The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-03-02
Bill Passes Both Houses and
Goes to Governor.
MANY MEASURES PUT THROUGH

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Commissioner.
Columbus, Feb. 2S.-The general
assembly passed twenty-four bills.
seven OF which are now ready for the
governors signature.
Among those that received final ac-
ton in the house were the admins
tration measures providing for alb
sentee voting and changing the time
for issuing saloon licenses from De
cember to May, beginning in 1918.
The two next go to the governor.
Others that have passed both
houses and will become laws unless
vetoed are:
BY Senator Terrell. pDviding that
persons who have taught 100 months
may be granted life elementary teach
Ing certificates, although they have
only one years normal training.
BY Senator Wright, permitting
boards OF education to adopt general
appropriation resolutions without sep
arate rolicall on each separate ex-
penditure
BY Senator Mooney, providing that
persons leaving home to engage In
government service at Washington
shall not lose their residence in the
county from which appointed.
BY Representative Walcutt. Colum-
bus. placing county childrens homes
under jurisdiction and supervision OF
the boards Of education Of the town
ships in which they are located.
BY Representative Walsh, permit
ting creation of district park COM
missions, appointed by the probate
Judge, in counties which nave lands
donated by citizens for park purposes.
without opposition the Wright bill
to abolish the state board Of health
and, in its stead create state health
commissioner with an advisory COM
mittee, passed the senate.
The absentee voters measure is
that by Senator Mooney. which pro-
vides that sealed ballots may be Sc.
cured before election from county
boards of elections and mailed. with
affidavit, back to the voters home
county The boards OF elections turn
the ballots over to precinct officials
the night before election.
Both houses Of the Legislature are
now pledged to quit and go home"
not later than March 90 Only four
senators opposed the joint resolution
OF Representative Chapman to recess
March and adjourn sine die at p.
m, twelve days later.
Full Suffrage Referendum.
The house committee on federal re
lations reported favorably on the Hol.
den and Stump resolutions providing
for the submission OF the question Of
full suffrage for women to vote Of
the people in November, 1918. The
Holden resolution. as it passed the
senate, provided for vote in 1917,
but was amended by the house com.
mittee to read 1918 The two reso-
lutions are to be joined under the IT,
tie OF both authors. Holden and other
opponents Of suffrage oppose the
change in date as amended The opin
ion seems to be that the measure
| will be defeated in the r~sh OF bills
now coming up.
The house labor committee report.
ed for passage the OFT bill, providing
for an eight hour day for employees
of electric railways; the Chapman
| bill writing the provisions Of tho
Clayton anti-injunction act in the set
tlement of labor disputes, and the
Benedict bill, regulating private EN-
| plovment agencies
4 bill by Representative Hunter of
Columbus appropriating 100000 for
the erection of peace memorial In
the state house grounds. for which
purpose the Women's Relief corps
has already raised $4,000 was report.
ed favorably by the house finance
committee.
There will be no legislative investi
cation of the high cost of living. Sen,
ate Democrats voted to kill the Clark
house resolution. which called for
such an Investigation, rs to 8, by re-
committing 1t to the Judiciary com
mittee. The Democratic floor leader
Senator Miller of Licking county
said the Democratic reason for not
acting on the probe resolution was
that state probe might interfere
with the proposed federal probe OF
/ tha cost of living