The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-03-17
OUR LEGISLATURE.

In the senate Thursday, after an acri-
nonious discussion lasting more thai
hree hours, substitute for the Rickett
resolution proposing an amendment t.
The state constitution and providing foI
biennial elections was adopted, and th'
chapman bill, abolishing spring cleo
ions, was then passed.
These measures were then passed il
the Senate:
To pay national guardsmen 25 cents for
drill attendance at feast As nights year:
apprOpriating $1,000 for monument to
mark site of the surrender of Gen. John
B. Morgan; appropriating $4,000 for the
maintenance during the next two years
of the Home for Sailors, Marines, their
wives, mothers and widows and army
nurses, the state to assume control of the
property which is located at Madison,
Lake County.
The following bills were passed in the
House Friday:
Authorizing County Commissioners to
issue bonds to rebuild bridges condemned
by the War Department of the United
States: increasing the compensation of
the male teachers at the deaf and dumb
institution; indOrsing the appropriation
of $4,000 for monument to Gen. w. ii.
Gibson, at Tiffiin; authorizing the agri-
cultural experiment station at Wooster to
reprint certain reports now out of print.
The Chapman bill for the abolition of
spring elections and its companion meas
ure, the Ricketts, resolution amending the
constitution so as to separate State and
Municipal elections, were advanced a
stage in the House Monday.
The long expected bill for the estab-
lishment of Governors residence in
Columbus, was introduced in the House
of Representatives by Mr.. WorthingtOn.
1t approprlates $4,000 for that purpose.
Almost classically perfect in language
and sentiment were the resolutions intro
duced in the House by Mr.. 1readway of
Cleveland, reciting the public services of
The late Senator Hanna and providing for
The app 'intment of joint committee on
he part of blth branches to arrange for
memorial service on the part of the
General Assembly. 1t is proposed to hold
The service upon the same day that is set
apart by the United States Senate for the
same purpose, and that the committee
shall invite some person Of national fame
10 deliver the panegyric instead of calling
upon members of the Assembly.
The Farmer BARRIERS license bill came up
as a special order in the House, Tues
day, and after long discussion, was de-
feated by vote of 81 to 81.
The House passed the Fisher bill max
ing the present milk standard run uni
formally through the year. As the old
law stands it exempts the months of juno
and July.
The House passed without objection
the Kimball bill relieving ID. A. Austin,
treasurer of Geauga county, who lost
sll, ,563 county funds in the failure of the
banking company Of Broughton, Ford &
Co., Chardon.
Representative WertZ's bill to require
the statement of expenses in villages to
be published annually where there are
newspaper was defeated in the House,
receiving but 80 votes.
A bill by Senator Moore was passed |
permitting agricultural societies to mort |
gage their lands for the payment of pre-
existing debts and to extend their grounds. |
Senator Berry'S road bill. extending the |
time in which one mile assessment pixies |
may be paid, from eight to twenty-five |
years, passed the Senate.
With an emphatic voice the House We'd
nesday refused the application of the or
,anized medical profession of Ohio to
pass bill compelling owners of patent
and proprietary medical compounds to
print in English on the receptacle con-
aiming their product the ingrediance en-
ering into it.
The bill providing that $500 may be paid
out of the sheep fund in each
if there be surplus, to any
humane society existing therein, was |
passed almost unanimously by the House.
On behalf of the Prosecuting Attorneys
If the state, Mr.. Reich introduced a bill
their officials title to that of
states Attorney.
Friends of the common schools gained
N important victory in the Senate by SO
the Harris bill making apprO-
'riations for the common schools of the
tate as to practically force levy of one
nill for school purposes for 1905.
The Senate passed Mr.. Heinlein's bill
living interurban and other street rail-
ray companies the right to condemn and
ppropriate property in municipalities
or street railway purposes.