Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-03-21
THE LEGISLATURE.
Proceedings In Both Branches of the Ohio
General AasembIv


| counties to unite in organizing agricultural
society; for the relief OF the sureties OF g. w.
Brown, late treasurer Of Springfield township,
Musltingum county Bills introduced: To
uohne the legal residence OF inmates OF the
| inflrmary of Wayne county; authorizing Can
| ton, Stark county board of education to issue
40, 900 In bonds to build school houses author
izing Mt Vernon to transfer funds; giving
| assiRnees and trustees wider order of the
| court power to sub-dvids land into lots and
make plats, surveys, etc; providing that money
realized from sale OF real estate held In trust
may, under order Of the court, be invested In
| bonds secured by mortgage on the real estate.
The house was not In session.
| COLUMBUS, March 12-SENATE-Mucho of tho
time OF the senate was devoted to Consire ration
| OF the bill providing for an appropriation of
$4,000 to reimburse Col. Colt. The measure
was defeated In its entirety.
Bills introduced: Authorizing Holgate Henry
county. to levy IN additional tax for school
purposes; providing that persons over 10 years
| of age convicted Of crime the penalty for which
| Is not to exceed one year in the penitentiary,
! may be sentenced to the workhouse instead of
the penitentiary; amending the hotel keepers
| law so MS to make 1t apply even when there has
been an agreement for delay, IL the delay
| ceed ten days.
HoUsE-The following bills were passed: To
| repeal an act authorizing Mahoning and Sum-
| init counties to provide repositories for public
money; to prohibit the killing OF song birds;
TO authorize county officials to transfer funds;
| authorizing the city of Cleveland to issue bonds
to build bridge; providing for the additional
| construction of trunk sewers in Cincinnati; to
| permit the sale OF cemetery property in Spring.
| Held; extending to Franklin county the law au-
thorizing probate courts to appoint trust COM
panies as executors, administrators, assignees,
guardians, receivers or trustees authorizing
boards of examiners to issue teachers certifi-
Gates for eight years to applicants who have
previously held fve-year certificates; requir-
ing that banks not at county seats and deposit
tories OF county funds, shall bear the expense
and risk OF the transfer Of such county funds.
| COLUMBUS March chl3.-SENATE-Bills passed:
Authorizing county commissioners to light
| covered bridges; requiring chattel mortgage
loan brokers to pay license fee of $3.50 per an
| mum; amending turnpike road laws applying to
Crawford county; amending general turnpike
| laws SO as to give commissioners power to de-
termne compensation and damages; authoriz-
| ing Cleveland to issue 800 600 in bonds to erect
a bridge over river and railroad tracks on Will
lett street; authorizing construction of turn
pike roads in Knox township, Jefferson county.
| Bills introduced: Increasing salary of SUI
preme court judges from "a 000 to 5000 per an
mum; to protect officers and employees of the
state from political assessments; providing for
| the substitution of electrocution for hanging in
| capital cases; eliminating Pickaway from the
| list OF counties in which probate judges have
concurrent jurisdiction with the common pleas
in misdemeanor cases; to prohibit charging Of
| excessive fees by county officers.
The vote by which the Colt expense bill was
defeated was reconsidered to-day and the bill
set down for consideration March 1s
| HOUSEHOLDS passed: Providing that in in
,orporated villages having less than 500 voters
situated in two counties, elections shall be held
under one set OF judges; providing against the
sale of cigarettes to minors under 10 years OF
age; amending the statutes by adding the COM
missioner OF railroads to the state board OF
| equaliZation; authorizing board of education
of Marlboro township Stark county, to reim-
burse Combs Bros; to divide jackson town
ship Wood county, into two election precincts.
COLUMBUS March rchl6-SENATE-Blls passed:
Providing that the president Of boards Of trus-
toes Of hnmlets give bond in tle sum of $500;
providing that appointment to fill vacancies
in municipal councils or boards Of aldermen
shall not be for term extending beyond the
succeeding annual election, when person shall
be elected to fill the unexpired term providing
the incorporation OF terminal facilities COM
panies; authorizing trustees of Ohio State uni
versity to issue $500, 600 in bonds for building
purposes in anticipation Of annual levy;
thorizng Milford village school board to issue
bonds to pay Indebtedness; to prevent the
adoption by corporations OF names similar to
those in use by other corporations in Ohio.
HoUsE-Bills introduced: Providing for the
immediate indeXing of deeds and mortgages
as soon as received; providing that the widow
of any person may collect debts up to $500 with
out intervention OF probate conrt to regulate
the practice OF dentistry; authorizing board OF
education OF Newcomerstown to issue $4,000
| DOnQS LOT new SCHOOL mousse: TO allow service on
ia! jurors by mail; authorizing Springfield to issue
, $40 900 bonds for bridge purposes; authorizing
Springfield to issue $50, 900 bonds for street i'm
= provement; making a penalty for throwing
n glass. tadSs ETC., on roadway so as to puncture-
bicycle tires. Fine provided of from IS to S50
authorizing the fish and game commission to
map out the fishing grounds in Lake Erie into
iots and rent the same to the highest bidder not
exceeding ten years
COLUMBUS, March reh17-SENATE-Bills passed.
l IprDl, klA.aT. rf.tNfp
than one ticket on the Australian ballot; cor
| recting errors in the two-mile turnpike law;
authorizing Circieville to issue bonds to repair
school houses; permitting the burning Of fam
beaux natural gas torches to light streets OF
hamlets
Bills introduced: Providing for the parole
OF life convicts after serving 20 years, upon
recommendation OF the board OF pardons and
! board OF managers: providing that all fees col
lected by dairy and food commissioner shall
be paid into state treasury, that expenditures
of that department shall be confined to specific
appropriations and all attorneys fees shall be
reported in ttemized detail; authorizing coun-
Gil of Akron to make grant to gas company to
maintain q bridge over Spring street; re-enact-
ing law making provisions for struck juries;
providing that in suits against nonresident
employing corporations for damages for death
or injury, courts may fix the bond for costs at
their discretion; providing for local option
prohibition elections in municipal corporations
on petition of one-fourth OF the electors; to
protect domestic purity by furnishing any per-
son knowingly having Illicit relations with wife
or husband of another by fine OF from $500 to
5000, imprisonment in the penibentiary
from 10 to 90 years.
Atant resolution was adopted providing for
submission to the electors In 1897 OF q PROPOSE
tion for the holding OF constitutions conven-
ton in 1898,
/ The house bill providing that no. township
treasurer shall hold office more than two con-
secutive terms was killed In the seaate
HousE-The most Important legislation of
, the day was the passage Of the GsOdnle excise
, TAX bill The measure provides, for levy OF
ane-half OF per cent. OF the gross receipts of
all electric light gas natural gasy pipe line and
street railway companies. Ifthe senate acts
: 1avorably upon the bill II revelins will be de-
rived amounting to about $4,000 annually,
Other bills passed were: Authorizing Akron
to issue Sl25, 900 in bonds for public library pur-
; poses; providingtfor distribution OF Volume II
: OF the Roster OF Ohio Soldiers; enabling Tippe-