The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1894-05-03
TIE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

Introduced bill which provides that the coun.
ellis OF cities and villages owning railroads may
b, two thirds vote give permission to lay
sSivches or spurs The Cannon Bosler house
ioirt resolution to adjourn sine die May IA, was
read the first time in the senate Monday after
noon, and, on motion Of Mr. Phillips, consigned
to the tomb presided over by the finance com.
n.ttee
HoUsE-Bills introduced Requiring credit
guarantee companies, or companies which guar
sntee against loss b. bad debts, to deposit
100000 with the commissioner of insurance be.
fore doing business in this state and requires
them to pay tax Of 2h per cent on their gross
receipts. as is now required Of life insurance
companies TO give Cuvahoga county q seventh
common pleas Judge; canal bill providing for
the issue Of 81, 10000 in round numbers to pay
the cost OF the proposed boulevard and sub
surface railway in Cincinnati. to increase the
levy Tor general revenue purposes to T-l0 MILL
which will raise annually about $4,000. The
present levy is 4-10 mills. A bill having for its
object the protection of the wool industry was
in troduced by Mr. Gray, of Fayette 4
COLUMBUS, O., April "a 24-sENATE.-The Sen
ate Tuesday passed Representative Stewart's
bill authorizing the commissioners Of Hamilton
county TO widen and improve Beckman street
between Harrison avenue and Queen City
avenue. Mr.. McConica's senate bill taxing
railroads for the support for the railroad COM
missioners department was also passed Mr.
Whittlesey introduced a bill providing for
grade of cheese to be known as fine milk cheese
to be made from milk from which none of the
cream has been taken.
HoUsE-Tuesday the senate bill conferring
upon women the right of franchise passed by
vote of % to 20 AS it stands, the bill provides
that all women of the age of twenty one, born
or naturalized in the United States, who shall
have been residents of the state for one year
and Of the county, town, township or other cleo
tion precincts such time as the law provides for
men Shall be entitled to vote for the school Off.
GERS named. Separate ballot boxes shall be
provided for the ballots of women and separate
registration lists shall be kept The ladies will
have to register the same as men, The house
began work on the general appropriation bill
for next year and only got as far along as the
appropriation for the salary Of members of the
legislature when there came sudden stop and
the discussion Of the biennial sessions COM
menced.
COLUMBUS, April 26 6-SENATE-SenatorH Hogg
introduced bill TO reapportion the Seventh
and Eighth judicial districts and the Fourth
and Seventh judicial circuits, and to authorize
the election of an additional judge in the third
subdivision of the Seventh district The gen
eral appropriation bill passed the senate
wednesday afternoon after the adoption of
amendments appropriating 5000 to establish a
department of ceramics at State university,
Sl,OOO to pay for portraits of ex-Gov. Campbell
and Ben Wade and o few minor changes in the
sums given the departments. The senate
pdSSeu Dlll Dy I1r. MCCOnlca Wnlcn PROVIDES
that the clerk of the supreme court shall pay
to the supreme court reporters out of the fees
received by the clerk, 81 each for extra service
in editing, tabulating, indexing and publishing
in the reports all cases disposed OF except those
dismissed by consent of parties or for want of
preparation.
HoUsE-The house passed bills to pay DR..
Spooner sitting member from Seneca, Sl,072 So,
and by Mr.. Winn to pay Charles Flumerfelt,
ex-member. Sl,0S)S6 the expenses each in
CURED in the Spooner- Flumerfelt contest. The
house passed bill by Mr.. Tavlor, of Crawford,
TO amend section 42l5 as amended. The bill
provides that the surplus dog tax fund in excess
of that necessary to pay for sheep killed NAV
be transferred to the bridge fund, or to the fund
for the relief of INDECENT soldiers, at the dscre-
ton OF the county commissioners. The bill to
amend the tax inq uisitor law was buried be-
yond resurrection Wednesday morning, the
house voting down motion to reconsider the
vote by which IL was lost Tuesday.
COLUMBUS, April 26-SENATE-The senate
passed couple of bills Thursday, one of them
being Mr.. McMakan's bill prohibiting persons
from standing on or walking on railroad tracks
/ which was defeated Wednesday afternoon The
other bill passed was Mr. Abbott's amending
the pharmacy law. 1t allows all assistant
pharmacists of five years experience and all
physicians who have practiced for five years 10
obtain from the state board OF pharmacy Ger.
tifcates as registered pharmacists with power
HoUsE-The house did nothing Thursday
morning but discuss the Musgrove medical bill,
which'was Wednesday indefinitely postponed.
There is plan in this. The Haskell local op-
lion bill was a special order for Thursday morn
Tag and the Musgrove bill will be kept before
the house all day in order to prevent the Has
kell bill from coming up
COLUMBUS, April 2S-SENATE~-ihe Strehli
street railroad bill was repealed Friday morn
ing by the concurrence of the senate in the ac.
uon of the house passing the Paxton bill. II
was passed by a vote Of II yeas to nays as
follows: Ayes-Messrs. Avery, Brown Clark,
Earnhart Eckley, Hughey, Iden, Kirchner,
Laning, McMaken, Mosgrove, Obi, Phillips Ro.
rick, Rothert, Sparks, Stillwell. Nays-Messrs.
Ely, Hogg, McCon;c ca, Plum A bill bearing the
title, ITO prevent the destruction of forests
ard preserve the same" was introduced Fri.
day morning by Senator Earnhart 1t requires
the commissioners of every county to plant
forest trees along all the streets, alleys high
ways in the counties and to protect and pre-
serve them.
HoUsE-The house disposed of few unim.
portant bills Friday morning. The only thing
Of any interest done was the introducing of a
joint resolution bv Mr. Locke. 1t provides for
another constitutional amendment question on
the everlasting taxs,ion subject to be submit.
ted to popular vote. "his amendment is differ
ent from the others tnat have been submitted
during recent years. i provides for the taxing
OF privileges ana franc ilSeS Tor the entire sup
port of the state govern aaent Each locality is
to fix its own tax rate through local board OF
tax commissioners.
Women are Eligible.
COLUMBUS, O., April 25.-The new
law, investing women with the right
to vote in school elections, makes them
eligible to membership in boards OF
education. The law reads that women
of the age of 21 years and upwards,
having been residents of the state one
year, shall be entitled to vote and be
voted for" at such elections.