Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1902-05-09
LEGISLATURE PROCEEDINGS.
what the Ohio Lawmakers Arc Doing
In Both Senate and House.

Columbus, May 1.-The senate
Thursday passed and made law of
the Price bill providing for uniform
system of public accounting in both
county and municipal affairs. The
work is to be done under the iirec-
tion of the state auditor with the
assistance of three travelling deputies
at salary of $4,000 each and clerk
ut $1,500. The deputies are to be
chosen from both political parties.
Expense of the department will be
divided among counties in proportion
to population. The bill was en-
dorsed by commercial bodies all over
the state.
The senate passed the bill to re-
peal the habitual criminal act, and it
is now a law.
House.-The house Thursday
passed the Comings bill authorizing
Gov. Nash to appoint new municipal
code commission to sit during the re-
cess and report to the next session
of the general assembly. The sum of
$4,000 is provided for expenses.
Other bills passed: Making it a
misdemeanor to remove tap or nut
from the axle of vehicle with in
tent to iniure the occupants; to pro-
vide for state commission of three
to erect n monument at the highest
points on Missionary Ridge and Look
out Mountain in memory of the Ohio
boys killed there. The bill carries
$4,000 appropriation.
Columbus, May 2.-The senate made
law of two important bills Friday.
The first was the Cain bill to provide
that where IS per cent. of the voters
of any subdivision, precinct, ward,
municipality or county, petition for
voting machines, the board of elec-
tons must purchase them.
The other bill, also by Cain, pro-
vides a new plan for collecting the
Dow tax from persons running speak
easies and houses of questionable re-
sort. The bill was so amended as to
add several hundred dollars to the
fees of the county auditors by pro-
viding that they shall receive per
cent. on all Dow tax collected under
the act.
The bill fixing the State university
levy at 15-100 mills and the common
school levy at .95 mills mills was also
made law by the senate.
House.-Representa Guerin in
troduced his redistricting bill in the
house Friday morning, changing the
Twelfth, Third, Ninth, Thirteenth and
Fourteenth districts, and placing his
own county, Erie, in republican
stronghold, the Fourteenth.
The house this morning passed and
made law of Herrick's street sprinli-
ling bill, providing that upon petition
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let contract for sprinkling to the
lowest bidder.
Columbus, May 5.-House.-Bills in
troduced: Providing that interur-
ban lines shall not charge exceeding
one and one-half cents per mile for
distances over three and a half miles,
under that they can charge cents;
providing penalty not to exceed 500
for sale of fresh beef in any munich
pality unless same has first been in
spected. Bill authorizes the council
of any municipality to create the of
fee of local meat inspector. 1t also
provides penalty of from $40 to $500
for the sale of unwholesome beef.
Tie house passed the bill permit
ting township or ward to be divided
into two election precincts whenever
there are 400 voters in the township
Senate.-The Patterson general
board of elections bill was killed. Mr.
Patterson will introduce the same
bill later in the week, applying only
to Cleveland, Cincinnati, Columbus
Toledo and Dayton.
At joint session of house and sen
ate Monday evening, presided over
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er McKinnon was found guilty of be
ing an Irishman and sentenced tC
wear an emerald ring, the gift of the
Irish members of the house.
Columbus, May 6.-The senate
spent an hour discussing the bill pro
viding that in case the courts knocl
out any city government, the govern
ment shall remain in power until the
next municipal election. The bill es
pecially applies to Cleveland. Actor
was deferred until Thursday after
noon, which makes it's final enactment
very doubtful.
The senate killed, by indefinite
postponement, the bill providing fol
the appointment of a commission o
three to draw a new code and submit
1t to the governor before the meet
ing of the next general assembly.
Under the provisions of the vii
liams bill, which passed the senat
to-day, cities can cause streets to b.
sprinkled and assess the cost agains
the general tax duplicate. The bill
provides that when 35 per cent. o
electors on any street petition for il
the council by two-thirds vote ma,
have the work done.
100000 for Charity.
Toledo, O., May THE will o