The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-01-29
NEWS CULLED
INTHECAP|TAL
What Legislators Are
Doing and Other
Happenings,

sions, boards or institutions to be paid
into the treasury each Monday, be
amended so as tc include the four uni
versities, Ohio State, Ohio, Miami and
Wilberforce. The Mooney measure
was the first introduced at this session.
First Bill Passed.
The first bill passed after the open.
ing of the session was that of Senator
Friebolin of Cuyahoga, correcting er-
rors in the law enacted at the last
session fixing the terms of common
pleas judges. One error left Seneca
county without authority to elect a
judge. The first bill introduced was
by Senator Mooney of Auglaize, re-
quiring state officials to turn in all re-
ceipts to the state treasurer every
Monday morning.
Greenlund at Home.
Lieut.. Gov. William A. Greenlund,
the new presiding officer of the SEN
ate, is perfectly at home in his new
office. He urged that business be
transacted with all possible expedition
and he kept the senators on the move
all the time. He was the third lieu
tenant governor introduced to the
senate by Senator William Green OF
Coshocton, president pro tenn. The
first was Atlee Pomerene, who re-
signed as lieutenant governor to be-
come senator, and Hugh L. Nichols,
who resigned to become chief justice
of the supreme court.
Occasions Some Surprise.
Some surprise was occasioned when
it became known that Senator w. A.
Weygandt Of Portage contemplated
introducing a bill to eliminate county
and township school supervision,
which is provided for by an admins
tratiCa bill, and instead provide for
district supervision. i am acting
solely in the interest of the schools" :"
said Weygandt. 81 find there is no
little opposition to county and town.
ship supervision, and think that dis
trict supervision would not be objec.
tionable to those who are against tho
other His new bill provides that the
president of the boards of education
outside of cities shall select a county
board Of division of five members to
map out districts, which need not fol.
low township lines, and appoint "A
supervisor for each. The proposed
district is to have from 20 to 60
teachers.
Laws Must Stand Test.
To guard against the enactment of
laws that will not stand the acid test
of the courts, every act of the general
assembly will be turned over to Spe-
cial Counsel James l. Boulger of the
attorney generals Office for close scru.
tiny as to it's constitutionality. Gov.
Cox asked Attorney General Hogan to
designate one Of his force for this
job, and Boulger was chosen for it.
No measure will be finally acted upon
until it has been given Boulger's o. X.
Several measures of the last session
turned out to be defective, and these
will be corrected at the special, ses.
sion. The effect of one of these mis-.
takes was to prevent employment of
girls under Is who had not attained
certain educational requirements. II
should have referred to girls of 16. A
bill to cure the defect has been in.
troduced.
For Efficiency and Economy.
The Ohio Institute for Public Effici'
ency, to have headquarters at Colum'
bus, has been organized by business
and professional men of Columbus,
Cleveland, Canton, Akron and Elyria
Rufus e. Miles, director of the Cincin.
natl municipal research bureau, will
be the head of the institute. He will
be known as the executive officer. The
new organization is to be at the serv.
ice of the state and cities in making
surveys of departments of government
with the idea of recommending eff.
cheney and economy.
Decision Would Aid State.
Between $1,OO0,00O and $2,0O0,00O
will find their way into the Golfers OF
the state if the supreme court holds
that companies which lease their rail
road property to holding companies
are liable for the Willis law tax OF
three-twentieths of per cent of their
capital stock. The court is asked to
pass upon this question in an appeal
filed by the state from a decision Of
the Cuyahoga county court of appeals
holding that the state cannot collect
Willis law taxes amounting to $4,000
from the Cleveland & Pittsburgh rail
road, whose property is under lease
by the Pennsylvania company. The
decision will determine the scope OF
the act. If the state wins large sums
will be collected from other railroads
The tax is due annually.
Author of Auto Law Talks.
But one word should be changed in
amending the Warnes automobile Ii
cense law, the status of which is now
the subject Of controversy in the
courts, according to Representative
Warnes of Holmes county, it's author
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Two Representatives Resign.
Two other vacancies in the house
are the results of designations. A.
Ross Read Of Summit county was