The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-05-29
PREACHER OUT
$500 BY RULING.
Minister Who Paid Sleuths
Out of Own Pocket Loses.
LARGE GOOD ROADS EXHIBIT
New Fitzpatrick Law Amending Smith
One Per Cent Act Is Subject to :
Referendum, Holds Attorney
General Hogan.
D. A. DONOVAN,
Special Columbus Correspondent.

who took it upon himself to en-
gage and pay detectives for getting
evidence for the conviction of boot
leggers, cannot be reimbursed for
what he paid out by the municipality.
This is what the attorney generals
department holds in a ruling given
the solicitor Ht that place. The con-
struction plaJen on the law providing
for the hiring of such detectives is
that contracts for such service must
be made by the municipality, and that
it would be illegal for money to be
taken from the public treasury to re-
imburse an individual for such pur-
pose. The preacher is out close to
$500 as a result of the ruling.
Good Roads Exhibit.
There will be a big good roads ex-
hibit at the state fair this year. State
Highway Commissioner James R.
Marker has arranged with Secretary
A. P. Sandles of the state board of
agriculture for the use of building
for this exhibit. The exhibit will in
clude all kinds of building material
and machinery used in road constPuc-
tion. The federal government, high.
way departments of other states,
county commissioners and surveyors
and township trustees will cooperate
in making the exhibit success. Ex-
perts will give lectures on road build
ing and there will be all kinds Of
demonstrations, including moving pic
ture representations of modern road
building. I'VE expect to expend $5.-
100000 a year in road building in Ohio
and so we think that such an exhibit
will be timely" said Commissioner
Marker.
Law Subject to Referendum.
An important ruling has been made
by Attorney General Hogan on the
new Fitzpatrick law amending the
Smith one per cent law. 1t is that
the law is subject to the referendum.
The effect of this will be to prevent,
next month, the reorganization of the
budget commission in each county of
the state. 1t will also limit the
amount Of taxes that may be raised in
plus nine per cent. The sponsors of
the measure intended that it should
take effect at once. The attorney
general holds that it is not tax levy
law and so will not go into effect
until early in August, 80 days after
being filed with the secretary of state.
The effect of this will be to keep the
1913 tax rate down to lower point
than was expected.
Higher Culture in Pen.
There's going to be higher culture,
if you please, among the prisoners in
the Ohio penitentiary. It's to come
out of an ethics hall which the new
warden of the institution, Mr.. Thomas,
proposes to erect Immediately.
Warden Thomas is going to institute
debating societies, literary clubs and
classes in higher education among
Ohio's proteges. He expects to incul-
cate such ethical ideas that such
things as refusal to work. assaulting
guards, climbing over the walls and
other similar trifies will be classed as
too unaristocratic for the new order
of silk stocking prisoners. They will
seorn to stoop to the unartistic and
will soon abandon the realm of crime
for the more erudite things of the
drawing room. Such is the dream
that might be evolved out of the
warden's novel ideas. The only thing
he will consent to say about it is that
he hopes to bring about improve
ment" among the prisoners.
1t is thought that the supreme court
decision that electric light companies
cannot charge so-called service rate
also bars gas companies from charg-
ing similar rate. Thus patrons only
pay for what current or gas they use.
The decision was given in Spring
held case. The company was charg-
ing patrons 81 month whether that
much power was used or not. Such
charge may not be made.
Makes Many Changes in o. N. G.
Many changes in methods have
1
been made by Adjt. Gen. George H.
Wood since he took Office last January.
The latest change is to do away with
a fixed personnel for the board which
examines officers and candidates for
commissions for the National Guard.
For years Brig. Gen. John G. Speaks
of Columbus and w. V. McMaken of
Toledo and Mayor T. V. Dupuy, of
Ironton, formerly of Dayton, have
composed this board. Wood now an
nounces that different set of officers
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Putting Laws in Type.
Printers estimates are that the ses-
sion acts of the last assembly will
make about 1900 pages, and will be
the most elaborate volume for many
years. About one-third of the laws
have been put in type and are being
proofed. All of the copy is in the