Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1902-10-03
OHIO LEGISLATURE.
Summary OF Proceedings OF Bdth
Branches - Codo Bill Under Dis
CUSTOM Other Ohio News.

cussion- Other Ohio News.
Columbus, Sept. 27.-The municipal
code committee Of the house of repre-
sentatives completed its labors Fri
day and will file printed report of
it's findings Monday afternoon. The
subcommittee on franchises reported
a recommendation that present Ohio
statutes on franchises be allowed to
stand with special Legislative or other
unconstitutional features eliminated.
Columbus, Sept. 3O.-The legislature
held brief session Monday. In the
house the report of the cods. commit
tee was presented and accepted. Con-
sideration of the code will be taken
up by the house as a body to-day.
The resolution to submit to popu-
lar vote constitutional amend
mentp roviding for home rule for
municipalities, was reported back
without recommendation, as was
the resolution submitting an amend
ment for limited classifica-
tion of municipalities. The Hamil-
ton county delegation will present an
amendment providing for a flexible
board plan. This will seek to provide
for boards of from one to five men,
bers, giving councils authority to fix
the number. Er
Columbus, Oct. 1.-The senate spent
the entire forenoon yesterday in dis
cussing various amendments to Sec
tion of the governors code, which
relates to the regulation of liquor
traffic by councils. The saloon and
anti-saloon forces were represented
by lobbyists. The former were will
ing that an amendment should be in
corporated preserving the Beal law
as measure and preparing it against
repeal by implication or otherwise.
while the anti-saloon people wanted
| the Beal law made part of the code
and councils also given the right to
regulate and prohibit the liquor traf-
fic.
Amendments conforming to these
! opposite views were offered and voted
| down and Senator Harding then Of
| fered an amendment giving councils
power to regulate the traffic, but not
the power to prohibit the Beal law
against repeal by implication. After
some discussion this amendment was
adopted with only four negative
| votes. '...
1t is regarded as a compromise of
the differences between the two con-
tending forces. While it does II, give
councils the right to prohibit, neither
does 1t incorporate the Beal law into
the code, but leaves it stand on its
own merits and subject to attack up
on constitutional grounds.
In the house the code was the sole
topic of discussion. Several import
ant amendments were offered, but
none accepted. An amendment to the
code bill outlawing ping pong was
sustained.
Rogers home rule amendment was
beaten in the senate by 20 to 10, a
strict party vote.
In the house, Meisers amendment
to authorize municipal ownership of
street railways was lost by viva
voce vote.
At the afternoon session of the
house an amendment curing the fran
chise of the Cincinnati Street Rail.
way Co. which was recently held to
be invalid by the superior court OF
Hamilton county, was adopted by i
vote of 81 to 80. This amendment was
rejected by the code committee and
has been the subject of much contro
versy. The Beal law amendment
adopted in the senate was offered il
ing the entire day considering the
code bill, a vote on the measure was
reached by the senate late in the
afternoon. The bill was adopted Will
but few changes.