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Senate Bill No. 250- Mr. Mallow (Ross). This act creates a state board of agriculture of 10 members, appointed by the Governor, the membership to be divided equally between the two dominant political parties. No compensation is allowed the members. Six constitute a quorum. The act defines the duties and powers of the board which is empowered to elect an executive officer who shall be secretary, with a salary of $4,000 a year. The board is authorized to appoint heads of bureaus, experts and clerks, and is given control of the state fair and- agricultural matters and may accept donations to promote the work of the board. All funds received shall go to the board's credit ; power to
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appoint an "inquiry agent" to make investigations of firms and persons subject to the provisions of the act in the conduct of their business is conferred, and authority is given to institute suits to convict violators of the law. The control of diseased animals, quarantine regulations, disposition of animals having contagious maladies, payment of claims for damages arising from stock killed, regulation of insect pests and plant diseases, inspection of nurseries, looking after food stuffs, issuing of licenses to manufacturers of the same, proper labeling, of the same, authority to make an analysis of any such product, protection of con- sumers from adulterated foods, regulation of the manufacture of com- mercial fertilizers, regulation of the bee industry, appointment of vet- erinary examiners, power to revoke certificates given veterinarians, pre- vention of unlawful branding of butter and other articles of food, con- trol of the weight and measurement standards used throughout the state, appointment of game wardens, issuing of hunters' licenses, regulation of fishing, hunting and trapping - these are among the matters coming under the jurisdiction of the board, which succeeds to all the rights and powers of the "Agricultural Commission". Effective July 20.
Senate Bill No. 255 - Mr. Pink (Hamilton), amends an act pro- viding for the leaving of a part of the Miami and Erie canal, in Cincin- nati, as a public street or boulevard, and for sewerage and subway pur- poses. Effective August 16.
Senate Bill No. 263 - Mr. Collins (Hamilton), provides that with the approval of the court, the Supreme Court reporter may contract for the publishing of its reports and those of the appellate courts and other inferior courts, printed copies to be sold by the publisher to citi- zens for not to exceed $1.50 per copy. Effective August 3.
Senate Bill No. 264- Mr. Bauer (Hamilton), authorizes the crea- tion of a Board of Rapid Transit for Cincinnati. Effective August 2.
Senate Bill No. 267 - Mr. Myers (Marion), provides for the elec- tion of rural school district boards and cures defects in this procedure. Effective September 2.
Senate Bill No. 270- Mr. Mooney (Cuyahoga). This act permits a corporation to borrow money on mortgages not in excess of its capital stock. It may also issue notes and sell bonds, secured by; mortgages; a corporation formed to buy realty may borrow 65 per cent of the market value of realty owned. Effective September 2.
Senate Bill No. 278- Mr. Fellinger (Cuyahoga), supplements the law relative to the jurisdiction of the common pleas court in divorce
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matters. Decrees may be delayed until the court secures the maintenance of children not in his custody, when the husband is entitled to divorce. Effective August 23.
Senate Bill No. 279- Mr. Collins (Hamilton), amends the General Code relative to the state militia, creating the Governor's staff, the Ad- jutant General to have the grade of Brigadier General, and upon him shall devolve the duties of Quartermaster General; an Assistant Ad- jutant General with the rank of Colonel, and 12 aides are also provided for, the Adjutant General and assistant to be selected from active or retired officers of the Guard. Provision is made for organization of the Guard into three classes - "organized", "reserve" and "reserve militiamen". Penalties are provided for discriminating against officers and enlisted men or the wearing of the Guard insignia by persons not members. The Guard shall be organized as nearly as possible along lines of the United States army and in time of war or insurrection the Adjutant General and his assistant and Assistant Quartermaster Gen- eral shall receive the full pay to which their rank entitles them, in lieu of salary paid by the state. Effective August 25.
Senate Bill No. 280- Mr. Stone (Lorain), provides that public schools shall befree to inmates of private orphan asylums and children's homes. Effective August 25.
Senate Bill No. 282 - Mr. Winans (Lake), relates to the super- vision of rural schools. Permits county educational boards to redis- trict counties. Any village or rural school district or union of districts for high school purposes, and which employes a principal, shall upon application, be maintained as a district under supervision of the county superintendent, and such principal shall perform duties prescribed for a district superintendent, but such district shall receive no state aid for salaries. Upon suspension of any district or village school boards of education must provide free conveyance for pupils affected to a school elsewhere. Effective August 25.
Senate Bill No. 283 - Mr. Moore (Jefferson), provides for a com- mission to establish a normal school in eastern Ohio. Provision is made for five members to be named by the Governor, such body to have full powers to select a site and secure options on the same. Provision is made for the selection of trustees for the school, upon its completion, and the conduct of the institution shall be the same as that of other similar ones maintained by the state. Effective August 25.
Senate Bill No. 291 - Mr. Vollenweider (Vinton), relates to the time of holding common pleas court sessions and provides that any
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judge may hold a special session when he deems it necessary. Not less than 245 open session days shall constitute a year's business, unless the same is sooner disposed of. Effective August 25.
Senate Bill No. 295- Mr. Winans (Lake), amends the General Code relative to the duties of the State Superintendent of Banks. The act gives him power to appoint all deputies and other employes required. He also has removal power. Annaully at least examinations of state banks must be made; fees for the same are provided, they to be paid by the institutions examined; foreign trust concerns shall also pay fees for certificates to do business in Ohio. Provision is made for the expense of liquidating financial institutions, the expense to be fixed by the Superintendent, subject to the approval of the common pleas court ; provision is made for counsel fees in a similar manner. Unclaimed deposits of liquidated banks, uncalled for for five years, go to the state treasury. Aggrieved persons or associations of persons may apply for restraining proceedings against the Superintendent in the common pleas court, and the court may enjoin him from further action. Failure of the Superintendent and deputies to keep secrets of banks examined is penalized with a fine not to exceed $500 and they may be sent to state prison for from one to five years. Effective August 23.
Senate Bill No. 297 - Mr. Garver (Miami), provides for the col- lection by the State Treasurer of certain taxes and revenues on certified duplicates of the State Auditor. Under the act insurance companies contribute to the support of the State Fire Marshal's Department. Ef- fective August 25.
Senate Bill No. 300- Mr. McDermott (Trumbull), relates to the election of cemetery trustees. Effective August 2.
Senate Bill No. 304- Mr. Wickline (Summit), provides for a commission to investigate the office requirements of state officials, de- partments and commissions and adequately house such, the commission to be composed of seven members - two from each branch of the Gen- eral Assembly, two of the State Board of Administration, the Adjutant General being ex-officio a member ; no compensation is allowed the com- mission, known as a "State Board of Public Buildings". It is empowered to purchase or erect a state office building and otherwise meet the re- quirements of state departments which can not be housed in the capitol. Effective August 25.
Senate Bill No. 306-Mr. Moore (Jefferson), provides that the Superintendent of the Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home shall be guardian of the estate of minors in the home. Effective September 2.
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Senate Bill No. 307- Mr. McDermott (Trumbull). This is what is known as the "McDermott Liquor Law", and divides the state into 34 liquor licensing districts, each to have a licensing board of two mem- bers, county clerks, recorders and presidents of county commissioners' boards being the appointive power. Two district liquor traffic super- visors, who shall constitute the licensing body, for a district shall be named by the appointing board, unless no selection can be agreed upon, when the Governor shall appoint. Authority is given each licensing board to employe clerical help and a secretary and make such regula- tions as are needed. A district board has power to suspend or revoke the license of any liquor dealer who twice violates the law, but he may appeal to the "state board of appeals", a body of two electors not en- gaged in the liquor traffic. District board members may be removed for cause. The Governor is empowered to appoint a state inspector for two years at $3,600 a year. He and his deputies and employes are barred from "pernicious activity" when the liquor traffic is involved in elections. A secretary at $2,500 a year for the state inspector is allowed ; also other employes and office equipment needed for headquarters in Columbus. The Governor may remove the state inspector. Bribery, malfeasance and other offenses are sufficient cause for the Governor to remove the inspector. The license period shall begin the fourth Monday in May and run for a year; provided, that not later than October 15, 1915, licenses shall be granted for 18 months from the fourth Monday of November, 1915, to the fourth Monday of May, 1917. Not later than 30 days' prior to the beginning of the license period, the names of persons to whom it is proposed licenses shall be issued and the names of those refused, shall be announced ; where the number of applicants is greater than the number of saloons allowed by law, the applicant al- ready in business shall receive preference ; a registration fee of $200 is provided, exclusive of the assessment payable under Section 6070 of the General Code. Renewal of licenses are made subject to conditions. limitations and restrictions originally imposed upon an applicant. A saloonist in any section of a city becoming "dry" may make application to change his place of business to a section not "gone dry". Notices of application for licenses, renewals and changes must be printed 30 days prior to the beginning of the licensing period. The state inspector shall make reports to the Governor. Provision is made for a delay in the taking effect of the law, should a referendum be taken. Effective otherwise September I.
Senate Bill No. 312- Mr. Garver (Miami), fixes March I as the date when annually telephone and telegraph companies shall file returns with the state tax commission. Express companies shall file before
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August I. The act is supplemental to existing laws and is intended to disclose taxable property. Effective September 2.
Senate Bill No. 315 - Mr. Winans (Lake), provides for borrowing money and the issuance of township, county and municipal bonds. Ef- fective September 2.
Senate Bill No. 316- Mr. Moore (Jefferson), provides that the Secretary of State shall appoint a state registrar of vital statistics and places the bureau under the Secretary, not subject to civil service regula- tions. Effective August 14.
Senate Bill No. 317- Mr. Garver (Miami). This act provides that the county treasurer, prosecuting attorney, probate judge, and president of the county commissioners shall appoint three members of a county board of revision on assessments. Such appointments must be confirmed by the state tax commission. Each county board shall organize on the second Monday of June annually, the county auditor to be secretary; not more than two of the three revision board members shall be of the same political party. Effective August 25.
Senate Bill No. 319- Mr. Cass (of Putnam), defines the duties of a county prosecutor, making him legal advisor of the county election board. Effective September I.
Senate Bill No. 322- Mr. Fellinger (Cuyahoga), supplements Section 1259 of the General Code, providing interest and sinking fund levies for bonds issued in compliance with the state board of health regulations, prior to June 1, 1915, shall be exempt from all limitations of tax levies provided in Sections 5649-2 and 5649-3a of the General Code, if the question of such levy be submitted to a vote. Effective September I.
Senate Bill No. 332 - Mr. Winans (Lake), relates to the super- vision of village and rural schools. Stipulates a school which maintains a first grade high school and employes a superintendent, by making proper appplication to the county educational board, shall operate as a separate district under direct supervision of the county superintendent. Effective September I.
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Eighty-First General Assembly, 1915 SENATE JOINT RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED.
Senate Bill No. 7- Mr. Howard (Belmont). This resolution pro- vides that three members of the Senate and three members of the House shall constitute a committee to investigate state departments for the pur- pose of ascertaining what positions may be abolished without impairing the public service. An appropriation of $1,500 was made for the com- mittee.
Senate Bill No. 8-Mr. Hopple (Cuyahoga). This resolution is a memorial to Congress asking that seamen and passengers be exempted on the Great Lakes from the provisions of a bill pending and purporting to be for the betterment of conditions of sailors and the advancement of "safety at sea".
Senate Bill No. 19-Mr. Gallagher (Madison), provides for the pay- ment of $1,622.21 incurred in making provision for the inauguration of the Governor.
Senate Bill No. 40- Mr. Mallow (Ross), this resolution authorizes an appropriation of $3,200 to be paid the author of the "Ohio Legisla- tive History", designated as "Legislative Historian", for his services in full, the amount to be paid in installments as the work progresses. Pro- visions if made for printing 2,500 copies each of volume two and three, for 1913-1914 and 1915-1916, the volumes to be published under the supervision of the public printer. Provision is made for the distribu- tion of the books to libraries, state officers and others.
S. J. R. No. 40- WHEREAS, By a resolution adopted by the 80th General Assembly there has been prepared, printed and distributed one volume of the "Ohio Legislative History"; and
"WHEREAS, There are many and frequent demands from educa- tional institutions of this and other states for a continuance of this valuable work; therefore,
"Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio: That there is hereby authorized the preparation and printing in book form 2,500 copies each of volume two and three of 'Ohio Legislative History', for 1913-1914 and 1915-1916, in connection with the official history of the state administration for the same years; the foregoing to be done under the direction of the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives.
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"The said publication to be printed, bound and finished, as nearly as possible, to correspond with volume one, issued in the year 1914. When the manuscript for such volumes is fully completed, said manu- script shall be delivered to the supervisor of public printing, who is hereby directed to have printed and bound as herein set forth and de- liver to the secretary of state for distribution as follows :
"One copy to every city and circulating library in the state; one copy to every college and high school library in Ohio; three copies to each member of the 8Ist General Assembly; and one copy to each elective officer thereof ; three copies to each department of the state government, except the executive office, which shall have ten copies ; and one copy to each accredited newspaper correspondent in the 8Ist General Assembly. The remaining copies shall be held by the secretary of state to be sold at a price to be fixed by the commissioners of public printing.
"Be it further resolved, That to defray the expense of the prepara- tion of said volumes two and three of the 'Ohio Legislative History', the finance committees of the senate and house of representatives are hereby directed and authorized to appropriate the sum of $3,200, which sum shall be in full for the services of the legislative historian and his assistants.
"The amount herein named for the preparation of such volumes shall be paid in installments, as the work progresses, and upon vouchers signed by the president of the senate. Said work shall be completed and ready for distribution before October 1, 1916."
Adopted May 14, 1915.
Eighty-First General Assembly - Regular Session, 1915
HOUSE BILLS ENACTED INTO LAWS.
House Bill No. 7-Mr. Thatcher (Clinton), provides that two men shall annually examine the condition of the county treasurer's office, the Probate Judge appointing. Effective June 3.
House Bill No. 9-Mr. Criswell (Coshocton), penalizes the de- truction or stealing of growing ginseng or golden seal. Effective July 27.
House Bill No. 23- Mr. Bragg (Erie), regulates the size of fishing nets used in the Lake Erie fishing district. A grill net with meshes less than three inches shall not be used. An emergency measure effective February 12.
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House Bill No. 24- Mr. Bragg (Erie), extends for five years, from 1916, the closed season for quail. Effective July I.
House Bill No. 37 - Mr. Reighard (Fulton), repeals the law creat- ing district supervisors of agricultural education. Effective July 2.
House Bill No. 43 - Mr. Beetham (Harrison). This act abolishes the circulation of candidates' petitions. Provides that candidates shall be nominated by having their names placed on primary ballots. Effective August 25.
House Bill No. 56-Mr. Fleming ( Mahoning). £ Restores to students the voting privileges accorded other citizens of the state. Pro- vides an oath for citizens who are challenged and a list of questions to be asked by election officers. Effective August 28.
House Bill No. 61 - Mr. Deaton (Miami), permits probate courts to issue marriage licenses to persons under legal age, who have no guardians. A Juvenile Court Judge may give his consent. Effective June I.
House Bill No. 79- Mr. Cowan (Ottawa), provides a bounty for killing hawks. The bounty is a dollar each. Effective June 7.
House Bill No. 80- Mr. Kramer (Richland), provides a method of contesting results of referendum elections. Any qualified elector may contest. He may start his action in the common pleas court not more than 15 days after the vote has been canvassed and all ballots shall be held subject to the contest; a justice of the Supreme Court shall des- ignate a common pleas judge to determine the contest. Provision is made for a recount under direction of two master commissioners, con- testants each being entitled to representation during the same; results shall be reported to the court, which shall announce final decision. Tampering with ballots is penalized by a fine or from $500 to $1,000 and a prison sentence from six months to a year. Other provisions cover duties of election officers and provide penalties for neglect, etc. Effective June I.
House Bill No. 88- Mr. Etling (Wayne). An act for the pro- tection of game fish. Effective July 26.
House Bill No. 94 - Mr. Walsh (Cuyahoga), provides for admis- sion of feeble-minded children to state institutions, if such pupils are not capable of receiving instruction in common schools and are under 15 years of age. Effective May 13.
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House Bill No. 112- Mr. Leist (Pike), extends the open season for shooting rabbits. The season runs from November I to January I. Effective August 25.
House Bill No. 115- Mr. Waggoner (Sandusky), changes the fishing net laws and specifies the nets to be used, tags for net owners to be issued by the Agricultural Commission ; and "plnnging", "splashing" and "hammering" are not permitted. Effective June 27.
House Bill No. 117- Mr. Clark (Warren), fixes the compensation of county prosecutors, the maximum for any county being $5,500 a year. Effective August 23.
House Bill No. 121- Mr. Hoy (Jackson), authorizes the state board of health to produce free diphtheria antitoxin. Physicians and heads of state and county institutions may receive the antitoxin free. Effective June 2.
House Bill No. 128- Mr. Brown (Union), repeals the law requir- ing the examination of stallions. Effective August 4.
House Bill No. 130- Mr. Kimball (Lake), provides legal de- positories for fees collected by county officers. Legalizes the deposit of funds in banks but does not relieve officials from responsibility for loss. Effective September 2.
House Bill No. 142- Mr. Hoy (Jackson), bars "undesirables" from the practice of medicine. Effective August 24.
House Bill No. 144 - Mr. Deaton (Miami), legalizes reunions of graduates of the Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home. Effective June 27.
House Bill No. 150- Mr. Black (Wyandot), transfers control of the Woman's Reformatory at Marysville to the State Board of Ad- ministration. Effective July 5.
House Bill No. 154- Mr. Morris (Fairfield), provides conditions for entering the Mt. Vernon tuberculosis sanitarium. Regulations shall be adopted by the state health board, and any person of the state over seven years of age may be admitted at $5.00 a week, if the patient is in the incipient stages of tuberculosis. If such patients can not pay the fee, the state charity board shall determine what sum the county from which the patient came shall pay. Effective August 25.
House Bill No. 159-Mr. Heinselman (Mahoning), dissolves a township road district when it is within a city's limits. Effective July 30.
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House Bill No. 163 - Mr. McFarland (Morrow), creates a board to control the Ohio Experiment Station, the board to have five mem- bers, appointed by the Governor, no compensation to be paid; said board. shall select a Director and fix terms and salaries of all employes ; pro- vision is made for a series of agricultural bulletins and the establish- ment of county experimental farms; the board shall look after the preservation of forests and make experiments to ascertain what trees may be most advantageously grown, and shall co-operate with the federal government in its work. Effective July 5.
House Bill No. 166- Mr. Whittemore (Summit), permits county commissioners to provide for the elimination of grade crossings. Ef- fective July 8.
House Bill No. 173- Mr. Thatcher (Clinton), corrects an error in the law as to notice of elections held for bond issues. Stipulates how county commissioners shall proceed with bond issues. Effective June 2.
House Bill No. 179- Mr. Morris (Fairfield), fixes the maximum pay of constables at $720 a year in counties were there is but one com- mon pleas judge. Effective August 23.
House Bill No. 185 - Mr. Federman (Hamilton), provides that when a councilman is excused from attending a meeting he shall not forfeit his pay. Effective July I.
House Bill No. 194- Mr. Cromley (Knox), provides that a prima facie case of fraud or error must be shown before a recount of votes shall be ordered. Effective August 4.
House Bill No. 202 - Mr. Chapman (Montgomery), provides for realty sales by county commissioners. Effective July 3.
House Bill No. 203-Mr. Chapman (Montgomery), permits county commissioners to establish and maintain public comfort stations. Effective August 25.
House Bill No. 217 - Mr. Knox (Washington), provides a maxi- mum of $1,000 to be expended by the state in equipping an armory ; limits the amount spent on any armory building for a company or single organization to $20,000, and $10,000 for each additional headquarters is provided. Effective June 6.
House Bill No. 218- Mr. Whittacre (Columbiana), appropriates $5,000 to extend the free employment bureaus of the state. Effective June 2.
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House Bill No. 219 - Mr. Lovett (Adams), provides for the re- issue of lost or destroyed bonds and certificates of indebtedness; the reissues must be marked "duplicates". Effective August 12.
House Bill No. 220 - Mr. (Ashtabula) and Mr. Ellis (Geauga), authorizes and regulates chiropractice practice. Continuous practice in Ohio five years before October 1, 1915, shall entitle the practi- tioner to a license from the state medical board without examination and upon payment of $25 fee, but other applicants shall undergo ex- amination and pay $25 fee. The board may call in experts when ex- aminations in "limited surgery" are being conducted, the experts to re- ceive $10 a day. Effective June 29.
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