The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-01-26
MANY BILLS
INTRODUCED.
Mr.. Snyder Gets In His Measure
Concerning NOtaries Public.
SLAP AT THE OIL INSPECTORS
If Kurtz Gets his Job Back It Has Been
Fixed That It VIII Not Make Much
Money what the Legisla-
ture Is Doing,

duced in the house by Mr.. Bell, of Lick
ing, requiring a delay of five years after
commitment to an asylum before in
sanity can be urged as a ground for di-
vorce; by Mr.. Adkins applying pres
ent provisions for carrying up on errors
justice of courts cases to police and
mayors courts; by Mr.. Ankeny of
Greene, abolishing exceptions in the law
requiring trustees, assignees and re-
ceivers to list property for taxation; by
Mr. Love of Erie, placing Erie county
officials on salaries ranging from 81 800
to 81 800.
Representative Ross of Putnam bob
bed up as the leader Of the expected at
tack on the perquisites of the two state
oil inspectors. Mr.. Ross bill introduced
today abolishes the present practices of
the inspectors pocketing all the fees
collected, places the chief inspectors on
salaries of $4,000 and provides for one
deputy for each chief at salaries of
$1,000. All fees in excess of amounts
necessary to pay these amounts go into
the state treasury The novel part of
the bill is the disposition of these eX-
cess fees. They go to the credit of the
governors mansion fund.
1t is estimated that the oil inspection
fees thus accruing to the state will
amount to about $500 year So these
fees alone would build a home for the
governor in two years.
The contest of the interurban electric
railway to secure access to the cities
and towns started today with the intro
duction in the house by Mr.. Eli Tuller,
of Columbus, of two bills. These bills
authorize joint use by interurban and
city lines of the present city tracks and
in Columbus and Cincinnati the laying
of third rail on the streets.
1t is provided that interurban roads
through APPLICATION to the probate court
may secure joint use of five miles or less
of existing tracks in the city providing
the appropriating company has that
much outside mileage. The appropriat-
ing company company may also Sc
cure in the same way the use Of un-
coupled right of way controlled by city
lines The provision for third rail is
necesitated by the difference in gauges.
The standard interurban gauge is a
feetS.5 inches. The Columbus gauge is
feet incehs and in Cincinnati it is 5
feet 2.5 inches. Originally the Colum-
bus gauge was so fixed to permit wag-
ons to drive on the street car tracks,
and presumably this was the reason for
fixing the Cincinnati gauge.
The interurban roads have tried in
vain to secure a change of gauge in
Cincinnati and Columbus, and COM
plain that the city lines are relying on
this difference in width of track to keep
out the cross country lines.
The Tuller bills provide for sharing
cost of maintenance, damages to abut-
ters and costs of construction and right
of way with the city lines.
Several school bills were introduced in
the house Two similar ones by Mr..
Tilden of Cleveland and Mr.. Brown of
Mercer require pupils to attend the
high school in their own township, if
there is one, If not the board of educa-
tion in the township in which the pupil
lives must pay the tuition. A bill by
Dr. Hendley of Cincinnati authorizes
city boards of health to disinfect school
rooms when five infectious cases occur
within thirty days
Legal procedure and court powers are
sought to be effected by several new
house bills. Judge Thomas of Huron, in
one bill, would authorize the appointment
of guardians for all mental detectives,
including degenerates and seniles. In
another the sale of real estate by exec
utors while partition suits are pending
is authorized. Mr.. Haner of Madison
introduced a bill to assess on the de-
feated party to a suit the costs of tran
scripts of testimony. Mr.. Snyder of
Stark, seeks to permit attorenys, if they
are notaries. to administer oaths to
their clients when making affidavits, a
practice the circuit courts have stop
ped. A bill by Mr.. Wells, of Wayne
empowers any taxpayer to bring suit
when money is illegally drawn or with
held from the county treasury, or illegal
contracts are made by county officers.
The first anti-scrip bill was introduc-
ed today by Representative Evan Davis
of Cuyahoga. 1t frobids the use of scrip
or checks in paying wages. Nothing
but United States money is usable for
wage payment.
Secretary of State Kinney's paper bill
was introduced in the house by Mr.
Merton of Franklin. 1t enables the
state printing commission to go into the
open market and purchase paper. The
bill abolishes the present system of an
nual contracts for paper which, by
reason Of combination among paper
firms, has proved unsatisfactory.
A counter attack on the Ohio canal
and Miami and Erie associations was
made in the house today by Represen-
tative Merton of Franklin county in a
resolution providing for the discontinu-
ance and abandonment of the entire ca
nal system of the state.
The canal association have introduce
ed resolutions requesting that appropri-
ations be made by the legislature for
the maintenance of the canal system
Merion's resolution today was drastic
ally drawn. 1t asserts that the canal
systems have outlived their usefulness
and can no longer be of service in the
development of the commercial interests
of the state, and that they are a menace
to the public health and heavy drain
age on the public revenues.