Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1904-02-12
THE LEGISLATURE.
Summary OF Proceedings in Roth of
ITS branches.

Columbus, Feb. 3.-House-Bills in
troduced: Authorizing city councils
to regulate the price of water if fur
nished by private companies for pub
lie and private consumption. The bill
remedies n defect in the code; to fix
the salary of judges of the circuit
court at $4,000 a year; to give COM
mon pleas judges not to exceed $500
year expenses while holding court
outside of the counties in which they
reside,
Senate-Bills introduced: Provid-
ing a fine of from So to $50 for the
selling after June /, 1904, of any toy
pistol, cap, giant cracker or bomb con-
tanning dynamite or nitro-glycerine,
and providing for civil damages for
any one injured by such explosives;
to authorize vote on an amendment
to the constitution to exempt all
state, county, municipal, township
and school bonds from taxation.
Bills passed in the house: To re-
peal Section ~ of the revised statutes
of Ohio, relating to the time when
laws shall take effect; repeating the
act forbidding more than one trustee
or justice to be elected from the same
precinct in any township.
In the senate: Emergency appro-
priation bill so amended as to carry
$1,000 for publication of constitu-
tional amendments; making pocket
picking a felony.
Columbus, Feb. 4.-These bills were
introduced in the house yesterday:
To amend the state banking act by
giving the state auditor power to re-
quire reports without giving notice
and on any day required by the audi
tor. The law now has two specified
days; to regulate practice of bar
barbering. Provides that within 80
days state board of health shall pro-
vide rules and sanitary requirements
for barber shops and barbering.
These rules to be printed and posted
in all barber shops. Copies of rules
to be sold at 25 cents, proceeds to be
used to enforce the act. Failure to
comply with rules to be misde-
meanor and fine of $40 to S1O0 and i'm
prisonment from 10 to so days pro-
vided for violations; providing a mini
mum qualifica ton for teachers-no
certificate shall be granted to any one
VINO has not graduated from second
grade high school and who has not in
| addition had one year of professional
training in school teaching.
Bills passed: Appropriating s575.-
600 to pay interest on the
irreducible debt, school funds,
borrowed by the state, and $500
for Office expenses of the state sink
ing fund commission; permitting
cities to accept any acceptable secur-
ity from depository banks-the code
requires q guarantee company bond;
providing that when series of acts
of embezzlement have been COM
mISted, the sums so taken may be ag-
| gregated, and prosecution made upon
the aggregate sum; providing that
any one who procures another to give
| false testimony may be punished by
fine of not more than $500 and i'm
prisonment of not less than 60 days.
Senate-Bills introduced: Makes
any one who endeavors to induce, per-
| suade or compel anyone to commit
arson, provided property involved is
valued at S35, liable to sentence of
not more than 30 years in the peniten-
tiary: providing that an attorney
may file an affidavit of disqualification
| against any common pleas judge when
| the Judge is a relative of any party
| interested; fixing the annual salaries
of county officials.
The senate passed the bill relating
to inspectors of the dairy and food
commission, giving inspectors and the
assistant commissioner the same au-
thority to make Il search of premises
as the commissioner.
Columbus. Feb. 5.-Two school
codes were introduced Thursday, both
compromises. The Harrison senate
bill is in reality the Bonebrake ad'
ministrat ton bill compromised. The
Smith house bill is a compromise up
on the Cleveland school code. The
bills are:
BY Harrison. of Darke-School code
which divides the state into -four
classes of districts, city, village
township and special. 1t abolishes
joint sub-districts and provides fol-
attaching or detaching territory.
BY Smith. of Washington-Schoo
code providing for small board OF
five in city districts, elected at large
for five years. Four classes are pro-
vided for: City, village, township ano
special districts. A business mana
ger may be employed by the board il
desired. The superintendent is elect
ed for three years and can only be re
moved upon written charges. Super
intendent has seat in board but nj
vote; appoints teachers and select:
text books subject to confirmation
by the board.
c:;.er house bills: To regulate
primary elections for county ant
municipal offices. Applies to all can
didates except those nominated b,
petition, leaving it optional with th'
committee whether by direct vote o,
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