The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-02-24
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

COLUMBUS Feb. l3--SKSArE-1n, the seuntes
single legislative act was accomplished Monday
afternoon, that body passing Mr. .Montgomery's
house bill 10 authorize township trustees and
others having the public business in charge to
use upon the highways, or Mt other work, the
rccivients OF public aid. After this the senate
adx urned out Of respect TO the memory OF the
late Congressman Geo. w. Houk, OF Dayton.
HousE-The house threw down the gauntlet
again, and the senate will probably see At TO
amend another bill introduced by the house q.
nance committee. Mr.. Bosler's bill, appropri.
ating from the Hysell fund for the support Of
state universities passed the house. 1t tnppro
PIRATES for two years. SST, 900 for the first year,
and 800 900 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 to receive what she received
as the widow OF No. l. SN
COLUMBUS, Feb A-SENATE--The senate
Tuesday morning passed the bill introduced by
Mr.. Oil, which provides that the members OF
the legislature shall not draw their salaries
next year IL there is no session. The exact
wording is: tin 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, Hogg, Hutsinpiller,
Iden, johnson, Laning, Lawlor, McMaken, Oil,
Phillips, Plum, Ramp, Rothert, Stillwell.
Those who voted in the negative were Messrs.
Avery, Brown Clark, Earnheart Ely, Hard.
esty, McConica, Mosgrove, Rorick, Sparks,
Whittlesey, Wood.
HousE.-There was a small attendance Of
members of the house this morning. barely .
quorum, and at last o call was ordered and o
lot of recreants run in. The only business cf
importance transacted was the passing OF Mr..
Barbers 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 of.
fairs of Springfield Is constituted the board OF
health in house bill which was passed and a
bill authorizing Mansfield to spend $4,000 on
its fire department was passed, and that con-
| cluded the mornings labors.
COLUMBUS, Feb. 15.-SENATE-Bills intro
duced: Providing that municipalities may es.
| tablish telephone exchanges, to be in charge of
| trustees, who shall make rates as low as pos.
| sible; making the Nichols corporation tax law
| apply to street railroad companies. The Clark
bill, which allows presidents of the supervisors
of election 81 each for getting the blank ballots
| and carrying them to polls was passed second
| time. bill is in preparation to allow the peo-
pie to petition for the privilege of voting on
| proposition to permit the government OF each
| municipality 10 repossess itself of the streets
| within its confines
| HoUsE-Bills passed: Amending section 62s9
| so that a guardian may maintain an action
| against MS predecessor during the minority OF
| the wards; directing TO the board of Worlds
| fair managers of Ohio to present TO the Chicago
museum the mineral pavilion erected in the
| mines and mining building There was
| lengthy discussion in the house Wednesday
| 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 penalty for any
| violation of the ordinance after being passed.
COLUMBUS, Feb. l6 6-SENATE-The senate
Thursday morning passed the Mosgrove medi-
cal bill as amended. Mr.. Avery's senate bill
allowing Cleveland safe deposit and trust COM
panies to act as executors, admins traitors. 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 member of the senate, there arose long
and protitess 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 6s
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 T. Geology of Chic. re-
naming in possession of the secretary of state.
The order for the morning was Mr. Mcbride $
bill requiring that law students shall have
studied for three years before being admitted
to practice and it under discussion when
recess was taken.
COLUMBUS, Feb. T-SENATE-Mr Rorici
introduced a bill in the senate Friday morning
| which provides for continuation of the cana
commission for two more years, The life OF
the commission expires by limitation in a 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 McMacllen. Mr..
Boser's house bill providing that the cost OF
street improvements shall be paid "by the
bounding and abuttng foot upon the property
bounding and abutting upon said Improvement
was passed and is now a 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 ut O'Clock.
\ HoUSE-Bills introduced: Making it punish
able by q fine of from IS TO 200 to adulteratt
t maple sugar sirup or bee honey: making tht
a decisions of justice of the peace final in al
, cases wherein the sum IN controversy does no
exceed $50: cutting of homestead exemption
and stay of executions from judgments rem
4 dered upon prosecution of supervisors for fail
8 ure TO comply with road laws allowing gradu
ateS from sub.district schools to attend higl
| schools in adjoining counties; giving to thu
: trustees Of the epleptic hospital the same con
r troll over the inmates as the trustees of insan
4 asylLms have over inmates of those asylums
T providing that when trial Judge is related t.
an attorney in suit he sh Ill turn the trial owe
5 TO another judge in the same subdivision Ad
Q iourned until Monday.