Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-04-04
The LEGISLATURE.
Proceedings in Both Branches of the Ohis
General Assembly.

| Fixing she fees of county treasurers by givine
| them three-fourths of penalty on Delinquent
| taxes collected by them, and when collection IL
| made by other person under contract, one-fftf
| OF penalty; making maximum fee Of auditors
| for placing on duplicate property properly
| omitted ut per cent, and for Dow tax colec-
| tons 2 per cent; requiring all fines and fees
| collected by dairy and food commissioner to be
| paid into the general revenue fund, and that
| itemized accounts OF attorneys fees shall be
made in annual report to the governor; au-
| thorizing boards of education of Marlboro
| township, Stark county to pay Combs Bros.
$500; authorizing the public library board of
| Cleveland to issue S250000 In bonds to erect a
| public library building; providing that officers
or members Of militia on active duty. II loss OF
| life occurs shall not be indicted or tried by
civil process but by court-martial; providing
for appointment of chief signal oflcer with
rank OF first lieutenant for each regiment and
! for increase OF signal corps to four men to each
| battalion and of hospital corps to eight men
and acting hospital steward for each battplion.
HoUsE-The house passed the bill providing
for naval reserve of the national guard, also
| the bill providing for quarterly instead
OF annual payment of sheep claims; to prevent
the aduteration of vinegar; to prevent the
| feeding Of swine with the flesh of dead ami
mails; for the relief Of persons who had given
mortgages to the state for the loan of surplus
revenue; to extend the life of the canal COM
mission two years; to repeal the 80 per cent
co-insurance clause: to prevent the display OF
| foreign flags on public buildings.
COLUMBUS. March h2G.-SENATE-Billspa passed:
| Creating new sub-school district in Ottawa
| township, Putnam county; authorizing COM
missoners Of Preble county to issue bonds to
meet deficiency in county funds authorizing
| Akron to issue 100000 in bonds for public
library purposes; increasing levy for farmers
| institutes from two to three mills, dividing the
| fund between the state and county and in
| creasing maximum number of institutes which
| may be held in each county from three to four;
authorizing commissioners of Meigs county to
| issue bonds to pay floating Indebtedness: limit
| ing liability of hotel keeper for property in
| trusted to his care to $3.50 unless the guest
| obtains receipt showing value in excess of
| that amount; codifying and amending the laws
| relating to fish and game providing that ani-
davits alleging bias to disqualify judge must
be filed ten days before the date set for trial
, and hearing had before nearest Judge in the
district; placing commissioners of Muskingum
| county on salary of 1900 per annum; for the
relief Of Charles NJ Warwick, treasurer Valley
township. and sureties from liability for loss OF
| public funds in bank failure for the relief OF
| G. w. West and sureties on his official bond as
| treasurer OF Coal township Perry county; pro-
viding that parties holding lands in trust may
under order OF the court plat and lay OF same
| into lots
| HoUsE-The house devoted nearly the entire
day to discussion OF the general appropria-
tion bill which was finally passed. The amount
distributed is So. 2l6
| -
| passed: Giving courts discretion TO fix the
amount of security for costs in suits for dam
| ages personal injury through negligence;
providing for the election of q county solicitor
for Cuyahoga county; authorizing trustees OF
| Dover township. Cuyahoga county, to levy an
additional tax for library purposes; dividing
| Pleasant township, Putnam county, into two
| election precincts; providing for the destruc-
| tion of Russian thistles by township authori-
ties; authorizing Uroana to sell or lease nat
ural gas plants; placing commissioners OF Stark
| county on a salary of 81, 500 per annum.
HoUsE.-A bill was introduced providing for
the sale or lease by the board OF public works
of any canal lands not paying expenses.
The bill repeating the Cleveland city hall law
locating it on the public square. was passed.
About 200 measures were reported back TO the
| house by the committees Among those recon-
mended for passage are the bill providing that
where the same person is nominated by several
| parties the name cannot appear on the ballot
in more than one place; authorizing judges to
| prohibit divorced parties from marrying for
not more than two years.
COLUMBUS, March 30.-SENATE-Gov. Bush
nell sent to the senate the following appoint
ments which were confirmed by a unanimous
vote: A. V. Rice Putnam county, trustee
Soldiers and Sailors Orphans Home, to sue
ceed himself Thomas T. Dill Richland county,
trustee Soldiers and Sailors Home at San
dusky, to succeed Hiram D. Peck, resigned.
r. b. Brown MuSkngum county trustee Sol
| ulerS ana SullcrS home at SanuuSky, TO sue
ceed himself. George K. Nash, Franklin,
trustee of Ohio State hospital for epileptics
vice c. c. Waite, deceased.
Bills passed. Providing for the establish
ment OF a naval militia; authorizing SPRING
field cemetery trustees to issue s. OOJ in bonds
to buy cemetery lands: authorizing cemetery
trustees to hold 300 acres of land for cemetery
purposes amending the cumulative sentence
law for miSdemeanors to make il consti-
tutional and etective, and providing that the
maximum sentence upon fourth conviction
shall not exceed 10 months, instead OF three
years.
HoUSE-Bills introduced Amending exist
ing law that in villages of the first class side
walks may be improved by council and the cost
assessed upon abutting property; authorizing
council of Martins Ferry to erect and operate
electric light plant; allowing regular army SOL
dierS OF late war to enjoy benefits of the indi-
gent soldiers fund; reducing compensation of
election clerks and judges from - to 81; restor-
ing the issuing of marriage licenses to county
CLERKS; hiking a standard for dry measure bar
relS, each to contain 3lh gallons; authorizing
Cleveland to issue s500.0 .0c0 in bonds to deepen
and straighten Cuyahoga river.
COLUMBUS March h31.-SENATE-Bill passed:
Providing that trust funds arising from sale OF
real estate under orders OF the court may be
invested in bonds secured by first mortgage on
such real estate; providing that plaintiff in
error on appeal from Justices court, il judg-
ment of justice is reversed shall recover his
COStS Luuue III tnt JUSTICE y COURT prOVlulug 1Or
the issuing OF eight-year teachers certificates
renewable without re-examination.
HoUsE.-The house defeated bill by Mr.
Fosdick, proposing to amend the Rawlings law
with reference to the taxation of manufacture
ers 1t was claimed by Mr. Fosdick that the
manufacturer was subjected to double taxation
The general impression was that the proposed
amendment was class legislation and the bill
was defeated.
Bills passed: Re-enacting the old law provid-
ing for the performance of labor on streets and
public roads; establishing the New York stand
ard of milk in Ohio.
Bills introduced: Amending the statutes by
providing that no minor under II years of age
shall be employed in any workshop or factory;
authorizing building and loan associations to
create an undivided profit fund with the resi-
due of profits after passing per cent. of the
net profits to the fund for contingent losses and
declaring a semi-annual dividend of not less
than per cent; establishing board OF water
trustees for Columbus.