Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-02-12
THE LEGISLATURE.
Prooeedings of Both Branches of the Ohio
General Assembly.


bill to repeal the law which prevents voters
from securing the assistance OF election officers
In marking their ballots for the reason that
they cannot read or write, occupied the atten-
tion OF the senate for long time to-day but
was lost Bills introduced: Abolishing the
Cincinnati board OF supervisors; permitting
corporations desiring to issue preferred stock
to make portion of their original stock pre-
ferred; authorizing consolidation of gas and
electric companies; applying to the whole state
the special school law of Ashtabula, Lake and
Stark counties for hauling pupils to the GEN.
tral school in district; providing that vacan-
cies in the office OF prosecuting attorney be
filled by county commissioners instead of by
common pleas court; abolishing jury trials in
all OWL cases, II litIgants so desire.
HoUSE-Bills passed: To provide for the
election OF an additional judge of the court OF
common pleas in the Tenth judicial district;
providing for expenses of governors inaugura-
ton Among the bills introduced was one
making church property exceeding $1,000 in
value subject to taxation
Columbus Feb 2-SENATE-Bills passed:
Granting courts power to grant additional
compensation to appraisers where expert
knowledge is required; authorizing the elec-
tion of an additional common pleas judge in
the first sub division Of the Third judicial dis
trict. Bills introduced: Pensioning Charles
Alspach. private in Co. L, Home Guards
with 81, 500; to include certification Of street
crossings and intersections in maximum levy
TOT SUTeeJ improvements CTeuUlHR OulCb Ol
state inspector of oil gas and artesian wells;
providing for an official stenographer in Han
cock county; permitting attachments on nom
residents to satisfy judgments for malicious
osecutions, civil or criminal; providing for
an additional circuit court judge for Hamilton
county and an additional judge for the Ninth
eircuit.
HousE-Bills introduced: To provide for
the enforcement of collection OF delinquent
state taxes by collectors appointed by the gov
ernor and insurance commissioners; to empow-
or township officers to certify to work done in
townships and to authorize township treasur.
ors to pay for such work; to authorize village
or city Officers to compel street railways to put
conductors on their cars within the corpora
tion limits; to require coal weighers to make
oath that they will faithfully perform their
duties, and to give bond in $500; to compel
steam railroads to carry full crew of train
men on all freight trains-the bill provides
heavy fines and imprisonment as penalties.
Bills passed: Authorizing special tax for
free public library in Warren; making the pay
ment of tuition for graduates under the Box
well law mandatory upon township trustees,
not to exceed 81 per MONTH providing for the
erection and maintenance of q telephone or
telegraph line along the line Of surface rail-
roads; extending the operations Of the Evan
gelical Lutheran synod OF Ohio to other states:
to provide for the payment of one-half the
taxes received from foreign insurance COM
panies in Toledo to the police relief fund
| columbus, req. 6-SENATE-BlllS intro
duced: Appropriating sb0, 900 to encourage the
| production of beet sugar, by paying bounty
of one cent pound on all Sugar produced in
the state raising the age of consent to IS
| years. making labor, material and personal in
| iuries prior liens over mortgages; providing
| for board OF waterworkS commissioners for
Cincinnati providing for a . per cent direct
| inheritance tax on estates worth 5000 and over;
| revising and codifying the poor laws; giving
| the state live stock commission quarantine
| powers providing for from one to five years
| imprisonment in penitentiary for inducing boys
| under IS years to enter disreputable houses;
| providing for the submission to the people at
| the November election Of a proposition to
| amend the constitution so as to permit woman
| suffrage; providing that will contests shall be
brought within two years from the time the
| will Is admitted to probate, but minors, per-
sons OF unsound mind, or those who are i'm
| prisoned may begin action within two years
after such disability is removed
The bill appropriating 81, $50 to pay expenses
| of Gov. Bushnelrs Inauguration passed both
| branches of the legislature
HoUsE-Bills passed: Making a failure tc
protect machinery in shops prima facie evi-
dence Of negligence on the part of employers In
damage cases for injuries incurred; for the re-
lief OF the sureties OF Jacob N. Yoder, Henry
Staley, Richard Phillips aad Scott White, al
of Columbiana county, providing that town.
ship assessors shall in the future make return
OF agricultural statistics GO the secretary o.
the state bonrd OF agriculture Representative
Parker introduced bill requiring all person,
applying for licenses to marry to pass medi
cal examination. Persons having dipsomania
any form OF insanity, hereditary tuberculosis!
or consumption or syphilis, are barred from
marriage by the bill. An examining board o
three physicians in each county will be created
| by the bill II it becomes u law.
| resolution was adopted calling for the ap
| poin:ment of a committee OF five to investigate
the penitentiary, with especial reference t.
the present system of working prisoners b.
contract.
Columbus, Feb. 7-SENATE Bills intro
duceG: Authorizing city councils to prohlbi
by ordinance the blowing of steam whistle
within the city limits; placing the work nov
done by the state live stock commission in tn
hands of the state board of agriculture; allow
ing the use of convicts now confined in tn
state prison and the Mansfield reformatory, Il
the making OF public roads; making it oblga
tory upon prosecuting attorneys to proceed t
the collection of monies improperly spent b.
county commissioners; giving to wards In cite
the lower to adopt local option. on the sam
, plan now possessed by the townships
Senator Shaffer introduced q bill to provld
for free school books and school supplies.
| creates commission of education, four mem
bers to be appointed by the governor, and tn
fifth to be the state school commissioner. Th
four appointive members to get annui
salaries of $500 each. and the state SchoC
| commissioner such additional compensate
, | as will make his total salary $4,000 This CON
mission is to select standard series of schot
books. and to determine what supplies an
| books are needed, and to advertise for bids fo
the same and award the contract. The bi
authorizing Springfield to issue waterworl
bonds passed the senate.
HoUsE-The most important bill introduce
Y was that OF creating a salary commission
I | seven members in each county to fix the sa
aries to be paid the county officers This con
{ | m Ia hA nDnOnted nv the
: and to submit the result of their labors to I'll
= vote of the people. II the verdict is satsfat
y tory, the commission is discharged from fu
ther duty. Other bills introduced: Authors
s ing justices of the peace to require depos
S from plaintiff for costs and to require paymel
OF costs before transcript is given; permittir
use of fyke and set nets without rings or leat
In all rivers and streams In Ohio; providing Il
S filing OF chattel mortgage in township whe
l. property is located