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BOXING MEASURE
TAKES The COUNT
Loses Decision When Recon.
sidered By the House.
QUAIL BILL IN FRIENDLY HANDS

Senate on a RolIcali Refers II to the
Committee on Agriculture---House
Bill Extends Protection to Utilities
Operating Under Municipal Grants.
Echo of the conservancy Fight
Heard In House.
Columbus, March 12.-Representa-
tive Sprague Of Scioto introduced a
bill In the house extending the pro.
lection, now accorded by law to tele.
pnone companies, to other utilities op.
Grating under municipal grants, name.
ly. electric light, gas, natural gas,
waterworks, heating and cooling com.
ranies. The bill forbids any such
company to construct, own or operate
lighting, heating, power, water or
cooling plants unless certificate of
public necessity is obtained from the
state utilities commission. No new
corporation of these kinds may be
started to compete with existing cor
porations unless the state utilities
commission Is satisfied there is pub
lie demand for the new enterprise.
The bill nullifles the right Of munich
pal councils to grant franchises to
competing companies and transfers to
the state commission the authority
to permit or prevent the starting of
uew companies In field already oc-
cupied by franchise owning COM
pany. Telephone companies obtained
this protection in 1911 on the plea that
the telephone business was natural
monopoly.
The NEEDING state boxing commits
sion bill finally took the count In the
house and lost the decision, 81 to 56.
Unable to win single convert, the
Cleveland delegation was indebted to
the courtesy of Carver of Holmes,
who moved reconsideration for them
and then voted against the bill.
Echo of the conservancy law fight
In the senate. was heard in the house
when Quinlisk OF Shelby leader of
the anti-conservancy forces, struggled
in vain to have killed one of his own
bills, measure making state park
Of Loramie reservoir, the only state
lake which has not been made into a
pleasure park, under state control.
The bill was sent back to committee.
Quail Bill In Senate.
Supporters of the Bragg quail bill.
which seeks to furnish quail protec-
ton until 1920, won the first round OF
the contest in the senate. White of
Erie moved that the bill be referred
to the committee on agriculture, a
friendly committee. On a rolloall the
bill was sent to that committee by a
vote of Is to 10.
Amended to require fee of 81 to
the county clerk and the same fee to
the secretary of state, exempting
medicine bottles, and providing intent
to sell must be shown. the house
passed the Archer senate bill forbid
ding the refilling OF milk, beer and
soda water bottles, In which the own
er's registered trademark is blown.
A second anti-cigaret bill by Dan
ford Of Noble wns stamped with the
approval Of the house public health
committee. In way more radical
than the Danford bill to stop the sale
OF cigarets, 1t provides that any insti
tuition of learning supported In part
Oh all by public funds shall forfei,
claim to such funds II teacher OF
superintendent Of the school smokes
cigarets or II 1t permits student
who smokes cigarets to graduate.
Speaker Conover appointed three
members on the committee to report
whether or not to erect state Office
building to take care of the overflow
from the stntehouse. The Joint com
mittee for THIS purpose under tn,
Kious resolution is Senators Archer
Tremper, Mooney, representative,
Kious, Deaton, Smith Of Butler.
The Moore civil service ripper wa,
reported favorably by the senate com
mittee and will be up for passag,
Tuesday. Besides enlarging the lis
Of exemptions ii provides that all per
sons who have been In office unde
seven years will be compelled to TAX
competitive examinations. The non
competitive examinations are elm
mated.
Governor Willis disapproved tn
Smith bill. requiring inclosed vest
bules on summer streetcars for Pre-
lection to motormen from dust. i
his message to the house the govel
nor stated the bill did not specify
time for the proposal to go into opel
alton and that reasonable tim
should be given street railroad con
panies to re-eduip their cars.
The Moore BILL amending the o
inspection laws to conform to a r,
cent decision OF the supreme cour
was passed in the senate as an eme
gency measure without dissentin
vote,