The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-02-16
COLUMBUS LETTER

Columbus, O., Feb. 12-The Ohio
State Protective association closed its
seventh annual session by the election
of the cid roster of officers. The asso-
citation Joined the National Protective
association.
The legislative committee reported
favorably on bill to make chicken
stealing outside building felony if
over s. worth of fowls were taken
The bill includes turkeys, geese and
other fowls. 1t was approved
A committee was appointed to con-
fer with the County Commissioners
association relative to a change de-
sired in a law requiring county COM
missioneTs to refund 500 expenses to
the association for the arrest and con-
viction of felony and SIS for convic-
tion of misderneanor The present
law provides that such refunder may
be made. The association desires that
it read ''shall' be made. The commit
tee reported that the county commits
sioners' convention heartily endorsed
the proposed amendment to the law.
Another recommendation of the leg
islative committee was to regulate au-
tCmobiles. The proposed bill requires
that every machine shall have a state
number and the name of it's owner
conspicuously posted on the machine,
that it shall not go over a certain rate
OF speed, and that any automobilist
| shall stop his machine when signalled
by member of the association.
The temperance committee of the
house has added to the drastic char
| acter Of the Roberts dance hall bill.
! AS reported from the committee il
prohibits giving public dances in a
! building connected with a saloon on
| having roller skating or other amuse-
ments in building where any part is
used as a saloon, or having a door
connected with an adjoining building
building in which there is a saloon.
The senate passed Mr. Howe's bill
making universal throughout the state
! the hours of election and fixing them
between $3.50 a. IN. and $50 p. m
In Cleveland and Cincinnati at pres.
ent, the polls close at p. m. Senator
Howe said that this early closing hat
resulted in the dsfranch isement Of
| thousands of voters in Cleveland.
A circuit court decision in Seneca
county will develop into a bill to be
introduced by Mr.. Paine, Of Toledo t
amend the Longworth act, circum
scribing the powers of cities to issue
bonds
When Mr.. LongwOrth, who is nov
one of the most talked-Of men in the
country, owing to his engagement tC
the presidents daughter, was a mem
Der of the Ohio legislature he intro
duced, and the bill was passed, {
measure permitting cities to ISSUE
bonds annually up to one per cent. o
the tax valuation Without vote o
the people, and in no case, whethe
by vote of the people or not, was it t.
exceed eight per cent.
In the act a clause reads: "Fo
debts, created or assumed" The cir
cult court, sitting in Seneca county
has decided that all old debts are obi
cations and must be assumed eacI
), year. Thus. all of the debts of cit,
would accrue against the propos tiol
to issue bonds, and there is no city il
the state whose bonded Indebtedness
is not so high as to preclude the ISSUE
of more bonds under this construction
of the LOngworth act
Mr.. Paine will seek, in his BILL t.
exempt present Indebtedness, such a
municipal light bonds, waterwork
bonds, and the like.