Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1902-03-14
OHIO LEGISLATURE.
Proceedings in Both the senate ane
House.

Proceedings In Both the senate ana
House.
Columbus, March 6.--The Seese
bill, creating state normal schools at
Ohio university, Athens, and Miami
university, oxford, and providing for
n commission to investigate as to the
desirability of establishing them at
other points, was made a law yester-
day by the senate.
House bills passed: Extending law
to public officials so that when they
bring suits or take appeals in their
official capacity they need not give
security for costs; that when cleo
trio and railroad lines cross outside
of cities, railway commissioner shall
direct construction of crossing and
appeal may be had to common pleas
court; placing bill of exceptions to
the decision of a mayor or police
judge on the same basis as in n JUS
tice court; for payment of S213.2O to
Mary Ford, of Darke county, for
boarding ten men of Co. II, 10th o.
V. l., for II days in 1862; authorizing
notaries public to act in counties adj
joining the one in which they are
commissioned by filing bond and
poration may not issue bonds in eX-
cess of its capital stock as authoriz-
ed by its articles Of incorporation.
Authority to pay citizens and firms
damages because of destruction of
property in Akron riot was cut out
of Buchtel bill and it passed, carry
ing 100000 in bonds for floating in
debtedness of Akron.
Columbus, March THE house
yesterday. with but one vote against
it Drown, of Mercer, democrat),
passed the Fisher bill, setting aside
January 90 (McKinley's birthday as
legal holiday in Ohio.
A bill passed the house prohibiting
secretary of state from issuing char
ter under misleading name to
corporation and repeating sections
permitting a corporation to change
its name by application to common
pleas court.
The house passed the Seese bill pro-
viding that elections of members of
boards of education in special school
districts shall be held on the first
Monday in April, instead of on the
second Monday in April.
Columbus, March S.-The senate
met Friday for a few minutes, but as
nearly all the members were away on
junkets there was not quorum, and
that body adjourned until Monday
afternoon. The house was not in
session.
Columbus, March 1O.-House-Bill
introduced: Providing that women
shall receive the same compensation
as men where professional service is
employed; providing sentence of
from one to Is years in the peniten-
tiary for assaulting girls under IL
years of age.
Senate-Bills introduced: To Gre
ate state bank inspectors depart
ment for state banks,
The entire day Tuesday will be de-
voted by the legislature in joint ses-
sion to discussion whether the Ohio
canals shall be abandoned.
Columbus, March 11.-Hundreds of
canal employees crowded into the hall
of the house of representatives to-
day to attend the joint session of
the legislature to hear the debate on
canal abandonment and applaud all
utterances favorable to the retention
| of the canals.
! Toledo, led the discussion in favor
! of retention and was followed by ex-
Senator George w. Sieber, of Akron.
! Both denounced abandonment as
ruinous to the best interests of the
| state. Both insisted that the fed
eral government would soon enlarge
one of the Ohio canals into a barge
! canal.
SSieber said that receipts from the
canals from the time of the establish
ment exceed the disbursements by
/ .5.000,000. This was in answer to
the argument that, during the past
| 20 years, the canals have lost $2,-
/ 100000.
Senate-Bills introduced: Author
izing the governor to appoint COM
mission of five to erect monuments
to mark the positions of Ohio organi-
cations at the battle of Antietam;
also the spot from which President
| Mckinley, then n commissary SER
geant, issued rations-bill carries
$21, 900 appropriation; to place all
state employees below chief clerks
under a civil service commission of
three, to be appointed by the COVER
nor.