The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1898-02-10
OHIO LEGISLATURE.


COLUMBUS O.. Feb. 1-SENATE-The senate
passed SCaator Cromley's bill, providing fer
| the redemption of bonds due for the state fair
grounds. There is appropriated from the sink
| ing fund $1,000 for princpil ana f9OU Tor IN
terest on first mortgage bonds payable July
| |. ls9S and $4,000 principal and 1900 interest
| for first mortgage bonds payable July |, lsg9
| senator Finck introduced bill to place
assignees and hduciary trustees on the
| same footing as executors so far as the giving
| of security is concerned. The bill gives as
signees and trustees the right to take cases up
| on appeal or by error without giving additional
| bond. Senator kennon. OF Guernsey. thinks
election expenses are too high. He intro
| duced bill to reduce the fees of judges and
| clerks from So to So day. and the fee for re-
| ceiving and delivering poll books from s2 to 81.
HoUSE-Protection of game in a somewhat
| novel way is proposed bv bill introduced by
Representative Bell, of Madison. The meas
| ure gives to land owners property title in all
game and native song birds and insect
eating birds. and in all fish in waters held
| by title from the general government.
| No person may hunt or fish without first
| obtaining permission of the land owner,
who may designate which part OF the land is to
! be hunted upon and what kind OF game may be
| killed Under bill introduced by Representa-
| tive Joyce or Guernsey, the governor and the
| superintendent of insurance are authorized TO
| appoint one or more persons to collect taxes
due to the state from foreigl insurance COM
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| or where there has been omission to place the
| property on the duplicate.
| COLUMBUS. O., Feb. 2.-SENATE-The Riley
bill to permit lliterate voters to have the help
| of election judges in marking their ballots,
| failed uf passage in the senate by vote OF l8
| to is senator Wolcott's bill extending the
| jurisdiction of the circuit courts was passed in
| the senate BY the bill an appeal may be taken
| from an order or decision of common pleas
| Judge made while in chambers as well US when
on the bench. The bills chief application is to
| rccevcrship. making it possible to appeal
| an appointment of IA receiver. The senate ju-
| dietary committee will give u public hear
| ing Mr.. Sullivans bill abolShng cap
| ital punishment, on February 10. The same
| committee Will give Il hearing on senator VOL
| colts bill aboliShtng the fellow servant sec
| ,ion OF the EMPLOYERS liability act on Feb
| ruary l6 rhc latter bill has aroused wide
| spread opposition among employers and cor
| poratous.
| HouSE-The house defeated Repre- sentative
| Niles bill transferring from the city council to
| the common pleas court power of appointing
| trustees OF the Toledo Manual Training school.
! Conflicting petitions respecting the HaZett
| bill to repeal the wOman'S suffrage law were
| presented to the house Tuesday afternoon.
| One from Madison county protested against the
| repeal. and one irOm Rchland county favored.
| a bill introduced by Representative Bart
| low provides that in all counties having city
| of more than 5000 outside the county seat the
| county commissioners report shall be printed
| in such cities, well in the county seat
| papers rs mt present.
| COLUMBUS. o.. Feb. 3-SENATE-Senator
| Doty intro ,uccd a bill of great interest to the
| people in the oil districts of the state. The
| governor is to appoint an inspector of OIL gas
| and artcsian wells, whose duty will be
! to superintcnd and direct the abandon
| ment, plugging and withdrawing the cas-
| ing from all gas, oil or any wells in
| which any ol-bearing rock has been penetrate
| ed. The inspectors will examine wells not in
| active operation and take steps to determine
| whether the casing in such wells Is sound. The
| measure is intended to prevent the wilful waste
| of gas and oil. joint resolution from the sem
| ate providing for adjournment Thursday until
| Monday in order to accept the invitation to
| visit Toledo was passed. under q suspension of
| the rules.
| HoUsE-Blls Introduced: Providing that
| dependent families of prisoners in work.
| houses sentenced under village ordi-
| nances shall receive the proceeds
| of the prisoners labor. less the cost OF his
maintenance; requiring able bodied persons to
| support INDECENT parents under penalty OF i'm
prisonment for from three months to a year.
Such prisoners to be released on giving
| bond to support parent or parents; amending
| the law relating to the cruelty to animals
| so that any one who works or
| abandons an intirm animal shall be punished
| under the statute of misdemeanorS; to provide
| against uSurous contracts and limiting the
| rate Of interest on all loans to one per cent.
month providing that in addition to fines all
| fees and costs collected by the state food and
| dairy commissioner shall be credited to the
| general revenue fund of the state; providing
| that prisoners in county jails may on request
| be transferred to a workhouse where he may
| earn money for those dependent upon him.
| COLUMBUS, O., Feb. 4.-SENATE-Senator
| Decker introduced direct inheritance tax
| bill. He says he has eliminated the feature
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| court was made setting the old law aside.
| This feature was the graduated scale Of tax
| rates. Senator Decker s bill makes ita straight
| tax of two per cent. on all estates passing by
| direct inheritance the value of which
| are 500 over. Mr.. Decker feels confident
| the bill will stand the constitutional test The
| senate passed Representative Guymans bill
! approprating Sl0S0 for the expenses of the
| governors inauguration. Senator Riley intro
| duced two bills One places the age Ct consent
| at is. Two years ago the age of consent in
| Ohio was raised from IA to 49,
HoUsE-Mr kempels bill amending the
| statutes to permit the authorities of cities Of
| the fourth grade and class to eXpend money
| for sweeping streets was passed. Four bills by
Mr.. Ashford for the relief of sureties of Colum-
| biana county who had money on deposit
| in defunct bank passed Mr.. Smiths
| bill requiring county auditors to fur
| nish agricultural statistics to the state
| board of agriculture for publication in the
| August stock and crop bulletin. Bills intro
duced: Providing that the county solicitor,
| instead OF the prosecuting attorney, shall pass
| upon county expenditures; authorizing county
| commissioners to insure buildings fair
grounds; petitions and memorials were received
| asking the passage of the county local option
| law, the rigid enforcement of the pure food
| law, the repeal of the Workman school law.
| Auten Released on Parole.
COLUMBUS, O., Feb. 5.--James w. Au.