The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-02-03
The Law--I Takers.

The House, Thursday, passed the bill
providing that coal must b: weighed be-
fore il If screened.
Much of the session OF the House was
devote to dScu 'sion Of the Roberts bill,
requiring stationary engineers TO b. ex-
amined and licensed Alter prolonged
wrangle and some parliamentary rnran-
clement the bill was pos tpOnesi until next
Thursday, and made a special order for
IL O'Clock.
Two bills indOrsed by the State Fed
Grafton OF Labor and introduced by Rep
resentatve DAVIS OF Cuyahoga, were
lssed. The first requires that each floor
Ui public buildings shall be provided
with means of egresS in case Of fire.
The other bill requ Tres all persons or
corporations employing female labor TO
furnish one suitable seat for each won IN,
the seat to be permanent fixture and 10
be so arranged as not to interfere with
the employees work. The bill also con-
talns provision r, quirlng sufficient toilet
conveniences 10 be provided.
The Senate passed Mr.. SullIvan's bill
requiring baggage masters to check BIZ
cycle lanterns and tool boxes as we'll as
the wheels themselves.
Senator Sullivan introduced two bills
on the single sui ject of libel. The bills
were recommended by the Associated
| Ohio Dailies, and change the present law
so that there is no presumption of malice
and criminal intent against the publisher
| of libel.
| bill was introduced in the House
| Friday, which undertakes to define trusts,
| provide for their suppression, offer rene
| dies for persons injured by trusts and
provide punishment for those who may
violate the act.
| Among other bills introduced were the
following: Providing that agricultural
statistics taken by the assessors lie re-
turned TO the Secretary of The State Board
Of Agriculture; providing thnt b te'' An
| nOtated Ono ) atuteS be III Ids The dtI-
ihOriz d edition; making appropriations
for Ohio, Miami and WiIberforce Univ r
| sites as follows: Ohio I'm -rsity, at
Athens, sS3 900; Miami, at OxiOrd. 81
000; Wilbrrlorce. at WIibe-forca, s19.DD;
apprOpriating Si8,. 1000 for ths Ohn UNI
versIty, at COlu NJ Us, for the ensuing lis
cal year; and s1S5.00 for the next year.
No business at all was done IN ths S.'n-
ate. The ten minutes during which. the
members were in their seats were taken
up with brief address by Lieut. Gov.
Harris of Nebraska, who had been invited
| by Lieut.. Gov. Jones.
Protee ion of game in somewhat nov
ell way Is proposed by bill Introdue
IN the House, Monday, by REPRESENTATIVE
Bell of Madison. The measure gives 10
land owners property titI' in all gam,
and native song birds and III -ectailng
birds, and in all fish in waters hel,i BY t.
tie from the general Government. No
person may hunt or fish without first OBJ
tainng PERMISSION OF The land owner, who
may designate which part oil the land is
10 be hunted upon and what kind of
game may be killed. Tie hunter must
return to the land owner before leaving
the premises and show that tile game lie
killed or The fish he caught dos not ex-
G., d the limit imposet when perm ssion
was given. Violations of the law are 10
lie punished by forfeiture Of the hunters
gun, at the option of The lanl own.r, OF
by $40 fine, or 10th, at the discretion Uf
the court.
Among the new bills introduced were
the following: Il Quiring township Ofli-
GERS TO GRITTY TO all public work; requlr-
ing persons employed TO weigh coal IN
mines to make oaih and give bond IN $500
for the faithful perform Ince OF Ite.r du.
'Ies. len 10 sixty days Imprisonment
and s5) to $500 fine my lie the enaity
for violation of the act; compelling The
superintendent Of anv improved road TO
cut thIStIes along the leng II of III. roid.
In tie Senate The SWAIN bill, to esiab-
Iish Board of Municipal Affairs in CIn-
CinnatI, was. on mo, ION OF Mr.. Cohen, re-
f.rred To the Committee ON Municipal Al
fairs No. l.
The Senate passed Mr.. BoIin's House
bill provId.n .ng that when there IS chang, ,
of venue from one county 10 ano her Tile
jury fees and other expenses shall lie paid
by III. county in which the indictment
was found.
The Senate passed Sanator Cromley's
bill approprIating s2l ,e0) 10 dschlrg. the
mortgage debt ON h. STA e Far Greun Is.
sIr. Parker, of Cuyahuga County,
dropped bill into the IIous. hopper.
Tueday, which Will probably attract as
much or more attention III any measure
which has thus far made its appearance.
His bill, in effect, is repeal Of the tax
law exeml NJ churches and the p operty
of incorporated G.. A. X. posts or Union
Veterans Union posts from tax 'tion.
After proIonset debate the House
passed the bill providing for an idIiion |
Judge of the Court OF Ommon Peas in
tie Tenth Jud cial District, composed of
Hancock, Hardin, Seneca and Wood
| Counties.
| The following bills were introduced in
the Senate: To allow original stock TO
be made preferred: 10 Ierm.t German
town, Mont.ome County, to IS ue s2JJ. {.
900 in bonds to luili waterwOrkS; tn pro-
vide that a vac Incy IN The Offie o, Prose-
cutting Attorney shall be filed by ap-
pOIntment by Couily COmmISs oaer>.
By the provisions OF bill by Mr.. G,y-
man, which pass ID the House, WrdneS-
day, the charter of tie Ev ,ncelic'i LI -
theran Synod is extend so thai III sect
can pre- ,cn its GOSPEL IN any par, Of tIe
| country.
Two bills on the calendar were purely
of a local nature. One OF them authorized
a special tax levy for road improv. menis
in Fulton County, and lie 9th author
lied the sale of IA portion of the Land
owned by the Washington County Ayr
culture Association.
Mr. SulIivan's senate bill pruvid ng for
tax levy of not less th,n thre II hs
nor more th five-tenths of mil 10! the
support of a ublic library at W arren was
| passed withOu OpPOS ltIUn.
In the Senaie the following bills were
Introduced: To enlarge rUwer, II The
state Bo lrd OF Health. AMI To establish Il
Ial 'aioTy Tor the analysis Oi water 10
ding that IN Con esls of wills people
who are nonresidentS must file tx s-pilOns
within two years after he Will Is nc
bated; applying he law pertain ng to
steam railrUa s to y eet cor AMI eiectrIC
! lines III The III lite. vi SuIts for DAMAGES.
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