The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1949-05-12
LEGISLATIVE
NOTES
By GEORGE C. PHILPoT

Monday evening, the House
held a session which one news
paper described as disorderly
and confused. Another writer
described it as the most confused
session of a confused General
Assembly 1t certainly was dis,
orderly because the Speaker was
unable to control few members
of the majority party who made
demands he refused to accede to
1t was so confused, because oi
the involved nature of the mo-
tions, that the author of one mo,
ton, together with several mem
bers voted contrary to their in
tentions and had to request the
privilege to change their votes
Mr.. McElroy made a motion tc
reconsider the vote by which the
oleo bill was laid on the table
and leave the motion pending
The Speaker ruled that the mo
ton was not debatable ano
agreed to Mr.. McElroy's motion
This was a surprise to the op,
ponents of oleo. They did no
figure the motion would be
left pending. Under the pending
motion, any member could re,
quest on the motion at any time
The oleo people hoped to as,
semble enough votes later anc
bring the motion up for action
Their stategy was lost Wher
Mr.. Carpenter recognized their
attempt and requested immed.
late action on the McElroy mo-
ton. Then pandemonium broke
loose. Many did not get the sig,
nificance of his motion and re-
fused to vote on the first round
Others voted wrong and had tC
reverse themselves. The fina
vote was AZ yeas to rs nays. Ir
other words, the House refused
by vote of Al to 76 to reconsid.
er the vote of last Wednesday
when the bill was tabled.
This action kills the oleo bill
for this session of the Genera,
Assembly. Proponents will now
probably attempt to secure more
signatures to petitions SO that il
may be put on the ballot next
November.
Other business Monday was
the passage of three bills, CD M
B. No. 41O, which provides for
granting full credit toward re-
tirement to firemen for time
served in the armed forces; (2),
Am. S. B. No. so which raises
the requirement relative to the
practice of optometry, Give years
will be necessary instead of four)
and CD Am. H. B. No. 56 which
will facilitate the inquiry into
insanity of persons accused OF
crime.
Tuesday, the House considered
the bill authorized by Rep. Pat
Dunn. The purpose of the bill
SO the author stated, is to pre-
vent nepotism. Nepotism is the
practice of offiCeholder giving
state jobs to his relatives. In
this case, it was directed at pre-
venting a man and his wife from
working for the state of Ohio.
One other bill affecting Noble
county was passed Tuesday. II
B. No. 603 reduces the amount
the state highway department
NAV hold back on construction
contracts from Is percent to lC
percent.
Tuesday evening, the House
Committee on Transportation in
definitely postponed (killed)
the Rivelake Conveyor Belt bill
| expect the senate committee
will not take ony action IN DEF
erence to the House.
Wednesday morning, the House
Committee on Education tablec
bill requiring the teaching OF
an additional one half unit of y
S. government, Ohio Constitu
ton and U. S. Constitution. The
committee thought this bill
would create a duplication Of
work and that the state depart
ment of education should be free
to suggest the school curriculum
and the local boards should have
some choice. The same commit
tee recommended for passage
resolution memorializing Con
gress to place an amendment or
the ballot that, when passed
would permit non-Sectarian re
ligious education courses to bt
taught in the public schools.
The House Committee on In
dustry and Labor is discussing
H. B. No. 222, commonly known
oc +Lo EEJ ;{+1o UTo0~or a hctS