Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-01-27
OHIO LEGISLATURE.
Proceedings In Both Branches of tho Sew
entY. Eirat General AaaemI,lY.

ber OF n building and loan association shall,
| at the annual election, be permitted TO vote but
| one proxy; providing that all public treasurers
except county treasurers may deposit public
| funds in bank withou. personal liability; pro
| viding that decennial board of equalization
shall not increase the valuation OF property
without notifying the owner; providing that
| telephone companies shall not charge more than
| two dollars month for the rent of Instruments;
providing for the appointment by the governor
Of state board of medical examiners and IL
censers for the licensing of physicians.
| House-The entire forenoon session was given
| up to the discussion Of the Sleeper bill abolish
| ing the State Emergency board. The finance
committee had reported substitute providing
| for the life Of the board. This was rejected
on viva voce vote, and the original bill abolish
| ing the board was passed by a vote of76yea by7
| nays Mr. Rusler offered joint resolution pro-
| viding that the present session of the legislature
| shall adjourn April 20, to meet the second Mon
| day of February 1895, and shall adjourn sine
| die on the second Monday in March, 1893 The
! following bills were introduced: Amending the
| civil rights law so as TO provide maximum
| penalty of 800 and to increase the minimum to
| $50; providing that county commissioners shall
| begin their terms Of office September l.
| COLUMBUS Jan. 17.-Sendte. Whitteseya
| Joint resolution providing for a tri-weekly ad.
| journment was discussed at considerable length
| and finally defeated by vote of 1S to T. Bills
were passed: Prohibiting the killing of quail
each alternate year thereafter; appropriating
i26, 800 to meet deficiencies in peniteutiary and
board of state charities; appropriating 1900 to
pay balance due Thomas E. Harter, member
from Champaign, on account of salary; provd-
Ing that county commissioners instead of COM
mon pleas judges shall fix the compensation of
physicians for holding autopsies.
House.-Mr Sleeper's bill repeating the
clause in the statutes prohibiting the
appointment Of resident trustees for state
1.fAa ..1 agnI
Amending Section 7177 so the suretes
on bond Of indicted persons may cause
sheriff OF any county to take into custody and
surrender the party, by giving notice to prose-
cutor repeating the act requiring the printing
of general and local laws in separate volumes;
to transfer $500 from soldiers relief fund to
the county fund. Among the bills introduced
were the following: Changing the time OF be-
ginning of terms of county recorders from jan
uary until September; to require stewards oil
public Institutions to advertise quarterly for
bids for staple supplies; providing for
the substitution of electricity for hanging
in the execution of criminals; to tax
church property; providing that in the case OF
foreclosure of mortgages on furniture bough,
on the instalment plan and the said furniture Is
taken back, that there shall be refunder OF
one-half the purchase price; providing that
| the terms of county auditors shall commence
the third Monday in October, instead of the
second Monday in September.
/ COLUMBUS, Jan. 1S-ISendte.-Mr. Hart:
house bill providing for deficiencies at the peni
tentiary and for the expenses of the recent in
vestigation at the deaf and dumb asylum wa!
taken up and passed by a vote of 2s Il
D The following were among the new meas
, ures introduced To provide for the month.
payment of railroad employees; providing tha
an action for medical or surgical malpractice o
misfeasance must be brought within one yea
after the cause of acton, or II the person en-
titled to sue is minor or under some disability
within one year after the removal of the diss
bility: to convert part of the Miami s. Fri
canal in Cincinnati into public highway; pre-
viding for the punishment of fraudulent spiritr
alistc mediums.
Rouse-A resolution was adopted providin
for the appointment of special commtte
> of three to investigate by what right o
authority the ST. Louis, Kansas Cit
& Toledo railroad occupy q portion Of tn
canal bank near Toledo after having failed I
pay the annual rental of $500 for tn
= past seven years. Bills were passed
Amending Section 633S so that motto
must be served on both assignee and a
!, signor when creditors demand re moval of th
a former: amending Section 6022 so that the ma
| rage of woman prior to or after her appoin
ment and qualification as executrix or admin
tratrix shall not abridge her rights, Mr.. Win
offered joint resolution providing for the sui
t mission of a referendum amendment to the col
: stitution. The proposition is to be submitte
g to a vote of the people at the November electio
- in 1895, and If adopted is to go into effect Ja
e uary !, 1896
COLUMBUS, Jan 19-Sendte.- Earnhea
r offered resolution, which went over, reques
:, ing the judiciary committee to consider the a
visibility and legality of submitting to the Sc
c ate bills devisng certain new methods Of tax
1t tion and the valuation of property. Sever
a local measures were passed. Among the bill
n of general nature introduced were the follov
. ing Prohibiting the use of ferrets in hunting
% providing that throughout the state the pol
shall be open at $3.50 O. m. and close at p I
q standard time. Adjourned until the 22d.
d House-The committee on public buidin,
=, and lands, to whom was referred the resolutit
adopted by the state trades and labor asseI
bly, asking for state work for the unempoye
IS submitted its report The committee finds tn
e the state has no public lands those convey,
~ by the general government in 1850 being tran
ferred by the state to the counties in which tn,
3 were located in 1853 1t also finds that no pu
S lie buildings can be erected, for, even il nece
j. sary, the state, whose revenues raised by ta
70 ing the people, has no funds for this purpos
:, The committee recommended that further CO
- sideration of the resolution be Indefinitely po.
q poned, and the report was adopted. Sever
local measures were ps~sed. Adjourned until i
22d.
COLUMBUS, Jan. 22-Senate The introd,
tion of numerous bills constituted about I
only business transacted by the senate. II
following were among the most import tar
Z, 10 prOulDlL lIle Oh COlOTlnB matter IN OLE
~ margarine and to regulate its sale; making il
" urisdemeanor for county auditor to accept
s. railroad pass for any agent of railro
e, company to present free pass to a county au
n. tor: 10 regulate the rental charged by teepho
=, companies; providing that a struck jury sh
IL be selected by dissnterested persons when I
s. county clerk and county are interested and tt
Of venire shall not be thrown out on account
-v one disqualification; authorizing county aud
y ors to correct errors in distribution of levy
d tween townships for the suppart OF joint sch,
e. sub-districts
% Rouse,-The usual number OF new bills folio
rs ing the weekly adjournments were introduC
in the house to-day. Mr. Heiplen introduced
IA bill amending the Adair liquor law so as
In make IL n msdcmclnor punishable by fine
es $40 to $780, or thirty days TO three months
al prisonment for listed drunkard 10 enter q
loon and solicit or purchase liquor. The
lowing were among other bills introduc,
Amending Sections 2i7a and 2i7b so as to g
the railroad commissioner discre tionary pov
-. in ordering the erection OF automatic ala
90 bells at crossings, instead OF gates or wa atchm
extending the DrOyiSions nj The rnephn nicS'