The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1894-03-08
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

duced Mondays To give villages power to cs-
tahlish, maintain and operate light and water
plants; 10 require financial officers OF public in.
stitutions to furnish each month to the trustees
an estimate of the anticipa ed cost Of operation
and limit the expenditures TO such estimates,
and require at least three trustees to visit the
institution each month: to require administra-
tors and executors to publish their account in a
German newspaper to cure defect in law to
issue bonds for schoolhouse at Derbyvile,
Franklin county
HoUsE-Among the bills introduced were the
following; To provide that the clerks of the
house and senate shall each receive i3, 900 per
annum; to amend the school laws so as TO cre-
ate, under the Hysell law, a fund to be known
as the Ohio State university fund; TO require
railroad companies TO check and specify all
articles shipped, and furnish the shipper with
bill of adng which shall be evidence and
binding; to provide for holdinr prmarr cleo
tions for the nomination of county officers
alone all parties on the same dav, on the second
Tuesday of June of every year, and to punish
any one receiving a bribe bv fine of 800 and
six months in Jail, and offering bribe, 5000 and
one year Imprisonment A number of petitions
we're presented.
COLUMBUS, Feb. 2S-SENATE-The senate
Tuesday morning passed three important bills
One of them was Mr.. Iden's bill repeating the
Phillips law prohibiting the sale of liquor in
brothels. Another bill authorizes the organ
ization of companies to insure against loss by
theft and damage to property by accident.
Both these bills were senate bills. The Dea-
ton house bill requiring the use of half bushel
measures in determining the grade of wheat
was passed. Mr.. Hughey's senate bill author
izing Xenia to spend g., 500 on new hose reel
station was also passed.
HoUsE-The deficiency bill was introduced in
the house Tuesday morning The real amount
is 1888, 56i The general appropriation bill was
introduced Tuesday afternoon. The bill requr.
ing that every package of binding twine shall
be marked in such manner as to indicate the
amount of twine in the package was defeated.
A bill repeating the act providing for draining
and reclaimng swamp land was passed Also
bill approprating 1881 for Company G. and 1919
for Company l. Third regiment for services
rendered in preventing the lynching of couple
of murderers ut Springfield. Mr.. Cannon's bill
was passed which provides the manner in
which the city of Cincinnati may appro pirate
private property.
COLUMBUS, March l-SENATE-Mr Iden in
troduced bill prohibiting the employment of
free labor in any penal, reformatory or charit
able institution Wednesday, and Mr.. Rorick
introduced/a bill extending the life Of the canal
commission for two more years Mr.. Ramps
bill authorizing the board of education of
Green township, Hamilton county, TO erect q
new Schoolhouse was passed Mr. Heinlein's
house bill authorizing the removal of insane
convicts from the penitentiary to the Columbus
Insane asylum on the certificate of the prison
4 puSSlCluH anu superintendent, anu requiring
that they be kept in separate part of the asy-
lum was passed. The bill abolishing the
emergency board was under discussion, but
action was postponed until next week
! HoUsE-The house spent all morning in talk.
ing about Mr. Lanes bill prohibiting any per-
son from going upon the premises OF another
person without the other persons consent
Then it defeated the bill. The election com.
mittee recommended that H. X. Spooner. re-
publican, be given the seat as representative
from Seneca county in place of Mr.. Flumerfelt
/ sitting member. The recommendation will not
be acted on until next Tuesday.
! COLUMBUS, March 2-SENATE-The biennial
! session resolution came up in the senate Thurs
day morning. Mr. Avery from The finance COM
mittee, reported back his resolution providing
| simply for sine die adjournment The annual
session people were strong enough to have
, the resolution postponed until next Wednes
day
1 HoUsE-Late Wednesday afternoon Paxton 8
bill for the repeal of the Strehn law was passed
by vote of SO too The house spent most Of
its time Thursday morning in earnest thinking
4, over the Haskell bill amending the laws pro-
hibiting gambling The bill provides that in
prosecutions under that law the court may at
any time before a defendant has gone to his
defense direct any one OF the defendants to be
discharged in order that he may be witness for
the state, and such an order of discharge shall
be a bar to another prosecution for the same
, offense.
COLUMBUS, March 3-SENATE-Senato tor Lam
! ming made another contribution to the biennial
session library Friday morning The senator
offered a long resolution, reciting that it was
unwise to have biennial sessions during the
present condition of the money market, and
wound up with clause that the Seventy-irst
general assembly adjourn on Monday, March
20 1894 at 10 O'Clock q m, TO convene Monday,
January Z, 1885, at 10 o'clock a. m, and that II
adjourn sine die Monday, February %, 1896, at
10 o'clock a. m. The resolution went over to
next Wednesday. The senate passed house
bill by Mr. Farrell TO allow Lancaster 10 use the
revenue from the natural gas plant in paying
the city's debt
UsE-Representative Ely introduced q
county officers salary bill which is applicable
to the smaller counties only, leaving the Sl0,OO(
officials in the larger counties untouched. The
bill places county auditors, treasurers and pro
bate judges on salaries, aud provides graded
scale. In counties containing $4,000 inhabitants
or less, the salary is placed at II $50 For every
5000 or major fraction thereof up to $4,000, al
increase of $3.50 is authorized In counties ovel
Co. OJO and under 100 900 inhabitants the increase
for each 6, 900 is 800. Mr.. Lane introduced 6
bill to convert Licking reservoir into a public
park.
Opera House Burned.