The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-05-27
special Columbus Correspondent.

m he Sprague congressional re-
districting bill, passed by the
house, was given its second and
third readings in the senate,
radically amended, and then passed,
Is to 10. The amendments agreed .
upon earlier in a series of Re /
publican caucuses and conferences |
do not change the Cleveland or
Cincinnati districts as outlined in
the bill as it passed the house. The
First and Second districts are in Ham
ilton county, the Twentieth and Twen-
ty-first entirely in Cuyahoga county,
while the Twenty-second district takes
in part Of Cuyahoga and all of Lake
and Geauga counties. The other dis
comprise the following counties;
Third, Montgomery, Preble, Butler;
Fourth, Allen, Shelby, Darke, Miami
Auglaize, Mercer; Fifth, Williams,
Henry, Fulton, Putnam, Van Vert,
Paulding, Defiance; Sixth, Warren,
Clinton, Clermont, ,Fayette, Ross, High
land, Brown; Segenth, Pickaway, Mad
ison, CHAMPAIGN, Greene, Clarke;
Eighth, Logan, Union, Delaware, Nor
row, Ashland, Richland, Marion;
Ninth, Lucas, Ottawa, Sandusky;
Tenth, Adams, Scioto, Lawrence, Jack
son, Gallia, Meigs, Vinton, Hooking;
Eleventh, Fairfield, Perry, Licking,
Knox, Coshocton, Holmes; Twelfth,
Franklin; Thirteenth, Hardin, Han
O6ck, Wyandot, Crawford, Seneca;
Fourteenth, Erie. Huron, Lorain, Me-
dina; Fifteenth, Athens, Washington,
Monroe, Morgan, Noble, Muskingum,
Guernsey; Sixteenth, Belmont, Jeffer-
son, Harrison, Columbiana Seven
teenth, Portage, Summit, Wayne;
Eighteenth, Stark, Carroll, Tusca-
rawas; Nineteenth, Mahoning, Trum-
bull, Ashtabula.
The house will refuse to concur in
the senate amendments and the bill
will go to a conference committee
Two Bills Up to Governor.
Rural school supervision districts
are much reduced by the Winans SEN
ate bill, which the house of representa-
tives virtually enacted into law few
days ago. 1t is estimated that the
present districts throughout the state,
numbering about 700, are made re-
ducible by at least half under the new
measure. In other respects the bill
only mildly revises the present rural
school code. The house also enacted
into law the new civil service bill by
adopting the joint conference commit
tee report, which the senate already
had approved. One of the provisions
of the new measure is the legislating
out of office of perosns who are now in
the state, city, county and school
classified service by virtue of passing
non-competitive examinations. How
ever, such persons can be retained by
affirmative action of the appointing
power
Physical Welfare Of Ohioans.
Public health has been given a big
boost by the present assembly, health
experts aver Numerous bills affect
ing the physical welfare of Ohio resi-
dents have been sent through both
houses and are now practically laws.
Here are some of them: The bill by
DR.. Deaton of Miami, compelling re-
ports of eye infection in new born
babies and providing for the use of a
prohylactic against eye troubles which
are responsible for large per cent OF
blindness in the state. The Platt-Ellis
measure, which brings under state reg
ulation all forms of non-mediCal heal
ers and protects the public from i'm
trained persons who seek to practice
these non-medical branches without G
rudimentary education in anatomy ant
physiology. This bill is regarded by
public health workers as the most ad
vanced cult regulation measure en-
acted in any state. The Sprague bill
provides for the registration of trained
nurses and is designed to discourage
incompetents. The Hoy medical boarC
bill, which makes it possible for tn
state medical board to materially curl
the operations of unscrupulous med
ical practitioners. The Lloyd denta
board bill, which is designed to protec
the public from dishonest or poorl,
prepared dentists. The White bill will
raise the standard of pharmacists il
Ohio by demanding of them highe
preliminary qualifications along edu
cational lines. The provisions of tn
Smith-Mallow agricultural board Ill
which strengthens the laws regulatin
the practice of veterinary medicine
and will make possible better proteC
tion of the public from disease trans
mitted by animals, such as tubel
culosis.
Shows Interest Earnings.
A statement by Treasurer of Stat
r, W. Archer shows interest earning
of the states general revenue fun
during the past six months to be $185
665.83. Earnings of the states worE
mems compensation fund we're $51
574.79, making a grand total of $237
240.G2.
Governor May Prefer Charges.
Soon after the Legislature leave
Gov. Willis will give consideration t
the cases of the Democratic state off
cials who refused his request for thel
designations. OF = total of IA official
who were asked to step down and ou
but three agreed to do so. These thre
are o. H. Hughes and Charles c. Ma
shall, members of the public utilitie
commission, and c. G. Williams c
Wooster, member of the state agricu
tural commission. 1t is expected tha
the chief executive will try to remov
the other officials. He will probabl
prefer charges against them.
Establishment Of State Forests.
The establishment of state forest
is provided for in the bill of Repre-
sentative Bohm of Cleveland, passe
by the house, 73 to II. Under its pre-
visions the board of control of the ae
ricultural experiment station is pei
mitted to PURCHASE land and use Ian
b,Y ho of for IN