Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1902-10-17
OHIO LEGISLATURE.
Summary OF Proceedings OF Both
Branches - Code BII1 Under Dis-
cussion - Othcr Ohio News.

| Branches - Code BIn Under Dis-
| cussion - Other Ohio News.
Columbus, Oct. 10.-The conference
| committee of the legislature, which
has the two code bills, the one passed
by the senate and the one passed by
the house, which are widely at vari-
ance, spent nearly all of Thursdays
morning session in discussing the
length of terms of municipal officers.
The police Judge and clerk, under
the constitution, must be elected
every three years, and it is likely that
| the city auditors term will be fixed
at three years, both the house and
senate fixing the term of this Office
at three years. Committee extended
the life of deficiency bonds to 80
years instead of 20 years. and the
sinking fund trustees are to keep a
register of all municipal bonds.
The compensation of counciImcn
was fixed at not exceeding $50 per
annum for the first 25,0OO of popula-
tion and $100 for each additional
thousand, but in no case exceeding
$1,000 per annum.
Columbus, Oct. 14.-The Legislative
conference committee was in session
-hOuuuN Ht
developed that strong influences were
being brought to bear upon the con-
ferees to induce them to adopt the
board system of government for mu-
inequalities. Gov. Nash addressed
personal letters to Speaker McKinnon
and the house members of the COM
mittee urging them to abandon the
plan of single heads for departments
and to support the board system, but
apparently without effect. The COM
mittee decided to place the depart
ment of public safety under control
of the director or directors of public
service.
Many changes were made in the VIII
lage code. The provision for continu-
Gus councils was eliminated and all
councilmen will be elected every two
years.
The house sections relating to a
board of public affairs to have charge
of public utilities in villages was left
in the code, but the members of the
i board will be made elective for two
years, instead of appointive. The pro-
vision inserted by the house that in
county seats no treasurers should be
elected, but the county treasurer
should act, was rejected as unconsti-
tutional, and it was provided that in
every municipality n treasurer should
be elected.
! The section which provided that any
bank might become n depository for
public funds was amended so that
only incorporated banks might be
chosen in cities. In villages, by ordi-
nances, or councils, private bank
with n capital stock of $4,000 may
secure the public funds.
/ Columbus, Oct. 15.-The house and
senate met shortly after 10 o'clock
Tuesday and Immediately adjourned
until to-day. This action was taken
so that the conference committee
/ would not be interfered with during
the day. In the senate the bill TO
repeal the Jones arc light law was
put over until Wednesday.
The conference committee eliminat-
ed the Guerin compulsory arbitration
provision by vote of to /. Mr..
Guerin alone voting to retain it. An
other provision in the house bill
which was killed was that providing
for n state civil service commission
and the adoption of motion by Rep
resentative Guerin declaring il to be
the sense of the committee that local
civil service boards be appointed by
the sinking fund trustees to serve
for four years and to be bipartisan.
Mr.. Comings, of the house commit
tee, submitted an amendment proyid-
ing for the appointment of boards of
health in villages as well as in cities,
the code providing for health boards
in the cities and health officer in
villages.
The Legislative conference commit
tee reversed itself again last night,
and now it is proposed that there
shall be department of public safe
ty for municipalities, separate and
apart from that of public service.
The code, as it now stands, provides
for board of public service of one,
three or five members, as the coun-
Gil may determine, to be elected for
terms of two years each. They will
have full charge of all public works
and improvements,
The council will have no control
over them, except to appropriate
money for the department. The
board of public safety, to which will
be entrusted the care of the police
and fire departments, will be bi-parti
san, composed of two or four mem
bers, as council may determine, and
will be appointed by the trustees OF
the sinking fund. The first appoint
ments will be for two Or three years
and thereafter for four years.