The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-02-27
OHIO LEGISLATURE.

ler were present when the Speaker raped
| or order.
According TO programme the Democratic
xation bill, applying to all quasi-public
+, orporations the principle Of assessment
mboded in the sO-called Nichols law.
vas introduced in both branches of the
;eneral Assembly aud read for the first
me. The bill was offered in the Senate
y Senator Decker of Pauding County, and
n the House by Carle of Seneca County.
The House passed bill concerning the
'ecovery Of county property. 1t provides
hat Prosecuting Attorneys shall have
over tn bring an action whenever they
IRE satisfied that any real OF personal
property of the county is being illegally
Ised or detained or occupied in violation
of contracts and whenever any money is
Tue the county from any contractor for
public works.
The bill TO create commission Of seven,
TO be appointed by the Governor, to invest
igate the advisability of the State estab-
fishing hospital for the treatment of
tuberculosis, has been recommended for
passage by the Senate Finance Commit
tee.
A number of bills were introduced in
The House Monday. of which the follow
ing were the most Important:
Providing that levy for agricultural af-
fairs shall go to the county fair assOeia-
insure buildings belonging to the associa-
tions; adding English language and liter
ature to subjects for school examinations;
providing that the Boards Of SubdirectOrs
of each school district shall engage a
teacher, instead of the Board of Education
of the township: it does not affect schools
in cities; to establish closed season for
Lake Erie to extend from December Is to
March Is; creating a board. composed Of
the Governor, Secretary of State and the
Commissioner of Common Schools, which
shall purchase copyrights of school books,
print such books and sell them to school,
children.
All the bills introduced in the Senate
came from Hamilton County, and applied
to measures affecting Cincinnati.
The following bills were passed. by the
House, Tuesd,y: Providing that where a
country road has been ordered established.
and has not been opened after lapse OF
two years, the County Commissioners may
on petition. order same to be opened and
assess cost upon the township in which
the road lies; To pay deficiencies and LA
bilities authorized by the State Emergency
Board; ApprOpriating 81, 100000 for COM
mon schools for the year ending Novem-
Der Is, 1902, and same amount for the year
ending November 10, 1913; For payment
of funded debt of the State. The passage
of this bill will wipe out the funded debt
of Ohio in 1903.
The following bills passed the Senate:
To establish law uniform with the laws
Of other states ON negotiable Instruments;
Making it msdemeanor TO perform for
profit any unpublished or undedicated
opera without the consent OF the owner or
author, and punishable by fine or i'm
prisOnment; To promote the efficiency of
the National Guard. 1t provides for an
nual encampment of from to II days, in
stead of days, and gives enough money
from the State to pay the total expenses Of
encampment.
The House, Wednesday, passed the fol-
lowing bills: Making the range of ages
AOA oSAOOiiOt tCii III
cities from to II instead of 10 10 years:
Authorizing domestic life Insurance COM
panies to lend money on real estate up TO
80 per cent. Of the land and improvement
thereon, instead Of Oh the land alone, is
now required.
Bills passed the Senate as follows: Pro-
viding that prisoners convicted OF mis-
demeanor may be placed on parole. Chiefs
of Police of cities and Marshais of towns
are made probationary oiliccrs. iiearfests
may be made without warrants. Persons
arrested for drunkenness. and who have
not been arrested during Il months i'm
mediately preceding may ask for parole.
and the Court may grant the same before
the trial; Authorizing Springfield 10 issue
$l10, 900 bonds 10 improve waterworks ami
hre department damaged by a recent fire;
Authorizing the Governor 10 appoint a
commission of five to investigate location
for tuberculosis sanitOria.
Resolutions of respect TO the memory OF
the late Speaker Harry c. Mason OF Cleve-
land, and the late Representative John
FentOn of Fulton County, were adopted in
the House, Thursday. by ng vote.
Twenty years ago Judge Louis ii. Pike
of the Common Pleas Court, in the first
subdivision of the Fourth Judicial District.
had contest on hand with Judge Haynes
and won it through the Senate deciding in
his favor. The contestee, however. got
s9i5.22 Of the salary due, and Thursday
the House passed the Fraser bill giving
that amount to Judge Pike. 1t received
the necessary twO-thirds vote.
The House by unanimous vote passed
the Gear bill, levying-a tax of 500 on re-
tailers dealing in cigarettes and 500 on
1t forbids the sale of cigar
cites or cigarette wrappers to any one I'M
der p years of age and any tobacco to any
one under the age OF IL years. An amend
ment by Mr.. Ankeny (Rep.1 of Greene.
which was accepted. prevents the giving
away Of cigarette wrappers or permitting
them to remain where minors could have
access to them. Strong speeches were
made favOring the bill and denouncing
cigarette smoking as perniciOus and un-