The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-03-29
GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
The Proceedings in the Seventy
fourth SessfOn OF the Ohio Leg.
tsiature at Columbps.

Columbus. o., March 2O-senate-Bllls
were passed as follows: Providing for
r,iair oil railroad bridges: fixing liability
of interpretations to it's debtors; provid-
| ing for the protection of dramatic au-
thors and composers; authorizing this
board of state charities to appoint agents
to seek out homes for children 6I,s1,oI main In
other similar institutions; to authorize
| probate judges to appoint receivers; regu-
lating fraternal insurance companies or
| ,anized under the laws of other states
and doing business In Ohio; amending
the jury law so juror can only be. ex-
each party to. suit to challenge four
| Jurors; amending the game laws to pro-
tect grouse meadow lark and blue bird
ing that property shall be appraised for
taxation at its true value in money; eX-
empting beaqests to public or 3oa ehartab,e PIE
inheritance tax law: providing that no
child under IA years of age shall be en-
oyed in mines 1urg cns the Ses.o a9cS ho
killed upon the premises OF anJ one ex-
cept the owner; providing. thai the state
board OF % eauaiiaa,,on snnls Sons etr,nt a. p:
providing for the collection by assessors
o. names of soldiers of the Mex .caa war
American war; providing for the commit
ment to the girls industrial home or gTls
under the age of 16 years who are i:adins
q vicious life.
Columbus, O., March 2L-Senate-A bill
was unanimously passed providing home
In the soldiers home at xenia Tor
able services to Ohio soldiers. Bills were
introduced providing for the abandonment
| of the Miami and Erie canal between
Ineapside basin and Liberty street In the
city Of Cincinnati, the city to purchase
| the property from the state and the pro-
ceeds to be used for improving other
else tax law now governing express, tel
egraph and telephone companies ana re-
quiring express companies to report the
amount of business done by them on
Waterways: 10 require the publication in
a newspaper of the municipality or coun-
tv interested of applications for remis-
property involved, the. amount of remis-
sion asked and other details
House-Bills were introduced providing
whose members are to receive IS per day;
giving the powers of a tax inquisitor to
every citizen. and doing away with the
form on others who have not paid their
taxes shall receive 15 per cent. of the
amount paid I'M providing that property,
be- be- % valued II for W sale under the hew ap-
praisement and not the old, in order that
sales may be made under reduced scale
Providing that no street railway fran
|-rhooid ,e valid until ratified by a vote Of
1me eleeeDss 10 Soses 81 fH pro
vidinc for the. abandonment of the Co
Iiumbus feeder of the Ohio canal; forbid
Ing Ing open pen Of saloons on Memorial day; the
Russell antitrust law.
| Columbus o., March 22.-Senate-Bills
were passed as follows, TO make "a debt; @
to pay an account for necessaries liable
to costs not to exceed ~ to authorize
mutual insurance companies a, tf,. 20 maimtaln m n
ellis to select repositories Tor village FUNDS;
to allow the prosecuting attorney In MUIR
cases eight
tachment suit shall be given notice Of
Of $50 for Elizabeth A. Lieb; to author
at per cent. and to make provisions for
notes issued In anticipation of the collec-
ton Of special taxes for street improve.
ments in cities of the second grade OF
the first class. Bills were introduced to
compel holders of lost certificates of stock
or corporations to indemnity the com
to provide for the organization Of town
ships into road improvement associations
House-Bills were passed as follows
the board Of trustees Of the Ohio uni.
yersity to refund $1,000 = Of certificatss O. o.
posing a fine Of $500 or three months i'm.
prisonment TOR any empi9ye H or or ofIlGer o.
Of private messages who shall wilfully
divulge the contents of private mes.
sage or shall forge name to the re-
ceipt for such message: providing thai
township roads may be ordered built BY
the county commissioners on petition of I
majority of the property owners. and one
half the cost may be placed upon the tai
duplicate of the township through which
the road runs. 'S
Columbus, o.. March 23-senate-Th,
senate was in session but few minutes
there being but ten senators present
! bill was introduced to provide fol
J Strengthening, widening and deepening
of the channels of the rivers Of Miam
county. Under its provisions the coun
" commissioners, upon petition of 1
freeholders. are required to employ
competent civil engineer or to direct tn
county surveyor to do the work.
House-The following bills were passed
Providing that tax not to exceed tw,
cents per inhabitant may be levied In AM
county for the support OF the agricui
turai fair society; providing that tn,
county treasurer OF Butler county shal
act As treasurer OF the city OF Hamilton
at saiary of u. 900 per annum, an in
crease of ssoo; authorizing the village o
Cedarville. Greene county. to isuue 81, ,OO
ponds 20, pay on the indebtedness causee
oy smallpox epidemic: inereasing TN
| pay of the onicers of thu fre denarfmen
0i Cieyelana; requiring the county com
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