Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-05-25
NEW OHIO LAWS.
A List of The More Important Hills O
General Interest That Passed the
Legislnture. ------

A List of The More Important Hills OF
General Interest That Passed the
Legislature.
To prevent corrupt practices at cleo
'tions by requiring candidates and com
mittees to make sworn statements of
amounts expended.
To prevent election judges marking
tickets un.ess voter is physically dis
abled.
Raising the age OF consent from "A
to 16 years.
Allowing councils to grant street
railroad franchises for fifty years in
stead of 20.
Providing for enlarging and improv-
ing the State House.
Providing for commission to inves-
tigate the canal system and report as
to whether,any. or all Of 1T dsheuld be
abandoned and sold aspon-supporting.
Providing that the sdeatnd penalty
shall be Indicted by eleetrocutionIa &c
$%.sAnti-theasfeth hat law--sN-'sy 1ot 7o'
Increasing the liquor tax from $3.50
to $3.50. -
Giving probate courts authority to
change names of persons.
Abolishing three days of grace, to go
in effect Sept /.
Providing that wills may be type
written.
Establishing legal half holidays on
Saturdays in cities over SO, 600.
To prevent the adulteration of vim.
egar.
To reimburse Colonel Colt and his
attorneys for expenses growing out Of
the Washington c. II. riots. a
To prevent insurance companies from
requiring the insured to carry any part
of the risk.
Requiring the labelling of filed
cheese.
Providing that candidates name;
shall appear but once upon ballot. :.
To prevent feeding of dead animals
to swine.
Joint resolution. that the people
shall vote in November, 1897, on the
question of holding constitutional
convention in 1898.
Extending for five years the law re-
quiring publishers to sell school books
to Ohio boards of education at rs per
cent of the regular wholesale price.
To pay sheep claims quarterly.
That sheriffs shall receive at least
As cents per day for the care of prison
ers. n
Levying tax of one per cent. upon
the gross receipts of freight line and
equipment companies. ~
Requiring railroads to carry bicycles
as baggage.
To regulate the practice of medicine.
To provide for the sanitary inspec-
tion of bakeries.
Prohibiting public games within one
mile of speakers stand during exer-
cises on Decoration Day. =
Making it misdemeanor to throw
into street or road sharp substances
that may injure pneumatic tires. u
Providing that the nations flag shall
be displayed over school buildings 4
Authorizing county school examin-
els to issue eight-year teachers certifi-
Gates.
To prevent the spread of the yellow,
black knot and San Jose scale.
To prevent the display of foreign
flags over public buildings unless upon
the occasion of the visit of a dstin-
guished foreigner.
To tax greenbacks the same as other
personal property.
Requiring county commissioners to
make semi-annual inspections of hos.
pitals and reformatory institutions. !
To punish the keepers of hard cider
Joints" in local option districts.
To reduce the standard of milk. s
To restore the two days road labor
law.
That clocks over public buildings
must be regulated by standard time.
Regulating fraternal beneficial asso,
Citations. -
To prevent the adulteration of linz
seed oil. .
HOKE SMITH.