Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1902-01-24
OHIO LEGISLATURE.
Proceedings I'm Both the Senate and
House.

A joint resolution was adopted by
both branches to hold joint memorial
services for the late President Me-
Kinley on January 30. Senator Dun
ham, of Lucas county, introduced a
bill making judgments against rail
roads for personal injuries, labor or
material prior liens to mortgages to
secure bonds.
Columbus, Jan. 21.-The commit
tee appointments were announced in
the senate to-day, the chairmanships
being as follows:
Agriculture, Harris, Ashtabula.
Common schools, Patterson, Pike.
Benevolent institutions, Hanna,
Gallia.
Riggin, Madison.
Claims, wilhelm, Stark.
County affairs, Harrison. DarlSe.
Drains and bitches, Critics, Allen.
Finance, Moore, Athens.
Federal relations, Chamberlain,
Lorain.
Fees and salaries, Hurst, Tuscara-
was.
Fish culture and game, Judson,
Erie.
Industrial schools, Overturf, Della
ware.
Insurance, Harding, Marion.
| Judiciary, Hosea, Hamilton.
Labor, Eckert, Hamilton.
Manufactures and commerce, Writ,
Mahoning.
Medical colleges and universities,
| Warner, Cuyahoga.
| Military affairs, Herrick, Cuya-
hoga.
Mines and mining, Watts, Highland.
Municipal corporations No. 1, Eek
ert, Hamilton.
Municipal corporations No. 2, Burn
ham, Montgomery.
Penitentiary, Dunham, Lucas.
Privileges and elections, Connell,
Columbiana.
Public expenditures, Thompson,
| Franklin.
Public printing, Godfrey. Putnam.
Public works and public lands,
Archer, Belmont.
Railroads and telegraph, Wilhelm,
Stark.
Revision, Pomerine, Cuyahoga.
Roads, highways and turnpilles,
Decker, Paulding.
Rules, Archer. Belmont.
Sanitary laws, Krause, Cuyahoga.
Soldiers and sailors home, Hanna,
Galla.
Soldiers and sailors orphans
home. Watts, Highland.
State buildings, Riggin, Madison.
Taxation, Longworth. Hamilton.
Universities and colleges, Connell,
Columbiana.
Banks and building and loan as
sociations, Dunham, Lucas.
Bills Introduces: To allow safe de-
posit and trust companies to increase
their capital stock without Offering
the new issue to stockholders at par;
to give paupers a residence in town
ships where they have lived three
months without receiving relief !;
eliminating the requirement of con-
sent of property owners in construct
ing street railroads, and also elimi-
mating the clause permitting the
granting of 5O-year franchises; to
amend the excise laws so as to dou-
BILE the excise tax on all quasi-public
corporations now affected by law; to
require an annual report from all
home and foreign corporations do
ing business in the state, and to inn
pose n one-tenth of 1 per cent. fee
with each report.
House.-The following are the
chairmen of the important house
committees:
Agriculture, Fisher, Medina.
Common schools, Seese, Summit.
Corporations, Duval, jefferson.
County affairs, Beal, Carroll-Harri.
son.
Elections, Pool, Logan.
Federal relations, Thomas, Huron
Fees and salaries, Denman, Lucas.
Finance, Crafts, Portage.
Fish culture and game, Jones
Delaware.
Insurance, Willis, Hardin.
Judiciary, Painter, Wood.
Manufactures and commerce, Sill
berberg, Hamilton.
Municipal affairs, Comings, Lorain
Public works, Moulton, Scioto.
Railroads and telegraph, Hagen
buch, Champaign.
Taxation, Cole. Hancock.
Temperance, Myers, Montgomery.
Bills introduced: To exempt from
taxation all parsonage property be
low $500 in value; providing that
two cents per mile shall be the maxi
mum charge for carrying passenger:
on railroads; authorizing the city
y council of Cleveland to issue $4,000,
600 bonds for building sewers; tt
provide for the submission of the re
newal of street railway franchises tt
a vote of the people; providing tha'
/ workmen on electric railways shall
not be required to work more thar
{ ten hours day; providing that an!
township or corporation may estab
, lish, construct, equip, operate ant
, maintain a telephone system anC
, issue bonds for same by vote of tn,
!. people; to create a state board of as
SCISSORS of personal property of rail
! roads, to be composed of state treas
urer, attorney general, this board t.
assess all personal property of rail
1 roads in state and apportion it t.
counties through which road runs il
| nroncrtion TO yalue of real estatl