The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-03-14
TO AID GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Pamphlets May be Had For
Asking
Ohio State Library, Through its Leg
islatlyc reference Department
Seeks TO Give the People an Oppor-
tunity to Post Themselves Thor
oughly ON Matters Which LegisIa-
turc VIII Handle.

legislative reference department
has been established in connection
with the Ohio state library. 1t is the
purpose of this department to aid the
general assembly in its work, to gather
information on matters of pending
legislation, and to give other assist,
ance on request of members 1t is the
aim of those in charge to popularize
the work of the department by maxi
ing a portion of the material gath
cred available to the general public
through pamphlets or bulletins which
are sent to libraries and to interested
parties on request The following
pamphlets have already been issued;
Initiative and Referuirdum.=-
Two pamphlets and one supple
mental circular have been issued on
this subject They contain all the
constitutional provisions of the states
that have adopted the initiative and
referendum, summary of the history
OF the movement in the United States
to date, and an extended list of refer
ences to books and articles that have
been written on the subject
Ohio Canals-This pamphlet
contains brief note on the
early history of canals, ex-
tracts from governors messages on
the subject since 1900, including the
latest recommendation OF Governor
Harmon, and a very complete list of
references to books. documents and
magazine articles on the artificial
waterways of the state.
Nomination and Election of United
nnntnrc-Thfg tc II
what has been done in recent years
to bring about the popular election 'of
United States senator's under existing
constitutional forms. 1t contains a
list of references and presentation
of opinions of a number of writer's
The oregon plan of popular nomina-
ton and election is set forth quite
fully. This publication Is considered
timely in view of the fact that a bill
has been introduced in the general
assembly of Ohio which provides a
similar plan for popular election in
our state
Workingmen's Compensation or In
surance Against Loss of Wages Aris-
ing Out of Industrial Accldents-This
publication of forty-nine pages in
cludes an address on the subject de- |
livered before the Ohio state board |
OF commerce. by Hon. James Harring- |
ton Boyd, chairman of the employers |
liability commission of Ohio. 1t COW
ers in general way employers llabil- |
ity and workingmen's insurance |
against accidents, sickness, invalidlty |
and old age. These are subjects of
growing popular interest, especially to |
employers and workingmen, and bills |
relating to them vii be considered at
the present session of the general as
sembly.
Public Utilities Commission-In |
some respects the most important
work before the present general as
sembly will be the enactment, or at
tempted enactment, of laws regulat-
ing the states public utilitles-the
steam and electric railroad corpora
tions, telegraph, telephone. electric |
light water power and other COM
panies. An effort VIII be made to
accomplish this through commits
sion, popularity called a public util-
tiles commission or public service
commission. The importance of this
movement is seen at once when the
wealth. power and service of the pub
lie utilities corporations of the state