The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-03-08
THE OHIO LEGISLATURE.
DOings of Buckeye Lawmakers nt
Coiumbus-Measures Introduced
and Passed.

Columbus, o.. Feb. 27.-senate-Bills
We're passed as follows Authorizing the
board of education of the city of Cincin-
natl to issue life certificates to teachers;
turbance in a public meeting of any sort;
making the stealing of bicycle peni-
tentiary offense to amend statute SO as
pleadings. New bills were introduced:
To amend the statute so as to authorize
the probate court to be a court of com.
and control of a receiver under Section
54Si to require that notice. of publication
tachment cases; compelling secretaries
and treasurers of agricultural societies
to iile annual reports WITH. With he county ,y
financial statements in two wSpaicrs
of opposite politics; requiring, street rail-
of the business of the year with the state
railroad commissioner.
Iouse-Bills passed as follows: Appro-
priating S61,OO0 to pay the current ex-
penses Of the Legislative session, makipg
an appropriation of $53000 for monu-
ment at Shiloh. and the expenses of the
veyors to make and keep up set of
plots of the lots and lands. and to verify
all descriptions of deeds instruments
and plats pertaining to real estate pre-
sented for transfer a record.
Columbus, o.. Feb. 2S.-Senate-A large
number Of p"}tcnts were received ec on,og agamnt m
The signatures run UP into the thousands.
Senator Madden introduced a bill raising
the Dow tax from $3.50 to 500. The pur-
pose Of the author is to pass the bill in
lieu of the Clark local option bill. Other
bills introduced were: Providing that ju-
case of actual physical disability; to pre-
vent a lawyer who is under financial OBJ
fere 1m to proVe reef H m the sum Of
$739.13 for the commissioners of the
Bloomington and Gurley pike, Marion
ure of the Marion Deposit bank. The SEN
ate enacted into law the Roberts bill pro-
vidng for the appointment by the. gov
| ernor of a board of examiners of sta
tionary engineers and requiring all en-.
! gineers in charge of engines of over &c
| horse power to pass an examination and
secure a license.
House-The house defeated Mr.. Hauers $
resolution h % proposing to amend the eonsti-
at ali elections after January /, 1901
Eighty-two votes were required to adopt
and the vote was 40 nays to 81 yeas The
proposition received more votes than in
any previous legislature.
Columbus. o.. March 1.-Senate-Bills
Were t, passed TO- provide relief in loo $tt @ 9,
Jesse b. Rinehart, former Sheriff Of Of Nor. or.
row county, who was cheated out of his
fees by death Of murderer before he
tion of a channel in the bed of the Otta,
| wa river, Allen county. from the west
corporation line of the city of Lima to a
point 500 feet below the confluence of the
river with Little Hog creek; to author
ize trust companies to organize with
$4,000 capital stock. in cities of the sec
lation in $50. Bills were introduced max
ing it misdemeanor to shoot live pig
cons; authorizing the governor to Sc
aside one day each year for teachers tC
instruct children about trees and birds
compelling sheriffs to advertise sales IL
the paper DESIGNATED by the parties in
mel nets.
House-The bill reorganizing the gov
ernment of Cincinnati. known as tn,
an S amended Tended form fSI by vote Of of of GO ' to q Il
The bill now provides for the election b!
the voters of Cincinnati in April Of
bers each to serve for three years. an,
the mayor to fill all vacancies. The pro
vision for the appointment Of a boar,
by the governor to serve until the mex
regular election was overwhelmingly de
feated. 1t is believed the senate will con
cur in the house amendments. The Buel
bill, relieving James w. Ewing, treasure
of Wayne township, Columbiana coun
ty, from the payment of $1,000 Of schoo
tional bank of New Lisbon. was ais
passed.
Columbus, O., March 2.-Senate-Th
house amendments to the Cincinnati re
ing the measure a law. Bills We're in
troduced providing for the extension c
for two years more; authorizing the ca
nal commissioners to lease certain land
at their own discretion: to require cour
ellis of the cities of the third and fourt
grade of the second class to remove gar
bage: to relieve counties from liabilitie
growing out of the failure of county com
missioners to keep roads and bridges
repair.
House-Bills were introduced regulatin
foreign insurance companies doing bus
1ness in this state: providing that tn
property of all railways, underground
surface or elevated, and of all telegram
telephone, gas, pipe line and other Quas
public corporations. INCLUDING the valu
of their franchises, shall be deemed 'res
pose of taxation and taxed as such; re
quirng competitive bids on all count
work involving $500; reducing penalty |
delinquent tax cases from Is to pc
cent: making it a misdemeanor to kee
a dog on which tax has not been paid
prohibiting sale of Intoxicating liquors o
Memorial day; creating a bi-partisa
board of state election supervisors,
have all power now invested in the chic
supervisor to appoint all deputy state ST
pervisors.