OF estates in this state.
H0use-The house adopted the Strock resolu
tion, which provides that the governor shall
appoint commission of five TO determine the
feasibility of making additions to the state
house, or to select 4 site for building to hold
the supreme court and law library. The follow
ing bills were passed: Approprating 1870 A
10 pay the expense OF draping the state house
and attending the funeral of the late ex-Presi
dent Hayes-a law; amending the Labor day
legal holiday law so that it will not conflict
with the recent act bringing banks and COM
mercial paper under its provisions: providing
that all fair grounds owned by county agricul
tural societies, or those owned jointly, shall
be exempt from taxation; authorizing the
board of education in any township school dis
trict to establish and maintain q graded school
and contract for the taking to and from school
pupils living ut distance; amending the ditch
laws so that two persons may petition for clean
ing the same.
COLUMBUS, March 31-Senate-President Har.
ris gave due notice to senators this morning
that hereafter the rule to deduct s. for each
days avoidable absence would be rigidly en-
forced The senate worked busily upon the
calendar and passed q goodly number of meas
ures, nearly all OF them being of local applica-
ton Adjourned until Monday, April g.
Houss-But little business Of Importance was
transacted by the house Bills were intro
duced: To amend the pure food laws; to pre-
vent and punish fraud in the sale OF wearing
apparel and other merchandise ut public or
private sale by itinerant vendors, and to regu-
late such sale with license. Mr.. Haskell's
bill increasing from a25 TO 100 and adding i'm
prisonment for ninety days for jumping on a
moving train, was passed. Adjourned until
Tuesday, April4
COLUMBUS, April 3-ISsndte-Bu six members
OF the senate were present when the session
was called TO order mt p m. OF course no
business was transacted and adjournment fol-
lowed.
House-No session was held, the house having
adjourned until the 18th on account of the mu-
nicipal elections
Disastrous Mine Fire.
TRIMBLE, o., April 4.-Three hundred
,,,innrS Of