The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1900-03-15
The Law.Makerr.

The Law-Makeru.
The bill for the reorganization of TIN.
government of Cincinnati, known as the
"COx ripper. was passed by the House i'll
an amended form Thursday by vote of so
20 ~. The bill now provides for the eiec-
lion by the voters in Cincinnati i'm April
of board of service, 10 consist of five
members, each to serve three years, and
the Mayor to fill the vacancies. The pro-
vision for the appointment of board by
The Governor to serve until the next regu-
lar election was overwhelmingly defeated
| Bills passed the Senate as follows: To
provide relief in $i24.95 with interest from
March %. 1892, for Jesse B. Rinehart.
| formerly Sheriff of Morrow County, who
was cheated out of his fees by death of a
murderer before lie came to trial: to pro-
vide for the construction of channel in
the bed of the Ottawa River, Allen COun-
ty, from the west corporation line of the
city of Lima to point 500 feet below the
confluence of the river with Little Hog
Creek; TO authorize trust companies TO Or
ganize with $4,000 capital stock in cities
| of the second class which had less than
$4,000 population in 1890; to provide COM
pensatiOn at the rate of s. per day, not TO
| exceed $50 per year, for wOrkhouse di-
rectOrs in cities of the first grade Of the
second class.
Immediately before adjournment Friday
| the Senate cOncurred in the amendment to
the Cox bill, providing for the election
Of new board of public service for Gin
einnati, and the ripper is now a law.
Every Democrat in his seat voted for the
amended bill and it was passed unani-
mOuSly.
Bills passed as follows: To authorize
the submission TO vote of the citizens of
GAINESVILLE the question Of the construction
OF filtration system at a cost of So, 500 in
connection with waterwOrks of the city;
to divide Pike Township, Stark County, so
as to create another election precinct.
A large number of bills were introduced
In the House.
The following bills passed the Senate
Monday: Reducing the minimum fine for
officers OF public instruction who shall
have financial interest in contracts let
by the institution or board with which
they are connected from $500 to $50: pro-
viding that the expenses of reOpeping
cases in which attorneys have been dis
barred shall be borne by the county, as the
expense of the disbarment now is: author
izing the levy of a tax to repair free turn
pixies i'll Ross County, detaching certain
territory in Richville Precinct. Perry
Township, Stark County; authorizing the
Trustees of GOrham Township, Fulton
County, to pay doctors bills in certain
pecified eases; dividing the Township
Of Mad River, Montgomery County, into
two election precincts.
Among large number of bills intro
duced in the House are the following of
general interest: Providing that trade
marks of timber dealers shall be registered
in office of Common Pleas Court; to au-
thOrize the Trustees of the Boys Indus
trial School to lease ,240 acres of land for
gas purposes; to authorize the Trustees of
Boys Industrial School to sell surplus
electric power; to authorize Dayton State
Hospital to sell lands for road purposes;
providing that fish of the following size
may be taken from Lake Erie: Pickerel,
IL inches; black bass. IL inches: gross
pike, is inches; white fish, 10 inches; her
ring, 10 inch: cat fish, Is inches: sturgeon,
81 feet.
The following bills were passed in the
House Tuesday: Providing for the ad
mission of children and orphans of soldiers
of The Spanish American War to the Ohio
Soldiers and Sailors Orphans Home; to
prevent the cutting of ice within the lin
its of any city or municipality without the
consent of the board of health, which is
given authority to forbid the sale of any
ice judged by boards as unfit for use;
Supplementing Section 27Sl so as to pro-
vide that when personal property is omit
ted from the tax duplicate through mis-
take it may be entered and tax paid on the
same for five years without added penalty;
providing that State documents to be
printed in the English and German Ian
guages may be let as one contract.
Mr.. Marchant's bill, which permits ath-
letic clubs which do not permit their club
houses open in the winter time to meet on
the third Monday of July to elect direct
Ors, passed the Senate.
A large number of bills were reported
by committees and recommended for pas
sage.
Senator Lawrence introduced bill in
the Senate Wednesday providing that in
cities of the second and third grade of the
second class u nOn-partisan fire depart
ment may be established, the names of the
members of the department to be deter
mined upon by lot between the two dOmi-
nant parties. The department may be de-
cided upon by popular vote after petition
If 2OO names has been flied with the city
council.
Senator DOdge's bill appropriating Sll.-
24O for the expenses of the Fourth and
Fifth Regiments, and unattached Compa-
MES c of GAINESVILLE, + Of Wilmington, l.
of Middleton, and Battery b of Cincinnati,
IN their trip to New York to assist in the,
Dewey celebration, passed the Senate
without demur.
Bills passed the House as follows: Au-
thOrizing the Board of Education Of Cir
cleville City School District to increase the
school tax levy in anticipation of the regu-
lar collection of taxes; authorizing city
school districts of the first class to issue
bonds for the erection of buildings OF pur-
chase of sites without special legislative
action when such propositions are sub
mitted to a vote of the people; authorizing
the State Board of Agriculture TO continue
the reports independently of the Federal
Sewing school Associa tion.
The wise action Of the managers OF
IN.