The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-03-24

CoLUMBus, March 1a-SErATE--Thc senate
passed senate bill by Mr. Ely, to authorize pro.
bate judges to deliver into the hands Of two
friends person adjudgcd insane, for convey
ahcc 10 the asylum Senator McMaken intro.
auccd four bills relating 10 Butler county and
the city OF Hamilton. One Of these extends the
jurisdiction OF the probate court by giving that
court jurisdiction in divorce, alimony, foreclos.
ure Of mortgages and the custody Of children.
A second bill amends law recently passed
which authorized the expenditure Of $iO0, 900 for
bridge at High and Main streets by providing
that II two bridges can be built for this amount
the commissioners shall have power to d ride
the fund. Another bill authorizes the commits.
soncrs TO issue 10000 bonds for deficiencies
that have resulted from ovcrdrafis, and makes
the Burns law, which prohibits the authorities
from drawing upon an exhausted fund, appli.
cable to Butler county.
HoUsE-Thc Winn resolution to investigate
the renitcntiary was given life in the house,
Monday afternoon, and finally consigned to the
standing committee on prison and prison re-
forms. Mr.. Winu wanted to postpone con.
| sidcration to Tuesday, because OF the fact that
| Mondays the house was never full, bnt there
| was enough politics in the proposition to elec.
| trify the penalty Of the majority The discus
| sion, which took up the greater part of the
evening session, resulted In q reference to the
| standing committee, and resolution by Mr.
| Winnn that this committee report within eight
| days, was adopted resolution by Mr.. Lane
| nstructs the house committee on buildings
| and lands to provide consultation room for
J the supreme court so that that body can sepa.
| rate in divisions us contemplated by the act OF
| April 10, 1892, under which an additional Judge
| was provided for, making court Of six.
COLUMBUS. March l3.-SENATE-The senate
| has adopted the Avery biennial session resolu.
tion by the decisive vote of 10 ayes and 10 nays.
When the resolution came up in order on the
calendar MIR. Avery moved to strike out all
the preamble, which left the resolution in this
shape: Resolved by the general assembly of
the state OF Ohio That its present session
| shall be ended by adjournment without day."
This was adopted Two democrats voted
against the resolution, Messrs. Gear and John
son. Three, Messrs. Lawler, MCMaken and
Stillwell, did not vote The republicans oppos.
ing the resolution were Me1srs Abbott, Brown,
Earnhart, Hogg, Hutsinpiller, Iden, Oil.
HoUsE-1he house promptly adopted the
Avery biennial resolution by vote OF GO ayes
to Is nays, leaving 30 members not voting at all.
Most OF them were present The resolution
was hustled from the senate right over to the
house and rs quickly handed down by Speaker
Boxwell When Clerk Malloy had finished the
reading, Mr.. Winn the democratic member
J from Defiance, offered on amendment providing
, for sine die adjournment on April o. This was
voted down by q vote OF 20 yeas to 80 nays.
The vote on adopting the resolution was then
taken.
COLUMBUS, March l5.-SENATE-Bil passed:
Repeating the law requiring the branding Of con.
vict-made goods; requiring railroad companies
to pay employees monthly was passed. II the
companies fail to pay an employe he may de-
mand his wages from any ageat of the company
In the county in which the employe resides, and
failure to pay then gives warrant for action by
the prosecuting attorney to place the road in
the hands of o receiver; providing for o codiaca-
tion of the insurance laws. Bills introduced:
Increasing the fee for filing q in the su.
preme court from 8 to SEQ and the fee for dock.
, citing motion from q to IS: increasing the fee
, for marriage licenese from 10 cents to ~ IS,
the additional 81 to be paid into the state treas
ury: amending section 1893 by allowing courts
to direct either . master commissioner or the
, sheriff to sell real estate.
HoUsE-The house spent the greater part ol
!, the morning in discussing Mr.. Woods house
bill allowing women to vote for school oficers
+ | There was large attendance Of ladies in the
gallery, who followed the arguments closely and
applauded those who pleaded for the cause OF
female suffrage. The house recessed before
reaching vote The deficiency bill was
' passed and one more step taken toward the end
COLUMBUS, March 16-SENATE-Thursday
the bill prohibiting township and county treas
urers from acting as officers of banking institu
tions was passed Two other senate bills tina
1 | were passed were Mr.. Clark's bill prohibiting
, any person. firm or corporation from being Oh
having in possession any oil barrel, tank or car
belonging to another, and Mr.. Kirchner's bill
appropriating 81, 900 to be paid to Herman Rose
S o corporal of Company l. First regiment, who
S was injured in the Cincinnati riots. Mr.. Carl
introduced Dill authorizing tne directors OF tnt
| state board OF comm rec to elect OH GERS, ant
> Mr.. Lawlor put in one requiring assessors Il
:. note all life insurance policies and make re
Q turns thereof to the county auditors. Mr..
| Browns senate bill, extending the provisions o
the collateral inheritance tax law was again ex
amined briefly and recommitted to the judiciary
| committee.
HoUsE-The house had the general appro
priation bill under discussion nearly al
morning Mr. Griffin moved to strike ont tn
: $1,000 appropriation for electric lighting th
:, | state house. but the motion was not agreed to
s An appropriation of $1,000 for purchasing uni
= forms, ovcrcoats and blankets for the nationa
guard was added on motion of Doty, Chairman
: of the finance committee An effort was mad
d by Mr.. Meriop, of Franklin county, to strili
t. out the appropriation of $4,000 for the south
Il ern division of the Ohio canal He spoke of tn
smallness of the revenues from that divisio
and disparaged that end OF the canal generally
q but the house refused to strike out or red uc
the appropriation. An effort was made to RI
=. consider the vote by which the female suffrag
:. bill was defeated Wednesday,, but it was ur
~ availing
c COLUMBUS, March 17.-SENATE-The senat
n enacted into a law Mr.. Hart's bill to amend tn
j. INDECENT soldiers act, by the provision tina
:, when the widow of an ex-soldier remarres an
y again becomes u widow, she shall be entitled I
5, assistance under the act Mr. Shulers hous
n bill to authorize the board of education of Gel
s. mantown, Montgomery county, to issue S8,O
bonds for library building passed
HoUsE-Mr. Haskell introduced bill to re
l. quire assessors, Mt the time OF the annual as
y sessment OF 1894 to make list of all thos
who served in the Mexican and civil wars
designating their rank, company, regimen
battery vessel in which they served. Thes
lists are to be furnished to the county auditor
d who, in turn, furnish them 10 the adjutan
g general, who is to consolidate them alpha
IS betcally, and publish when the legslatrr
a, makes an appropriation for that purpose
5000 copies in book FORM The house judiciar
y committee recommended for passage a subst
VI tutc for Mr.. Winn's bill to require the subm
~ sion tn vote Of all propositions to issue bond
10 for township or municipal purposes. The hous
committee on railroads and tc!egraphs recon
y mended Mr. Hart's bill to require railroad con
u panies to count check all articles sent In ca
is load lots and furnish the shipper with u bill
Il. ladng.
Ex-Convicts Accused.
COLUMBUS, o., March l7.-During tn
last few weeks ticket repairing" G
n changing the dates on expired tickle.
Ut has been Systematically and continu
3D. ously practiced on the Norfolk an
O. Western railroad. The detectives al
y now Investigating the case, and it
ey said that enough is already known t
re show that the work was done by tw