The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-03-19

Amenoment Noopteo, Are to Be
Appointed at once--Hoy Bill to Pre-.
vent Fee Splitting to Be Reconsid.
ered---SaIary Loan Agents Hit by a
Cass Measure.
Columbus, March 17.-By a vote or
76 to Al the house passed the Parrett-
Whittemore bill, the administration
measure, which absolutely repeals the
Warnes tax assessor law and pro-
vides permanent decentralized sys.
tenn of assessment under county con.
troll, to go into effect next January.
Five Democrats voted for the meas
ure, which was so!idly supported by
the Republicans. The Democratic
votes were cast by Cowan of Putnam.
Crawford of Monroe, Etling of Wayne.
Quinlisk Of Shelby and Stivers OF
Brown
By amendment offered by the Re.
publican floor leader, Mr.. Whittemore,
one part of the bill will be effective
this year, for the county boards of re-
vision, three members to be named
by the prosecuting attorney. the FRO
bate judge, the president of the board
Of county commissioners and the
county treasurer, are to be appointed
at once. This means that the Warnes
boards of complaints, retained in the
Better bill providing for this years
assessing, will be taken out of thai
amended the Beitler bill to have re-
tanned by appointment of the county
auditor the Warnes deputy assessors
appointed by the district assessors,
VINO themselves are legislated out of
the bill
The Parrett-Whittemore bill great
ly circumscribes and restricts the
elective ward and township assessors.
which are provided for to carry out
the Republican platform pledge, by
making them removable by the couh-
ty auditor, and floor amendment in
creased their supervision by making
them removable also by the state tax
commission.
Other amendments limited the
board of revision to one sitting, in
August, gave this board the same
power as the auditor to summon tax
payers. and on refusal to furnish in
formation regarding their own or
others assessments to cite them be.
fore the probate court for contempt;
made the maximum pay of assessors
Sc day instead of $S, and made the
penalty for violation Of the law by
taxing officials $50 to $500 fine.
Kramer Attacks Bill.
Minority Leader Kramer declared
that If elective assessors could get
personal property on the duplicate, all
right, but he warned the Republicans
that unless this was done the Smith
law would have to give way to the
demand Of the cities for revenue,
while the farmers would have to ao-
cept classification Of property for tay-
alton, to be followed by imposition Of
the single tax.
The Hoy bill to prevent surgeons
and physicians splitting fees, which
was temporarily sidetracked, is to be
considered again by the senate com.
m1ttee on medical colleges and So
cieties. At the hearing DR.. Hoy will
present an Endorsement Of the bill by
DR.. John G. Bowman, Chicago, direc-
tor of the American College of Sur
geons.
Salary loan agents who have found
recent laws detrimental to their busl-
ress and abandoned this field Of oper-
etion to take cover under the guise of
building and loan associations, in
which they are said to be conducting
a business equally as profitable as
under the time loan agency, will be
routed from their hiding places If
bill introduced by Senator Cass Of
Putnam county becomes law. The
usury statutes are to be applied under
the proposed law to building and
Il an associations.
With strict party vote the senate
passed the Reighard bill, which aDol-
ishes the positions of the four super
visors of the teaching of agriculture.
AS the bill already has passed the
house, it now Is ready for Governor
Willis to sign. Salaries of the agri-
cultural supervisors are $4,000, with
$1,000 for expenses.
Adjutant General Hough, George l..
Converse, commandant Of cadets at
Ohio State university. and Superin-
tendent of Public Instruction Miller
soon will be at work devising policy
and plan for military instruction in
the schools and universities Of the
state. The senate unanimously adopt
ed the Stivers resolution making such
provision.
The Bragg quail bill, providing pro
lection for quail until 1920. probably
will be voted on in the senate this
week 1t was reported out by the
committee en- fish cnlture and game
without recommendation
The Fedorman bill, which passed
the senate, provides tnat councilmen
NAV draw salary for meetings they