The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-03-24
THE OHIO LEGISLATURE.
Bill Giving the Right to Erect a Mo
kinIey Memorial Passed.


Columbus. March 17.--Senate-The
senate enacted into law the house
Dill to exempt from taxation land up.
on which any building is erected and
preserved to commemorate a historic
event. Senator Houcks bill amending
the marriage laws, passed as amended
by MIR. Harris. II prohibits the grant.
ing OF marriage license to an imbe.
Gle or eptleptic person. a habitual
urunkarG, or one who is at the time
of the application drunk or under the
| influence OF a narcotic drug. A bill by
Mr.. Houck, which the senate passed,
authorizes county commissioners to
pay out of the dog tax fund an amount
not to exceed $500 TO persons bitten by
mad dogs.
House-The house passed and made
half law the Worthington bill to ap-
propriate $4,000 for the purchase of
gubernatorial residence. The vote
stood SO to 3, the three votes against
the bill being cast by democrats. The
Baldwin bill, appropriating S12,5OO for
the completion of the Ohio building at
the ST. Louis exposition, also passed.
Columbus, March IS. - Senate-A
new bill by Mr.. Cassatt gives county
treasurers per cent. compensation
Tor the collection of unpaid street as.
sessments certified to them and to
which are added 10 per cent. penalty
and costs. The senate, after a long
discussion and the consideration of
many proposed amendments, defeated
Senator Chapman's bill to reduce the
board of veterinary examiners from
hve to three and increase their com.
pensatlon. Senator Shumaker, of
Cleveland, in a bill introduced, seeks
to bring electric parcel delivery com.
panies within the act taxing express
companies. The object is to take in
suburban and interurban electric
roads. Mr.. Judson offered the uniyer.
sal woman suffrage resolution, to be
voted on in November 1905.
House-The two bills by Mr.. HOLES
which authorizes the Canton Cemetery
association TO sell a plat of land to the
National Mckinley Memorial associa.
ton for the purpose of giving the as.
sociation the right to erect the McKin.
ley memorial thereon. were passed.
The second bill exempts such property
from taxation. The house passed the
Lehman partition fence bill. making
clearer the provisions as to line fences
and permitting the use in part Of barb.
ed WIRE IN the construction of such
fences. The Harris senate bill provid.
lnE against the adulteration of maple
sugar and sirup and fixing a stand.
ard of weight of sirup passed and is
now law.
Columbus, March 9.-Senate-The
springfield lynching and riots are re.
'alled in bill introduced by Senator
Types, of that city, providing that in
murder cases the court shall" order
he sheriff to call together new
Grand jury within 10 days after the
commission of the crime. and that
Nhen the indictment is returned the
'ourt shall assign the case for hear.
ng within 20 days from and including
ne day the party is placed under ar.
est
House-The minority report on the
ohnston canal bill was offered in the
ouse Friday morning by Representa-.
I've Little, but Speaker Thomas ruled
nat 1t could not be accepted by the {
ouse unless the vote by which the
laJorlty was accepted Thursday even. !
lg was reconsidered. Mr. Little NOV.
d a reconsideration. but Representa-. ,
We Binckley. of Perry. called atten. ,
on to the fast that there was no quo.
I'M. there being but 12 of the 10
lembers present and the house ad.
,urned