The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-01-23
ACCORDS WITH
CURRENCY ACT.
Ohio Banking Bill Passed On at
Observation-Disclosures
Amendment Made.

All Banks In Buckeye state May Act
as Executors and Trustees, but Not
as minstrators-Two Coal Meas
ures Pass the House-Compensa-
tlon For Common Pleas Judges.
Legislative Review.
Columbus, o., Jan. 22. - Governor
Cox took the unprecedented step ot
submitting the new state banking bill
TO Washington authorities to make
sure its provisions we're in full ac.
cord with the currency act, under
which this bill is designed to permit
state banks to act. Special Counsel
Frank Davis Of the attorney generals
department prepared the brief, sum.
marizing the legal points in the bill,
and 1t was telephoned to Comptroller
of the Currency Williams.
The bill was amended to provide
that all banks in Ohio may act as
executors and trustees, but not as ad-
ministrators, as they now do by suffer.
ance, the federal law permitting them
TO where there are no state laws TO
the contrary. The adoption of the
amendment is expected to mitigate
opposition of lawyers and others To
having banks and trust companies
compete with individuals for appoint
ments as executors, trustees and ad-
ministrators of estates.
This precautionary step of consult
ing Washington cleared the way for
the passage of the bill this week,
leaving next week clear for the pas
sage of the school bills and the utili-
ties bill Most of the other recon-
mended legislation is to be put
through this week, even if a Satur-
day session proves necessary.
Both houses got down to business
and passed bills rapidly. The senate
passed the Xenia Orphanage bill Is
minutes after Governor Cox sent in a
special message requesting this leg
islation. The bill increases salaries
of employees, who have until recently
been living at the institution.
The house passed the Chapman bill
for emergency accident equipment in
mines and the Stanley solid shooting
bill, the latter amended by Tetlow to
provide that either the operators or
the miners may petition the state in
dustrial commission for a permit to
blast coal from the solid vein.
Leaders Plan Defeated.
Democrats defeated the proposal OF
Speaker Swain and Representative
Warnes, Democratic floor leader, to
the Diser resolution to in
vestigate the right to their seats of
four Democratic members who were
given state jobs, and voted to have
the probe made at once. By 6 to 80,
the house defeated the Warnes mo-
ton to send the resolution to the
fees and salaries committee, and
by rs to 10 adopted the resolution
with its provision that the inquiry
be made by a special committee of
two Democrats and two Republicans.
The four Democratic members who
were given state jobs are o. c. Orri-
son of Franklin county, Robert Black
and John Hoffman of Hamilton coun-
ty and NJ A. Warnes of Holmes coun-
ty, the majority floor leader in the
lower house.
Speaker Swain ruled outside the
scope of legislation at this session
the other Diser resolution to probe
charges by State Auditor Donahey
that the speaker was responsible for
the mysterious disappearance last
winter of the Mooney bill to require
state officers to deposit all receipts in
the state treasury once a week..