The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-02-02
THE ELEolsLAruRE.
Proceedings of Both branches of the Ohio
General ARsembIY.


to-day. Senator Valentine is chairman, and
the other members are Cohen, Shepherd, Sulli-
van and Wightman, Bills introduced: To do
away with the poison label on proprietary
medicines: repeating the resident trustee BILL,
which forbids the resident Of county being
made the trustee Of any institution located in
his county; giving the state railway commits
sion power to require that all electric wires be
properly insulated; doing away with cognovit
notes; appropriating $4,000 for principal and
1900 for interest on an appropriation to be
used for state centennial, to be held at the
state fair grounds in Columbus; creating
state highway commission and providing for
the Improvement Of county roads. partly at
state expense.
HoUsE-The bill to abolish the waterworks
| commission OF Cincinnati was passed Bills
introduced: To pension ]. T. Guthrie, OF Lees
burg, at s6 per month, for helping resist Nor
gan's raid to make the bakery inspection law
general TO give mining and Quarrying compa-
MES the right to appropriate private property
| for railroad purposes.
Columbus, Jan. 26-SENATE-B lis intro
| duced: Providing for the collection OF vital
statistics redistricting the congressional dis
| tricts OF the state No important change Is
made in any one district. but the effect will be
| to give the democrats several more congress-
men than they have at present; providing that
six feet on each side of every public highway
shall be dedicated to sidewalk purposes, and
| kept up for that purpose.
A joint resolution was adopted calling for
| the adjournment Of the legislature on April 4.
| This means that the biennial session plan will
/ not be disturbed II the house concurS A reso-
luton was passed urging congress to appro-
pirate $4,000 for national park at Vicksburg,
and to restore the earthworks as they were at
| the end Of the SIEGE
| HoUsE-BillS introduced: To reorganize the
| city government Of Hamilton by placing all
| legislative and executive powers in the hands
of board of control Of five members, to be
paid 81 900 per annum; authorizing Gallon to
issue 900 in bonds to build new school
/ house: to permit state board of health 10 meet
whenever expedient; placing municipal light
| ing plants in the hands of an elected board OF
| trustees instead OF city councils; authorizing
| the school board of Cleveland to issue $OJ,OOO
| in bonds for erection of new school buildings;
making general the law requiring street rail-
| ways to pave the streets occupied by their
tracks; authorizing the construction OF public
/ vaults in township or municipal cemeteries;
| providing penalty for adulteration OF fertil.
| iZers and authorizing the state board OF agri'
culture to bring civil suits in Franklin county
against parties selling fertilizers under stand
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township from refunding overdrawn salaries;
amending the bakery inspection law and pro-
viding for three additional inspectors; amend
| ing the bastardy law so that case must be
| entirely settled before putative father OF tho
child is released from custody: placing th\
| officers Of Holmes county on salary; TO giv'
| owners of mineral lands right Of eminent do
| main; providing that in joint ditch cases th>
probate court shall decide upon the expend
| iture, instead OF tho commissioners; making
| valid in both counties In which school dis
| trct Is located. n teachers certificate granted
IN either; making judgments OF circuit courts
| valid in any county Of the state in which q GER
titled copy OF Judgment is recorded; substitute
for bill extending time for compliance with
automatic coupler law-the amendment re
quires railroads to report progress every sil
months: making legal rate Of interest pc.
cent. and all over per cent usury: outlawing
| mortgages at end Of IL years after debt secured
by mortgage falls due; abollshing spring elec-
tions and extending the time of present officials
until fall; providing penalty for unauthorized
use of trade union or labor label
Columbus, Jan. 21-SENATE-The Torrens
land law was repealed to-day Bills introduced
Amending the libel laws so that presumption
Of guilt does not lie with the libeler: to prevent
government by Injunction; providing that OF
reinstatement Of q disbarred attorney he mus
pay costs Of disbarment proceedings; allowing
courts discretion when wills provide for execu
tors without bond; changing beginning o
terms Of infrmlry directors from Septembe
to January and placing directors on salary in
stead of per diem pay; providing that member
OF the general assembly shall in the future b.
paid 500 instead OF IL ,2u0-a fine OF S. per da!
for absence without leave is imposed extend
ing the jurisdiction OF the state board Of chari
ties to cover approval OF plans for warehouses;
city prisons, all state institutions, etc.; redis
tricting the state for asylum purposes; to es
, tablish university and college council to pas
on charters for new colleges
HoUsE-Bllls passed: Providing that femal
employees shall be provided with seats an
j toilet facilities; providing for the weighing o
coal before screening; authorizing the boar
Of education OF Archbold, Fulton county, I
levy tax to pay Indebtedness and pay eX
penses OF continuing the schools: p: :oviding TO
c the transfer OF the custody and control OF
: part Of the Western Reserve and Maume
state road in trust TO the village Of Clyde
q Columbus. Jan. 2S.- SENATE-Purely routin
matters we're disposed in the short session to
day, OF no interest to anyone. Lieut. Coy
c Harris, OF Nebraska. addressed both branche
), | during the session. Adjourned until January 8
n HoUsE-Bills introduced: Making appropri
ations for Ohio university, Miami universit
and Wilberforce for 1898 and 1899; maxim
j. Bates statutes authority in courts Of recor
and by legislature; defining trusts and fxin
v penalties therefor; making it q misdemeanc
!. to tack signs on telephone poles; making 1t
misdemeanor to fail to cut weeds and givin
u adjoining property owners right to bring actio
o for damages from such failure to tax frar
/. chises, patent rights and other property value!
/ ri,;x
s municipal corporations to tax telephone con
e panies for use of streets; making 1t misd,
3 meanor to place garbage in public highway
(. providing for local option n liquor traffic;
protect the song birds Of the state. Ad;onrnt
~ | until January Al