The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-04-20
HOUSE STANDS
FOR GREEN ACT
Defeats Bill Which Sought to
Amend Anti.Screen Law!
RUN-OF- MINE PLAN PREVAILS

New Measure Permitting Building and
Loan Associations In Flood Districts
to Retain State Funds For TWO
More Years Passes the House--Gar.
YER Tax Assessment Bill Sent Back
to Committee.
Columbus, April 16.-By vote OF
SO to So the house defeated the Gal
lagher senate measure to make op-
tional the operation of the Green anti.
screen law. The bill, which had pass
ed the senate as an emergency meas
ure, allowed miners and operators at
their option to agree to suspend the
Green law, and go back to the old
screen basis for paying for coal. Its
supporters claimed for 1t that 1t would
settle the present Ohio coal strike.
There we're no party lines discerni-
BILE in the vote. Both the foor lead.
ers, Whittemore and Kramer, support.
ed the bill.
Cities are deprived OF representa-
tlon on the county budget commits.
sions by the Plumb bill, which tas
house passed. 1t creates a county
board Of budget commissioners, com.
posed Of the prosecuting attorney,
county auditor and county treasurer.
to adjust rules Of taxation and fx the
amount Of taxes to be levied.
The Lustig bill, providing for the
issuance by townships Of road i'm
provement bonds, was passed by the
house.
The house also passed. as an emer-
gency measure and under suspension
Of all rules, new bill to permit build.
ing and loan associations In the flood
districts Of 1913 to retain for two more
years the state funds deposited with
them two years ago. The bill was
agreed upon by both Democrats and
Republicans and meets all of the OBJ.
jections OF the attorney general
against previous measures.
Classification Of Property.
The Collins resolution, proposing to
submit to Ohio electors at the next
election amendments to the state con-
stitution providing for the classifica-
ton Of property for taxation purposes,
was adopted by the senate.
The senate undertook to establish
new parliamentary procedure by re-
considering vote to reconsider the
vote by which the OFT bill, shortening
the hours of labor for streetcar and
was passed In that house Tuesday.
Not in the history of the Ohio legis-
lature or any other legislative body,
II is declared, has attempt ever been
made to reconsider reconsideration
vote After a vote on a question has
cred, 1t always has been considered
that TO further action could be taken.
The wrangle terminated when mo-
tiOn to recess carried.
The house passed the Deaton bill,
requiring physicians, nurses or who
ever is In attendance at childbirth, to
report any inflammation of the eyes
occurring within the first two weeks
to the local health officer, who must
investigate and report each case to
the state health board. The latter is
to furnish prophylactic for inflamma-
tion free to physicians and mdwives,
to provide for daily treatment, to
keep record of all cases and to re-
port violations of the law to the state
medical board and to the police or
county prosecutor.
The house passed the Jackson bill,
the law permitting banks to
deposit first mortgage loan notes as
security for state funds deposited in
banks.
The Thatcher BILL exempting from
the $40 annual license fee farmers
who manufacture lime fertilizer and
sell only to their nelghbors, was pass.
ed by the house.
The senate eliminated from the
Sprague bill to regulate the practice
of nursing all supervision sought by
the state medical board over examina-
tions for nurses. AS the measure
passed. the Association Of Graduate
Nurses will have exclusive control
ever the examinations.
The Carver tax assessment bill was
taken of the calendar and sent back
to the committee.
Republican senators say they heard
that Governor Willis did not wish the
civil service bill to come to him to
sign in the shape 1t passed the house
Wednesday. They said the governor
desired to avoid the delay that ref
erendum would cause in putting into
effect the repeal of the present law.