The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-02-11
OUR LEGISLATURE.

The partial appropriation bill passed
the House, Wednesday, exactly as intro
duced.
1 Sawyer's bill providing for the admin
istration of estates of persons who mys-
teriously disappear and are believed to be
dead. passed.
Frizzell's bill to authorize counties TO
contract with adjoining county hospitals
for the care of INDECENT sick, was defeat
ed, 48 to44.
The Riegel bill, placing the State Uni
versity on tax-levy for 1904 and 1905 for
I5-l00 of mill passed.
Senator Chamberlain introduced his
bill to increase the salaries of Judges of
the Court of Common Pleas and Justices
| of the Supreme Court.
The Senate, Thursday, proceeded to
| adopt the Hill House resolution to make
the carnation the floral emblem of Ohio.
Just before the resolution came up for
| consideration carnations were passed out
| to the members of the Senate, and the
favorte flower of the martyred President
was much in evidence when the resolu-
tion was adopted.
Under suspension of the rules the Sem
ate passed the Huffman House bill appro-
priating funds for the Normal Depart
ments of Ohio and Miami Universities.
Senator Judson offered petition ask
ing for an appropriation to print roster
Of Ohio soldiers in the War of 1912.
The House put in the day in discus
sion of the Miami and Erie Canal bills.
The sessions of the House and Senate,
Friday, were short. No business was
done in the House and little of importance
in the Senate.
Both bodies adjourned under the joint
rules. until Monday afternoon at 8 clock.
The first movement looking toward
final adjournment of the legislature was
taken Tuesday, when Representative
York, of Ottawa, offered a joint resolu-
ton in the House fixing noon. Monday,
April II, as the date for final adjourn
ment.
The House adopted two important joint
resolutions. One memorializing Congress
TO proceed with the proposed slack water
navigation improvements of the Ohio
river. The other urging Congress to
locate at historic Put-in-Bay the naval
training station, proposed to be located
on the great lakes.
The House passed the Houck Senate
bill, permitting chiefs # police t. draw
witness fees.
The Senate passed the Crafts emcr-
gency appropriations bill. amended so as
to carry 600, to pay for the advertise
ments of the constitutional amendments.
The Senate passed bill that makes
the bare attempt to pick persons pocket
a felony.
With only four dissenting votes the
House, Wednesday, passed Senator Cas-
salts bill repeating the statute by which
laws take effect ON the first day of May
following their passage where not other
wise provided.
Representative Jones introduced the
most drastic automobile bill yet pro-
duced. lie proposes TO drive the machines
from the country roads entirely. He
makes it an Offense to run one on 4
country road and the penalty is from S25
to -s1CO fine.
The following bills were introduced:
Providing that brick may be used in
making country roads and reducing the
width of the wagon road from ten to
eight feet; to limit the charges that may
be made by any telephone company in
the State to ST month for business
houses and So month for residences;
to give poultry associations in good
standing one-fifth of the amount Counties |
are allowed to give TO county asricul- |
tural societies; to appropriate $3.50 TO |
survey and mark an old Indian trail from |
the Portage to the Tuscarawas river.
Senator Carr introduced bill giving |
power to fix rates for water fur
nished by private companies.
Consideration of the Chamberlain bill
fixing the compensation of common pleas
Judges has been postponed by fhe Senate.