The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1894-02-22
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

single legislative act was accomplished Morday
afternoon, that body passing Mr.. Montgomery's
house bill 10 authorize township trustees and
others having the public business in charge 10
use upon the highways, or at other work, the
recipients Of public aid After this the senate
adjourned out of respect to the memory Of tire
late Congressman Geo w. Houk, OF Da, ton
HousE-The house threw down the gauntlet
again, and the senate will probably see fit to
amend another bill introduced By the house fl
nance committee. Mr.. Bosler's bill, appropri-
ating from the Hysel fund for the support of
state universities, passed the house 1t appro-
pr ties for two years SSI 600 for the frs year,
and QA0g0 for the second and is upon the bien-
NAL basis. Mr.. Hart, of Lake, introduced bill
to am end the INDECENT soldier law by providing
that when the soldiers widow marries and be-
comes again widow and in need, she shall
again be entitled 10 receive what she received
as the widow Of No. l. tTN
COLUMBUS, Feb H. 4-SENATE-The senate
Tuesday morning passed the bill introduced by
Mr. Obi. which provides that the members OF
the legislature shall not draw their salaries
next year if there is no session The exact
wording Is: "ln any year in which there is no
session of the general assembly no salary shall
accrue, become due or be payable" " Those who
voted in The affirmative were Messrs. Abbott,
Chapman, Eckley, Gear Hosg, Hutsinpiiler,
lden. johnson, Laning, Lawlor, McMallen, Oil,
Phillips, Plum, Ramp, Rothert Stllwell
Avery, Brown. Clark, Earnheart Ely, Hard.
csty, M,Conica, Mosgrove, Rorick, Sparks,
Whittlesey, Wood
HoUsE-Thcre was small attendance OF
members OF the house this morning, barely a
quorum, and at last call was ordered and a
lot of rccreanis run in The only business OF
Importance transacted was the passing OF Nh.
larber's bill requiring midwives to report at
once cases of sore eyes in infants. 1. was
shown that much blindness resulted from neg.
lect of sore ewes in infants. The board Of af.
fairs of Springfield is constituted the board OF
health in house bill which was passed and a
bill authorizing Mansfield 10 spend $4,000 on
its fire department was passed. and that con-
cluded the mornings labors
COLUMBUS, Feb l5.-SENATE-Bills intro
duced: Providing that municipalities NAV es.
tablish telephone exi hanges, to be in charge Of
trustees, who shall make rates as low as pos
sible; making the Nichols corporation tax law
apply 10 street railroad companies. The Clark
bill. which allows presidents OF the supervisors
Of election 81 each for &c tting the blank ballots
and carrying them to polls was passed second
time. A bill III in preparation to allow the peo-
pie to petition for the privilege OF voting on a
proposition 10 permit the government of each
municipality 10 repossess itself OF the streets
within its confines.
HoUsE-Bills passed: Amending section G2S9
SO that guardian may main tain an action
against his predecessor during the minority of
the wards: directing TO the board OF World s
fair managers of Ohio to present 10 the Chicago
museum the mineral pavilion erected in the
mines and mining building. There was Il
lengthy discussion in the house Wednesda;'
morning over the employment OF aliens ON pub
lie contracts, the pending question being the
/ Montgomery bill empowering municipal corpor-
ations to regulate and prohibit by ordinance
the employment in any capacity upon public
works or contracts persons not citizens of the
United States and providing a penalty for any
violation of the ordinance after being passed.
COLUMBUS Feb 6-SENATE-The senate
Thursday morning passed the Mosgrove medi-
cal bill amended Mr. Avery's senate bill
allowing Cleveland safe deposit and trust COM
panes to act as executors. administrators, etc,
the same as in Cincinnati, was passed. The
elections committee, having reported the
Buchanan Hardesty contest case recommend
! ing that Mr.. Hardesty be confirmed in his seat
=, as a member of the senate, there arose long
| and proitless discussion, which was only inter.
, rupted by the noon rec IS.
HoUsE-The house defeated Mr.. James bill
! allowing courts to fix the compensation to be
paid special assistant prosecuting attorneys,
! and the senate bill providing for the distribu-
| tion among the members of this general assem-.
! bly, of copies of volume z Geology of Chic. re-
naming in possession of the secretary of state.
| The order for the morning was Mr. Mcbride S
bill requiring that law students shall have
studied for three years before being admitted
, TO practice and it was under discussion when
! recess was taken
! COLUMBUS, Feb. 17-SENATE--Mr. Rorick
| introduced bill in the senate Friday morning
| which provides for a continuation Of the canal
| commission for two more years The life OF
| the commission expires by limitation in few
weeks The president appointed the tax com
mittee Friday morning. Mr. Laning is made
| chairman, his associates being Messrs Whit
tlesey, McConica, Phillips and McMacken Mr..
! Bosler's house bill providing that the cost OF
( street improvements shall be paid "bv the
| bounding and abutting foot upon The property
bounding and abutlng upon said improvement
was passed and is u law. Another bill
! passed was Mr.. Browns senate bill, which al
! lows of the confinement for not more than one
year Of any inmate of the boys or girls reform
schools who escapes from the schools. The
senate adjourned at II o'clock until Monday af.
ternoon at o'clock.
HousE-Bills introduced: Making it punish
able by fine of from IS to 500 to aduterate
maple sugar. sirup bee honey: making the
decisions of justice Of the peace final in all
cases wherein the sum IN controversy does moi
exceed $50; cutting OF homestead exemption
and stay OF executions from judgments rem
dered upon prosecution of supervisors for fail
ure to comply with road laws; allowing gradu
ates from sub-district schools to attend high
schools in adjoining counties; giving to the
trustees Of the epileptic hospital the same con
troll over the inmates as the trustees of insane
asylums have over inmates of those asylums
providing that when trial judge is related tc
an attorney in q suit he shall turn the trial ove
to another judge in the same subdivision Ad
journed until Monday.
Found Dead In Red,