The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-02-16
The LEGISLATURE.
Proceedings of Both Branches of the Gen.
eral Assembly.


eral Assembly.
Columbus, Feb g. SENATE-Bills passed:
Confirming transfers Of church property, and
giving church societies the right to transfer
property or give mortgages in fee simple with
out sanction Of q court; giving Justices courts
final jurisdiction, except In cases where fraud
or undue influence is alleged; granting probate
courts discretionary powers in requiring bonds
OF executors; redistricting the state for hos
pital purposes, and providing for opening the
Massillon state hospital nppropriating $4,000
for the restoration and repair Of portion Of
the Athens state hcspital providing that no
person may sign the petition OF more than one
political party for place upon the Australian
ballot The bill is now q law. The bill pro-
viding for the transfer of portion OF the
Western Reserve state road to the village Of
Clyde was passed and became law.
HousE-The bill providing for the payment
to the police fund of Toledo OF one-half the
taxes received from foreign insurance COM
panes, passed the house and became law.
Representative Piper's two bills-one prohib-
iting the contribution Of money by corpora
tions to any political party to influence cleo
tions, and the other regulating the sale OF fire
goods" and bankrupt merchandise" failed TO
pass Bills passed: Authorizing the issue Of
Sl5, 900 in bonds by the city of Gallon to build
a new school house; providing that boards
Of equalization shall give ten days notice to
property holder before increasing the ap-
praisement Of his property; imposing fine
for the adulteration Of fertilizers, and provid-
ing that such fines may be recovered by civil
suit and paid to the secretary of the state
board of agriculture; forbidding the sale Of
fertilizers without a printed analysis. The
joint resolution calling upon the general assem-
bly, to memorialiZe congress to grant an equal
pension to all honorably discharged soldiers OF
the late war, failed to get the necessary vote in
the house and was lost
Columbus, Feb. o. SENATE - Mr.. Finck's
joint resolution was debated, but was postponed
until February 90, to give the women interested
chance to be heard. The resolution proposes
an amendment to the constitution giving
women the absolute right Of suffrage. Bills in
troduced: Allowing sheriffs to remove prison.
ers in danger OF lynching to any jail in the
| state; requiring the auditor OF state to eX-
| anime by his deputies all private banks and
| trust institutions at their expense-such insti-
| tutons as are not in firm condition or are
| illegally doing business to be reported to the
attorney general, who will bring suit in custer.
HoUsE-Bills passed: Allowing women to
become notaries public; allowing jurymen In
cases for violation of the pure food laws fees
for service authorizing the issue of S30O,0O in
bonds for new school building for Cleveland;
| limiting the compensation OF officials in Holmes
| county: imposing penalties for abuse OF old.
manned or sick animals; allowing the state
| food and dairy commissioner to cover fees and
| costs received in prosecuting cases into the
| state treasury. The vote by which the bill au-
thorizing the board Of education of Gallon to
| issue bonds was reconsidered and the bill was
defeated
Columbus, Feb. 10-SENATE-Bills passed:
Repeating the Dana election law; authorizing
the commissioners of Van Vert county to issue
| certain bonds; authorizing the state board oi
charities TO investigate all penal and benevo-
lent institutions in the state and collect statis'
tcs-also increasing salary Of clerk simplify
ing the method Of taking an appeal from
justice courts; relieving trustees OF fiduciary
institutions, receivers and assignees from the
necessity of giving an additional bond in carry
ing case TO higher court
HoUsE-The time of the house was taken W
by hearing of the Swayne ripper for Cincin-
natl, which had been sent back by the senate
for concurrence. Bills passed: Authorizing
| the trustees Of Dover township, Cuyahog;
county to make an additional levy for the sup
port of public library; relieving the suretie'
of D. V. Heck treasurer Of Clay township, Tus
carawas county, of q loss Of $4,000 caused b,
failure OF bank; holding failure on the par
of proprietor Of workshop TO provide safe
guards for machinery, q prima facie evidence
Of contributory negligence in damage suits TO
personal injury
The house refused to concur in the action O
the senate in defeating the Bramley amend
ment to the ripper for Cincinnati. AS conse
quence, the bill is in the air, and a conferenc
committee will likely be chosen to handle tn
affair
| Columbus, Feb. II. 1.-SENATE-Bills intro
duced: Providing that lessons OF building
used for gambling purposes shall have tel
days notice in which to bring action agains
the tenant in cases where suit is brought t
recover money lost in gambling: providing tha
when the state shall abandon the-Ohio cana
that the part Of the same between Lock q an
Long Lake feeder shall be appraised and tn
city of Akron given preference for its purchas
at the appraised value; abolishing the one-yea
limitation in chatte mortgages and providin
that mortgages shall be filed with county re
corder instead Of with township clerk; provid
ing repositories for state funds-banks mus
pay not less than per cent interest; to per
nit game birds and animals to be kept as pets
providing that the common pleas court l
Cleveland must sit at least go days each yea
Adjourned until February a.
HoUsE-Mr. Cromleys senate bill apprc
rriating $4,000 for the redemption of bond
and payment OF interest on the mortgage del
=, Of the state fair grounds passed the house an
became q law Bills passed. Making 1t mar
dalory upon township trustees to examir
= every ditch in their townships at least once
l | Two years, and have them cleaned out, II nece!
| sary. Adjourned until February IA.