The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-02-28
.GAYMAN AMENDMENT /
To CONSTITUTION
ADOPTED BY THE OHIO HOUSE
OF REPRESENTATIVES.
BY A VOTE OF "a TO rs.
Bronson's Primary Election Bill Also
Passed the House - Bill Permit
ting Municipalities to Sell EIec.
tricity Passed the Senate.

Columbus, o., Feb. 2S.--Two impor
tant measures passed the house on
Thursday, the Bronson primary elec
tion bill and the Gayman senate joint
resolution providing for submission tc
vote of the people of the amendment
to the constitution proposed by the
state tax commission giving the gen
eral assembly the power to classify
property for the purpose OF tayation
An effort to postpone action on the
Gayman resolution until after the Re
publican state convention failed and
that convention will now be asked tc
act upon 1t under the Longworth law
The Gayman resolution was adopted
without amendment and IL will be
come effective as soon as 1t Is signed
by the president of the senate and
the speaker of the house. The amend
ment is to be submitted at the coming
election.
When the Gayman resolution was
called up Mr.. Woods, OF Medina
moved to postpone consideration until
March 10, the week following the Re
publican state convention. There was
considerable debate upon this motion
The motion to postpone considera
tion of the resolution until March IC
was defeated, 81 nays to AZ yeas. The
resolution on its final passage re
ceived "A votes. There were % votes
against the resolution. Thirty-sever
Democrats, ! Independent and SO Re
publicans voted for the resolution; 1C
Democrats and 10 Republicans agalns,
IL. tt
Following is the text of the pro
posed amendment:
THE general assembly shall have
power to establish and maintain al
equitable ssytem for raising state and
local revenue. 1t may classify the
subjects of taxation so far as theil
differences justify the same in order
to secure a Just return from each
All taxes and other charges shall be
imposed for public purposes only and
shall be just to each subject. The
power of taxation shall never be sur
rendered, suspended or contracted
away. Bonds of the state of Ohio
bonds of any city, village. hamlet
county or township in this state and
bonds issued in behalf of the public
schools of Ohio and the means Of in
struction in connection herewith
burying grounds, public school houses
houses used exclusively for public
worship, institutions of purely public
charity, public property used exclus
lively for any public purpose. and per
sonal property to an amount not ex
reeding in value 5000 for each indi
vidual may, by genera! laws. he eX
empted from taxation; but all sucf
laws shall be subject to alteration ol
repeal; and the value OF all propert,
so exempted shall, from time to time
be ascertained and published as ma,
be directed by law. All taxes and eX
emptions In force when this amend
ment is adopted shall remain IN force
in the same manner and to the sam,
extent, unless and until otherwise di
rected by statute"
Consideration of the Bronson pri
mary election bill occupied large
part of the session. Many amend
ments were offered by Mr.. Wcriz, o
Wayne, the Democratic floor leader
only part of which were accepted. Th'
most important adopted In the opin
ion of Mr.. WertZ, was that eliminat
ing the provision requiring centra
committeeman to have petitions
signed by per cent OF the voters
of the county, or at least 25 signeri
to each petition.
The bill received 90 votes on III
passage, while ~ were cast agains
II; one Democrat and IL Democlsti
voted In the negative. The Huffman
primary bill, which passed the senate
is now buried In house committee
The Bronson bill will so to the sen
ate.
The resolution resembling the actor
of the house in voting for an investi
cation of the affairs of Cincinnati an,
Hamilton county was defeated I'm th'
house. Mr.. Welker. of Stark, then re
signed as member of the committe,
of investigation.
The Shuler bill giving municipalitie
the right to sell electricity to privat,
consumers passed the senate withou
a dissenting vote and 1t now goes {,
the governor. Senator Lawyer o
Ashtabula, offered an amendment pro
viding that the question be submitte,
TO vote of the people of the munici
pality, saying he desired to test tn,
sincerity Of the advocates of the refer
>endum. The amendment was defeat
ed.
The senate defeated the bill provid
ing that councils may increase tn
tax levy for general purposes from /
IN 10 mills