The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1894-04-19
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

ernor, TO revise the laws relating to municipal
corporation the members of the commission
| to receive each $40 day, and a clerk 81 day.
The governor made the following appointments
Monday afternoon which were confirmed by
the senate: Parks Foster, of Lorain county,
trustee of Toledo State hospital: r. NJ Rownd
of Columbus. and Daniel Hartnett, of Henry
county, as canal commissioners pursuant to
| the act of March 13, extending the life Of the
| commission.
HoUsE-A large number Of bills mostly of
| local nature, we're introduced Monday. Among
those OF general interest were the following:
! To authorize courts to relieve the trustees of
unclaimed funds; to make monuments and
| headstones personal property and give dealers
authority to enter upon the premises and take
| the property for unpaid bills; to prohibit the
use of fictitious names in partnerships; to au-
thorize common pleas circuit and the superior
courts to appoint additional baitff to pre-
| serve the peace on the application of the sher
| if; to authorize commissioners to clean also
lateral bitches: to redistrct the state for judi
cial purposes with twenty-seven subdivisions
and twenty-six judges: to provide that honora
bly, discharged soldiers may secure licenses to
peddle without the payment of q fee.
! COLUMBUS, April 11.-SENATE-Woman suf-
frage occupied the attention of the senate Tues
day, nearly the entire morning session as well
as greater part of the afternoon being con-
sumed in its consideration. Mr.. Clark briefly
explained the provisions of the bill, which is in
! tended to give women the right to VOTE and
make them eligible to be voted for in school
elections The bill passed by vote OF 20 TO g.
as follows: Yeas-Abbot Avery, Brown, Chap
man, Clark, Earnhart, Eckley, Ely Gear, Har.
! desty, Hughey, Hutsinpiller, johnson, Laning
McMaken, Mosgrove, Oil, Ramp, Rorick, Whit.
! tlesey-20 Nays-Hogg, Kirchner, Phillips
Plum, Sparks, Stillwell-6 The senate passed
bill by Representative Taylor, of Crawford,
to prohibit the construction of barb wire parti-
tion fences unless the consent of the owner or
lessee shall have been first obtained.
HoUsE-The house Tuesday passed several
Hamilton county bills. Mr.. Hard, for the com
| mittee on taxation introduced bills to provide
for excise tax on express companies and to
supplement that section which relates to the
fees to which the secretary Of states Office is
entitled. The first bill imposes an excise tax
of two per cent on the gross earnings of ex-
press companies, the tax to be imposed upon
the business done exclusively in this state The
machinery of the bill is the same as that under
which it is proposed to tax sleeping com
panies. The second bill requires foreign cor
porations which are not now doing business in
this state to conform to the same law as to the
payment of fees, ETC., as that which controls
the domestic corporations Both bills were
drawn by Attorney General Richards, who has
done valuable service for the committee.
COLUMBUS, April 2.-SENATE-SenatorL Ian.
ing is going to anticipate the action of congress,
which proposes to authorize the organizatio of
wildcat state banks by removing the ten per
cent tax on their issue. He introduced two
bills Tuesday morning, which repeal all the
laws which provide for the organization Of
state banks. Mr.. Plum introduced bill which
amends section 6S62 making it offense to
throw stones at railroad trains. 1t is made to
include the stoning of electric cars dwellings,
schoolhouses and churches. The senate refused
to pass Mr. Ohl's bill allowing the commission
ing of women as notaries public. The one OBJ
lection to it was its unconstitutionality. Mr..
Browns senate bill prohibiting the artificial
coloring of distilled vinegar except by
the grain from which 1t may be made was
passed
HoUsE-Mr. Clark's senate bill increasing
the salary of the food and dairy commissioner
to g., 600 year and extending his term from
May, 1896, to February, 1897, passed. A
bill was passed which amends the law author
izing the incorporation Of not less than fifteen
citizens Of Ohio to apprehend horse thieves by
authorizing these associations to apprehend
and secure the conviction Of persons commit
ting felonies, misdemeanors and other offenses.
1t is house bill by MIR. Boser. The Haskell
local option bill was Wednesday morning g
calendar, being special order for l0:3O O'Clock.
It was not taken up, however, another bill be-
ing before the house at that hour and will not
be reached until the afternoon strong pres
sure is being brought on every member to vote
for the bill.
COLUMBUS, April 3-SENATE-Two of SEN
ator McConica's measures were dsposed'of One
increases the fees for marriage licenses from
seventy-five cents to s2. The other increases
the fee for filing petitions in error in the su-
preme court from 5 to $50 and tho fee for filing
motion from 81 to $40 The state is to get the
benefit of the increase of fees in each case. A
bill by Senator Plum (Rep), of Logan county,
imposes fine of not more than $500 nor less
than $50, or Imprisonment from six months in
the county Jail to three years in the peniten-
tiary for stoning dwelling houses, schoolhouses
and church buildings.
HoUsE-The Haskell option bill remains un-
voted in the house II IA keQ all
morning and shortly after noon the house re-
cessed, with motion by Mr. Sleeper pending,
to postpone further consideration for two
weeks. MIR. Spooner's amendment providing
for reflling physicians prescriptions for liquor
was defeated. patriotic measure introduced
in the house by Mr. Heoffer authorizes Green
vile, Darke county, TO expend S65 each year in
decorating soldiers graves. 1t was passed by
the senate A lot of bills of an unimportant 10.
cal nature were also ground through the mill
COLUMBUS, April l4-SENATE--Mr. Hard's s
bill to impose collateral inheritance tax, the
Dodge bill to impose direct inheritance tax,
Mr.. McConica's bill to pay tax Of $40 a mile,
this fund to go to the support Of the office OF the
commissioner Of railroads and telegraphs and
the state militia, and Mr.. Rorick's bill to re.
quire notaries public to pay Is for a commission
were reported, the last named without recon-,
mendation and postponed to Wednesday. Sen
ator Sparks introduced a bill that seeks to pre-
vent entirely the killing for sale of quail
receive great opposition from the sportsmen
OF the state. Mr. Ohls bill to make women
eligible TO appointment as notaries public was
reconsidered in the senate and postponed to
Tuesday.
HoUsE-Capt FELTON,, of Franklin, Friday in.
troduced a resolution to the effect that The
legislature adjourn on Monday April 20, until
the fourth Tuesday in January next, and con-
tinue in session not to exceed forty da s, when
II shall adjourn sine die. The committees on
nj fha hon ap1S 70 rtal ".
eral important bills Friday, and next Wednes.
day will be memorable as taxation day in the
house, as most Of the bills were made special
order for that day. The Grifin substitute for
the Hunter bill TO tax sleeping cars was re
ported and made a special order for 1:40 a. m.
Wednesday, and FIR. Hunters motion to refer
with instructions to amend was also postponed
to that day.
Recovered His Speec
ATTIcA, O., April 12.-About two
months ago Frank Sachs was suddenly
stricken speechless, since which time
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