The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-03-25
NEWS CULLED
in THE CAPITAL
WHAT LEGISLATORS ARE DO
ING AND OTHER HAPPENINGS
RY D. A. DONOVAN.
Special Columbus Correspondent.

would be licensed by the state
II they should be able to pass an
examination in anatomy, physiology
and bacteriology, according TO the
terms of bill which will be intro
duced in the house Of representatives
BY Dr. William P. Ellis of Geauga
county. In a sense the Ellis bill con-
stitutes a sweeping response to the
constant demands being made by the
non-medical doctors that they be rec
ogniZed by the state and given free
reign to operate. However, the bill
will not make any exemptions based
upon experience or length of practice.
Most Of the measures introduced at
the request of the healers have caused
80 be exempt from examination per-
sons who had practiced for a certain
period of time ranging from one to
five years. Now the new measure
will place all non-medical operators on
a par in that it will compel them all
to show that they have a fairly good
knowledge OF the human body.
Makes Sweeping Revision.
While the Barnes civil service bill
is not nearly so drastic as it was when
first introduced, it still makes sweep
ing provision in its effort to displace
present public attaches who are hold
ing on by virtue of having passed a
non-competitive examination. 1t vir-
tually legislates out of office all those
persons in the state, county, city and
school service who took non-competi-
tive examinations and who have not
been in the service 10 years. Also it
eXempts from the classified list and
therefore lays open to summary dis
missal numerous officials who are pro-
tected under the present law. Its rip
ping provisions, however, do not now
extend to the police and fire Chiefs
who, under the provisions of the orig
inal measure, could have been dis
missed at the pleasure of the mayor
The measure will be voted upon by the
house in a few days.
Wants to Be Secretary.
Charles H. Bryson of Athens, who is
a member of the state civil service
commission and whose term expires
in August, wants to be secretary of
that body. He was appointed on the
commission as Bull Mooser. He gets
$4,000 salary, while the pay of the sec
retaryship is $4,000 He has taken the
examination for the Secretaryship,
which was resigned by L. L. Faris,
who has just taken a $1,000 job with
the federal government. If Bryson is
elected secretary, he will resign as a
member of the commission, which will
create a vacancy, which Gov. Willis
will fill by the appointment of Re-
publican.
Crowding Of State Institutions.
The crowding of state institutions is
a question with which the finance com
mitees of the general assembly are
most seriously wrestling right now
Practically every institution is de-
manding more buildings and greater
facilities to care for their inmates,
aud II all the requests were granted,
members of the committees say, at
least S10,000,000 would be doled out
in the next few years But the solons
are not able to see where the money
is coming from, and while they will
try to give a little help to each insti-
tuition, they will have to turn a deaf
ear to most of the demands.
Orders Competitive Examination.
The state civil service commission
has ordered a competitive examination
to fill the vacancy caused by the resig
nation of DR.. A. c. Holland of Colum
bus as state registrar of vital stats.
tics. Secretary of State Hildebrandt
will put DR.. Morton w. Bland of Gallon
in charge of the Office temporarily, but
he cannot be appointed permanently
under the present civil service law un.
less he is among the three applicants
who make the best showing in the eX,
animation for the office.
held up.
Old Question Is Raised.
The action of both houses of the
general assembly in approving the
new oil inspection bill and attaching 10
1t an emergency clause so that it will
become Immediately effective, raised
the old question of whether oil inspec-
tlon after all is really necessary. More
than seven years ago w l.. Finley,
then oil inspector, reported to the gov
ernor that economic considerations
made all oil of standard quality and
that inspection was superfiuous.
Cannot Draw Extra Pay.
The school code enacted by the last
legislature provided that county school
boards could call on county surveyors
for aid in establishing new school dis
trtct boundaries. In a ruling just
given by the attorney general it is
held that the surveyor cannot draw
any extra pay for this additional work.
This will not be pleasing news to the
Student Under Gov. Willis.
Charles G. Williams of Coshocton,
new state movie censor, is the latest
former Ada pupil to land a place I'M
der the present state administration.
He was a student under Gov. Willis at
that place. He will have charge of
the prosecution of all violators of the
censorship law. He said that he would
censor films from the standpoint of an
average man and woman and would
eliminate such parts of films as would
injure the morals Of children. He
said that he would not censor like a
prude. Williams is a lawyer. He is
81 years old
Counties Are Delinquent.
Some 80 counties of the state are
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