Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1902-04-04
OHIO LAWMAKERS. L
Proceedings In Both Branches OF the
Legislature.

ulule guarantee ana trust companies
from the insurance department and
placing them under the auditor of
state and prohibiting fire insurance
companies from doing title guarantee
business; providing that where an in
FAINT is made party to an action, per-
sonal service will be unnecessary if
the infant be under IA years of age
II over Ia service must be had both
on infant and guardian; providing
that townships may maintain high
schools and that the Boxwell gradu-
ates may be sent to such schools, but
the state school commissioner is
given supervision over such schools
and must first declare them to have
come within the meaning of the law
defining high schools; providing a
heavier penalty for bribing juror,
by making such offense a felony and
prescribing penalty of from one to
five years in penitentiary.
Senate--The Beal local option bill
was passed by the senate after being
amended to permit manufacturer in
a local option town to sell in whole
sale quantities to persons outside the
dry municipality. The house will con-
cur in the amendments, so the bill is
practically a law. 1t provides that on
petition of 40 per cent of the electors
the question of local option must be
submitted to n vote of the people of
a municipality.
Columbus, March 2S.-House-Bills
passed: To regulate the practice of
osteopathy by providing that follow
ers of this school shall first be exam
ined by board of their own in os-
teopathy and afterwards by the state
board of medical examination and
registration in anatomy, physiology,
obstetrics and physical diagnosis.
Certificate to practice shall not per-
init holder to practice surgery or adj
minister drugs; providing that town.
ship and hamlet treasurers shall de-
posit public funds in banks paying
the highest rate of interest; to pro-
hibit the use of live birds for trap
shooting; providing for an official flag
for Ohio-the flag is the one used by
the Buckeye state at the Buffalo ex-
position; providing that prosecuting
attorneys may employ official stem
ographers to take evidence in grand
jury rooms; to require railroad COM
panies to construct sheds for the pro-
lection of car repairers.
Senate-The senate adopted a joint
resolution granting the citizens of
Columbus the right to occupy sutfi-
cient space near the High street en-
trance to the Capitol grounds upon
which to erect the proposed memorial
to the late President Mckinley. The
memorial will cost $4,000
Cn1 lc
introduced Providing for woman
suffrage; to appropriate ST,0Go for
Ohio naval reserves for two years; to
pay Cleveland deaf and dumb school
$4,000 and Cincinnati $4,000 from
state school funds; to provide for n
board of inspectors to be appointed
by probate judge, mayor and city
council in cities of over 100000 to in
spect safety appliances on sky scrap
ers, or upon work made up of struc-
! tural iron; to prevent competing rail-
road lines from consolidating.
Columbus, April 1.-The bill to
punish anarchy and assault upon the
president or state officers was passed
by the house. The bill provides that
! the assailant shall be electrocuted
and his body be cremated or disposed
of in some secret way. Life impris-
onment is provided for assault upon
these officers with intent to kill.
The house took it's first definite
action upon the canal question by
passing bill which takes away from
individual members of the board of
public works the right to govern,
without conference with their fellow
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canals and holds the board as a
whole responsible for the manage.
ment of the entire canal system.
The bill retaining the Miami and
Erie canal, and the northern division
of the Ohio canal, passed the house.
1t provides for the appointment of a
commission by the governor, which
will investigate the remaining canal
property and report to the governor
as to whether or not it can be placed
upon a profit paying basis.
The house made a law of the bill
which is intended to prevent the
stealing of the current carried by
electric light and power wires.
Senate.-The Toledo police ripper
passed the senate. The bill provides
for the appointment of bipartisan
police board of four members which
shall have full control over the police
department of that city. The police
commission now consists of four
members who are elected by the peo.
pie, but the democrats are in major.
ity, and the bill was passed, it is said,
to get the department away from
Mayor Jones' control.
The bill strengthening the statute
against kidnapping was enacted into a
law by the senate. 1t makes the
forcible, unlawful detention of per.
son kidnapping, and also provides that
the enticing of n girl under IS from
her home, habitation or place of em.
ployment for the purpose of placing
her in a disreputable resort, shall be
guilty of kidnapping. The maximum
penalty for kidnapping is increased
from 7 to 20 years.
The senate passed the bill to ex'
tend the term of State Food and