The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-02-20
OHIO LEGISLATURE.

Inc Edrndrt Rouse Dill, WHICH dHienuS
section 2,s25. restricting County Commits
ioners from expending more than $4,000
'Or new buildings without submitting the
proposition TO vote, was made a law
Friday. The amendment makes the law
apply likewise to expenditures for repairs.
The law as it now stan ds excludes from its
provisions Cincinnati, Cleveland, Toledo,
Columbus and Dayton.
Among the important bills passed by
;he House was one aimed at chattel
mortgage loan companies. The measure
provides that such companies may he al
owed fee Of 81 for listing the chattels of
1 mortgagor where the amount OF the loan
iOes not exceed $50. For loans in excess
)f that amount the fee is 81. 1t also pro-
rides that where loan company insures
.he chattels Of a mortgagOr that it shall
lOt be Tor sum in excess of the loan
unless with the consent of the mortgagor.
A few unimpOrtant bills were introduced
in the Senate.
Monday Representative Pollock pre-
'ented bill requiring Dicoree Court
Judges to permit the journal of their tri-
ounals to remain open for a year before
:ecording decree of absolude separation.
In other words, the decree cannot become
operative for twelve months after it has
1een granted. The enactment Of this bill
would therefore prevent the parties from
marrying within that time. either in Ohio
or any other state. 1t would also permit
either side to have the cause re0pened and
IN this way prevent ''snap" judgment.
Struck by the great loss of time on the
part OF the General Assembly in passing
bills to enable county and township off,
GERS to transfer balances in funds. Repre-
sentative York offered bill delegating
this power to the Common Please Judge
)r Judges in the various counties Of tho
state.
Among the Senate bills introduced were:
TO authorize the Governor to appoint
commission of five to investigate tubercu-
Osis in Ohio and fix upon a suitable loca-
ion for sanatOria; amending Section 50.7
so that action against a nonresident or
'oreign corporation may be brought in any
county in which there is property of OF
lebts owing to the defendant, or when
such defendant may be found.
10th sides OF the Temperance question
United Tuesday to refer the Williams joint
:esOlutiOn providing for submission OF
he question Of the liquor traffic to vote
If the people as to whether it should be
licensed. 1t was ON the calendar as a
special order, but when the hour arrived
o take it up Representative Wayne OF
Hamilton County, moved that it be re-
erred to the Committee on Temperance.
SO referred.
The house by unanimous vote passed
he bill providing that inmates of the
Epileptic Hospital at Gallipolis shall not
lie entitled to vote in that county.
The House adopted a resolution proyid-
ing for the printing Of 1850 copies of
'Howe's Historical Ohio" publication
owned by the State.
Among the bills passed in the Senate
we're the following: Making peddlers' Ii
.enses to the soldiers Of the Spanish
American Was 90 cents: Fixing the COM
oensation Of Clark County Commissioners
at 81, 400 per annum: Repeating the act to
annex Anderson Township, Hamilton
County. to ClermOnt County, for agricul-
;ural purposed; Making partial appropri-
atoms for state boards and Institutions;
Making appropriations for Miami, Ohio
md Wilberforce Universities; Amending
section 1900 so that deaf mutes between
.he ages of and q may be taught in
county schools, instead Of deaf mutes be-
tween the ages OF and 10.
The fight to make the furnishing of text
books to children in the public schools free
vas resumed in the House, Wednesday, by
DR.. Cain, the Representative from Morgan
Noble. There is at present law upon the
statute books which makes the furnishing
1f books optional with Boards Of Educa-
ion. Mr. Gains bill makes the furnishing
obligatory.
The following bills have been intro
iuced: To make it unlawful TO trap"
shoot any live birds OF fowls This bill
will stop live bird shoots in Ohio; Giving
auditors right to readjust tax duplicates
n case of taxes on forfeited property, on
application of owner by July l, 1902; To
close state road in Williams County.
The Senate. under a resolution, held no
session Wednesday, being the anniversary
Of Lincoln's birth. The House, however,
worked until noon, when it adjourned.
The House, Thursday, passed bill
aimed at Christian scientists. 1t provides
that any parent or gurdian who shall
wilfully deprive any sick child under the
age of Ii years Of the services Of a ply
sician shall be fined from $40 to 500 or
for six months. or both.
The House. by unanimous vote abOl-
ished ArbOr Day as State Holiday, and
substituted therefor ''FOrest and Bird
Day."
The House defeated by a decisive vote |
the Guthrie resolution submitting 10 the |
people constitutional amendment ex-
empting from taxation all parsonages |
under the value of 5000.
By the narrow margin OF two votes the |
House passed the Denman bill, increasing |
The number of peremptory challenges in |
civil cases from three to four.
Among the Senate bills introduced were |
the following: Restricting the jurisdiction
Of Justices of the Peace 10 townships in
which they were elected: To provide for |
recording with the Probate Court the re-
eeipts and memoranda in conditional
grants of devisees of land and real estate:
Adding chemical and hand writing ex-
perts to the list of experts in criminal
eases in which extra or expert cOmpensa-
lion may be allowed; To protect street ]
car companies from being defrauded by
the unlawful use of transfers.
President Loubet of France is no
mean swordsman. He has fought three