The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1949-05-19

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BY GEORGE c. PHILPOT

By GEORGE 6. PHILPOT
Monday, the House passed the
following bills:
Cd Sub H. B. No. 301, which
relates to the joint acquisition
and maintenance of property and
issuance of bonds by schools and
various subdivisions of govern
ment for the construction of
swimming pools, Fairgrounds
and other recreational facilities;
(2) Am. H. B. No. 1911, which
permits (not compulsory county
commissioners to appropriate as
much as $4,000 to improve the
fairgrounds. The House defeated
two bills: CD Am. S. B. No. 104
requested that the State Auditor
be permitted to appoint another
chief Inspector The bureau now
consists of two chiefs tone Re-
publican and one Democrat
TT 5 would have permitted an
a litional chief, which would
, ioubtedly be a Democrat, to
Je appointed and thus would
have unbalanced the bureau
Tuesday, a resolution was in
troduced to reconsider the vote
by which it was defeated. The
vote was IS to 51-the necessary
number of votes to pass bill is
s. (2) Am II. B. No. 444 which
relates to Misrepresentation in
professional advertising was de-
feated Monday, but Tuesday was
reconsidered and sent back tc
the House Judiciary committee
for further work.
Last Wednesday, the Senate
passed an educational version OF
the Fair Employment Practice
bill. That bill is now in the
House, and we will have to act
on it or conference committee
| will be appointed to work out q
compromise bill.
Tuesday, the House passed
four bills. They were: H. B. No
23l, which gives authority tc
| boards of education to issue
bonds during the years l949 and
1850 for school construction up
to eight percent of the value OF
the property assessed for taxa
ton. The argument in favor of il
brought out the fact that it is
only temporary that some schools
have been unable to build new
buildings or complete buildings
due to the six percent limitation
This will give school districts
who can and are willing to help
themselves and will relieve the
state of the necessity of helping
in some cases. Am. H. B. No. 56J
which relates to the method OF
levying taxes on trucks and mot
or vehicles used as common car
rierS in the state of Ohio. The
amount the state will receive
will not be greatly changed, but
it will make the collection pro-
cess easier. Am. H. B. No. 17S
permits public housing projects
to qualify under the federal
housing act. Veterans are given
preference as tenants and linn
itation is placed on the amount
of income the family may earn
| as $4,000 before they may be
evicted. The companion bill to
this was H. B. No. 273. This ex-
empts public housing projects
from taxation and accepts in
lieu payments of 80 percent OF
the taxes. The local government,
must stand good for the other
20 percent. These two bills pro-
| voked a lot of debate and a LOT
of accusations of socialism and
other dire calamities, but both
passed. The vote on Am. H. B.
| No. 179 was 92-33; on H. B. No
273, 96-35.
Wednesday, the Batesville high
school visited the Capitol We
| visited the governors office,
| where several of the boys and
girls sat at the governors desk,
while others occupied chairs U.S.
ed by members of his cabinet
when the cabinet is meeting
From the governors office, we
crossed to the secretary of states
office where Miss Ewing ex-
planned how election returns are
tabulated on election night. Then
Mr.. Gilbert explained how the
voting machines were operated.
! believe they both voted Repub-
lic3n.
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