The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1900-03-01

The Law-Makers.
After debate which lasted all day
Thursday. in which argument. elOquence
and personalities figured in equal measure
The Cincinnati ripper bill, providing fol
the adjustment of the present board Ol
city affairs in the city of Cincinnati and
the appointment by the Governor of new
board of public service, was passed by the
Senate by a vote of Is to l3. The Repub-
Leans, with the exception of Senator Har-
baugh of Putnam County, voted solidly
Tor the passage ~. The bill. The Demo-
cratic members were a unit against it,
The following bills passed the House:
Giving the Probate Judge i'll COshocton
County concurrent jurisdiction with the
Common Pleas Court in eases of divorce,
alimOny, foreclosure and partition; Great
ing an additional police judgeship in
Cleveland: amending Section 5l01 of the
Revised Statutes SO as TO provide that an
attorney may verify an affidavit as notary
in pleadings i'll all cases; apprOpriatine
S14, $50 to pay principal and interest on the
mortgage debt Of the State Fair Grounds;
fixing the salaries Of the officials of Miami
County as follows: Auditor and Treas
urer, s, 500 each; Probate Judge, Sheriff
and Clerk. s., 900 each; Prosecutor, s., 200;
Recorder, $1,000; Infirmary Director
$40 and Coroner $500.
Bill passed the Senate, Friday, as fol-
lows: Repeating the Cleveland license
law and re-enacting the laws formerly in
force; giving TO township trustees the
right to construct fOOtwalks, bridges, etc;
creating fund for the improvement Ol
public parks in Toledo.
The following bills were passed in the
House: Authorizing township trustees .o
appoint and pay police; authorizing Bel
mont County to levy special tax Of one
mill to pay interest and principal of bond
ed debt; increasing salary of the Trustees
of Springfield Township, Clark County, tO
$500 from $50; authorizing the Infirmary
Directors Of Hooking County to transfer
funds; eXempting from taxation homes fol
aged, intirm and dependent women, refer
ring especially to Clark Old Ladies' Home
at Springfield.
The Cincinnati ripper was read the first
time in the House, having been messaged
over from the Senate Immediately after its
passage by that body, and placed on the
calendar.
After an animated debate, in which NJ
O'Neil of Hamilton carried off the hOnOrs,
the Senate joint resolution for adjourn
ment on Wednesday until tie following
Monday, in honor of Washington's birth
day, passed the House Monday.
A large number of bills were introduced.
The following bills were introduced in
the Senate: Making appropriations for
Ohio State University; providing for the
improvement of roads following the line
between two counties; providing for the
appointment Of road commissioners from
residents Of the territory involved.
The Senate Committee on Railroads and
TelegIaphs recommended for passage the
House bill extending the time in which
railroads must place automatic couplers
on freight ears to June, 1900.
The following bills passed the Senate,
Tuesday: To authorize the payment by
the State Board of Public Works Of 81
04035 to residents along the west bank Of
the Mercer County Reservoir, as cOmpen-
satiOn for damages caused by OverfOws;
to authorize an increase to a sum not to ex-
ceed $500 per year in the amount which
counties may pay toward the support OF
agricultural societies; to provide relief in
the sum of 1900 for Mrs. Charles B. Lau-
derbaugh and her minor children. Chas.
tentiary about a year ago, while in the
performance of his duties as guard.
j Bills passed the House as follows: Ger
tifying to the revised statutes so that they
may be introduced as evidence in the
courts of justices as are the original copies;
requiring mortgage loan companies 10
make weekly reports of the business done;
making the failure to properly guard ma
chinery misdemeanOr; providing that
railroad companies must equip freight
trains with a full crew of six men; re-
moving the provision in the existing laws
which limits the State Board of Health to
five meetings per year; providing for SUBJ
mission to popular vote Of propositions to
sell property of municipalities exceeding
s., 600 in value.
After most animated debate, the Mac
AACuLiS ctiCCt AiduCtllSC W 81
placed on the calendar Of the
House. The Committee on Railroads and
Telegraphs. to which the bill had been re-
ferred, after holding the bill for one month,
recommended that it be indefinitely post
pOned. This was resisted by the House,
and the debate came up on the question Of
agreeing to the report of the committee.
BY vote of 80 to ~ the report was dis
agreed to.
Bills passed as follows: Fixing scale
Of salaries for the officers of Tuscarawas
County; dividing Osrall Township, Preble
County, into two election precincts; to au-
thOrize the Commissioners of Mercer COun.
ty to issue 5000 in bonds to replace re-
Gently burned buildings on the Fair
Grounds.
The Senate passed the following bills:
To provide against loss by burglary and
robbery of articles shipped in inland
to authorize transfer Of
funds in Highland County; providing for
the abOlishment of the State Board of Par
dons and the appointment of board Of
pardon advisers.
Both houses adjourned until Monday.