The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-04-29
Providing q Minimum
Capital Of ST. 5000
PASSES THE SENATE
Many Other Measures Intro
due csd--The Painter Bill 10
Dead--Em baimers' Bill
IL Now q Law.
(From a stafr Correspondent, (,

(F'rom O Staff CSrrespondent)
Columbus, April 25.-Many laws
were made by the general assembly
Thursday. Senator Moore's banking
bill passed the senate. 1t provides
for the organization of savings banks
with capital of not less than $4,000.
Half of the capital stock must be paid
up and the remainder to be paid in
-installments. The senate also made
law of the bill by the same author
limiting the time In which suit may
be brought against a stockholder to
enforce double liability to Is months.
The Harding bill to allow guarantee
and bonding companies to do credit
business in Ohio was also made law
The Painter bill providing for the
leasing of the canal banks to railroads
is dead. Enough Republicans have
united with the Democrats to defeat
1t. Inc house defeated Senator Ar
cher's voting machine bill. Represen-
tative Pollock introduced bill to
amend the stationary engineers law.
of which he Is the author. to make 1t
conform with the recent decision OF
the supreme court. 1t passed the
house and senate at once. The amend
ment will make the new law operative.
The Comings bill adding English
language and literature to teachers
examinations was made half law
by the house. The house also adopted
the Writ joint resolution to amend
the constitution as follows: The gen.
eral assembly shall provide for the
raising of revnue for the support of
the state and local governments; but
taxes shall be uniform on the same
class of subjects. Only burial grounds,
public school houses, houses used ex-
clusively for public worship. institu-
tions of purely public charity, public
property used exclusively for any pub
lie purposes, and personal property to
the amount. not exceeding in value $500
for each individual. may, by general
laws. be exempt from taxation; and the
value of all property so exempt shall,
from time to time, be ascertained and
published, as may be directed by law.
The senate defeated the Hurst bill
to allow building and loan companies
to invest deposits in bonds. The
house resolution providing for sine die
adjournment May has been referred
to the senate finance committee. The
Longworth bill to authorize the gov
ernor and secretary of state to remit
the penalties on foreign corporations
which have not complied with the law
of Ohio in relation to such corpora
tions doing business in this state has
been made law.
These bills were also made laws by
the house: BY Mr.. Harding. to permit
q private corporation to hold stock In
another private corporation; by Mr.
Longworth, to provide for submission
of constitutional amendments. The
Godfrey resolution to amend the con.
stitution to give the governor veto
power was adopted by the house. The
senate passed the Cain bill providing
for q board OF examiners for embalm.
ers. The measure is now law. Mr.
Crafts introduced the second appro
priation bill which provides for the
last three-quarters of 1908 and tht
first quarter of 1904. 1t was placed OF
It's second reading and referred t.
finance committee.
Colonel Henry Taylor, assistant ad
jutant general. will inspect eastern
Ohio military companies next week a.
follows: Eighth acknowledgment,
l.. Gallon Monday; Company H
Shreve. Tuesday; Company G, Canton
"Wednesday; Company X, Alliance
Fifth egiment-Company H. Youngs
town.. Friday. Inspections begin at
p. m. The books and property of eacl
company will be inspected betweel
the hours OF 2 and in the afternool
of the day of inspection.
- The Royal Arcanum convention
closed Thursday. Among the officer
selected were these: Grand orator. W
q. Gulburt, Niles; past grand regent
w. ]. Davies, Canton; grand secre
tary. Lucian A. Russell, Canton
grand treasurer. w. H. Beebe, Ra
VIENNA. (elected for the 18th successiv
timc.) The next convention will ais
be held at Columbus.
GEORGE T. BLAKE.