The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-02-18
OUR LEGISLATURE.

Senator Austin introduced two bills In
the Senate, Thursday, that concern child
| labor. One gives Justices of the Peace
final jurisdiction in all eases pertaining
| to the employment OF child labor. and
| the other provides for a more complete
/ system of certification, so that employers
can iGore reliably ascertain the age OF
| minor labor.
Senator Judson introduced bill which
gives partnerships organized outside Of
Ohio the right to sue OF be sued within
the State as is row enjoyed by Ohio part
nerships.
The Senate adopted the Wayne resolu-
ton relating to Congressional action
looking to the improvement of interna-
tional waterways, especially the Ohio and
Mississippi rivers.
There is once more law requiring sta
tionary steam engineers to be examined
and secure license from the State. The
House, without a dissenting vote passed
the Pollock bill, re-enacting the old law
without the unconstitutional features
which caused it to be set aside by the
Courts last summer,
The following bills were introduced in
the House: Amending Section 80 of the
municipal code so as to restore to cities
power to grade and curb streets and
drain them and to lay water mains,
assessing the c st upon abutting property
owners wholly or in part; Providing for
Capitalization Of schools in an election
precinct, made up of parts of two or more
townships; To require radiators or heat
ers in vestibules in street cars for the
benefit Of motOrmen; Raising the dead
beat limit so that Is per cent. instead Of
10 per cent. of married mans salary
may be attached for necessities.
The Senate Friday, passed two Of the
bills introduced by Senator Austin. One
provides that inmates Of the Boys Indus
trial School may be paroled, the same az
inmates of other State Institutions.
The second bill gives the Governor dis
cretiOnary power to transfer boys over 10
years old from the Lancaster Industrial
School to the Mansfield Refurmatory.
Senator Smith introduced two bills.
One says children under Is years of age
shall not be employed at dangerous ma
chinery, aud the second provides q PEN
atty if employers do not provide blowers
for dust-creating machines, when Or
dered to do so by the State inspectors.
Senator Hypes. for the Finance Com
mittee, reported favorably on the Crafts
partial appropriation bill.
The House reconsidered the vote
whereby it defeated the Bassett bill,
making it felony for any person law
fully incarcerated to break out Of Jail.
1t will be made to apply only to persons
arrested for felonies. The bill was COM
mitted to the Committee on Frisons and
Prison Reforms.
A few unimportant bills were intro
duced. Both branches of the Legislature
adjourned until Monday.
At the short session of the House, Mon
day, Mr.. Hill presented n bill applying
to natural gas companies the provision Of
the old law regulating the placing Of
meters for artificial gas and adding new
features. One is that the companies,
both artificial and natural, must test the
meter in the presence of the prospective
consumer. The other is that natural gas
companies must display bulletin show
ing the percentage of air mixed with the
product, and providing for ratable re-
duction on monthly bills.
The Senate, Tuesday, passed the bill Of
Senator Shumaker, which gives the build
ing and loan companies the right to in
vest in United States, County and Mu-
nicipal bonds.
The Austin bill, permitting women to
serve on library boards, was passed by
the Senate without opposition.
The Senate passed the Sawyer House
bill which provides that a Trustee may be
appointed to administer the property Of
person long missing and supposed to be
dead until lie is officially declared so by
the court.
Bills passed the House as follows:
Adding by specific reference confections,
condiments and proprietary animal food
to the Jurisdiction Of the State Food
Commissioners; Increasing the maxi
mum life of County bonds from 20 to 80
years; Authorizing the Commissioners Of
any County whose infirmary is destroyed
by fire to issue bonds not to exceed
1000; Authorizing commissioners to
permit abutting land owners to build
their road fences out on the edge of road
fills and connecting with the eulvert
bridges, etc.
The House, Wednesday, adopted the
Crist House joint resolution for the print
ing of $1,000 sets of Howe's Historical
Collections.
Bills introduced:
Repeating the law of 1902 permitting
unplatted farm lands to be detached from
cites and incorporated villages and at
taching the same to townships; curing
defect in the road law Of four years ago,
providing for the appointment Of Road
Commissioners by the Commissioners Of
the county.
Bill. were introduced in the Senate As
follows:
To amend Section 1853 of the Ohio Stat
utes so that in case of death of citizen
without heirs at law il there be adopted
heirs the estate shall go to them or their
heirs. If there are no adopted heirs the
estate shall 60 to the State, as at present;
To fix the standard of II pounds for
gallon of maple syrup Of 2sl cubic
inches, and providing penalties of from
$50 to 500 for adulterating maple syrup
in any manner; Appropriating s25, 900 to
be used in making display of Ohio live
stock at the st. Louis exposition, the
money to be expended under the direc-
ton Of the Ohio Commission.