The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-04-02
OHIO LEGISLATURE.


Senator Sullivnn, which will place the hiring
Of attorneys by the state department. shiees
under proper control II provides thae when .
department ofhcial wants to engage On attor.
ney 10 defend the department. the written con-
sent Of the governor, state auditor and att0f-
ney general must be obtained, q contract must
be made for all fees over 500. and the three
offleers above named must indorse the con.
tracts. such contracts are not subject 70 ~
vision or confirmation by the legislature. Sem
publication Of city ordinances in two papers Of
opposite politics.
HousH-Bills introduced: To provide that
the terms Of prosecuting attorneys should be-
gin on the third Monday In September: 70 gu
thorize city or village councils TO pass ordan-
aneee regulating the use Of bicycles, tricycles,
etc.. on the streets and highways and In tho
parks; to apply oil taxes. not to exceed N,b0o,
to the repair Of roads In the several coun.
ties; to repeal Section lo7lA and supple
mont Section 407l by providing that the
secretary Of the state board Of examiners
and the commissioner Of public schools shall
prepare series Of questions to be used for
the examination Of teachers
COLUMBUS, March IS s-SHNATk-By unaui-
|mous vote the senate Tuesday decided to aboi-
isA hanging and to adopt in It's place electro
cution as the method Of administering the
death penalty. Senator Pluemer's bill to le-
galise the undivided profit fund Of building IS
9OCl8t1Ou8
dends, without reference to earnings Of any
particular year. was indefinitely postponed sn
Senator Pluemers motion By the passage
Of Representative Rusler's bill by the senate,
the statutes now declare that wild lettuce IL Q
noxious weed, which must be extirpated by
farmers II they won't. the township trustees
must, ana tho farmers must pay the bill
Housp-1he F'osdick bill, prohibiting wom
en- from wearing high hats in theaters, was
lost at the morning session Of the house by .
vote OF 20 10 Is. At the afternoon session Mr..
Fosdick secured reconsideration, and the
bill passed by vote of SO to s2, a proposed
amendment by Mr.. Bloch to prohibit per.
sons from leaving their seats during perform
ance, being voted down. The bill as amended
BY Mr.. Bosier makes it q misdemeanor punish
able by o fine Of from $2 to $40 for q proprietor
Of . hall or theater to permit any person 70
wear hat or bonnet during performance
COLUMBUS. O.. March 26-SENATE-Bills
passed: Amending Section 1904 by allowing
county treasurers three-fourths Of the FIVE Dor
cent penalty for collecting delinquent taxes;
hxing the compensation Of the county auditor
for collecting the Dow tax at two per cent;
requiring that all fines and costs collected by
the dairy and food department shall be paid
into the state treasury and that definite sp-
propriation shall be made for the expenses
Of the department. prohibiting the sale Of bev-
erages and sideshows within quarter of
mile Of soldiers reunions and farmers plo-
MES; providing that 500 or 1000 mileage books
purchased from one railroad shall be good
upon any railroad in Ohio providing for court
martial trials instead Of civil trials OF officers
In caees whore persons are killed in riots
HoUs1-Bills passed: Re-creattng the conn
mission to establish the boundaries and limos
Of the canals Of the state; authorizing the
commissioners of Harrison county to issue
$1,000 in bonds to build shertffs residence
and Jail; making II unlawful to display for
municipal building. became law We'd
nesday evening by passage through the
house; to prevent the spread Of contagious
diseases among fruit trees; providing for the
sholdtng OF examinations under the Boxwell
law u any plaase the board Of county school
examiners may designste,wa was made half laW
by passage through the house
COLUMBUS, O, March 27-SDNATD-Besides
the usual grist OF local bills Thursday the sem
ate passed bill by Senator Heron, providing
that in cases where judges are interested or
have Q bias, ton days notice Of desired change
must be given; 10 Limit responsibility Of hotel
keepers for valuables to $50; providing close
session for game from September to Decem-
ber 10. first three days Of the week to be close
days. and close hours from p m to Q q m:
to prohibit the killing Of game for export ME-
Pluemer's bill make Saturday afternoon half
holiday in cities Of fifty thousand inhabitants
and upward, was defeated ct the morning ses-
sion Of the senate, but was reconsidered and
postponed to Wednesday, after the noon re-
cess. Senator Johnson's bill, to abandon the
canals, was introduced BY its provisions the
state engineer is to empty the reservoirs at
once The canal commissioners and board of
public works jointly are to appraise the land.
which Is to be sold at auction at not less than
vo-thirds the appraised price and In 30 acre
OTIS
HoUsE-The general appropriation bill
passed the house substantially as introduced
nv l.. - a 49,,
upon the southern divisions Of the Ohio. Hook
ing and Walhonding canals and $4,000 will be
buried In the mud Of the northern divisions OF
the Ohio and Wslhonding bitches. The vote
to retain the canal apr opriation was bare
majority After the bill passed Mr.. Aldrioh
ment OF committee to investigate
the physical condition Of the ca
! mails, as he understood that bill
would be introduced at on early day to sell
them. After o short discussion and Q little
opposition this resolution was adopted re-
port will be made by April 10 It is now be-
| lieved that the assembly will adjourn sine die
April % The house refused to postpone the
| appropriation bill Thursday morning, and
! evinced . lsudable desire to dispose OF this
! sll-inportant measure The senate adopted 9
resolution to adjourn April 20, and the resolu-
tion is iu the hands Of the house committee
COLUMBUS. O, March h2a-SENArE-Bilis in.
troduoed: Providing that whenever medica
| expert testimony ID wanted by either party Il
! q suit, or criminal action. the court shall sum-
mon such expert or experts; 10 prevent thu
! publication OF q certain class Of indecent pa.
pers which indulge In scurrilous personalities
and also to prohibit the sale in Ohio Of any
States mails: 10 make more stringen
the anti-lottery and anti-policy laws
possession Of slips or tickets with intent t,
sell is included In the law and made q misde