Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-06-09

except Wnen the school district IN |
cludes territory outside the village, in |
which case the directors of the dis
trict shall pay for the water.
School boards are empowered to |
buy or lease lands for playground
purposes
Amendments.
An amendment to the code, pro-
vides for special examinations twice a
year. These are to be held for the
purpose of determining the extent of
knowledge of applicants as special
teachers, such as music, art, gymnas-
tics, foreign languages, commercial
or industrial branches in any ele-
mentary or high school.
An act that makes the form of an
amendment to the code and which is
of great interest to baseball fans"
legalizes Sunday baseball. The new
bill is simply the enactment of the
old law with the prohibitory passage
relating to baseball struck from the
list of other Sunday amusements
which are forbidden.
Canal Legislation.
A great deal of attention was given
to the canal system of Ohio by the
last general assembly, and the dis
posal of canal lands was deeply de-
bated. One bill relating to the ad-
ministration of the present canal sys-
tenn failed to pass, but several others
were enacted into laws. A group of
several bills provides for the aban-
doning of the southern division of the
Ohio canal, the Hooking canal and the
Columbus feeder. And further there
is provision for survey and sale or
lease of the lands by the state board
of public works and the chief en-
gineer with the approval of the COVER
nor and the attorney general The
land of the previously abandoned Wal
honding canals are also to be treated
in this manner. An act was passed
authorizing counties to vote subsidies
to the Lake Erie-Pittsburg Ship Canal
and another permitting the improve
ment of towing paths along aban-
doned canals for road purposes.
For Good Roads.
A vast step in the direction of the
good roads movement was taken when
a law was made the object of which
is to improve the county roads of the
state and facilitate intercounty COM
munication. The bill establishes the
state road levy of one-half mill, de-
signed to produce about $3000,000 to
be apportioned equally among the 8S
counties on condition of their raising
their quota of the fund. The fund
is to be used for the construction OF
an inter-county system of highways
which it is expected will be complet
ed within eight years.
Another act increases the powers oi
the state highway department and re
organizes it with three additional as
I-s- al, arN10
County commissioners are required
to levy special county tax for thc
repair and preservation of the ma
tional road.
The cultivation of fruit is to b.
greatly encouraged through a Law
} which makes it obligatory for owner
! cf orchards to spray their trees a
least once a year.
, Bucket shops are very carefully de
, fined in another bill and penalties 70
, transactions in stocks, grains or Pre-
duce other than bona fide sales ar
t provided.
, Other new laws of lesser impor
: ance enacted at this session are tn
following:
Agriculture.
Gray-Establshing a standard of com
; mercial fertilizers, requiring branding I
/ show if phosphoric acid is insoluble an
! ammonia largely unavailable; glvin
, State Board of Agriculture right to prir
I analyses and giving Justice Courts fui
: jurisdiction in fraud cases.
= Cahill-Providing for the appointmT
, of four supervisors by State School Con
missioner to supervise teaching of agr
culture in all schools outside city Ill:
D trictS.
port vacant farm land to State Boar
e of Agriculture.
from dog fund to owner of any animi
: killed because of mad dog bite.
i Lowry, of Henry-Limiting to S15
: amount to be appropriated for count
l. fairs from one-ten.h mill county tax.
!, Cahill-Adding $50 to allowance f,
farmers institutes.
Gray-Providins for inspection of nu
s sery stock by the State Board of Agr
e Cetone-Requiring owners of orchar,
e to spray trees once a year.
Il Amusements.
9 Greeves-Repealing state law again
q and giving municipal Councils right
8 regulate Sunday ball playing.
e McDonald-Permitting children of lie
than IA years of age to appear in chur,
and school entertainments with the CO
sent of their parents or guardians.
a. Appropriations.
For 19l1-Partial bill. s2,7O7,652. Legl
c. sundries, ssS. $50; to build Normal schot
IS at Kent and Bowling Green, $1,000
~ G.. deficiency, $50, 706.S0; Columbus Cente
u nial, $4,000; to equip state stone qcar
" for convict labor, $4,000; expenses +
S. commission to codify child labor Law
10 5000: G. A. r. headquarters, 81. 500:
~ appropriation of balance for Ft Mels
le 5000.
lie State Levies Appropriated : Comm
g. schools. 900; irreducible school de-
), interest. 1925 900; universities. s625, ,0
u weak school districts. $4,000.
er Walling-General deficiency bill carr
ing Sl09. .722.60.
,e Buildings.
al MISUNDERSTANDING state code
- public buildings. w.ch stringent pro
10 sions for safety and sanitation.
lie Bucket Shops.
n Jones Comprehensive!y defining
is bucket shop and providing heavy pen
e ties for any transactions in stocks gra
% or produce on market quotations exec
u bona fide sales
e. Charities.
tie Reid-Authorizng the Blind Comm
,ls sion to revise list to see If disability 4
- been removed or applicants unworthy
ne Guard Giving Trustees of Chlldre
Homes control of children to the q
nt of Is.
~ C;eIeerd-A County Comm