The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-05-05

Extending to city and interurpan rail-
way companies the PROVISIONS Oh the
steam railway act relating to the pur-
chase of equipment under conditional
contracts.
Regulating the construction of cabooses
so that they will contain the necessary
devices TO provide for the safety ana
comfort of the railroad employees.
Compelling interurban and street car
companies in municipalities to equip their
cars with automatic brakes, ana hXlils
the time when the same must be COM
pleted.
ton companies to appropriate property
upon which to construct buildings, and
providing authority to form such com
panies to private individuals.
Authorizing railway con companies 's.aes TO 70
other property of their employees.
Relating to the sale of tickets on rail-
roads prohibiting limitation restrictions
and making both coupons on return
tickets good for a trip each way
Compelling railroad companies to equip
their engines with suitable boilers and
appurtenances and providing for state
inspection of the same.
To compel railroads to equip their
switch engines with adequate headlights.
Requiring railroads to carry drummers'
cases as baggage, making minimum
| charge for excess baggage 70 cents under
500 pounds and SO cents over 500 pounds,
maximum charge 16 2-3 per cent of pas
senger fare per 100 pounds.
Compelling street railroad companies TO
properly protect their conductors by con-
structing rear vestibules on cars.
Miscellaneous Laws Enacted.
Authorizing the trustees of Soldiers
Memorial buildings to levy an annual tax
| for the decoration, enlargement and i'm
| provement of same.
Providing that the session laws of 1915
shall be printed separately from the new
| General Code of Ohio Laws.
| Revising, consolidating and modern
iZing the laws relating to mines and min
! ing, as recommended by the special conn
mission appointed by Gov. Harris to in
vestigate and report upon the same.
Declaring that the regular sessions Of
the general assembly shall begin in the
January following the election of the
members thereof.
Extending to the state naval militia
the terms and provisions Of the Ohio Ma
| uonal Guard, and providing for regular
appropriations out of the guard fund to
support that department.
| Increasing the pay of minor teachers
at the State School for the Blind.
Providing for an appropriation Of 10000
to carry into effect the purposes of the
commission appointed to celebrate the
centennial anniversary of the Battle OF
Lake Erie in 1912.
Authorizing the erection of a depart
IIleHL VI dpldry uIlUer the Oh
rection of the state board of agriculture.
Authorizing the state registrar of vital
statistics to issue to the United States
Census bureau certified copies of records
without expense or fee.
For the examination of veterinary sur
geons and including those who have
been practicing prior to 1898.
Granting permission for the sale OF
township parks.
Authorizing the State Board of Public
Works to sell to the Norfolk & Western
railroad strip of canal land in Pick
away county, upon approval of the gov
ernor. The strip is practically two miles
long and ranges from 4 to 110 feet in
width; the price to be not less than $500.
Purchasing additional land for Camp
Perry for rifle range purposes.
Increasing the salary of the supervisors
of speech at the State School for the
Deaf from $1,00O to $1,000.
Making Discovery Day, October r. a
legal holiday.
Appropriating $3.50 for the mainte-
nance of permanent headquarters for the
Grand Army at Columbus.
Amending the General Code so that
persons who are able to do so shall be
compelled to pay for the care and treat
ment of their relatives in state hospitals
and if the inmate has an estate the same
shall be paid out of it through the pro
bate court.
Requiring the steward of Madison Sol
diers' Widows home to give a bond fol
5000 for the faithful performance Of his
duties.
Admitting widows of soldiers married
prior to 1890 to the State Soldiers home
at Madison.
Providing for headquarters for the or
ganizer in the State library outside of thu
statehouse.
Appropriating 5000 to be used by thu
state fire marshal, secretary of the stat,
board of health and inspector of work
shops and factories in preparing stat
building code.
Compelling commission merchants t
render itemiZed accounts to consignors
and providing the penalty for failure t.
do so.
Providing for the taking over of tn,
office of any retiring state official by th4
accounting department of the auditor o.
states department, and rendering copie
of the examination to the retiring official
his successor, the governor and attorne!
general
} Providing that money raised in countiet
for the maintenance of q district tuber
culosis hospital must be paid into tn.
treasury at the same time as school AM
township taxes.
Amend the law governing the stat
highway departments to provide for al
J assistant commissioner and additiona
clerks and to close cross roads whel
others are in process of construction.
Granting authority to trustees of Co
lMnbus State hospital to deed a piece o
land belonging to the institution to tn
city of Columbus upon which to erect
fire engine house.
Requiring all state departments to fill
their annual reports and fixing the mum
Der of copies to be printed.
Authorizing public inspection in dairy
ing by officials of state food department
: Authorizing township trustees to de
posif funds in banks in counties adjoin
ing their territory whenever the Location
, of the only bank in said township is in
convenient.
Creating a state board of administra
tion for the four state penal institutions
the law to become effective February Il
1911, and the salary of the three commits
sioners to be $500.
Prohibiting places where intoxicatin
liquors are sold to give away food with
5 out charge, excepting cheese, cracker
? and pretzels.
Extending the powers of the state bu
reau of inspection and supervision G
public o1tices to the various state depart
ments and state institutions
: Authorizing the distribution of the frs
edition and the sale of the future edition
of the highway maps of Ohio.
; Fixing the age for admission to tn
Boys Industrial home 50 that minor
over the age of 16 can not be committed
Fixing the age of admission to tn
y Girls Industrial home at from 10 to
! years.
To regulate the practice Of optometr
and to create state board to examin
= dealers in spectacles who offer to fl
I lenses to- correct defective sight.
s Authorizing the state board of agri
culture to rent the state fair grounds 70
exhibition purposes.
: Providing for bipartisanship in the per
sonnel of the deputy examiners under tn
. state examiner of stationary steam engi
y neers and authorizing them to admins
| ter oaths.
Increasing the salary of the assistar
clerk of the state board of public work.
. Creating the Office of the state inspe<
tor of plumbing, to be under the super
vision of the state board of health an
to receive a salary of 1880.
Authorizing the trustees of the Colun
= bus State hospital to sell a certain traC
s Of land to the Toledo & Ohio Centrs
4 Railway Co.