The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-05-01
OHIO LEGISLATURE.
The Senate Friday passed these bills.

trustees so that two may be elected by tn
corporation and one by the township, j
lo'nt boards, and extending terms to thre
years; to provide compensation for count
officers of Lucas county.
Under suspension Of the rules tn
House passed bill providing for the can
Nassing OF the votes east ON constitutions
amendments next year.
1he Rowland bill. creating Stat
Board OF Horseshoeing Examiners, wa
made half law by the House. 1t apple
10 those who practice hOrseshoeing exclu
siveiy, an exception being made in favO
OF country blacksmiths.
Two bills relating to service upon cor
poratlons were enacted into laws by tn,
House. The first provides that servic,
may be obtained upon interurban compa.
mes in any county through which theil
lines pass and through any employe. Tn,
second applies the same rule to oil ant
pipe line companies.
These bill were made laws by the Leg.
islature. Tuesday:
Changing the name OF the Ohio Institu.
ton for the Education of the blind tC
the Ohio State School for tho Blind;
providing Imprisonment of from one to
hve years for any one who seeks to bribe a
Juror, or whoever. as a juror, accepts OF
Solicits bribe: Increasing the salary OF
superintendent of free employment
bureaus TO 81 500, and authorizing State
Labor Commissioner to employ agents to
collect statistics: To pay Companies b and
Z, Third Infantry, o. y. e., 81, 1,l16.O9 for
duty performed at the Springfield fire;
Fixing the penalty of a fine of s25 or i'm
prisonment OF ten days for defrauding
livery stable keepers; Amending Section
349O so that bicycles and automobiles shall
give two-thirds of highway to other
vehicles: Providing that where ordinances
OF municipality are cOdified and pub
lished in book form newspaper publication
Is not necessary: Providing that in the
sale Of lands of idiotic or insane persons
the Probate Court Of the county in which
the land is situated shall approve of the
same If the guardian was appointed in an
other state; Fixing the penalty for NAL
ici0us and willful attempt upon the Pres
ident. Vice President or any Cabinet Off
Ger in line of succession to the Presidency,
Governor or Lieutenant Governor of this
or any other state: Providing for counting
the votes east on the constitutional amend
menis at the November l903) election;
Amending the State dental examination
law; Giving the examiners of steam en-
gineers authority to require low-pressure
safety water alarms on all stationary
steam boilers; To amend laws relative to
hs, hrrp, 81 Rol.s r..
to provide proper food shall be a mis-
demeanor: Requiring prepayment on Sc
curlty for costs in divorce or alimOny
actions: Authorizing County Commission
ers TO eXpend $50 for the burial of INDECENT
soldiers and sailors: That larceny from
fraternal or mutual benefit society, or by
such society, shall constitute embe zzle-
ment.
These bills passed the Senate, Wednes-
day: Limiting the Jurisdiction of Justices
OF the Peace in cases against househOlders
or freeholders to the township in which
the Justice resides; Providing for the
adoption of standard policy of fire in
surance; Fixing death penalty for placing
dynamite on railroad track and occas-
ioning the death of person; Extending
The term Of office of the Ohio Canal Com
mission, is now law; Permitting cost Of
sidewalk improvements to be assessed
against property and paid in installments
over period Of two to five years
instead of requiring cash payment as at
present: Authorizing the appointment of
Police justices for villages during the
absence Of the Mayor; Requiring floors to
De placed in buildings under construction
or protection of employees; Requiring a
permit from the Board of Health of cities
'r villages before ice may be cut for COM
nerciai purposes, and before ice may be |
old for domestic purposes. The Board of |
Health may refuse license if the ice is |
onsidered unfit for use; That the tax Of |
y per cent. on the gross receipts of fire |
insurance companies, shall be paid direct
y to the state instead Of to counties as |
heretofore, and then remitted to the state. |
The Administration adopted strenuous
actics in the House Thursday, to run
through pending taxation measures. The
ules of the House prescribe that bills
ppear on the calendar. For three days
% calendars have been printed. With
ut notice to the minority the bills were
punched" and put upon their passage.
IS they came cTowding along Garrison
Dem.) demanded to know how it was
nat the peculiar situation came about.
These are tax measures, and they are
{ sufficient importance to be considered
Ow," was the cool reply Of Speaker Nc
.innOn.
The bills were all passed.
A special bill was run through the House
nder suspension Of the rules, the author
eing Mr.. Guerin Of Erie, to correct an
rrOr ir the Cole excise tax bill. 1t devel-
ped that it had been Ommitted to repeal
artain sections affecting the law.
The Senate passed MOore's Senate bill
lat commercial and savings banks may
e incorporated with capital stock of not
SIS than $4,000 nor more than 5000, 900.
he bill extends the investment powers Of
anks incorporated under the proposed
w.