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15. FEE COMMISSION, composed of Auditor of State, Secretary of State and Attorney General. Duties: To prepare a schedule of fees to which the various county officials are legally allowed to charge under the provisions of the statutes.
16. BOARD FOR UNIVERSITY LANDS, composed of Secretary of State, Auditor of State and Attorney General. Duties: To determine the claim of title to un- patented surveys of persons in possession of lands in the Virginia military district of the state.
17. FURNITURE COMMISSION, composed of Governor, Auditor of State and Treasurer of State. Duties: To purchase furniture and carpets for the various departments of the state.
18. BOARD TO GRANT PERMISSION TO CERTAIN BANKING INSTITUTIONS TO TRANSACT BUSINESS IN OHIO, composed of Secretary of State, Auditor of State and Attorney General. Duties: Defined in the title.
19. LEGISLATIVE APPORTIONMENT BOARD, composed of the Governor, Auditor of State and Secretary of State. Duties: To ascertain and determine the ratio of representation in the General Assembly according to each decennial census.
20. BOARD TO APPOINT AGENT TO PROSECUTE CLAIMS AGAINST THE GOVERN- MENT, composed of the Governor, Auditor of State and Attorney General. Duties: Defined in the title.
21. BOARD TO EMPLOY COUNSEL FOR STATE OFFICIALS, INSTITUTIONS AND BOARDS, composed of Governor, Auditor of State and Attorney General. Duties: Defined in the title.
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The Auditor of State.
THE ROSTER OF THE AUDITOR'S DEPARTMENT-1901.
Name.
Office.
W. D. Guilbert.
Auditor of State.
A. L. Corman.
Chief Clerk.
G. W. Taylor
R. R. and Bank Clerk.
G. F. Crawford.
Bookkeeper.
Mary C. Morrison
Corresponding Clerk.
Orrin Henry
Land Clerk.
W. G. Barthalow
Canal and Trust Fund Clerk.
C. W. Poe.
Statistician.
I. W. Danford.
Excise Tax Clerk.
E. J. Guilbert.
Excise Tax Clerk.
C. E. Ward.
Transcribing Clerk.
S. R. Clark.
Transcribing Clerk.
W. H. Ballard.
Messenger.
AUDITORS OF STATE FROM 1803 TO 1901.
UNTIL THE ADOPTION OF THE NEW CONSTITUTION IN 1851, TERM, THREE YEARS; AFTERWARD, FOUR YEARS.
Name.
Term.
Thomas Gibson*
1803-1808
Benjamin Hough
1808-1815
Ralph Osborn
1815-1833
John A. Bryan
1833-1839
John Brough
1839-1845
John Woods
1845-1852
Wm. D. Morgan
1852-1856
Francis M. Wright.
1856-1860
Robert W. Taylert
1860-1863
Oviatt Cole
1863-1864
James H. Godman
1864-1872
James Williams
1872-1880
John F. Oglevee
1880-1884
Emil Kiesewetter
1884-1888
Ebenezer W. Poe.
1888-1896
W. D. Guilbert
1896-1000
W. D. Guilbert (incumbent)
1900
* Resigned. + Resigned April, 1863.
THE STATE BOARD OF ARBITRATION.
O RGANIZED May 29, 1893, under an act of the previous session of the General Assembly of Ohio, Governor Mckinley having appointed as members of such board, the Hon. John Little (R.), ex-member of Congress, from Greene County, the Hon. Selwyn N. Owen, ·ex-Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio, and Joseph Bishop, a representative of the Trades Unions, both of the latter from Franklin .county. Mr. Owen was elected Chairman of the Board, and Mr. Bishop Secretary, and these officers have served uninterruptedly by reappoint- ment and re-election. Mr. Little died October 18, 1900, and in his stead the Governor appointed the Hon. R. G. Richards, of Steubenville, a former Lieutenant-Governor of Ohio. There have been no other changes in the board since its creation in 1893.
1. OBJECT AND DUTIES OF THE BOARD.
The State Board of Arbitration and Conciliation is charged with the duty, upon due application or notification, of endeavoring to effect amicable and just settlements of controversies or differences, actual or threatened, between employers and employees in the state. This is to be done by pointing out and advising, after due inquiry and investigation, what, in its judgment, if anything, ought to be done or submitted to by either or both parties to adjust their disputes; of investi- gating, where thought advisable, or required, the cause, os causes of the con- troversy, and ascertaining which party thereto is mainly responsible or blame- - worthy for the continuance of the same.
2. HOW ACTION OF THE BOARD MAY BE INVOKED.
Every such controversy or difference not involving questions which may be the subject of a suit or action in any court of the state, may be brought before the Board; provided, the employer involved employs not less than twenty-five per- sons in the same general line of business in the state.
The aid of the Board may be invoked in two ways:
First -The parties immediately concerned, that is, the employer or em- ployees, or both conjointly, may file with the Board an application which must contain a concise statement of the grievances complained of, and a promise to continue on in business, or at work (as the case may be), in the same manner as at the time of the application, without any lockout or strike, until the decision of the Board, if it shall be made within ten days of the date of filing said application.
A joint application may contain a stipulation making the decision of the Board to an extent agreed upon by the parties, binding and enforcible as a rule of court.
An application must be signed by the employer or by a majority of the em- ployees in the department of business affected (and in no case by less than thir- teen), or by both such employer and a majority of employes jointly, or by the duly authorized agent of either or both parties.
Second - A mayor or probate judge when made to appear to him that a strike or lockout is seriously threatened, or has taken place in his vicinity, is required by
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the law to notify the Board of the fact, giving the name and location of the em- ployer, the nature of the trouble, and the number of employes involved, so far as he can. When such fact is thus or otherwise duly made known to the board it becomes its duty to open communication with the employer and employes in- volved, with a view of adjustment by mediation, conciliation or arbitration.
3. WHEN ACTION OF THE BOARD TO CEASE.
Should petitioners filing an application cease, at any stage of the proceed- ings, to keep the promise made in their application, the Board will proceed no further in the case without the written consent of the adverse party.
4. SECRETARY TO PUBLISH NOTICE OF HEARING.
On filing any such application the Secretary of the Board will give public notice of the time and place of the hearing thereof. But at the request of both parties joining in the application, this public notice may, at the discretion of the board, be omitted.
5. PRESENCE OF OPERATIVES AND OTHERS, ALSO BOOKS AND THEIR CUSTODIANS, ENFORCED AT THE PUBLIC EXPENSE.
Operatives in the department of business affected, and persons who keep the record of wages in such department and others, may be subpoenaed and ex- amined under oath by the Board, which may compel the production of books and papers containing such records. All parties to any such controversy or dif- ference are entitled to be heard. Proceedings before the Board are conducted at the public expense.'
6. NO COMPULSION EXERCISED, WHEN INVESTIGATION AND PUBLICATION REQUIRED.
The Board exercises no compulsory authority to induce adherence to its recommendation, but when mediation fails to bring about an adjustment it is required to render and make public its decision in the case. And when neither a settlement nor an arbitration is had, because of the opposition thereto of one party, the Board is required at the request of the other party to make an investi- gation and publish its conclusions.
7. ACTION OF LOCAL BOARD - ADVICE OF STATE BOARD MAY BE INVOKED.
The parties to any such controversy or difference may submit the matter in dispute to a local board of arbitration and conciliation consisting of three persons mutually agreed upon, or chosen by each party selecting one, and the two thus chosen selecting the third. The jurisdiction of such local board as to the matter submitted to it is exclusive, but it is entitled to ask and receive the advice and assistance of the State Board.
8. CREATION OF BOARD PRESUPPOSES THAT MEN WILL BE FAIR AND JUST.
It may be permissible to add that the act of the General Assembly is based upon the reasonable hypothesis that men will be fair and just in their dealings and relations with each other when they fully understand what is fair and just in any given case. As occasion arises for the interposition of the Board, its prin- cipal duty will be to bring to the attention and appreciation of both employer and employes, as best it may, such facts and considerations as will aid them to com- prehend what is reasonable, fair and just in respect of their differences.
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BOARD OF STATE CHARITIES, JANUARY 1, 1901.
1. WM. A. HALE (REV.), Dayton.
2. CHAS. PARROTT (COL.), Columbus, (Deceased). *
3. WM. HOWARD NEFF, Cincinnati.
4. HENRY C. RAMEY, Cleveland.
7.
5. JOSEPH PERKINS BYERS, SEC'Y, Columbus.
6. ROELIFF BRINKERHOFF (GEN.), Mansfield.
MARTIN DEWEY FOLLETT (JUDGE) Marietta.
*Succeeded 1901 by Rutherford H. Platt, Columbus.
THE BOARD OF STATE CHARITIES.
T HE Ohio Board of State Charities is composed of six members appointed by the Governor. The law requires that the member- ship shall be equally divided between the two leading political parties, and fixes the term of office at three years. The members re- ceive no compensation for their services, but their actual expenses in- curred in the discharge of their duties are paid by the State. The Board appoints its own secretary, who is not a member of the Board. It is required to hold quarterly meetings, but special meetings may be held at any time.
It was first established by an act of the legislature passed in 1867, Massachusetts being the only state to precede Ohio in the enactment of such a law. Its organization at that time was due to the efforts of a member of the House of Representatives from Cuyahoga County, Hon. D. A. Dangler, who had the support of the then Governor, Jacob D. Cox. The motive that actuated Mr. Dangler in the introduction of his measure is defined by him as follows: "I availed myself of the opportunity, as a member of the Ohio Legislature, of visiting the state institutions for the purpose of familiarizing myself, as far as possible, with their arrangement. It was after such a visit that I became impressed that the citizens of the great state of Ohio should have a more perfect knowledge of the man- agement of these institutions than was gained by the annual visits of their representatives in the Legislature." In a speech advocating the passage of the bill introduced by him, Mr. Dangler said :
"My objects are, by the agency of a common center and common head, to crystallize those various suggestions tending towards reformation and economy in the present system of management and extend their ap- plication to all alike by the same agency; to extract from the systems in use in the European states and countries, such ideas as may be appli- cable to our peculiar wants and requirements; through the introduc- tion of statistics and analytical records, to assist in the diminution of crime, suffering and sickness, by pointing out the causes, occasion and the source ; by the adoption of similar rules and regulations for institu- tions of a like character, to render their management uniform, harmo- nious and effective, and by a common standard of qualification for the various offices, prevent the appointment of any but those fully qualified to discharge the various duties with honesty and efficiency."
In 1872 the Board was abolished, but it was again organized in 1876 under the old law with the additional provision for a salaried sec- retary. On April 15, 1880, the law was so amended as to provide for a Board of six members, instead of five, the original number.
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The Board is required to submit an annual report to the Legislature, setting forth the conditions of the institutions coming under its super- vision, together with any suggestions or recommendations it may have to offer relative to their management. Its work is not executive, but is entirely supervisory over the whole system of public charitable and cor- rectional institutions of the state, including those maintained by mu- nicipalities and counties. It has authority to require such reports from all institutions supported in whole, or in part, by public funds, as it may deem necessary. All of these institutions now make annual, and some of them quarterly reports to the office of the Board. One of the most important duties devolving upon it is that requiring the sub- mission of all plans for state institutions, jails, children's homes, work- houses and infirmaries to the Board for criticism and approval. The Governor of the State is ex officio president of the Board, and may, at any time, order an investigation by the Board, or a committee of its members, of any institution over which it has supervisory power.
PRESENT MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF STATE CHARITIES. ( Term of office, three years. )
Names.
Residence.
Date of Original Appointment.
Present Term Expires.
George K. Nash, Gov.
Columbus ..
President ex-officio
William Howard Neff
Cincinnati ..
April 23, 1880.
Apr. 22, 1901.
Henry C. Ranney
Cleveland. .. Mansfield ..
August 10, 1892
1901.
Roeliff Brinkerhoff
April 23, 1878.
1902.
M. D. Follett.
Marietta.
April 28, 1891
66 1902.
W. A. Hale
Dayton. ..
May 12, 1897
66 1903.
R. H. Platt.
Columbus.
January 26, 1901
66 1903.
Joseph Perkins Byers, Sec.
Columbus. .
Appointed by the Board.
NAMES OF THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF STATE CHARITIES SINCE ITS ORGANIZATION IN 1867.
Name.
Residence.
Date of Original Appointment.
To succeed.
*Albert Douglass
Chillicothe.
May 17, 1867
*G. D. Harrington.
Columbus.
June 4, 1867
*Robert W. Steele.
Dayton. .
May 23, 1867.
*Douglas Putnam.
Marietta. .
June 8, 1867.
*Joseph Perkins.
Cleveland.
June 10, 1867
* Deceased.
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NAMES OF THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF STATE CHARITIES SINCE ITS ORGANIZATION IN 1867- Concluded.
Names.
Residence.
Date of Original Appointment.
To Succeed.
*John Davis.
*John W. Andrews.
Cincinnati. Columbus. .
July 27, 1868. March 15, 1870
Albert Douglass. G. D. Harrington.
Board abolished in 1872, reorganized in 1876.
*Rutherford B. Hayes, Gov.
President, ex-officio. April, 1876
*John W. Andrews
*Chas. J. Albright.
1876.
*Charles Boesel.
*Joseph Perkins.
1876.
*Murray Shipley.
1876
R. B. Hayes. C. J. Albright. Murray Shipley. R. M. Bishop.
Chas. Foster. Chas. Boesel.
Joseph B. Foraker, Gov. John G. Doren.
H. H. McFadden
May, 1887.
*James L. Wilson.
April, 1888.
* Charles Parrott.
January, 1889
Jas. F. Campbell, Gov
President, ex-officio. April, 1891.
Wm. Mckinley, Gov
President, ex-officio.
Henry C. Ranney
August, 1892.
W. A. Hale.
Dayton.
May 12, 1897
Rutherford H. Platt.
Columbus. .
January, 1901
Charles Parrott.
* Deceased.
SECRETARIES OF THE BOARD.
The Secretary of the Board, in addition to other duties, visits and inspects all the institutions coming under its supervision.
Since its organization in 1867 it has had three secretaries: Rev. Albert G. Byers, M. D., 1867 to 1890; John G. Doren, December, 1890, to April, 1892; Joseph Perkins Byers, son of the first Secretary, since April, 1892.
The present Secretary was born in Columbus, September 23, 1868. He attended the public schools and was graduated from the high school in 1887. Almost immediately thereafter he entered the office of the Board of State Charities as an assistant to his father, which position he retained until April, 1892, when he was made Secretary of the Board.
Jos. Perkins.
Geo. Hoadley. Lyman Jackson.
M. D. Carrington. Jno. Beatty.
J. W. Andrews. J. B. Foraker. Jno. G. Doren. J. E. Campbell.
M. D. Follett.
Cincinnati. Dayton. . .. Steubenv'le Greenfield. Columbus. Hamilton. . Marietta. . . Canton. . ... Cleveland.
1879
Charles Foster, Gov.
President, ex-officio. April, 1880.
William Howard Neff.
George Hoadley, Gov.
President, ex-officio. August, 1885.
*Lyman J. Jackson. John Beatty.
Columbus. Columbus. . Columbus. . N. Bremen Cleveland. . Cincinnati. Cincinnati. Mansfield .. Toledo . . Fostoria. Cincinnati. Cincinnati New Lex'to Columbus. ·
1876.
*R. M. Bishop, Gov
*Roeliff Brinkerhoff.
*M. D. Carrington
President, ex-officio. April, 1878
October, 1885. President, ex-officio. February, 1887.
H. H. McFadden. James Wilson.
THE STATE BOARD OF HEALTH.
T HE Ohio State Board of Health was established by an act of Legislature, passed April 14, 1886. Hon. J. B. Foraker, the Governor of Ohio, appointed the following persons as
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
Name.
Residence.
Term of Service.
W. H. Cretcher, M. D.
Bellefontaine
1886-1889.
T. Clarke Miller, M. D
Massillon
1886-1887.
John D. Jones, M. D
Cincinnati
1886-1889.1
Simon P. Wise, M. D.
Millersburg
1886-1896.
D. H. Beckwith, M. D.
Cleveland
1886-1890.
Thos. C. Hoover, M. D
Columbus
1886-1897.
H. J. Sharp, M. D.
London
1886-1892.
* Deceased. + Resigned.
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD IN ADDITION TO THE ABOVE.
Name.
Residence.
Term of Service.
Edward T. Nelson, A. M., M. D ...
Delaware
1887-1897.
Jos. T. Anderson, M. D
Cincinnati
1889-1891.
S. A. Conklin, M. D.
Canton
1889-1893.
Wm. T. Miller, M. D.
Cleveland
1890-1901.
A. J. Scott, M. D.
Loudonville
1891-1892.
Byron Stanton, M. D
Cincinnati
1892-1901.
R. D. Kahle, M. D.
Lima
1892-1899.
Josiah Hartzell, Ph. D
Canton
1893-1901.
J. C. Crossland, M. D
Zanesville
1896-1901.
W: T. Gemmill, M. D.
Forest
1897-1901.
Frank Warner, M. D.
Columbus
1898-1901.
W. C. Chapman, M. D
Toledo
1899-1901.
The Board held its first meeting in Columbus on April 30, 1886, and organized by electing Dr. W. H. Cretcher President, and appoint- ing Dr. G. C. Ashmun, the health officer of Cleveland, as Secretary.
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Dr. Ashmun resigned this position in June, 1886, and Dr. Guy Case, of Cleveland, was appointed as his successor. Dr. Case 'tendered his resignation July 27, 1886, and Dr. C. O. Probst, of Columbus, was appointed Secretary on the same date. Dr. Probst has continuously filled the position since that time, and is the present Secretary.
The Board first directed its efforts to building up a complete health organization for the entire State. In 1886 the larger cities and a very few villages were the only municipalities that had availed themselves of the provisions of an act permitting them to establish a local board of health.
In furtherance of its work in this direction the Board began, in 1897, a systematic examination of the streams of Ohio. Each main stream, with its tributaries, has been carefully examined from source to outlet with a view to determining the source and character of its pollution. Monthly chemical and bacteriological examinations of the waters of these streams, taken at various places on each stream, have been made, and careful gagings and measurements to determine their rates of flow at different seasons of the year. This work is about com- pleted.
An act of 1900 authorized the Board to establish a Laboratory "for the examination of public water supplies, the diagnosis of diphtheria, typhoid fever, hydrophobia, glanders, etc., and for the examination of food suspected to be the cause of disease."
The Laboratory has been placed at the disposal of all local boards of health, and much good has already resulted from its establishment.
The Board is frequently called upon to examine the sanitary con- dition of public institutions and school buildings, to investigate the causes of outbreaks of epidemic diseases, and to assist the local authori- ties in the abatement of nuisances injurious to health.
Beginning with a Secretary, the working force of the Board has been gradually increased until it now embraces a chief clerk, two ste- nographers, an engineer, a chemist and a bacteriologist.
The immense growth of public sentiment in the last ten years in favor of improved sanitary conditions and more stringent measures for the prevention of disease has been due in no small part to the pro- gressive character of the work of the State Board of Health; and we may confidently hope that this enlightened sentiment will gradually lead to a more generous support of health measures whereby the sum of human happiness and average duration of life may be materially increased.
The State Board of Health secured legislation from time to time, gradually extending the powers and duties of local boards of health, and making provision for their establishment throughout the State.
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In 1893 the townships, which up to that time had had practically no protection in health matters, were required to establish boards of health, so that provision is now made for a board of health in every city, village and township, a grand total of 2112 such boards.
The State Board has kept in close touch with the local boards, and is constantly helping them by aid and advice.
In 1888 a monthly journal was established as a medium of frequent communication between the state and local boards of health. A sum- mary of the weekly reports of contagious diseases, made to the State Board, by the local boards, is published therein, with other original and reprinted matter of interest, or suitable for the guidance or in- struction of health officers and members of boards of health.
In 1891 a call was issued for a meeting of the State Board of Health and representatives of local boards of health. About forty dele- gates were present at this meeting. Annual meetings have been held regularly since ; the attendance at the meeting for 1901 was nearly or quite four hundred.
The State Board has endeavored to disseminate among the people plain instructions for the prevention of the dangerous contagious diseases. Suitable pamphlets were prepared, and hundreds of thousands of copies have been distributed. All local boards of health have been supplied with copies of these, and when a contagious disease appears in any community they are urged to distribute the appropriate circular to families having the disease, and to their neighbors.
In 1893 an act was passed providing that plans for, all proposed water works or sewerage systems, or for changes or extensions thereof should be submitted to and approved by the State Board of Health. The Board has examined and passed upon two hundred and twenty such plans. It has been able in this way to protect many communities against the introduction of an impure water supply, and to prevent what in some instances would have been dangerous pollution of sources of existing public water supplies.
THE STATE BOARD OF DENTAL EXAMINERS.
DR. EMMINGER. President Board Dental Examiners.
L. P. BETHEL. Secretary Board Dental Examiners.
T HE dental law of Ohio is far from what it should be in comparison with the dental laws of other states.
Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Minnesota, and in fact most of the states require everyone to be examined by the dental board, graduates of reputable dental colleges as well as officer students, but the Ohio law makes it compulsory for the Board to license, without examination, all who hold diplomas from reputable dental colleges.
Consequently Ohio has been for years the dumping ground for incom- petents who, although they may have secured diplomas, have not been able to pass other state boards and so settle in Ohio where no examination was required of them.
And not only is the Board required to issue licenses, without examin- ation, to graduates of the best dental colleges such as those belonging to the National Association of Dental Faculties, but of inferior colleges ; colleges not qualified for membership in the above organization. Any col- lege, according to the Ohio law, is "reputable" if it conforms to the following requirements : Any college which possesses buildings, by lease or otherwise, and equipments valued at not less than $5,000, which has a three years' course, six months each year, and a curriculum including anatomy, physiology, pathology, chemistry, microscopy, materia medica, metallurgy, operative, mechanical and surgical dentistry, is considered a
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reputable dental college, and the Board is obliged to recognize diplomas from such schools whether these colleges are or are not members of the National Association of Dental Faculties or Examiners. The Board has already been obliged to recognize a number of schools not in the National Association but which have complied with the Ohio law.
The Board is powerless to keep out these incompetents, under the existing law, or to revoke a license for any cause whatsoever, after it has been issued.
The defining of operative priviliges of students of dentistry is not explicit enough and in consequence many a workman is practicing den- tistry in Ohio without a license, by posing as a student of dentistry work- ing for a preceptor, etc.
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