Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1904-03-11
OHIO LEGISLATURE


offered a resolution yesterday au-
thorizing the president of the senate
to name committee of five to inves-
tigate the legal obligation of the
state to pay outstanding bonds is
sued by the board, and to determine
the relation existing between the
board and the state. President Hard
ing appointed upon the committee
Senators Austin, Dunlay, Harrison,
Ricketts, and Critics.
House-Bills passed: Authorizing
common pleas Judges to appoint
court constables ut not to exceed ST.
$50; transferring jurisdiction over
the blind relief fund from the town-J
ship trustees to the probate court; y
to allow women to serve as members
of boards of library trustees; per-
mitting the use of brick in paving
county roads and prescribing the
width of such roads.
Columbus, March 4.-The house
passed these bills yesterday: Au-
thorizing county commissioners to is
sue bonds to rebuild bridges con-
demned by the war department of
the United States-it is specially APP
plcable to Ashtabula county; in
creasing the compensation of the
male teachers at the deaf and dumb
institutions; authorizing county COM
missioners upon favorable vote of
the people, to issue bonds to pur-
chase existing toll roads at cost not
to exceed $4,000 a mile.
The house adopted a resolution in
dorsing the appropriation of $4,000
for n monument to Gen. w. II. Gibson
| at Tiffin.
The Chapman bill providing for the
adjustment of spring elections pass
ed the senate, but only after the
most heroic measures were resorted
to.
The senate passed the following
bills: Providing against the adulter-
alton of maple syrup and sugars; au-
thorizing the state to assume control
and ownership of the home for Ohio
soldiers, sailors, marines, their wives,
mothers and widows and army
nurses. at Madison, Lake county, and
providing an appropriation of not
more than $4,000 for maintenance
during the next two years.
Bills introduced: EXempting from
taxation all property held by ceme-
terry associations; to authorize city
councils to grant franchises to- ida
lines do not exist.
Columbus, March 5.-The senate
held brief session Friday morning,
but the house adjourned without ac-
complishing anything except the
reading of the bill to abolish spring
elections.
In the senate Hypes, of Clarke, in
troduced bill to define and punish
the offense of impersonating an Off
GER. 1t provides that any one falsely
representing himself as a police OFF,
GER, sheriff, deputy sheriff or con-
stable, or any person not member
of a municipal police department
wearing a uniform or part of uni
form similar to police uniform shall
be deemed guilty of misdemeanor
and fined from $25 to Sl0O and i'm
prisoned from 80 days to six months.
Bills were passed by the senate:
Relative to building fences along pub
lie highways, permitting land owners
to extend fences to the approaches
of bridges and culverts, but giving
them no title to the land thus en-
closed; making bills of municipal
lighting plant leins against the prop
erty in which such light has been fur
nished, the same as municipal water
plant bills now apply.
Columbus, March S.-The following
bills were introduced in the ho1se
yesterday: Regulating frateFnal
beneficiary associations and repealing
all acts now on the statute books re-
lating to regulations of beneficiary
associations-author of state in
surance department is increased 10
the extent that an examination of
fraternal organizations can be made
at any time; to repeal an act relating
to regulation of associations doing n
life insurance business on the stipu-
lated premium plan-the object of
the bill is to prevent the organiza-
ton of any new companies to do an
insurance business in Ohio on the
stipulated premium plan; to prevent
the sale, transfer, assignment or
pledge of personal earnings that are
now exempt under existing laws
from levy under execution or attach
,, ment-the bill also prevents the
pledge of wages as security fd n
loan; to include suburban or interur-
ban railroads in sections of statutes
relating to taxation of telegraph and
telephone companies; to provide for
the establishment of residence for
the governor The bill provides that
the governor shall appoint a commits
sion of three, not more than two of
the same party. The appointment
| shall be for three years. The COM
| mission shall get their expenses, but
no salary. They shall purchase a site
| and erect n residence which shall be
/ furnished and ready for occupancy.
i Eighty thousand dollars is appropri-
| ated for the building.
i Senate-Bills introduced: To COM
/ pei county treasurers to index and
| keep public record of special assess
4 ments against lands listed for taxa
H tion-the treasurer is to get Yive
\ cents for each assessment indeYed;
i proposing amendments to the frater-
Il nal insurance laws-the bill was pre-
/ pared in the office of the state insur-