The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-07
OF INTEREST TO OHlOAKS,
LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS.
Bill Approprlatins $4,000 for Relief Of
ColIlnwood Sufferers is Passed.

ness was set aside Friday by the Ohio
legislature until the matter of the re,
lief of the sufferers in the Collinwo0d
school horror was attended to. Twen'
ty-five thousand dollars was voted for
the relief of the sufferers. A commit
tee of three Collinwood citizens is to
be appointed to distribute the money,
500 for each child burned to death.
The committee appointed by the gov
ernor must organize in ten days and
complete its work In 60 days. The
committee is to serve without pay.
The governor signed the DILL appro.
priating the $4,000 almost before the
ink was dry on the enrolled copy
The governor appointed as members
of the committee: Representative
Rolfe of Cuyahoga county, Patrick
Westropp, mayor, and Il. c. Skinner,
president of the board of trade or
Collinwood. Rolfe withdrew and
Mayor Tom l.. Johnson was appointed
In his place.
An attempt to have the Reed fire
drill bill passed out of the regular
order failed. The bill will pass next
week.
The house reconsidered its action by
which the Thomas bank inspection
was made special order for March
II. Ex-Gov Herrick will address
the house on March 12 The members
wanted time to consider his sugges.
tions.
The house passed life insurance bills
as follows: Requiring separate an
nual statements of profits and losses
of participating and non-participating
business
Regulating disbursements by life in
surance companies and preventing dis
bursements except on vouchers.
Prohibiting false statements of as
sets or financial standing of com
panies.
Providing for annual standard valua-
tion of policies.
Permitting loans on perpetual lease
holds and exempting reserve from tax
alton.
Defining more accurately what CON
stitutes the surplus.
Permitting companies to value their
policies by table higher than the
per cent rate.
Prohibiting rebates or other discrim-
nations in favor of any policyholder.
The house adjourned to $3.50 p. m.
Monday.
The Drake bill to prevent fraud in
the sale of commercial fertilizers
passed the senate, but rot until II had
been amended so as to provide lati.
tude of 3 per cent from certified per-
centages of composition, and to make
the punishment for violation a fine OF
from $50 to 5000 for the first offense
and 5000 to $500 for each subsequent
offense. or Imprisonment for six
months, or both.
The Meek bill revising the fee
grades In the compensation for mem
bers of boards of county schOol exam
iners was passed.
The bill to prevent the circulation
or publication of statements deroga-
tory TO banks and financial concerns
was passed after Senator West had
secured an amendment providing that
to form a violation of the law the false
report must be made knowingly and
maliciously. The penalty Is a fine of
from $50 TO 81 900, or Imprisonment
not exceeding FIVE years, or both
The partial appropriation bill, which
has been held up by the senate
finance committee for several weeks,
may be reported out early next week.
II is understood the delay In reporting
the bill has been largely due to the
desire OF the senate committee to
await the outcome of the controversy
over the Cincinnati probe. II is said
the committee will insert I'm the bill
appropriations for the expenses of this
investigation, as well as of all other
investigations authorized by the gen.
eral asse mbly at the present session.
1t is not expected that the general APP
preparation bill will be introduced in
the house before April /.