The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-02-11

Senate Fsvers shs Proposed improve
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Columbus, Feb. l.--Senate te-The sal.
ary bill was introduced Wednesday In
. changed and simplifed form. Pro-
bate judges, auditors, treasurers. pros.
ecutlng attorneys and sheriffs are to
receive each . sum equal to S30 for
every full 1000 Of the population Of
their respective counties, as shown BY
tho last census, provided that this
compensation shall not In any county
be less than $1,000, nor more than 49,.
900. County judges are to receive $27
for each 1000 population, and not less
than 5000 nor more than $500; re.
corders and surveyors $25 for each l..
900 persons, and not less than $500
nor more than $4,000; commissioners
$1S for each 1000 Of population, and
not less than 5000 nor more than 81
000 infirmary directors and coroners
$12 for each 1000 population, and not
less than $400 nor more than $4,000.
Houye--The house passed the Worth.
ington bill appropriating $675.50O to
pay interest on the irreducible school
debt Of the state, and the bill by Tread.
way which permits city treasurers to
accept any good security from banks
which are made city Repositories. The
municipal code provided that banks
should give surety bond In double
the value Of the average deposits.
Representative Carr offered bill Of
interest to every teacher In the state
II provides that . certificate to teach
shall not be granted to any one who
ond.grade high school and been 1t
teachers. Representative Kehnast Of.
fered petition and memorial calling
upon the Ohio legislature to take steps
looking to the adoption of q uniform
system Of text books for all schools
Of the state.
Columbus, Feb. 8. - Senate - The
76th general assembly went on record
Thursday as favoring the proposed
Improvement under congressional &C.
tion Of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers,
the senate adopting by unanimous vote
the house resolution by Mr.. Wayne.
OF Hamilton county. House bill BY
Chairman Crafts, of the finance com.
mittce, making sundry appropriations,
passed the senate. Among the items
authorized are $3,2649s expenses Of
the inauguration; $141.67 salary Of
newly created offlcial; $2,5Q0 for fuel
for the capitol, 5000 contingent ex.
penses of the examiner of engineers,
$1,000 for officers and $4,000 for
guards salaries at the penitentiary
and $4,000 for heating and plumbing
in the employees building at the boys
industrial school. The senate adopted
house joint resolution to direct the
supervisor OF public printing to issue
1900 copies of a new catalogue Of the
books In the state law library.
House-The house passed the Pol.
lock bill to reorganize the state board
of examination and registration OF sta
tionary engineers. The Akin bill, pro.
viding for the payment of 25 cents to
each member Of the Ohio national
guard for attending drill, passed the
house and Is now half law. The Bas-
sett bill. seeking to make>jt crime
to attempt to break jail, was defeated.
The Osler bill, repeating the Cole for
feiture law. passed WITHOUT opposition.
Columbus, Feb. 6.-Sehate-The SEN
ate Friday morning passed two of the
bills introduced by Senator Austin. Of
Toledo One provides that inmates OF
the boys industrial school may be pa
rolod, the same as inmates of other
state institutions. The second bill
gives the governor discretionary pow.
er TO transfer boys over 16 years old
from the Lancaster Industrial school
TO the Mansfield reformatory. The
transfer must first be approved by the
officers of the Lancaster home. Sena.
tor Chapman, OF Dayton. introduced q
measure which proposes to make the
veterinary examination laws more
strict. Senator Smith, of Tuscarawas,
introduced two bills. One says chill
dren under 16 years of age shall not
be employed at dangerous machinery,
and the second provides a penalty IL
employers do not provide blowers for
dust-creating machines, when ordered
to do so by the state inspectors.
House-The house reconsidered the
vote whereby 1t Thursday defeated the
Bassett bill, making 1t felony for any
person lawfully incarcerated to break
out OF Jail. It was explained by the
author that the objections of Thursday
could be removed and satisfactory
bill passed. It will be made to apply
only to persons arrested for felonies.
There are now laws provided for the
punishment of an. person who assists
O prisoner in escaping or for an officer
whose negligence permits prisoner
to get away. but there Is nothing in
the way Of q penalty for the man who
escapes through his own efforts.
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