The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-03-02
NEW LICENSE BILL
BEFORE S0L0NS
Farmers and Lawyers Would
Regulate Liquor Traffic
HAke FOSTERS the MEASURE

Bill Introduced by Thatcher Empow.
ers County Boards Of Education to
Gerrymander School Distriets-An.
other Measure Would Boost Pay Of
County Commissioners - Squirrel
Hunters Pension Bill Killed.
Columbus, Feb. 27.-Under q new
decentralizing bill introduced in the
house by Representative Hake OF
Trumbull, the liquor traffic would be
regulated by farmers and lawyers.
Mr.. Hake would have saloon H.
censes granted by county boards of
Ave members whose names would be
drawn from the jury wheel between
Jan. and Jan. 6. The state board of
agriculture would appoint q state
liquor traffic inspector at $1,000 and
ten deputies at $1,000. But the state
inspector would have no power to en-
force compliance with temperance
laws and ordinances by licensed sa-
looms. His duty would be merely to
run down speakeasies operated by un-
licensed dealers and assess the saloon
tax against them. Enforcement Of
saloon regulations would be left to
the local police and the revoking off.
Ger, the prosecuting attorney.
County boards of education would
be empowered by bill fathered by
Representative Thatcher to gerry
mander school districts, eliminating
special, small and weak districts, by
adding part or all Of rural district
to an adjoining district and, on petit
t!on of 50 per cent Of the voters, could
add part or all Of rural district to
an adjoining village or city district.
The. county board could form new
district by combining several dis
tricts, provided the new district con-
tained not less than eight square
miles and that no existing district
was reduced below fifteen square
miles.
Payment by the state out Of the tax
on foreign insurance companies Of
pensions to municipal fremen and
police is proposed in bill fathered
by Representative Whittemore Of
Summit.
A bill by Eppstein OF Toledo author
ICES one-tenth mill levy for pensions
to firemen retired on part pay.
To boost the pay Of county commits
sioners, Representative Attic intro
duced a bill making the salary sched'
ule $1,000 when the enlarged county
tax duplicate of 1914 is $4,000, 900, in
stead of 5000 on this amount of the
duplicate of 1911, plus the present al
lowance of SO for each 100000 of du-
plicate in excess Of $5,O00,000. the
present maximum Of $4,000 Is retain
ed, so the bill does not increase the
| salaries of commissioners in the big
ger counties.
AS q substitute for the Hite over
craft bill, which has passed the house,
Mr.. Better Of Hancock introduced
bill, sponsored by the state bankers
| association. making overdrafting 9
felony only where intent to defraud
y evident.
As part of the campaign to Increase
the use of Ohio coal, Chairman Whit.
acre Of the house labor committee in
troduced a bill requiring state insti.
tutions to burn Ohio coal. 1t is alleged
that Ohio university and Athens state
hospital, located almost within a
stones throw Of coal mines, use West
Virginia COAL Representative King Of
Hooking introduced a duplicate of the
vorhies senate bill fixing maximum
intrastate freight rates on coal fol
the purpose of reducing the big differ
ential in favor of West Virginia coal
BY indefinite postponement, the
house killed the bill to pension the
squirrel hunters" who saw brief ser
ice at the time of MorgaE's raid, ant
the Jones bill for improvement OF pri
vate rights of way.
Decision by the administration tt
have tax assessments made this yea
by assessors to be appointed in eaci
county by the county auditor, was dis
closed by the report to the house from
the taxation committee of the Beitle
bill. This action meant the rejection
of the plan to permit this years tai
duplicates to be made up by the Coz
assessors and also of the plan to pu
provision for all the new taxing ma
chinery into one bill.