Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-02-08
TIE AEaIsLAruRE.
Proceedings in Both Branches Of the Ohio
General Assembly.

missioners and board OF public works Of the
state to lease portion OF an embankment OF
tho Miami and Erie canal ut Troy to the Troy
wagon works for 10 years; providing for the
election of executive committees FOR school i'm
stitutes; appropriating money for the support
OF common schools; partial report OF finance
committee OF appropriations for the last shree
quarters of the fiscal year ending November l5,
1896, and the first quarter ending February 10,
1917 giving probate courts power to hear ap-
pheations for change OF names and grant same;
giving mothers power to select guardian eor
children in case OF death or prolonged absence
of father; requiring contractors to give bond
for work and materials used in constructing
bitches.
HousE-The following bills were passed:
Creating Minerva village school district; giving
county commissioners of PicSaway county a.
salary OF $500 per annum; authorizing commits
sioners of Muskingum county to rent ROOM
In the Memorial building at GAINESVILLE for use
Of Muskingum County Pioneer and Historical
society; extending time OF paying county ybonds
from to 20 years; giving boards of education
power to issue bonds to pay maturing indebted
ness; making appropriations for the Ohio State
university; making an appropriation TO pay the
principal and interest on the public debt, and
interest on the irreducible debt and expenses of
the sinking fund commisSon giving common
pleas judges of Montgomery county power to
fix the compensation of the law librarian of the
| county. The Kimmel medical bill, providing q
| state board OF medical examiners and shutting
| ouJ Jne SO-Calleu SpeClallStS, caused muCn de-
bate and was finally passed by vote of "a to ].
| COLUMBUS, Jan. 30.-SENATE-The following
bills passed. Giving assistant prosecuting at
| torneys privilege to conduct examinations be-
| fore grand juries; giving county and city OFF,
Gals power to transfer funds in any amount
less than 81 900; to provide against the evils re-
sulting from the trafic in cigarettes and cigar
| ette wrappers.
| HousE-The house defeated two measures,
one providing that city solicitors shall be regu-
| larly admitted attorneys and another prohibit
| ng the marriage of divorced persons until one
| year after the granting Of the decree Consid-
cradle time was spent discussing Speaker
| Sleeper's measure providing for the levying of
| tax Of .03 mill for the support of the Ohio and
| Miami universities, 1t finally passed. The
| following bills were passed: To regulate the
| practice of medicine I'm the state by providing q
state board of medical examiners; placing
Springfield under the corner lot assessment
law now applying to Cincinnati and Toledo.
COLUMBUS, Jan. 3l.-SENATE-.Bi intro
duced: Amending the Revised Statutes so as
to increase the Dow tax from $3.50 to $3.50; pro-
| hibiting members of the general assembly be-
ing appointed trustees OF any benevolent or
| penal institutions; providing against the sales
of unwholesome food. Bills passed. Extend-.
ing the time for the organization of boards of
county commissioners; abolishing days of
| grace on notes, checks and bills of exchange.
| Adjourned until February 3.
HoUsE-The following bills were introduced:
| IaXlnE Cnattel loan companies S2oU, bne same
as pawnbrokerS, and requiring them to keepan
open record; reducing contingent fund of Gin
cinnati from 500 900 to 1000; amending the
law pertaining to teachers qualifications by
compelling them to be competent to teach civil
government; to relieve Joseph Il. Garvin,. OF
Mahoning. who lost his sight in the national
guard service, by paying him S., ,00o puttingthe
county commissioners OF Miami county on O.
salary OF III 900 per annum; to make IL diScre-
tionary with the court whether the jury make
Rnf ,TNff u, tnnC tod
to it; to create an additional judge in the Sec
ond subdivision of the Ninth judicial district;
, authorizing the judge of the court of common
pleas to appoint a bipartisan board Of revision
for Tiffln and FoStoria, the said board to have
supreme power to investigate all official acts OF
the government of said cities; providing that
, county commissioners shall meet annually and
determine the amount to be raised for county
expenses; to refund the cigarette tax of
800 o year which was paid under the law
/ which was afterward declared unconstitutional;
changing the time OF pauper residence from one
year to 80 days; reducing the minimum of age
from eight to seven years for pupils at the deaf
2 and dumb institution, and permitting the re-
ception of deaf persons in that institution; to
appropriate 81 900 for the Ohio State reforma-
tory authorizing county commissioners to con-
tract for office supplies; to prevent catching
/, fish by any other method than with hook and
line in any waters of the state except Lake
Erie. Bill passed: To impose direct Inherit
I ance tax of per cent Adjourned until Feb 3.
l.. COLUMBUS Feb. 3-SENATE-Bills passed:
, To provide against the evils resulting from the
| traffic in cigarettes, cigarette wrappers, and
packages containing the adding the
3 Forty-frst and Forty-second wards in the city
| of Cleveland to the Twentieth congressional
=, district; providing for the redemption of Slo,-
900 bonds Of and payment OF 81 $50 interest on
= | the mortgage debt on Ohio state tair grounds;
4 | providing for the exercise of office by notary
a publics providing against bringing of damage
. | suits against railroads when cause for action
a occurred outside of the state; appropriatinG
q S4l9.1s to pay expenses OF governors inaugural
L HoUsE-Bills were introduced: Providing
a that when judge in the Second judicial dis
=. trict goes from one county into another to hold
court the commissioners Of the county to which
=, he goes shall pay his travelling expenseS to re
peal the act creating uniform system OF keep
- ing time throughout the state; to increase tern
% % OF the clerk of school council of Cleveland from
a one to two years; to increase fee for marringt
II licenses from rs cents to $2; to give th'
If court discretion as to fixing the tint
N after which divorced parties may marry
to permit commissioners Of Preble county Il
"a print county reports in circulars instead Of
~ newspapers; providing that school director
, shall be paid II. so for each of the regular an
nual meetings; creating board OF three com
~ missioners appointed by the governor for pro
I. motion OF uniformity OF laws. House joint re
~ solution by Mr.. Wiley-Directing the taxatlo
- committee to investigate the value of thu LAX
l., | Erie fish catch within the boundaries OF Obi
n and report the tax. II any paid on same.
,r COLUMBUS, Feb. 4-SENATE-The senate df
voted nearly its entire time TO discussion OF Ser
ator Garhelds bill to correct corrupt practice
In elections. The following bill was introduced
Giving boards OF education power to refun
bonds
HoUsE-A few local bills were passed Tn
committee on temperance reported back th
ii Harris local option bill without recommends
r. tion and the measure will come up to-day fo
n it's Anal reading The following bills HeI
~ passed. Providing for the manner of payfn
is for the Improvement OF county roads; to Great
is a special school district in Grefnsburg towI
IA Ship Putnam county
ii Creditors Stuck for S1bO,0oO,
1T CHICAGO, Feb 5.-A capias was Issue
ce yesterday by Judge Clifford for the al
Of rest of Albert E. Silverthorne, a lun