The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-04-16
OHIO LEGISLATURE.


the excise measure Of Senator Falcon 1t as
sesses state excise tax Of half Q cent on
every gallon Of beer brewed in Ohio Senator
Whittlsssy introduced . bill which 10 an at
tempt to evade the supreme court de-
sision forbidding counties to erect or
maintain armorfes for the national
luard Senator Hutsinpiller introduced bill
escribing that trustees of benevolent insti-
tn lions can decide to condemn property only
ON two-thirds vote, and property is to be
con temned under the statutes controlling mu-
niciI el corporations In condemnation proceed
ingA
HotsE-An important general bill by Mr.
Mayer bears the title. IAN act to promote dill
teence q loading unloading and switching
freight Jars in the state of Ohio" 1t re-
quires all railroads, at all stations where
freight Is received and delivered in car loads,
TO extend to all shippers and receivers
equal prompt and reasonable service.
bill by Mr.. Aldrich seeks o appropriate
from the general revenue fund $l.500 to allow
the managers Of the pententiary to have the
streets, alleys or passageways inside the walls
OF the institution paved, the labor to be fur
nished from the idle house, and superintended
by competent engineer from the outside.
COLUMBUS, April s-SENATE-Btlls passed;
Putting the commissioners Of Coshocton coun-
ty on salary Of $500 per year; appropriating
$500 to procure nets to enclose the battle-f1ags
In the relic room; amending section 6895 as
that military officers, who in supressing riots
kill Dy-standers. used improper means before
they can be convicted. Declaring void pref
erence to any creditor or any transfer or
attachment of property within thirty
days OF general assignment. Bills introduced:
Giving boards of health authority to deter
mine what shall be a nuisance and
to abate the same making eight hours
hours days work for laborers and mechanics
upon public building and public improve
hn 1Nry nv1fY xyotA
Cured in the house amendment to the Fleisch-
mann resolution, and the date of the Seventy
second general assembly has been fixed to an
absolute certainty for Monday April "a.
HousE-Blls passed: Providing for the dis
tribution Of the reports Of the Chickamauga
commission; prescribing the mode of proceed
ure In building, enlarging, repairing or fur
nishing any building belonging to the Ohio
state reformatory where more than one thou
sand dollars Is to be expended: requiring
railroad companies to maintain waiting rooms
at points where two roads cross each other
The house Tuesday evening put it's veto on
Mr.. Harts bill permitting inter-urban electric
roads to condemn rights Of way through cities
and villages. The house held night session
and passed % local bills
COLUMBUS, O., April 9-SENATE-The anti
lynching bill of Mr.. Smith, the colored repre-
sentative from Cleveland, became law We'd
nesday by passage in the senate. The Welday
ments and after two-hours' discussion, Sem
| atOr Fleischmann Wednesday introduced tn g
bill recommended by the Cincinnati dele
| CATION some time ago, to give the Humane
| society control Of the dog tax. An important
| election bill was made q law by passage in the
senate. 1t was that Of Representative Hard,
| forbidding election judges to mark tickets for
| voters unless they are SO physically disabled as
| to make it apparent that they are unable to
| mark their own tickets 1t forbids judge as
l-t-s z1-s.-o
| to read or write
| HoUsE-The house adopted the senate joint
resolution by Mr.. Vogt providing for the ap-
pointmenu by the governor Of a commission to
| act with similar commission from Michigan
| to determine the boundary line between the
| two states The house by q vote Of So yeas to z
| nays refused to amend the Dow law in accord
ance with the provisions of Mr. Southard's
| bill, so as to give municipalities the right to
| say whether liquor shall be sold within the
limits OF such city or village. The house enact
| ed into q law Mr.. Herron's bill to so amend
section 5916 as to permit a testator to hand
| write or typewrite his will Senate bill by Mr..
Clark, to give persons convicted in courts in.
| ferior to the circuit court the right Of appeal,
| was passed in the house. 1t supplements Sec
| tion 1905 Mr.. Hess introduced bill to apply
the Australian system to the election of road
| supervisors, in view of the re-enactment of
the two days labor law.
| COLUMBUS, April lU-SENATE-BillS III intro
duced: To appoint district inspectors Of gun
| powder manufacture, who are to receive a
salary Of $500 year, in addition to the sal
ary Of s1,0O0 of shop Inspectors providing
| that the least amount the county commission
ers shall fix for the feeding OF pris-
oners by the sheriff shall be so cents.
Senator Suliivsn's bill providing for the
appointment Of a commission to act with COM
missions of other states to secure uniformity
| OF legislation regarding marriage. divorce, de-
scent Of property and mercantile transactions
| which had previously been defeated, was re-
| considered and passed The senate concurred
in the house amendments to the Pluemer bill,
increasing the school levy in Cincinnati one
tenth OF a mill
HoUsK-After July !, 1896, persons con-
demned to death in this state will be executed
by electrocution. instead Of hanging. Senator
Jones' bill providing for this method of in
fiicting the death penalty became Law
Thursday by passage through the house.
After brief debate the house
dopted Senator Laning's JOINT reso'
luton providing for the holding of a
constitutional convention in the year 1893
The bill pending for the licensing of plumbers
also passed. bill of considerable import
ance, which becume law by passage through
the house Thursday. was that of Senator
Brown 1t provides for the interchange Of
the products Of the different state institu-
tions
! COLUMBUS, u, April lL-SENATE-SonatOl
Fleischmann's bill to build a governor man
sion passed Friday by vote of 2s to 4 Sena.
tor Heron had adopted a resolution to LEND
the capitol collection Of portraits of govern
ors to the loan exhibition to be held in Cincin.
natl May to May 80 What is practically
poll tax of o. so upon many citizens Of city OF
town who are 81 years old and not more thar
81 years old, was made q law by the passage
OF Representative McLaughlin's bill, com
pelling such citizens to perform two day!
labor year on streets and alleys, or pay a2 So
Bills passed: Allowing delinquent taxpayer
costs and attorneys fees il they make ou
their case in court; creating new battalion Of
fcers, quartermaster with rank of captain
hospital stewart and battalion signal corps o
a carporal and four privates.
HoUsI-Eighty-three bills were reported b!
house committees Friday. Many of them wer'
Of local nature and passed under suspension
of the rules, while those Of a general nature
will take their regular course Mr.. Howard
bill providing for the appointment by tn
auditor OF state OF three travelling
auditors to inspect the books and accounts
OF all state and county officers q
least twice a year, and as much oftener a
they deem necessary, was one of the bill
recommended. These inspectors are to receive