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s. 3. 4, Alsdorf- Fixing maximum
tax limit at IS mills.
s. b. II, Crawford Provides for
of claims of shippers
against railroads for loss or damage.
S. B. 81, Williams Enacting min
ing code prepared by special commits
sion of miners and mine owners.
s. b. 1877, Keller--Curing lie feet in
act passed in 1869 relating TO cleo
tion of common pleas Judge In To
ledo
S. b., 104, Mooney Authorizing
township trustees to deposit funds In
bank in adjoining county in case Of
convenience.
S. B. 25l, Mathews Strengthening
the Valentine antitrust law as to rail
way combinations, and authorizing
attorney general to bring suit in any
county where defendants may be
found
s. B. 16S, Mathews Empowering
directors of public service to make
sewer and water connections and.
charge same to property when prop
erty owner fails to do so after proper
notice.
S. B. %, Permitting sink
ing fund trustees to deposit over
bonds.
S. B. 209, Phare-Permitting insur-
ance companies to invest in bonds
and mortgages on real estate unin-
cumbered except as to contractual
restrictions.
S. B. 1872, Shaffer- Requiring rail-
roads to carry sample cases as bag
gage, With minimum and maximum
charge for excess.
s. b. 210, Baker-To authorize sale
of property belonging to Cincinnati
university.
S. q. ia, Alsdorf-Provides for
travelling agriculture extension
schools, under auspices of agricul-
tural department of o. S. u, and free
transportation for same by railroads.
S. B. a., Beatty-Separate elemen-
tary schools for tuberculous children
excluded from regular schools.
s. B. 200, Clevenger Provides for
joint control of county commission
ers and city or village authorities
over jointly erected warehouses.
S. B. So, Mendelson- Setting apart
portion of police court fines for law
library fund.
S. b. 4S, Johnson-That commercial
travellers benefit certificates need not
specify maximum amount of benefit.
S. B. Sc, Tuttle-That share of mi
nor taxing districts in interest on
county deposits be paid into county
general fund.
S. b. 90, Tuttle-That 40 cents a
day of earnings of prisoners IN work
house for non-support be applied to
support of children under IS.
S. B. 1874, Clevenger-Making COM
petitive bidding on school deposits
mandatory.
S. B. 237, Williams Making state
dairy and food commissioner state
sealer Of weights and measures, coun-
ty auditors his deputies for enforcing
the law, and requiring general use of
standard weights and measures
throughout the state.
SOME DEFEATED BILLS.
Among the more important bills de-
feated were:
II. B. %, Evans of Cuyahoga, for
election of judicial officers on a sep
arate, nonpartisan ballot; by senate.
S. 3. lis, Dean, to exempt wet
cities from dry county option elec-
tions; by the senate.
H. 3. $50, Grinnell, to tax inherit
Gnces; by the house.
S. B. 27 Mahaffey, for reinority
representation on county boards of
school examiners; by the house.
H. B. 48, ellison, to exempt town
ships snd villages from primary cleo
tion law; by the senate.
II. B. 207, Hatfield-To close ga.
looms Memorial Day; by the house,
II. 3. 427. Phillips-Fixing stand
ard for commercial fertilizers; by the
senate indefinitely postponeD.
H. B. 70, Bowersox-To extend sus-
pended sentence law to circuit
courts; by the house.
S. b. 152, Shaffer-Making It fell
ony to break into boxes and pack
ages in freight cars; by the house.
| S. 3. SO, Yount-State uniform
textbook bill; by the house (refused
to take 1t up out of regular order).
| II. B. -, Black, enlarging COVER
nor's power to remove mayors; by
the senate.
H. b. 231, Elson. for merger Of tel
ephone companies; by the senate.
H. B. 81, Woods-To Greats public
utilities commission; by the senate.
8. b.. So. Tod, making imprison-
ment in penitentiary compulsory PEN
atty for bribery; by the house.
S. B. 112, Mather, to permit trust
companies to act as executors, ad-
ministrators and guardians; by the
house.
s. B. PAT, Huffman, to examine and
license surveyors and civil engineers;
by the senate. The house also de-
| feated q similar bill II. b, 14S. by