The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-03-24
OUR LEGISLATURE.

| After an exhaustive debate of h surs the
House of Representatives, Thursday,
passed without amendment The Chapman
bill consolidating Municipal elections
with State and National elections. 1t now
awaits the signature of Governor Herrick
i 10 become law.
| The passage of the bill means that
| there will be no election in this State un-
| III next November. The municipal officers
then chosen will take hold on the first
Monday in the following January. All
appointive officers, such as members Of
boards, have their terms extended until
the second Monday in January.
The BrannOck local option bill as
amended was not reported to the House
Thursday because Of the adjournment
antil Monday, after passing the Chap
man bill.
Senator Houck offered bill providing
for the better organization of the public
schools in each County of the State,
through the election Ct County Super
intendent for four years at salary of
sl,50o. He is to have general supervision
Of all schools in the County, except city
schools, and is authorized to divide the
County in not more than four districts
and appoint an active teacher to super
intend the schools in said districts, not
more than two of whom shall belong to
The same political party. No person can
be elected superintendent who has not
been engaged in teaching at least five
years prior to his election.
Senator Shumaker introduced bill
which provides for the appointment of
two female shop inspectors.
The local option bill was up in the
House, Monday, and, after several amend
ments were offered, went over until We'd
nesday.
The old question of where General Phil
Sheridan was born will likely be revived
by the bill offered by Representative
Thomas Buckley, appropriating $4,000
for monument to that soldier, to be
erected at Somerset, in that county, where
his parents lived and whers he spent his
early boyhOOd.
The discovery was made recently by
Representative Treadway of Cleveland,
that the laws relating to the disposition
and control of the police pension funds
were not properly amended when the
municipal code was passed, and that the
defunct Police and Fire Commissioners
are supposed to have charge. lie offered
bill making the Boards of Public Safety
custOdians of the fund.
On behalf of the villages in his section
of the state Representatives Kennedy. of
Hamilton, offered a bill authorizing
special meetings to be held upon call of
Mayor or three members.
The colored men of the state want to
have complete regiment liz the Ohio
National Guard, having only battalion
at the present time. Senator Thomas II.
Ricketts,, presented bill increasing the
number Of companies to los, the quota al
lowed Ohio under the Federal law. This
Increase, if made up of coll red men, will
make the battalion regiment.
The House, Tuesday, defeated the bill
increasing the number of workshop in
spectors in the state and giving each of
them 81 200 instead of 1000 year.
The House also defeated the Frizzeil
bill for the benefit of County Surveyors,
given them the same fees as Recorders
Tor orverifications of maps, ,plats and tracings
The State Board of Health's bill, for the
benefit of purer water supplies fCf cities.
was passed by narr. W margin.
The Judy bill, compelling street car
to heat vestibules for the bene-
ct of mOrtOrmen in cold weather, was
passed.
The House passed three bills relieving
as many public officers and their sureties
from the payment of money lost by theft
and bank failures.
The Harry bill, which provides for the
of the law department of
nc state by placing all legal advicers in
he state offices under the control of the
attorney Generals, thus doing away with
pecial cOunselOrs, was recommitted to
ne Finance Committee short time after
ward, although the Senate passed it un-
The Senate devoted most of the session,
Wednesday, to discussion of the divorce
md marriage problems. The divorce
natter was brought before the body by
senator J. G. Heinlen's bill, which pro-
,osed that DEGREES should not be an |
lounced for three months after hearing.
md that where cases were not contested |
he Court might appoint an attorney to
ook into the defendants side of the action.
The bill passed after cutting ou: the |
hree months clause.
In square-toed, breast-to-breast fight |
be advocates Of the local option bill in
he House defeated those who are Oppos-
ag this new departure in liquor legisla-
ion by vote of 63 to 49,. The test came
ver the adoption of the minority report
which was presented by the members of
he Committee on Temperance, who were
pposed to the plan which the local option
are supporting. There was no
odging or evasion, only four members
eing absent, and all of them upon ex-
uses signed by Speaker Thomas.