Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-04-24
THE OHIO LEGISLATURE
WHAT THE STATE LAWMAKERS
IN BOTH BRANCHES ARE
DOING,

Columbus, O.-The following bills
were introduced in the senate on
Thursday: Providing that where
there is municipal tuberculosis So
ciety, fines for violations of anti-spit-
ting ordinances shall be turned over
to the treasurer of said society; re-
pealing section Ia, Revised Statutes,
which provides for the payment of
state funds into the state treasury
quarterly, and is in direct conflict
with the state depository act which
requires it to be done weekly. Reso-
lutions adopted: Extending scope of
the Cincinnati probe committee to
every city in the state and requiring
the committees report to be made to
the governor; proposing cooperation
between states bordering on the Ohio,
to prevent its pollution. Bill passed:
Primary election bill.
House.-Bills passed: Requiring
railroad companies to advertise the
time of arrival and departure of pas
senger trains in one paper in each
municipality; authorizing the publi-
cation of the pending constitutional
amendments for six months at 60 per
cent of the legal rate; prohibiting
from engaging in saloon business any
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laws and ordinances forbidding sales
of intoxicating liquors to minors, in
toxicated persons and habitual drunk
ards, and forbidding gambling, exhib-
iting gambling devices, prostitution.
and keeping a disorderly house in con-
nection with saloon, and closing sa-
looms on election day; establishing .
municipal criminal court in the city OF
Canton.
Columbus, O.-The following bills
were passed by the senate on
Friday: Providing for the quadren-
nial appraisement of real estate; max
ing it unlawful for an insurance COM
pany to misrepresent conditions in
policies; codification of the fish and
game laws; giving the state inspector
Of workshops supervision over public
school buildings and providing for
the appointment of ten additional in
spectors; providing for the reorgan-
ization of sinking fund trustees of
public libraries of Cleveland; author
izing county commissioners to pur-
chase tools and machinery for the re-
pair of county roads; requiring that
at least one-thirtieth of the principal :
Of county or municipal refunding
bonds must be paid each year; per-
mitting the appropriation of S150 to
5000 annually for religious services at
county infirmaries; making optional
the conveyance of pupils from sub
district schools which have been aban-
doned when pupils live within mile
and half of district school; provid-
ing that county auditors shall remit
all fractions of a cent under five
mills.
Columbus, O-The house recon-
sidered and passed the bill by Mr..
Roberts of Cleveland giving the larger
cities way to provide places for the
detention of supposed insane persons
pending lunacy inquests, instead of
them in prisons. The bill
was defeated last Thursday. Sena-
tor Hypes' adjournment resolution
was reported to the senate Monday
evening by the committee on finance,
so as to provide for recess
on May 1 to May IL, when final ad-
journment will be taken. 1t was
adopted with but one dissenting vote,
Senator Hafner being opposed to the
adoption of any adjournment resolu-
ton at this time. A joint committee
Of three Republicans from the house
and three Democrats from the senate
Is provided for in the resolution to
conduct the proposed investigation of |
the city of Cleveland with full power
to summon witnesses and compel the |
production of books and papers.