The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-02-18

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Columbia reb. -eenaso- -eena,
tor Harvey offered the bill to amend
the laws pertaining 70 attorney go,
erals once. 20 that department WIN
have full sway IN al state legal ~
partments. II provides for the ~
point Of . first assistant at $500, {
second assistant at $1,000, . CHIEF
clerk at 1880, two stenosraphen q
$1,000 and special counsel ~ the q.
torney general may decide. The bin
10 In line with q suggestion carried ID
Gov. Nash's last message. SenatoE
Ricketts, offered q bill modifying the
Burns law feature Of the municipal
code SO that money will not have To
be in the treasury before contracts for
public works may be let. The object
of the bill is to save interest to.mu'
inequalities by allowing the consum'
nation Of contract II bond issue
Is authorized. N
House-The long-expected demand OF
organized labor for an eight.hour law
based upon that of Iowa. which has
been declared constitutional by the
United States supreme court. was OF.
fered Tuesday by Representative John
Reich, of Cleveland. II makes eight
hours day for work for all persons
employed by the state or any city.
county. village or township, In any
capacity. All. persons working more
than eight hours day shall be paid
on the basis of an eight-hour day. II
provides that the law shall be in force
or public work Of all kinds, whetnAr
done direct by the public or through
q contractor and IL Is to be presumed
that all public contracts are undertake
en- with the eight-hour day in view.
. Columbus, Feb. 11.-Senate--The
sanctity of marriage Is recognized In
q bill introduced in the senate by Mr..
Houck. OF Mt. Vernon. It provides
that the woman shall have been rest.
dent of the county in which the appli.
cation for license is made at least
six months before such application Ia
made; that both parties shall appear
In open court when they apply; that
no license shall be issued to habitual
drunkard or use Of narcotic drug, or
to an imbecile, and that no license
shall issue to one who Is under the in.
fiuence Of liquor or drugs when the
application is made. House joint res
olutiOn by Mr.. Fisher to memorabilia
congress to pass the Beidler bill to In
crease the pay of rural mail carriers
was provided by the senate. The bill
provides that after July 1, 1904, car
riers Of suburban routes shall receive
$500 for the first years service, 500
for the second. $500 for the third and
fourth and 81 900 for the fifth and sub.
sequent years.
House-The house passed and made
half law Of the Carle bill, providing
that cities may fix the rates to be
charged for water by private water
companies. Representative Kimball
introduced a bill increasing the salary
of the state dairy and food commits.
sioner from $4,000 to $4,000 per an.
mum. The house concurred in the sen.
ate amendment to the partial appro.
priation bill and 1t is now a law The
bill was amended in the senate SO as
to Increase the appropriation for Long.
view from $4,000 to 100000.
Columbus. Feb. 12.-Senate-In the
senate a bill was introduced by Mr..
Chamberlain, of Lorain, relating to
the conduct and management Of the
Ohio reformatory. 1t provides that
the superintendent be given authority
to expend so per cent. of the earnings
of the inmates in enlarging and ex-
tending the Industrial training school,
the expenditures to be made under the
direction of the board of managers.
The money is now appropriated for
schools only. The senate voted to in.
definitely postpone and thereby kill
the Moon House bill, which proposed
to repeal the law that one justice OF
the peace or township trustee where
the number of such officers equaled
or was smaller than the number OF
precincts, and II larger In number
than each township should have at
least one such resident Official.
House-Dr. Crawford, representing
q large constituency of miners in Ath.
ems county, introduced q bill requiring
owners Of mines to provide stretchers
blankets and other appliances for the
care Of the injured in order that in
stant aid may be given the victims OF
any accident occurring In them. The
expected adjournment Of the general
assembly Thursday evening In order
TO give the members an opportunity ia
20 to Cleveland and attend the ban
Quet Of the State League Of Republic
an clubs did not take place. no resoiu'
ti0n being offered to that effect. Most
Of the members went away Thursday
night. and 1t Is expected that Friday,
after a few moments session, adjourn.
ment will be taken. out OF respect to
the memory Of President Lincoln.
Columbus. Feb. 13.--The proverbial
laws delay that was one Of the themes
Of the Melancholy Danes soliliquy ID
discredited In Ohio by the delay in
making laws. When the senate met n
8 o'clock Friday morning exactly S3 Ia
per cent Of the law-making talent was
In its segregate seats. The short cal
endar. containing several bills for sec.
ond reading and two for final consider
alton. was disposed Of in less than 30
minutes, the second readings being re-
ferred to appropriate committees and
the bills for passage being postponed
House ditto. II was expected that the
two houses would ofilcially recognize
the fact that February ~ is the ami
vcrsary Of Lincoln's birth, but no men
ton of the day was made in either
house, both adjourning for want Of