The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1894-03-07
CAPITOL'S BUSY WEEK.
LEGISLATORS AND CLERKS PRE-
PAIRING FOR THE CLOSE
Ohio C0uny's Able Representa-
tive and His Good Bills
Is Popular and Atten-
tive to Business.
MIR. SMITHS BII.I.sIN FULL
Special to THE HERALD

probability hold two sessions daily and
now aud then hold night session. The
enrolment clerks will have to work like
troopers, the enrolment committees
will be pushed and the Governor him
self will have several bills presented to
him for his approval. Everybody will
be hard at work getting ready for the
end which occurs March 18th. No ex.
ira session will be called unless in case
of an instruction" aud there is none
visible. The requirements of the new
Constitution will be met and the peo.
pie can then see how they like sixty
day session. The passage of bills has
been slow, but the Constitution had to
be obeyed.
The bill appropriating money TO en-
large the Asylums has passed the House
with only three votes against 1t. 1t now
awaits the approval of the Governor
which it will promptly get.
The bill allowing two additional
clerks for the Auditors was voted down
in the House some time ago. Yester-
day motion was entered to reconsider
and the bill was passed by vote of
AZ to 80.
House bill l2l, increasing the salary
of the Circuit Court Commissioners,
passed the House on yesterday by a
vote Of 4s to 30.
1t is thought now that the differences
regarding the charter of cities Of the
second class will be fixed and the char
ter bill passed before the final adjourn
ment
The drawing in the Senate for long
and short terms has taken place. The
Senate was divided into two classes
those representing odd districts into one
class and those representing even dis
tricts into another. The members
then drew for long term and short
term. The evens drew more long terms
than the odds, so that division all Sc
cured long terms. The names Of the
members and their terms Of Office are
as follows:
SHORT TERN essrs. Adair, Car.
penter, DiDgus. Dyce, Gardner, Good
loe, Hissem, Fromau, Hodges, Jones,
Miller, Moore, Pugh, Smoot, Taylor,
Trigg, Tyler Wathen, Weller.
Lone TERN Messrs. b wiling, De.
Doe, Ellison, Fulton, Goebel, Gross,
Hays, Hayward, Holloway, Laudes,
Lay, Martin, G. b., Martin, H. L.,
Nell, Noe, Ogilvie, Salyer, Stephenson,
Weissinger.
The Seventh District -Ohio, Mullen
berg and Butler-will have to elect
new Senator in November, 1895.
Hon. T. J. Smith scored victory in
the House yesterday by having his two
other bills passed. His first was bill
No. 253 legalizing the acts of officers of
sixth class cities and is given here in
full as it affects Hartford:
AN ACT TO LEGALIzE THE ACTS OF oP-
FICRRs IN SIXTH CLASS TOWNS OF THIS
COMMONWEALTH.
BE 1T ENACTED BY THE GENERAL As
sEMBLY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF
KENTUCKY:-S /. That whereas, il APP
pears that many of the towns of the
sixth class in this Commonwealth failed
to hold their elections as prescribed by
the Constitution, but did elect officers
of said towns under their old charters,
and that said officers qualified in the
manner required and entered upon and
have ever since been engaged in the
discharge of the duties of said offices,
and have done many things important
to the welfare and good government of
said towns, and said offices not having
been filled by election, as provided in
the act, entitled can act for the gov
eminent of towns of the sixth class"
approved May O, 1893, and doubts ex-
isting as to the validity of the acts of
such officers, therefore, it is declared
that all of the official acts and proceed
ings of the afore mentioned officers,
in their respective offices, shall be as
valid in all respec /, and for all purposes
as if they and each of them had been
duly elected at the time and in the
manner provided by law, prior to the
doing of said acts, etc.
) 2. II appearing that great uncer-
tainty and confusion exists in said
towns, and that the collection of taxes
for support of the government thereof,
because of the alleged invalidity of the
acts and proceedings of the aforesaid
officers, therefore it is declared that an
exists, and this act shall be
IN force from its approval by the Gov
ernor.
The other was bill No. 254 and
the charter for cities of the
sixth class. 1t also is Of local interest
and is here reproduced in full;
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 30, ARTICLE
Z, CHAPTER 1876, ENTITLED IAN ACT
FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF TOWNS OF
THE SIXTH CLASS" APPROVED MAY U,
1898.
BE 1T ENACTED BY THE GENERAL As
sEMBLY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF
KENTUCKY: i /. That section 20, ar
ticle Z, of chapter 1876, entitled Gan act
for the government of towns of the !
sixth class" approved May 9, 1893, be |
amended by adding thereto, and at the |
close thereof, these words: "And il |
from failure to elect at the time fixed !
by law, or other cause, there shall be q |
vacancy in the entire board of trustees, |
then the county court OF the county
shall have power TO appoint five
trustees, who shall hold their office !
until the next regular ele ction, $50 that
said section, when amended, will
read as follows:
IS 20. When a vacancy occurs in any
IF the elective offices provided for in
his chapter, the board of trustees shall
Ill such vacancy by appointment for
he time fixed in the Constitution, and
1 vacancy occurs in an appointive Of
ice, the board Of trustees shall appoint
successor for the balance of the un-
expired term and il from failure to elect
It the time fixed by law, or other cause,
here shall be vacancy in the entire
BOARD OF trustees, then the county
court of the county shall have power to
appoint five trustees, who shall hold
heir Office until the next regular cleo
ion."
s 2. Whereas, great inconvenience
low results because no provision exists