The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-04-18
GOSSIP, OF THE LOBBIES
AT THE STATE CAPITAL
Bad Bill Relating to Mansfield Reformatory Passes the
House--Fight Predicted the Ap-
proprlation Bill. L
By Der e. WILLIAMSON. tstaff Correspondent,

passed by comfortable majority. It is
apparent their remarks had weight.
! The measure will go to the senate at
once, where every effort will be made
to have IL made law. Mr.. John 3.
Orr, Of Youngstown, an earnest ad-
vocate of the measure, is being talked
of in connection with an appointment
as member Of the board.
These bills were passed by the SEN
ate: BY Chamberlain, to authorize the
consolidation of electric railways, and
gas companies. Now electric railway
and electric light companies only may
consolidate. Connell, of Columbiana,
to divide Hollister precinct, Trimble
township, Athens county, into two
election precincts. Hosea, of Hamilton,
to provide for the establishment and
maintenance of a home for indigent
eA-soldiers, sailors, and mariners of
Ohio and their wives and widows, and
army nurses. Hosea, of Hamilton,
providing additional compensation of
IS per day for common pleas judges,
while holding court in a county other
than their own. Siberberg, OF Hamil-
ton. protecting registered bottles. Ar
ways under the supervision of thestate
railroad commissioner, the same as
steam roads. Lieutenant Governor
Nippert appointed Senators Longwoth,
Moore and Roudebush to purchase an
oil painting of ex-Lieutenant Governor
Caldwell to be hung in the senate
chamber
s,xax
powers of the state fire marshal and
paying so cents for reports of fires by
chiefs of fire departments, mayors and
township clerks passed the house. The
Cole bill to reduce the state levy from
2.S9 mills to 1.35 mills was also passed.
The stage resolution to amend the con-
stitution by adding the initiative and
referendum and the Tenney resolution
providing for the sine die adjournment
Of the legislature on April 2S were in
troduced. The house made a law of
the Writ bill authorizing the city of
Warren to construct sewers. Among
the bills introduced was one by Com
ings, of Lorain, authorizing the gov
| ernOr to appoint a commission of four
who, with the attorney general shall
prepare a new municipal code bill and
appropriating $4,000 for the expense of
the commission.
The legislative grind assumed large
proportions Wednesday, Both the
house and senate cleared away much
business. The house passed many i'm
portant bills. One of these was the
Comings bill extending the life of the
canal commission for another two
years Another bill passed was the
Cain measure, to establish a state
board of embalming, and to regulate
the practice of embalming and the
preparation and disposal of the dead
so as to prevent the spread of con-
tagious and infectious diseases and
provide for the better protection of
| life and health. The board is TO IN
sist of five members, two of which
shall be the president and secretary
of the state board of health and three
to be appointed by the governor, the
latter three being required to have
| five years experience as embalmers.
Members will be allowed $40 per diem
and three cents mileage All persons
shall make application for a license
the fee for the same being $5. En-
balmers with five years experience will
not be required to take the examina-
tion. All dead bodies must be en-
balmed
The Harding bill to provide for the
appointment OF commission to inves-
tigate tuberculosis and the feasibility
of erecting senatoria for consumptives
also passed the house.
The Guerin eight-hour bill was de-
feated in the house after hard fight
1t provided that days work, when
the contract is silent on the subject
or when then is no expressed contract
shall consist Of eight hours. A fine
of from $40 to $25 and Imprisonment
of not more than ten days or both was
named as the penalty Of failure to OBJ
serve the act.