The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-10-07
Held to Consider the
Village Code.
HOUSE WILL FINISH
Its Consideration Of the Code
Friday Evening and Final
Vote viii be Taken Early
Next Week.
(staff Correspondence


Columbus, o., Oct. 3. - The house
Thursday afternoon, despite the pro-
tests of the constitutional lawyers who
are members of that body, inserted a
provision in the code prescribing that
In county seat cities county treasurers
shall also be city treasurers. The OBJ
jectors maintained that the provision
was unconstitutional and argued with
yehemence in support of this conten-
ton. 1t was pointed out that the
provision would frequently make a
man an officer in city In which he
was not resident as county treas
urers do not always reside in county
seats Representatives Price and
Guerin ridiculed the idea of adopting
such proposition. Guerin said that
while it would suit his county, Erie
he had not the slightest DOUBT about
IL being unconstitutional. 1t would
be no more absurd. he said, to insert
provision in the code that in all
villages having two churches and
three blacksmith shops there should
be town crier. BY dint of combined
effort the constitutional lawyers OF
the house managed to get the vote by
which the provision was adopted re-
considered, but this advantage was
but temporary as the advocates of the
measure resorted to little effective
lobbying with the result that it was
soon thrust into the code again
HELD NIGHT SESSION.
Representative Partington offered an
amendment making it impossible to
sne to test contract or bond after
one year has elapsed II also applies
to cases pending for such purposes
1t was adopted. Amendments by
Dunlap, Of Cuyahoga. and Bracken.
of Franklin. were voted down. The
first sought to make the director OF
public works appointive by the mayor
and the second provided tnat the em-
ployes of this department should be
placed under the merit system. A
resolution was adopted appropriating
ss40 as compensation for the stenog-
raphers who were employed to take
down the proceedings and arguments
incident to the consideration of the
code by the special committee of the
house. A night session was held
Thursday evening for the purpose of
taking up the village code. The first |
section taken up was that relating TO |
water works. It was passed without
any material change Several other
sections We're considered, slightly
modified and replaced in the bill.
MAY FINISH TONIGHT.
Barring some unlocked for occur
renee, the house will probably, COM
plete it's consideration of the code by
not later than this evening. If plans
do not miscarry, the code bill, which |
has been in process of construction for
six weeks. will be voted upon by the
house by Tuesday or Wednesday of
next week. The Meisel home rule
amendment, offered by Price, of Ath-
ems, Thursday, was defeated by vote
OF 4G to "a. 1t provided that munich |
paities should be organized by the
election Of a mayor and common coun-
Gil whose duty it would be to COM
plete the organization of the city. Mr. |
Meisel had endeavored for several
days to present the amendment, but |
was preveIted from doing so by
the speaker, who ruled on each oc-
casion that he was out of order. An
arrangement was entered into where
by Price was to present the amend
meut at the first opportunity.
Zimmerman of Springfield were elec-
ted delegates to the Lutheran general
synod at Baltimore next May.