Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1902-05-02
LEGISLATURE PROCEEDING ..
what the Ohio Lawmakers Arc Doing
in Both Senate and House.

pealing anti-co-insuranoe and county
appraisers laws; providing local
boards of health shall have control
over cutting of ice, special powers be-
ing conferred on health board in mat
ter of regulating ice used by milk
men; making the placing of dyna-
mite or other explosives on railroad
tracks or bridges, where death re-
suits, first degree murder.
House.-Bills passed: Providing
for appeals from justices of peace in
criminal cases where fine and costs
exceed $50. Affects pure food eases.
humane cases and game law cases.
Also provides that such cases shall
have preference on docket of COM
mon pleas court; to give sheriffs 3
cents per mile mileage on each pa
tient taken to state hospitals; provid-
ing that councils of municipalities
cannot compel railroads to light
street crossings with electric arc
lights; to authorize counties, town
ships and municipalities to issue
bonds by two-thirds vote of council.
The bill is now law.
The house passed the appropria-
tion bill Wednesday afternoon.
The dental law, as amended by the
senate, was passed by the house.
Columbus, April 24.-The second ap-
preparation bill covering the last
three-fourths of the year 1908 and
first quarter of 1904 was introduced
in the house Thursday. 1t carries ap-
propriations of S4,976,234, as against
$4,9s2, 900 in 1901. The decrease in
appropriations by the seventy-ffth
general assembly is $741,167
Senate.-Senator Moore's banking
bill was passed to-day. The bill pro-
vides for the organization of savings
banks in the state.
The temporary floor bill was also
passed. Floors must now be put in
skyscrapers as fast as the building
goes up.
Columbus, April 25.-House.-Bills
passed: Holding free from fraud the
purchase of property from an insolv-
ent who sells to defraud creditors;
appropriating money for the estab-
lishment of normal schools at the
Ohio university, at Athens and Miami
universities; making it unlawful for
firms to use union label on goods un-
less union labor is employed; to pun
ish by fine and imprisonment any one
who delivers immoral literature to
children under 16 years of age; al
lowing fire insurance companies do
Ing business in Ohio to reinsure in
companies outside of Ohio who are
authorized to do business in other
states; to permit mutual burial asso-
Citations to do business in Ohio, and
providing for organization and incor-
poration of such associations; to
change amount of road improvement
which can be assessed upon property
holders from 25 per cent. to 10 per
cent.
The house Friday concurred in the
senate amendments to the bill requir-
ing taxpayers to deposit costs in
bringing injunction suits against mu-
inequalities.
Senate.-Senator Declier's taxation
bill is n special order for next Tues
day. This bill was made special
order some weeks ago, when the re-
publicans thought the legislature
would adjourn on April IS.
Columbus, April 2s.-Representative
Comings introduced in the house the
amended municipal code bill Monday
evening, in which 500 pages of the
old bill are boued down into 100
pages. The chief provisions retained
are those providing for federal plan
for cities and the merit system
The house passed the bill providing
that all applicants for license in
pharmacy shall pass examination in
chemistry, botany, materi medica,
loXicology and theory of pharmacy
The general deficiency appropriation
bill, carrying $34,492.46, was also
passed. Senator Patterson intro
duced bill in the senate providing
for board of public service for
Cleveland, same as Cincinnati. The
board is to be elective.
Columbus, April 29.-The house
Tuesday defeated the Dunlap bill,
providing for primary elections and
declaring that primaries of the pxr-
ties shall be held on the same day
and hour. The house also killed the
bill preventing divorced people from
marrying within a year.
Bills passed: Permitting the con-
solidation of steam roads which are
not competing and not parallel; 10
prevent the adulteration of soaps and
soap fats; permitting life and acci-
dent companies doing business in
Ohio to write health insurance; ai-
thorizing purchase of voting ma
chimes if sanctioned by 65 per cent.
of voters; to give live stock commits
sioners power to appoint inspectors
and stamp out diseases with all au.
thority as now conferred upon live
stock commissioners.
Senate.-Bills passed: Extending
the terms of all the county clerks of
the state for five months; permitting
corporations to hold stock in other
corporate companies; providing that
an amendment shall be submitted to
vote of the people in 1903 providing
that each county of the state shall
have at least one representative, re-
gardless of it's populations; requiring
that at least four men shall comprise
the crew on all passenger trains; ex-
tending the powers of the state in