The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1900-04-26
The Law-Nakers.

The following bills became laws, having
passed both houses Friday: Including
soldiers of the Spanish War in the statutes
which gives eX-soldiers preference for pub
lie employment: providing for the pre-
servatiOn of the records of the Supreme
Court; authorizing the Governor to ap-
point the AndersOnville Commission; re-
ducing to $50 the minimum penalty for
township or municipal officers having in
tereSt in the profits Of any contract let by
them: providing for the trial before cOun-
ty probate courts of alleged neglect or re-
fusal to pay the Dow tax; holding county
from which case is taken responsible for
cost Of change Of venue; providing that
trial judges shall correct bills Of exception
when requested; providing a method OF
improving county roads; preventing double
taxation of stock in foreign corporations
held by Ohio residents; authorizing the
appointment of State commissioner of
soldiers claims; proving for the appoint
ment OF deputy State game and fish ward
ends; fOrbidding the storing of nitrygly-
cerine within sixty rods Of building:
permitting officers who serve the public
without compensation to sell goods to the
State or municipalities on competitive
bids
The following bills passed both houses
Saturday and became laws: Permitting
the State School Commissioner to investi-
the accounts of school treasurers, when he
has reason TO think such investigation
ought to be made: providing that after the
first Offense persons Overcharged by rail-
road companies must file written notice O
such overcharge before bringing suit; al
lowing wife to adopt cf 1ren of her hus-
band by former marriage; to authorize
insurance companies TO contract with
agents without interference from unions;
to provide for the Capitalization Of town
ship schools, subject to the vote of the peo-
pie interested; to require administrators
and exectOrs to file accounts of all claims
against estates under their charge with the
probate court; submitting to vote Of inter
ested electors proposed increase in road
tax levy: providing that no territory shall
be taken from school districts except upon
majority vote Of interested electors:
amending the law of garniShee to require
the debtor TO pay not to exceed costs in ad-
Ntiou ~ AV HCA CCut. VI CdIuiukS.
izing the consolidation Of electric light
plants; permitting stockholders Of clubs
organized for pleasure to elect directors at
will; apprOpriating $3.50 for the expenses
Of the Fifth Regiment, o. N. g., on its
trip to New York on the occasion of the
Dewey celebration; providing for teaching
music to township school pupils; extend
ing the operation of the existing laws gov
erning homestead and dover exemptions
to all assignment cases: requiring employ
ers to grant employees two hours on cleo
tiOn day in which to vote; limiting to
eight hours the wOrk-day of men employed
On public works: requiring sportsmen to
secure written permit from the owner be-
fore entering grounds to shoot.
The Ohio Legislative session of 1900 is
history. The session closed at noon Mon
day. The following bills, having passed
both houses, became laws: To provide
for the publication of 10000 copies of Tay-
lOr' Old Statesmen and One Hundred Year
Book; to provide standard weight for
maple syrup and to provide against the
adulteration of maple sugar and maple
syrup; to authorize any company incorpo-
rated or hereafter to be Incorporated as a
savings and loan aeOciatiOn with paid up
capital stock of not less than $4,000 to
engage in business as safe deposit and
trust company; to authorize boards of
health to regulate the sale Of ice; to pro-
vide for the placing of lOw-water alarms
upon steam boilers and to provide penal
ty for failure to comply with the law: to
place unineorporated banks doing busi-
ness under the Ohio laws upon the same
basis as other banks for purposes Of taxa
ton.
With the adjournment Of the Legislature
the Centennial project finally and definite
iy died. A last effort was made to resur-
rect il, but to no avail.