The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1908-04-16
Law Makers of Ohio.
One Thousand Bills introduced, and But
Thirty-five Become Laws.

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yet but seventy-two have received
the magic signature of the govern
or and thus become laws of the
State. Gov. Harris has not vetoec
any measure presented to him.
The new labor laws are the
Reynolds child labor law, the
Metzger anti-contributory negli.
gence, the Reynolds certification
of minors, the Crawford miners
safety, the Jones law, regulating
the storage of explosives in mines,
and law by Reynolds increasing
the salary of the workshop in
spector.
Three temperance measures have
become laws-the Rose county To-
cal option, the Rathburn law, pro-
hibiting drinking on trains, and
the Jones anti-pocket law.
Three statutes have been enact
ed for soldiers-two by Woodburn,
providing for auditing of claims
and for assessors making lists of
old soldiers; the other bill in
creasing the burial relief from $50
to $75.
Six bills are for the regular
State appropriations, and there
are others coming.
Hatfield's pure vinegar, Reeds
pure feed stuff, and Berry's pure
llnseed oil bills are the ontribu-
tions to pure food legislation.
Special relief bills, two have
passed, one by Briggs to reimburse
the treasurer of Fulton county for
public money lost through no fault
of his, the other by Winters to re-
lmburse Lewis Acker, a Spanish
American war soldier, for injuries.
OF all the insurance measures
pending, only one has been signed
by the governor to date, the Ward
bill regulating burial associations.
Out of the congestion in the two
railroad committees two measures
reached the executive, Whites
making railroads pay their share
of line fences, and Woods regu-
lating the crossings of highways
by railroad tracks outside of
municipalities.
Laws applying to cities are
Bense's permitting the State Board
of Health to regulate water and
sewer systems and require filtra-
tion; Kolinsky's relating to the
vacation of streets and alleys;
Schuler's curative act to permit
the sale of electricity and gas by |
municipal plants; Crist's amend
ing the title to the municipal code,
and Burckhardt's requiring build
ings to be equipped with safety |
nets.
Two bills by Espy give Hamil-
ton county two additional Common
Pleas judges and abolish the gen
eral term of the Superior court.
One by Huey reduces the mini
mum sentence for burglary. Six
Others relate to special districts
and court procedure.
Six laws relate to county affairs;
Jessup's, providing for the re-
demption of bonds of the Lower
River road in Hamilton county;
Lybarger's, for the holding of
elections on bridge bonds; Cham
berlain's, fixing the compensation
of assessors; Harper's, restoring
the county blind relief; Huey, per-
mitting a greater bond issue for
county roads; and Duvals, for i'm
proving the Jefferson county court
house.
Only two election bills have
passed making technical correc-
tions.
Fiye school measures have been
ground out, two by Corlett, regu-
lating elementary schools and
school enumeration; by Cosgrave,
providing for filling vacancies on
school boards; by Rolf, giving re.
lief to the Collinwood fire suffer
ers; and Brandt's, establishing
school Libraries. Five relate to
hospitals: Adler's, regulating
maternity hospitals; Braun's, pro-
viding for county tuberculosis hos
pitfalls; Shankland's, permitting
township hospital by taxation
Frizell's, building an emergency
hospital at the Girls Industrial
home and Lambs, local bill for
the ToladO Stata hoanital