The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-05-05
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

COLUMBUS, " April lI-SFNATE--Mr. ~ WOoc
introduced bill which provides that the coun
ellis of cities and villages owning railroads may
by u two.thirds vote give permission TO lay
switches or spurs. The Cannon. Boslcr house
joint resolution TO adjourn sine die May II, wat
read the first time In the senate Monday after
noon and on motion of MIR Phillips, CONSIGNED
TO the tomb presided over by the finance com
mittce.
HousE-Bills introduced: Requiring credit
guarantee companies. companies which guar
antce against loss h; bad debts, TO deposit
100000 with the commissioner OF insurance be
fore doing business in this state and requires
them to pay o tax of 2IS per cent. on their gross
receipts. as is now required OF life insurance
companies; TO give Cuyahoga county seventh
common pleas judge; canal bill providing for
the issue of s., 100000 In round numbers to pay
the cost of the proposed boulevard and sub
surface railway in Cincinnati. to increase the
levy for generul revenue purposes TO 40 mill,
which will raise annually about sN0,0O0 The
present levy is a-lo mills. A bill having for its
object the protection OF the wool industry was
in troduccd by Mr. Gray, of Faycttc.
COLUMBUS, o., April "a 2L-sENATE.-The Sen.
ate Tuesday passed Representative Stewards
bill authorizing the commissioners of Hamilton
county to widen and improve Beclman street
between Harrison avenue and Queen City
avenue. Mr. McConica's senate bill taxing
railroads for the support for the railroad com.
missioners department was also passed. Mr..
Whittlesey introduced bill providing for
grade Of cheese to be known rs fine milk cheese
to be made from milk from which none of the
cream has been taken.
HoUsE-Tuesday the senate bill comforting
upon women the right OF franchise passed by
vote of So to 90 AS it stands, the bill provides
that all women of the age of twenty.one, born
or naturalized in the United States, VINO shall
have been residents OF the state for one year
and Of the county, town, township or other elcc-
tion precincts such time rs the law provides for
men shall be entitled to vote for the school offi.
GERS named. Separate ballot boxes shall be
provided for the ballots of women and separate
registration lists shall be kept The ladies will
have TO register the same as men. The house
began work on the general appropriation bill
for next year and only got as far along as the
appropriation for the salary Of members of the
Legislature when there came sudden stop and
the discussion of the biennial sessions com.
menced.
COLUMBUS, April l26.-SENATE--Senator Hogg
introduced bill TO reapportion the Seventh
and Eighth judicial districts and the Fourth
and Seventh judicial circuits, and to authorize
the election OF an additional judge in the third
subdivision Of the Seventh district The gen.
eral appropriation bill passed the senate
| Wednesday afternoon after the adoption of
amendments approprating 5000 to establish q
department Of ceramics at State university,
n, 900 to pay for portraits of ex.Gov. Campbell
and Ben Wade and few minor changes in the
sums given the departments, The senate
passed n bill by Mr.. McConica which provides
that the clerk of the supreme court shall pay
to the supreme court reporters out of the fees
received by the clerk, 81 each for extra service
in editing, tabulating, indexing and publishing
in the reports all cases disposed of except those
dismissed by consent of parties or for want OF
preparation
HoUsE-The house passed bills to pay Dr.
Spooner, sitting member from Seneca, sl,o7a. So,
and by Mr.. Winn to pay Charles Flumerfelt,
ex-member sl,0so.s6, the expenses each in.
Cured in the Spooner. Flumerfelt contest. The
house passed bill by Mr.. Taylor. of Crawford,
to amend section 1915 amended. The bill
provides that the surplus dog tax fund in excess
Of that necessary to pay for sheep killed may
be transferred to the bridge fund, or to the fund
FOR the relief OF INDECENT soldiers, at the discre.
ton of the county commissioners. The bill to
amend the tax inquistor law was buried be.
yond resurrection Wednesday morning, the
house voting down motion to reconsider the
vote by which 1T was lost Tuesday.
COLUMBUS, April 2G-SENATE-The senate
passed couple of bills Thursday, one of them
being Mr. McMaken's bill prohibiting persons
from standing on or walking on railroad tracks,
which was defeated Wednesday afternoon. The
other bill passed was Mr.. Abbott's amending
the pharmacy law 1t allows all assistant
pharmacists of five years experience and all
physicians who have practiced for five years to
obtain from the state board of pharmacy GER
tificates as registered pharmacists with power
to own and run drug stores
HoUSE-The house did nothing Thursday
morning but discuss the Musgrove medical bill
which'was Wednesday indefinitely postponed
There is plan in this. The Haskell local op
ton bill was q special order for Thursday morn
ng and the Musgrove bill will be kept before
the house all day in order to prevent the Has
kell bill from coming up
CouUMBUs, April 2S.-SENATE-The Strehli
street railroad bill was repealed Friday morn
ng by the concurrence of the senate in the ac
ton OF the house passing the Paxton bill Il
was passed by vote of II yeas to nays, as
follows: Ayes-Messrs. Avery, Brown, Clark
Earnhart Eckley, Hughey, Iden. Kirchner
Laning, McMaken, Mosgrove, Ohl Phillips, Ro
rick, Rothert, Sparks, S,illwell. Nays-Messrs
Ely, Hogg, McConica, Plum A bill bearing the
title, "To prevent the destruction of forests
and preserve the same was introduced Fri
day morning by Senator Earnhart 1t require:
the commissioners of every county to plan,
forest trees along all the streets, alleys high
ways in the counties and to protect and pre-
serve them.
HoUsE-The house disposed OF few unim
portant bills Friday morning. The only thinl
of any interest done was The introducing of
Joint resolution by Mr.. Locke. 1t provides 70
another constitutional amendment question oil
the everlasting taxation subject to be submit
ted TO popular vote This amendment is differ
ent from the others that have been submitte.
during recent years. IL provides for the taXin,
of privileges and franchises for the entire sup
port of the state government. Each locality il
TO fix its own tax rate through q local board o
tax commissioners.
Women are Eligible.