The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1896-04-15
THE LEGISLATURE.
Proceedings In Both Branches of the Ohio
General Assembly.

ITOCCGulnkS III DUN DEdnCNcS VI bhC OAAAO
General Assembly.
COLUMBUS, April I-SENATE-Bils passed.
Placing commissioners Of Coshocton county on
salary of 800; placing commissioners OF Mon
roe county on salary Of $780, authorizing ad.
jutant general to purchase nets to enclose flags
in the relic room of the Capitol; requiring
prosecutors in the trial of military officers to
prove that there was no necessity for
violence on the part Of troops; au-
thorizing Cleveland to erect garbage
crematory to prevent the giving Of unlawful
preferences 30 days previous to assignments;
providing transportation for pupils to school
next nearest when their school is Abandoned;
creating special school district in Montgomery
county; for relief of John Whitman, treasurer
of Milton township; authorizing an additional
levy in Fulton county for road purposes; plac-
ing commissioners Of Fairfield county on sala-
ry Of 5000; authorizing Defiance county COM
miSSioners TO purchase cemetery for deceased
Union soldiers their mothers, wives and wild
ows; authorizing Adams county to issue re-
funding bonds; increasing clerks salary in
justices courts in Franklin county from S40O to
1900; authorizing an additional levy in Mans
field for sanitary purposes; placing commits
sionerS of Highland county on salary OF $1,000;
providing for appointment OF trustees FOR elec-
uric light plant in Bellefontaine; to abandon
portion of a canal at Toledo
The senate concurred in the joint resolution
providing for final adjournment on April a.
HoUsE-The house passed the general appro-
pration bill for 1897 and adopted a joint reso-
luton to adjourn April q.
The Dodge bill providing for direct Inherit
ance tax was defeated. Quite o surprise was
created in the house by the passage Of the bill
to discourage the drink habit by making 1t q
misdemeanor for one person to treat another
COLUMBUS April S.--SENATE-The senate
to-day concurred in the Smith anti-lynching
bill and it is a law. The bill makes any county
whose officials permit lynching to occur La
Bile to the family of the victim for damages not
exceeding ~, 600.
Other bills passed were: Providing that in
joint ditch improvements the commissionersof
either county may have jurisdiction; regulat-
ing the purchase of all common school books in
Ohio for the ensuing five years by placing the
system under the supervision of state school
commission consisting of the governor, secre-
tary of state and school commissioner, and pro-
viding that the price paid shall be not more
than 70per cent. Of the wholesale list price;
providing that no voter can hereafter receive
assistance in marking his Australian ballot ex-
cent those who are unable to do so, such as
blind persons and those who have lost their
hands, ETC.
Gov. Bushnell sent the following appoint
ments to the senate, which were confirmed; D.
S. Gardner, OF Stark county, to be trustee Of
the Cleveland state hospital till April, 1907;
Henry B. Perkins of Trumbull county, to be
trustee OF the Cleveland state hospital till
April 1901, to succeed himself; r. w. Gregg, of
Clermont county, to be manager OF the Ohio
state reformatory till April, 1898.
HoUsE-The house devoted the greater por-
tion OF the morning to hearing reports Of COM
mttees bill making 1t mandatory upon
voters to cast their ballots was defeated,
The house put q stop to further prosecution
of Col A. b. Colt upon the indictments grow
ing out of the Washington Court House riots
by authorizing Attorney General Monnett to
holle prosecute the remaining documents unless
Fayette county gives the state an indemnity
bond insuring the payment of the costs OF the
trial. A bill appropriating Sl7,75O to pay Col
Colts attorney fees and other expenses also be-
came q law
Bills passed: Providing for fish chuteS over
dams; providing for refunding money paid un-
der direct inheritance tax declared unconstitu-
tional requiring a fee Of IS for commissions
issued by the secretary OF state not otherwise
provided for; making appropriations for de-
ficiences existing prior to February 10, 1896;
amending the libel laws and placing anewspa
per on the same plane as an individpal Or COR
poration in suit for damages; amehding the
One-mile road law so as to make assessments
equal; to prohibit fusions on ballots; legaliz-
ing typewriter wills; to create better sani-
tary condition in workshops and factories
where dust-creating machinery is used; re-
pealing an act creating depository commission
for Youngstown; authorizing Martins Ferry to
operate electric light plant
COLUMBUS, April 9.-SENATE-Bills passed;
Reducing the milk standard in the state; revis-
ing the insurance code to establish state
banking department. toprotect state employees
from political assessments; to pay rent for
armory in Ottawa, Putnam county; increasing
salaries Of supreme court judges to 5000; au-
thorizing appointment Of commissioners to
meet with commissioners of other states to Sc
cure uniformity of state laws
HoUsE-Bills passed: Providing for electro
cution In Ohio providing for the exchange Of
products between state institutions; authoriz-
ing the printing Of 500 copies Of all bills; au-
thorizing the Ohio State university to
issue certificates Of indebtedness; au-
| thorizing villages to borrow not ex-
ceeding 100000 to pay existing indebted
ness and issue bonds therefor; creating special
school district in Helena, Sandusky county;
establishing special school district in Erie
| township Ottawa county; authorizing commits
sioners Of Madison county to construct chill
dren's home authorizing boards of education
to require additional bonds from school treas
urers when they see fit; requiring that mort
cages, ETC., be indexed as soon as filed; placing
the officers Of Holmes county on salaries; as
sessing upon abutting property the cost of i'm
proving the river in Cleveland; authorizing the
| ,,;1I 10 nd 90 do for
sewer purposes; authorizing Cincinnati to is
sue bonds to pay for property to be hereafter
condemned and appropriated for street pur-
| poses.
The house adopted Senator Laning's joint
resolution providing that the question of hold
| ing constitutional convention be submitted tc
q vote of the people.
| COLUMBUS. April 10.-SENATE.-The senate
passed the bill providing for the appointment
Of three commissioners to purchase site and
erect governors mansion thereon The bill
appropriates $4,000 1t also passed the bill
re-enacting the old road poll tax law, requiring
every elector to work two days on public roads
in rural districts. The bill creating state
board Of architects was passed. II requires
that all persons engaged in the profession shal
pass an examination They are required to pay
q s. examination fee, and If they pass they are
to pay $40 for diploma.
HoUsE-A large number Of bills were intro
duced mostly Of a local character.
COLUMBUS, April 1S -SENATE-Bills passed
To supplement Section 202 OF the Revised Stat,
utes, whereby the chief clerk of the attorney
general shall be known us the deputy attorney
general; to amend Section 2O99 whereby per
sons over 10 years Of age who have received
light penitentiary sentences may be confined
instead Of in workhouSe; providing that add
tional powers and duties are assigned wate
works trustees in certain villages giving trus
tees or councils of any municipal corporation
power to issue bonds for the purpose Of ex
tending time of payment of Indebtedness; pro
viding that examinations in orthography, read
ing, writing, arithmetic, geography, Englisl
grammar, United States history and physiolog!
shall be held at the discretion of the board o
county examiners, and shall be OF such o char
acter as shall permit the successful applicant
upon the payment Of tuition to enter any higl
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