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

Columbus, O.-During the four
months that the Ohio general assem-
bly, has been in session there were 581
house and 251 senate bills offered, ex-
elusive of joint resolutions. Only a
comparatively small number of these,
however, were enacted into law, and
Gov. Harmon vetoed three of them, the
Anderson Sunday baseball bill, the Gil
ligan embalming board bill and the Le-
Blond. bill for the relief of William
Henry Bell.
In the following digest will be found
the new laws enacted:
Laws Affecting Penal Code.
Empowering the governor to remove
sheriffs from Office in case person is
taken from his or the custody OF his
deputies by mob.
Amending the law relative to the
branding of full cream cheese and fixing
standard for the same.
Regulating the sale OF cigarettes so
that they can not be sold to minors un-
der IS years of age.
Prohibiting the overworking of an ami
mai and providing a penalty for the
same.
Requiring courts to pay over fines for
violations of the food laws to the state
dairy and food commissioner, who shall
deposit the same with the state treas
urer.
Relating to the sale and labelling of
SKINNED cheese and fixing the standard
for the same.
Allowing persons sent to Jail for failure
to pay fines so cents day, which shall
apply on the same.
Allowing the trial Judge to sentence a
person convicted Of burglarizing an in
,'habited dwelling from five to thirty years
upon recommendation by the jury.
Fixing the penalty for the. sale, without
a prescription, of cocaine, heroin, alpha,
or beta eucaine or any other substitutes
for cocaine at Imprisonment in the peni-
tentiary for the second offense.
Making 1t penal offense for the super
intendent of any public construction or
improvement to enter into any fraudu-
lent conspiracy.
Fixing a penalty for any municipal
officer to become the employe of any con-
tractor having contract for public work
during the continuation of such contract.
Providing for Imprisonment in the peni-
tentiary for those who entice a female
against her will into disorderly places,
where she Is abused.
Fixing the penalty for kidnapping at life
Imprisonment when there is no recon-
mendation for mercy.
Providing that sheriffs must convey
persons sentenced for a felony to place
of confinement within five days from date
of sentence and granting power to t4al
judge to extend time of execution of sem
tence
Forbidding employing of messenger
boys under the age of 18 after 9 p. m.
Providing that 40 cents a day of earn
ings of workhouse prisoners convicted of
nonsupport shall go to support of chill
dren under 16 years Of age.
Granting immunity to and making legal
the testimony of woman against the
person charged with the commission of a
criminal operation of which she Is the
victim.
Commercial Measures Passed.
Providing that bonds shall be adver-
tised for sale for four consecutive weeks
in two newspapers in the county wherein
such bonds are issued.
Authorizing the payment Of deposits in
banks made in two names to the sur
vivor.
Fixing the penalty for making use OF
false statements to obtain credit or prop
erty.
Preventing and to punish fraud in sales
of goods, wares and merchandise at pub.
lie sales by itinerant merchants, and add
ing wholesale" and "wholeSale manu-.
facturers" to the list already provided
for by statute.
Empowering the state superintendent
of banks to take possession of insolven
state banks and to wind up their affairs
Providing for registration of city, coun.
ty and city school district bonds to pre-.
vent forging Of bonds. Bill was amended
to provide that cities may appoint sucI
registrars instead of shall Only by i'm
plication does it permit of the appoint.
ment of county registrars, and 1t is silen'
as to compensation Of fees of such regis
tration.
Requiring adulterated turpentine to bt
so marked with letters two inches high
Compelling property owners, upor
whose land well has been drilled fol
oil, to plug the same If it has been aban
doned
MoIyt %6A Jofn
sioner the state sealer of weights ant
measures, appointing county auditors hi.
deputies to assist in the enforcement o.
the law against all forms of fraud IL
weights and measures used for CONNER
cial purposes.
Appropriating $25O,0OO for mileage, sal
aries of the members of the general as
sembly and employees; $4,000 for contin
gent expenses of the house and 1000 fo
contingent expenses of the senate
To make appropriations to pay def
ciencies authorized by the energenc!
board
Making sundry appropriations to pa!
the irreducible debt indemnity fund AM
Ohio university and Ohio State universit!
funds, $3cS, ,O00
Making partial appropriations for tn
last three quarters of the fiscal year end
ing November Is, 1910, and for the frs
quarter of 1911.
sundry appropriations amounting t.
about $4,000.
Appropriating $3.50 for the relief o
Louisa Nagel and 5000 for the relief O
Charles swartel, who were injured Will
employed at state institutions
Approprlating $4,000 for deepening an,
widening Blaver Ditch, In Mercer county
ana to secure an outlet to the Wabasl
river.
New Election Laws.
Amending the election laws relating t
the manner of examining, canvassin
an 7 .aP1t ttVrrr I1oA.
In which they shall be entered in TIL
tally sheet by permitting the counting {
straight tickets.
Increasing the pay of election Judge
and clerks in municipalities having
population Of more than 100000 to $40 pc
diem.
Providing for the election OF alternate
to state conventions at primary ieetions
Providing for the nomination OF al
candidates for congress by a direct Vot
Of the people.
Providing for the election OF five irus
tees for county tuberculosis hospitals.
Providing for the printing on the bac
of ballot what it is for, in order t
facilitate in the work of the electio
officials
Authorizing political parties to indors
at their state conventions and place upo
the ballot in the Affirmative the questio
Of holding constitutional convention i
1912
SAoASHlS tLe ldHS BOV6TIlD
the printing of ballots so that the mum
Der to be printed shall not exceed 20 pc
cent more than the number printed a
the previous election.
To provide for the compensation of vii
tage quadrennial assessors, omitted in tn
enactment of the present law at the las
session.
Exempting for one year from the oper
alton OF the Longworth bond limit ae
bonds issued for grade crossings an
street intersections within municipalitie.
Making the maximum tax rate in coun
JURY FAILS TO AGREE.