The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1910-03-10
MONEYS Bill Passed.

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MONEYS Bill Passed.
The bill of Senator Daniel F. Moon
ey. of Auglalze county, relating to the
method of voting on the question as
to whether there shall be q constitu-
tional convention next year, was pass
ed in the senate with but slight oppo-
sition.
Bills passed in senate: BY
Senator Mendelson-Providing for the
creation of municipal court in the
city of Cleveland There are to be
four judges. and each is to receive a
salary of $4,000. The work of the
court is to be practically concurrent
with that of justices of the peace. BY
Senator MISUNDERSTANDING Section
1922 of the general code, provi ing
for the making of demand in gatnish-
ment proceedings. Notice of three
days must be given that garnishment
proceedings are to be brought
Wrestled with Gig" Bill.
The house wrestled with the Dit
mars bill. ostensibly aimed at cisa
| rette smoking, but which really in
cluded pipes. cigars and stogi5s. As
the author was forced to admit, 1t was
all "balled up" The measure was re-
called from the senate and patched
| up. AS passed II now provides that
no one under the age of II years may
| smoke any form of tobacco i'm pub ic,
and it also provides that no one may
sell any minor any tobacco in any
form or any cigarette wrapper.
The house passed and sent to the
senate the following bills: BY Mr..
leBlond, of Hamilton-Giving object
ing parties 10 days from date of find
ing in which to file exceptions to de-
cisions of justices. mayors and police
! Judges BY Mr.. Garfield. of Fulton
Requiring courts to pay over fines,
fees and costs to the state dairy and
| food commissioner within 80 days
after collection. BY Mr.. Huber, of De.
fiance-Prohibiting the sale of adul-
terated cream or cream containing
less than Is per cent milk fat BY Mr..
ichaibly, of Cuyahoga-Extending the
time for the publication of the list OF
delinquent lands to the first Monday
| In February Mr. Gardner. OF
Clermont-Authorizing executors. on
ne order of the probate court. to sell
shares of stock in order to pay the
debt of an estate.
Cause OF High Prices.
81 am thoroughly convinced now
that manipulation is the chief cause
Of the high prices OF foodstuffs .
! This is the conclusion reached by
Senator Daniel W. Williams, of Jack
son. chairman of the legislative com.
mission to probe the reason for high
| prices of foods. This manip lation,
too, is brought about by combination -
he added THE ramifcations are too
great, however, for the state of ONO
10 cope with. Officials are to blame
I'm this state. as are also the courts.
There is plenty of law on the statute
books TO handle the situation. but OF.
cials are lax in their duties" The re.
marks of Senator Williams were
brought out through what transpir5d
al a meeting of the commission. Sew
eral witnesses were examined. Off
cials in the Retail Grocers' assOcia-
ton declared there were no combila-
tions. On the other hand Thomas f..
Kelley, of Gallon, once a grocer and
now a manufactures. told a strai, h.
forward story of how he was prac.
tically forced out of business because
he was not a member of the Retailers
association of his town, and sold
goods at cut prices Mr.. Cook ad-
mitted that the cut-price grocers were
not members of the Retailers' asso-
citation.
The senate passed the bill of Sena-
tor Richard A. Beatty of Wood coun-
~, providing for a heavy fine for the
circulation Of false rumors and reports
concerning the solvency of banks.
The bill Of Senator Edgar Crawford,
Of Carroll county which relates to
damage claims against railroads. was
passed in the senate unanimously.
Power to Review Appraisers Work.
Granting of full power TO pass upon
The valuation of the present boards OF
city and village quadrennial appraisers
is provided in the highly important bill
offered by Representative Geo Reed,
Of Wood county, which he says was
drafted by representatives of the Ohio
state board of commerce. The bill
gives this power TO the present city
boards OF review, which are appointed
by the state board of appraisers and
assessors. The great change made in
the law is that these boards not only
are allowed TO equaliZe the values
found by the appraisers but are en-
powered to make any changes they
see ft. They may increase or de-
crease the values without regard to
the aggregate OF the general duplicate.
1t is a measure fraught with immense
possibilities. A second bill from the
same source, offered by Mr. Reed, Gre
ates the office of county board OF re-
view. IL lodges with the county com