The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1898-02-17
OHIO LEGISLATURE.


troduced by senator Williams OF stark a |
township local option is now law, and county
local option is proposed by house bill to be
introduced by Mr.. Smith of Delaware Sena
tor Schafer introduced bill to
establish state commission of
education, consisting of the state school COM
missioner and four appointees of the governor,
two democrats and two republicans The COM
mission is to devise a uniform system of school
books, publish them and sell to boards of edu-
cation, which are required to use no other.
Senator Dodge, of Cleveland introduced his
expected bill to abolish convict labor and TO
employ convicts in preparing material for pub
lie highways.
HOUSE-The bill to tax bicycles n q year is
dead The hc use committee on taxation Mon
day afternoon reported it back with recon-
mendation for indefinite postponement. and
the house agreeing the bill was as effectually
disposed of as il it had been voted upon for
final passage and detksted. Representative
Smalley. of Wyandot. ~ taken a hand in the
regulation of fees ado, laries. bill intro
duced by him provido- that che governor shall
appoint in every county in the state a County
Officers Salaries Commission" of seven
members. without regard to politics. This
commission shall fix the compensation of all
the county officers. as well as of their clerks
and deputies, and the report II the commits
sion shall have the force of law when it has
been approved by popular vote. Representa-
tive Kinney, whose fish law bill was showed
under with amendments. the other day. Mon
day afternoon introduced bill to permit the
use of fyke nets. without rings or leads, in all
streams of the state and in the Mercer county
reservoir.
passed Tuesday: To quiet the title Of real eS-
tate conveyed by trustees of religious societies
when the grantees have held the properly for
five years; to provide for the improvement of
roads without macadamiZ!ng; providing that
justice of the peace can grant a new
a iirt Nyn
by fraud partality or undue means; to permit
trustee appointed by will to act without
bond when the testator so desires; to rebuild
the rear central building of the State Hospital
for the Insane at Athens; requiring that when
nominations are made by petition the nominal
ton papers shat. coHtain provision that each
signer pledges himself to vote for the candi-
dates whose nominations he requests
HOUSEHOLDS introduced Increasing the
number of county supervisors from two to FIVE
at the option OF the county trustees: exempt
ing vinegar of domestic manufacture from
the test prescribed by the pure
food commission; authorizing the trans
fer OF funds in Carryal town
ship: increasing the dog tax from 81 and S2 to
80 and 81. and providing for fine of S2o for hav-
ing an unlicensed dog: repeating the now cele-
brated Corrupt practices act introduced by
Senator Garfield. and passed two years ago
1t is the law which requires candidates to
make sworn statements of all their campaign
expenses.
COLUMBUS, O., Feb. 1O-SENATE-Senator
Flnck's joint resolution on woman'S suffrage
was Il special order Oh the calender Wednes-
day. Several women were present to helr the
expected discussion of the resolution. Senator
Finck however, had the resolution postponed
until February 23 To give women interested in
the passage of the resolution hearing. Sena-
tor Nicholas introduced n bill giving sheriff's
| authority to remove prisoners to any county
in the state. and not necessarily the contiguous
county when the Jail is threat
encd by mob If the sheriff
| fails to act promptly the prosecuting attorney
can file precipe. and have warrant issued,
| ordering the Sheritf to deliver the prisoner to
| the sheriff of some designated county Sena-
| tor AleXanders bill. providing an elaborate
| scheme for the colonization by the state of
| idiots, WAS discussed briefly. Its passage
recommended by the senate committee
| schools for imbecle youth, but the question
debated was not the adviSabilty and even
necessity Of doing something to prevent mar
rages between idiots and their inevitable de-
| terioration after leaving the idiot asylum.
| HoUsE-Women may act as notaries public
in Ohio. II the senate concurS in q bill passed
| in the house Wednesday morning RepreSen-
| tative Mckinnon introduced from the house
| finance committee the partial appropriation
| bill preliminary to the regular appropriation
| bill. The amount appropriated is 1887 So which
is about $40 900 less than the corresponding bill
two years ago Mr. Leeper introduced the
| third bill this session to abolish capital pun
| ishment. His bill differs from the predecessors
| in fixing the minimum punishment for second
| degree murder at ten years. The biggest local
| bond bill since the passage of the Cincinnati
watee works hill went through the house We'd
| neSday morning. Representative Bowman was
| the author. 1t permits Cleveland to spend
| 1900, 900 for a new high school.
COLUMBUS. O.. Feb. Il.-SENATE-The only
| senate bill on the calendar was Senator LutZ's
chapel, in Union township, Ross county, to
| transfer to the trustees of the township GER
| tain gruvcyards 1t became Il law. passing
| without debate or opposition uill by M.
| McGlinchey. of Tuscarawas. for the relief OF D.
| V. Heck treasurer of Clay township. passed.
| HoUSE-There was surprise which amounted
| to astonishmeut when the house. by 81 yeas to
| 46 nays. Thursday afternoon refused to concur
| in the senate amendment which eliminated the
| next spring election feature from the Swain
| bill Bills introduced: Subjectng family
claims OF old soldiers to the statute of limila-
| tion; permitting one railroad to construct u
switch under the right of way of another; re-
quring that one-third or more of persons in
| tercsted shall petition for the construction
OF a township ditch; providing for the
| selection OF uniform system of school
text books A pecal commission is created to
make examination of books: limiting the fees
| OF attorneys appointed by courts in criminal
| cases to $50 per day. or 800 in any one case,
providing vehicle tax for the city of Dayton
| running from ~ per year for "A push cart to $40
| per year for a coach: authorizing the Dayton
| waterworkS trustees to use surplus receipts in
| paying of bonds requiring that superintendent
i OF public institutions shall hold the bodies OF
| paupers 80 hours before delivering to medical
| colleges
! COLUMBUS, Feb l2.-SENATE-The senate
was in session Friday morning only from 10 to
| 1890 when adjournment was voted until Mon
| day. Just as the senate adjourned the SER
| geaut-at-armS OF the house appeared at the
| door with message from the house that that
body had refused TO concur in the senate
amendment the Swain bill He was toe
| late. The message will be handed down
Monday Senate bills introduced Friday
were as follows: Providing II the state
shall ever abandon the Ohio canal. Akron is to
have an option a strip for park purposes
requiring chattel mortgages to be filed with
the county recorder, instead of the township
trustees, and removing the limit of one year or
chattel mortgages. making them good unit