The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-03-10

Columbus. March 3.--Senats IA bill
to regulate the running and use Of "a.
tomoblIes and to define the rules and
privileges Of persons on the highwAys
when passing automobiles" 10 the title
Of Q contribution to the senate litera.
ture offered by Mr.. Overturf. d Delar
ware The bill nxes the maximum
speed within q municipality at eight
miles an hour and outside at Is miles.
Senator Bruce introduced. By request,
Q bill which extends TO women the
right TO vote at local option elections.
They must register on the days set
apart for the registration Of mere mon.
but they are not to be given the right
TO sign q petition asking that . spe-
cial election be held.
House-The house passed and made
half law Of the Rowland bill. author.
izing the commissioners of Hamilton
county to borrow not to exceed $780,.
900 to improve LongvIew hospital and
build new quarters for the female pa.
tients. Bills introduced: To provide
a 100000 monument fund for the late
Gen. w. H. Gibson. at Tim; provid.
ing a general salary bill for county
surveyors, each officer to get $3.50 per
year and 81 additional for each 100
population over $4,000, and also 5 per
cent. on all public work; requiring all
chattel mortgages to be filed with the
recorders.
Columbus, March 4.--Senate-The
senate adopted house Joint resolution
to print 500 additional copies Of his
primary election bill. II is proposed,
in bill introduced, to authorize mu.
nicipal councils to grant electric rail-
road companies terminal facilities or
the right to construct double tracks
on any street. after having obtained
the consent OF the owners Of major.
ity of the frontage. and where the
street is wide enough for two tracks.
Senator Harvey introduced bill to ex.
empt cemeteries and property held by
cemetery trustees as such from taxa
ton. Mr. Smith introduced bill
which requires an amendment to the
law requiring railroad companies to
equip their cars with air brakes and
automatic couplers, so as to include
also. after March 1, 1910. cars run on
other than standard gauge tracks.
House-Representative Harper Of.
fered bill providing that the family
Of workhouse prisoners shall be paid
30 cents per day while the father Is
confined. The house passed the York
bill Thursday. which is Of great inter.
est to all members or the Ohio ma.
tional guard. The bill increases the
provision for armory rent from 5000
to $500 per year, and gives 5000 per
year for incidental company expenses.
! The bill also gives the aaJutant gen.
eral 800 per year to be used In pay.
ing for armory inspection.
Columbus. March 5.-Senate-Mr.
Heinlein's bill to prohibit the sale or
giving away Of cigarettes or cigarette
papers went to the judiciary commit
tee. The senate passed Senator Kins.
mans bill to give boards Of service
and village trustees power to collect
electric light rents. as well as water
rents, where the plant is owned by the
municipality. House bill by Mr.. John.
ston. to authorize land owners to con.
! struct fences within roads leading
from the sides to and along the ap-
prOaches and to the ends of the sides
OF bridges over streams and ravines.
became a law. An amendment prohib-
its the use of barbed wire.
House-The house was in session
but short time Friday. there being
but Is members present. but the speak.
er, following the advices Of the ad.
ministration leaders to recognize any
member In motion to adjourn
until after the Chapman bill had been
messaged over from the senate and
read the first time. It will be up for
second reading and reference to the
proper committee Monday now. There
was some very strong republican oppo
sition to the plan to read the bill Fri.
day morning