The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1951-04-12
STATE
LEGISLATURE NEWS
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Representative C. c. Philpot

Representative G. c. Philpot
Several schools have been
guests of the House each day and
have been introduced by the
member from their home county.
Other groups including Farm
Bureau councils have been
spectators in the galleries.
Monday an unusual group was
introduced. 1t was composed of
seven or eight men from British
zone of Germany. They are Ger
man business and professional
men sent to America to study
our government. They seemed
very interested and spoke Eng
lish very fluently.
Monday
Three bills were passed by the
House, Am. S. B. 204 which re-
lates to the persons entitled to
relief under the soldiers relief
provisions. This was passed as
an emergency measure and be-
comes effective as soon as it is
signed by the governor. This in
cludes needy, veterans of World
War l, World War II and the
Korean War and their needy de-
pendentS. Am. H. B. 291 will per-
NIT officers and employees in the
classified service of the state to
take leaves of absence to work
for another branch of govern
ment without securing the con-
sent of the department head each
year. This permits the General
Assembly to get expert help
during the session who may re-
turn to their former job after
the session. Am. S. B. 35 permits
an employer to pay a deceased
employees wages to the widow
up to $500 without court action.
Tuesday
One of the toughest struggles
of any session I have attended
occurred Tuesday afternoon.
Plenty of oratory extolling home
rule by the folks back home and
an equal amount of speaking
condemning dictatorship was
loosed upon the House when Sub.
H. B. 1T was introduced. This
bill will permit the governor to
file charges in the common pleas
court of any county against the
sheriff or prosecuting attorney
and in the court of appeals
against the common pleas judge.
The bill had both Democratic
and Republican sponsors. The bill
"squeaked" through with a vote
of 1888. If passed by the Sen
ate it will go to the governor for
his approval. have heard from
reliable sources that the COVER
nor reprimanded members of the
Democratic party for voting for
the bill. If you folks are con-
fused when l tell you that, so
are House members because the
governor for two years has been
requesting the power to re-
move sheriffs. Now that he may
get that power he does not want
it.
Am. Sub. H. B. 393 transfers
the supervision and control OF
the state serum institute at
Reynoldsburg to the Ohio De-
partment of Agriculture. 1t will
be used as a laboratory. This will
be a great benefit and saving to
the state of Ohio.
Am. H. B. 600 adds a member
of the Amvets to the member
ship of the soldiers relief COM
mission.
Am. H. B. 2l0 requires the i'm
mediate return of the perform
ance band of unsuccessful bid
ders. This is a certified check
The successful bidders check
may be returned if q bond is put
up instead.
Wednesday
The many buoyant girls who
were in the galleries on April
saw some fine parliamentary
procedure and heard very in
teresting debate. Am. H. B. 484
was the cause. This bill will
modernize the school building
code. The part that aroused the
greatest debate was the permis-
sion to use certain acouStical
materials on the ceiling which
are not 1909 non-combustible
The difference in safety and in
cost were not great. Sometimes
we wonder why the discussion is
so heated. But again we discover