The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-02-04
OUR LEGISLATURE.

The following bills were introduced in
the Senate, Thursday: Providing that il
shall be unlawful to sell intoxicating
liquor as beverage in any ward Of any
city or village when majority of the
qualified electors sign petition to pro-
hibit its selling in that ward, and the pc
tition shall be passed upon by the
Mayor or Common Pleas Judge find
that it does contain a majority of the vo-
ters of the ward; that license shall be
necessary for marriage even if banns
have been published. 1t is also provided
that the woman must be a resident Of the
county in which the license is issued.
The first appropriation bills of the ses-
sion were offered in the House by Chair
man Crafts of the Finance Committee.
These we're three in number, liability,
deficiency and partial appropriations.
Other bills introduced: Amending the
township Capitalization school law so that
children living within one-half mile of
school shall walk instead of ride, and fix
ing riding limit at three-fOurths of mile;
prohibiting killing of quail and squirrels
until 1910; providing that the Circuit
Court may not reverse the verdict of a
jury more that once in any one case; pro-
viding that all former pupils of the State
institutions for the blind shall be entitled
to participate in the annual pension of
$1C0 or less each.
Barbering will become a scientific pro-
fession if the bill offered Tuesday by Rep
resentative Farmer, a labor member from
Toledo, is permitted to become law: 1t
is said to be backed by members of the
tonsorial profession in the state, who, two
years ago failed to get through similar
measure, but milder i'll character. The
bill proposes that all BARRIERS shall be
licensed by state board, made up of three
BARRIERS Of five years. experience. The
requisites are proficiency with razor and
shears. and knowledge of the diseases
of the skin and scalp.
Permission to incorporate associations
for the purpose of compelling public Of
ficers to enforce the law and to proven |
abuses and neglect of authority on thepart
of such officials and boards is the purpose
of a bill offered by Representative Car
rOthers. At present if citizen desires to
do any Of these things he is forced to do so
at his own expense.
The House, by unanimous vote, passed
the Roll bill, which requires that all claims
must be presented to County Commission
ers at least five days bofore the regular
time for allowing bills.
Senator johnson introduced bill We'd
nesday which aims to increase the field Of
insurance companies chartered in this
state. He wants the law amended so that
Ohio companies may insure risks on prop
erty in other states in companies that
have no license.to operate in the state.
The Senate passed the Pollock bill,
which seeks to cure the unconstitutional
portion of the law creating state exam
iner Of stationary engineers.
Senator Judson presented a resolution
to memorabilia Congress to locate naval
training station at Putin Bay, Lake Erie.
Among the miscellaneous bills intro
duced in the House were the following:
Providing that the Chief. Clerk or
Deputy in the office of the State Superin-
tendent Of Printing shall be practical
printer.
Providing that all money in excess Of
the per cent Of outstanding loans, re-
quired by law for building associations
as contingent fund, shall be distributed
among the stockholders.
To so CHI nge the law that judgment
lien once granted shall hold for fifteen
years instead Of five, as at present.
Providing that when person in the
penitentiary is to be taken back to his
County for new trial the Sheriff of the
County shall convey him back instead
of the Warden.