Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-05-21
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COLUMBUS, o., May 20.-The Lsgis-
lature, which adjourns tomorrow noon,
is chiefly noted for the revenue meas
ures 1t has adopted and for returning
to the practice clearly intended by the
constItution--oi holding but one session
in two years.
Eleven hundred bills were introduced
In the House and half that number In
the Senate. As usual, the majority OF
these were OF only local Importance.
The following are the more important
bills that became laws, given In their
chronological order, and expressed as
briefly as an intelligent description will
permit: Requiring recipients OF public
charity, when physically able, TO work
upon the highways In return; styling
the State asylums for the insane, "hos.
pital asyums for the insane;" giving
notaries living in cities lying Ia two on
more counties Jurisdiction throughout
the city; allowing an assignee to
sell property free OF dover and
TO set aside money In place
OF dover; permitting hearings In ditch
cases before any costs for surveys are
| incurred; permitting insurance compa-
nies to deposit municipal bonds with
the State as security; paying an addi-
tional dollar TO the precinct election
| officer who acts as messenger; making
trespassing a misdemeanor; permitting
| the removal of insane convicts to an In
sane hospital; repeating the charter
! laws OF the "old charter" insurance
| companies; making the State pay It's
share OF the collection OF delinQuept
taxes; To pay county prosecuting attor-
news for eChducting dIsbarment pro-
ceedings; extGpding the, labor lien law
TO material meh; abolishhg the Office OF
swamp law sgeif and changing the
manner OF selling So andAextending
the canal commission To Mars en-
powering probate courtS 1-=eApye ad-
ministrators for not return >2yent~
ories with legal interest; pei
sub.district school graduates TO a..
the nearest high school. thoughNt
in another county; exempting hdnor-
bly, discharged union soldiers ftom
paying road tax; increasing the salary
Of the Dairy and Food Commissioner 10
| So. 900; restoring widows and soldiers
who have married and again become
widows 10 the State pension rolls;
| changing tho beginning OF the term OF
| County Recorders from January 1 TO
Sept. 1; authorizing the Incorporation
| OF companies TO deal In real estate; pro-
viding that escapes from the Girls In
| dustrial School may, when retaken, be
detained one year after the age OF dis
missal is reached; requiring railway
| companies TO report annually the names
and residence of stockholders and as
sesslng upon the companies Of the State
the expenses Of the Railway Commis-
sioner's office; authorizing guardians OF
Insane persons, who have dover rights.
10 sell them on the order OF the court;
permitting the court in prosecutions
under the law fOrbidding minors 10
enter saloons, TO discharge either the
minor or saloonkeeper and make him
witness against the other; removing tho
| limit Of salary 10 the President OF the
State University; making dry measure
the measure for small fruits:
authorizing the destruction OF peach
trees affected by the yellows; paying
5000 from the State treasury annually
to the support OF militia arm0ries; re-
Quirng the printers OF Official ballots TO
give bond in $1,000; requiring that AZ
least three trustees shall visit each
State institution each month: permit
ting married women 20 act as executors
and administrators whether marriage
I ~ a. n "a
ment: amend ing the collateral Inherit
ance tax so as TO apply all inheritances
over 5000 10 value and Increasing The
rate OF tax from 2jI 70 5 per cent: er.
tending the jury commission law 70 al
the State; establishing a department oil
clay working In the State University;
imposing direct inheritance tar rang
ing from / per cent on inherltsnces oi
500. 600 10 per cent. on those of 81 ,0OO.-
600 or over; providing that barbed wire
fences may not be used on parti.
tion lines, except With tbs
consent Of owners OF adjacent
property; making railway companies
responsible, and liable for losses DJ
fires tha. spread from their right OF way,
erceut as 70 buildings and conteDtsi
making person who hsrbors dog.
liable for taxes due on him; prohibiting
the use OF cheap and adultsrated oils Ia
mines; auth horizing the issue OF $500, 900
State bonds; sxemptlug armories OF in-
dependent military companies from tax
alton; providing for the collection by
assessors OF statistics a. to old soldiers
living now in Ohio; making complsts
and explicit the Nichols law Of taratlon
Iof telepnone. telegraph and express
nrouerty: reducing the deposit Of for
eIyn insurance companies 2-s per
cont: recurring railway companies 10
give an itemized bill Of lading; reqUir-
Inc foreign coroporations 70 pay 20 tbs
Sscretary Of state before doing gen
ar.I business in Ohio sumo
son,I 70 the Incorporation fee had
thew been Incorporated 10 Ohio:
nroyidipg that 10 the enforcement Oh
the statutory liability agsipIi STOCK
boIders that standing against persons
go, vbotn service cannot be secured
- be omitted and proceedings be had
aa.,,.t the other; providing that school
ses,ds mayIurnish school books TO pu..
30 frss ~ charge; reducing the cl2<1r
-, from 800 and 500 per ye4r on
-hols.Es and retail business rfspect-
,,sIy IA SIS and $50; iorbiddlng tihe sale
=, i,,orIeatlsz liquors ln houses Of III
fame: placing 80 excise tax cn (express
Lom osnies. and permitting tnis nse OF
\ .isctrlc bells st railroad crossiB in the
country Instead Of gates