The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1894-04-12
THE q GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

COLUMBUS April 4-SENATE NO business
OF importance transacted.
HousE-A flag ornamented the desk Of every
republican member of the house Tuesday
morning, giving the chamber \ Fourth of July
countena7ce. The republicans were intoxicated
with the exuoerance, and there was all excess
OF levity. Mr. Paxton. the democratic member
from Clermont, hoisted flag Al half staf and
Mr.. Winn was the victim OF o reaction. The
legislature recently enacted ripper for
Mr.. Winn's county Of Defiance. The
house was .demoraliZed for half day
by election, many members failing TO reach
the city in time to attend the session
call Of the house disclosed the presence of
quorum and three TO spare, but it was
hardly working majority AS n result, a bill
by Senator Phillips TO provide for a codifcation
of the insurance laws was lost receiving but
twenty votes. This bill gives the governor the
power to appoint three commissioners, neither
OF whom should have any official connection
with an insurance company, own any stock, or
be interested in the business, except as policy
holder, who, with the attorney general and in.
surance commissioner, should constitute a
commission TO revise and improve the insurance
laws Mr.. Doty had an amendment inserted
limiting the expenses of the commission to
&1,4O0, and then the bill was defeated.
COLUMBUS. April h-SENATE-The senate
spent the whole morning Wednesday in dis.
palities to construct and operate street rail.
roads IL .wothirds of the electors vote to do so.
There was much earnestness chown by the ai-
vocates OF the measure, who insisted that the
people be allowed to decide for themselves upon
such an important matter of self.government,
but the senate divided even upon the question,
l5 voting for and 10 against the bill. This same
bill was once before defeated by the senate,
ceiving then IA votes. Mr.. WEittlcscy put in
bill increasing the cigarette tax from 300 to
l all s,,tr ~ ,snl,
is designed to limit appeals from magistrates
courts
HoUsE-The house spent the whole morning
in discussing Mr.. Dcaton's bill amending the
street car vcstibule law. In some cities the
street car companies have put up pieces of can
vas which they think is q formal compliance
with the law, although it is required by the law
| that the vestbue shall fully and completely
| protect the motorman from wind and storm"
| Mr.. Dcaton seeks to prohibit III words the
! Of canvas and other fimsy material, and when
| the bill came up amendments were offered
| making the penalty FOR violation Of the law
more severe.
COLUMBUS, April 6-SESATE--Thc senate
| committee on taxation reported favorably Mr..
! McConica's bill to increase the fec for a mar.
! riage certificate 20 g.. Senator Hutsnpiller in
! troduced bill which extends from ninety days
| to nine months the term Of imprisonment of
! those guilty of bastardy. Tho senate passed
: Representative Hcinens bill to provide that
| the charter of corporations formed for the pur-
! pose Of dealing i'll real estate shall expire by
! limitation in twenty-five years from the date
! Of issue. The senate passed house bill by Mr..
Thomas to authorize the commissioners Of
! Stark county to sell the fair grounds and pur.
chase another site. e
| HoUsE-Representative Dodge's bill to i'm
| pose direct Inheritance tax passed the house
! Thursday afternoon by vote OF - to 3. The
bill provides for taXas follows: sc, 900 to $50
600, one per cent; $4,000 to 100000. one and
one-half per cent $780, 900 to 500, COO two per
cent; 5000 900 10 $500, ,0OO three per cent $780,.
| 900 to S5o0O00, three and one half per cent;
100000 10 u, 900, 600, four per cent; and when
the value Of the estate exceeds 100000, five
per cent OF this tax scventy-five per cent is
to 60 to the state and twenty five to the county.
| The Bell bill, 10 establish department of GER
amics al state university, passed. The Clark
| lien bill was also passed and is now law.
! COLUMBUS. April 7.-SENATE-Thc senate
passed a solitary bill Friday. House bill by
Mr.. Wood, appointing the city of Marietta
trustee to take charge for all the inhabitants
residing IN the Ohio Co s purchase OF the stone
quarry lot. Senator Mosgrove introduced a
bill to appropriate Sl36 to pay the members of
the hospital corps OF the Third infantry, Com
pany Il of the same regiment Battery of the
First artillery and Company Of the Ninth
battalion, O. N. G., for per diem and subsist-
ence when called out by the mayor of Spring
the vote by which 1t Thursday afternoon indefi-
! nitcly pos stponed Mr.. Lanes bill establishing
criminal trespass 10 this state, and the bill was
! recommtted.
EousE-Bills introduced To amend section
| 1850 by providing that newspaper publishers
may charge rs cents square for the frs. inser'
tion, 10 cents for eich subsequent insertion and
40 per cent additional for advertisements con-
tanning tabular work: to amend section 1882 by
providing that action by any person against his
employer for damages arising out Of accident tai
personal injury must be brought within two
years of the accident; to tax sleeping car COM
Companies; the auditor, treasurer and attor.
ney general arc 10 constitute board of ap'
praisers and assessors, as under the Nicholas
| law. This board shall ascertain from reports
filed by the companies the amount and value OF
the proportion o. capital stock of the companies,
representing capital and property of such com
| pamies. owned and used in Ohio.