Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-04-09
PASSED.
Canal Bill Is Now
a Law.
Only One Vote Cast
Against It.
Other Measures Before the House
and Senate.
Especial Correspondence.

Especial Correspondence.
Columbus, o., April Ex-senator
Harding stood out alone against the
retention of the canal system when
the substitute for the Painter bill came
up in the Senate, Tuesday evening.
The Senator offered an amendment
to the measure when it was pending
last week, striking out all of section
9 of the bill which provides that when
ever 1t shall become the policy of the
state to abandon the canal, all boats
for the transportation of freight or
passengers shall be paid for by the
State.
When the bill came up as a special
order, Senator Harding stated that he
had been unable to reach an agree
ment with the friends of the bill upon
his proposed amendment and asked
that he might be permitted to with
draw it. This permission was given
him and he proceeded to explain his
vote. He said that he was unalterably
opposed to the subsidy section of
the bill and II it were allowed to
stand, he would have to vote against
the bill.
When the roll was called, Demo
Gratis and Republicans joined hands
and made a law of the most important
bill that has yet been disposed of. The
vote stood % to /, the only negative
vote being that of Senator Harding.
This is the first bin upon which
there has been much general discus
sion which has passed the General
Assembly.
The Senate defeated the Connell bill
to permit Probate courts to appoint
trust companies as executors and adj
ministrators of estates. The vote
was very decisive. A few minutes
later Senator Moore moved that the
vote be reconsidered and that the bill
again be placed upon it's passage but
this motion was not agreed to and
the bill Is lost. =
The Moore banking law bill came
up as special order but was postpon-
ed to Thursday. This is the bill which
provides for State examiner of
State banks, two deputies and a
clerk. The office is to be in connection
with the Auditor of State. When the
| bill was read Senator Moore offered
four pages of amendments which were
practically agreed to but Sen. Harri-
son objected to taking up. such an i'm
portant matter without plenty of time
in which to consider it.
Bills We're passed in the House as
follows:
To permit actions for dana ges to
be brought in this State where death
has been caused by accident in an
other State.
TO protect car repairers from in
clement weather. 1t is made optional
with the railroad companies as to
whether they will build sheds or per-
NIT the repairers to "lay off, in bad
weather.
The following bills were passed in
the Senate:
To provide that officers of the Ohio
Reformatory or penitentiary may car
ry prisoners on freight trains.
To provide heavy penalty for car.
rying liquors or opium to inmates of
jails, warehouses; or the penitentiary
To classify the schools of the State
and provide for uniform courses of
study
TO permit the purchase of voting
machines where majority of the
voters so declare.
On motion of Mr.. Williams, y OF
Hamilton county, the vote by which
the Rowland bill was defeated was
reconsidered. This is the bill which
provides for the appointment of two
additional factory inspectors.