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E. M. Slack, of Columbus, the chief clerk, was placed in charge of the department, as acting Chief Inspector, June 12, 1893, and served until December 7, 1893, in that capacity:
J. W. Knaub, of Dayton, was appointed Chief Inspector to fill the vacancy occasioned by removal of W. Z. McDonald, December 7, 1893, and served until April 29, 1897, reappointed for a term of four years, term ending April 29, 1901.
April 27, 1896, a law was enacted providing for the inspection of bakeshops and empowering the Chief Inspector to appoint two Bakeshop Inspectors, making total number of District Inspectors thirteen.
The act creating and governing the department makes it the duty of the governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to appoint the Chief Inspector, whose term is four years.
The act also empowers the Chief Inspector, with the approval of the Governor, to appoint all District Inspectors, whose term of office is three years.
It is the duty of the Chief Inspector to give his entire time and at- tention to the duties of his office, to direct and supervise the work of his District Inspectors and to make such rules and regulations, not inconsist- ent with the law, as will be for the best interest of the service.
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The Inspector of Workshops and Factories.
It is the duty of the District Inspectors to give their entire time and! attention to the duties of their office; to visit all shops and factories in their respective districts ; to inspect all manufacturing, mechanical, elec- trical, mercantile art and laundrying establishments, printing, telegraph and telephone offices, railroad depots, hotels, memorial buildings, tene- ment and apartment houses, halls, school houses, colleges, academies, seminaries, churches, theatres, opera houses, hospitals, medical institutes,. asylums, infirmaries, sanitariums and childrens' homes, for which pur- pose the State is divided up into eleven inspection districts, equalized as. near as possible.
It is the duty of the two Bakeshop Inspectors to inspect all bakeshops. in the state, as to their sanitary condition, etc., the state being divided into two districts for that purpose, known as the Northern and Southern.
The present working force now consists of one Chief Inspector,. eleven District Inspectors, two Bakeshop Inspectors and four clerks, as. follows :
PRESENT WORKING FORCE.
Name.
Office.
Residence.
J. W. Knaub.
Chief Inspector
Dayton.
Frank C. Base.
First District Inspector.
Cleveland.
Warren D. Hall
Second District Inspector
Warren.
John W. Bath.
Third District Inspector
Elyria.
Fred M. Campfield .. D. T. Davis
Fourth District Inspector
Toledo.
R. M. Hull.
Sixth District Inspector
Findlay. Salineville ..
Jacob Metzger
Seventh District Inspector
Zanesville.
James H. Lloyd.
Eighth District Inspector
Columbus.
James H. Arbogast. . David Fisher
Tenth District Inspector.
Cincinnati.
John M. Williams Theodore Wagner William Woehrlin E. M. Slack.
Eleventh District Inspector
Portsmouth.
Bakeshop Inspector Northern District.
Cleveland.
Bakeshop Inspector Southern District .. Chief Clerk
Cincinnati.
John F. Woods
Recording Clerk
Columbus. Mansfield.
Clara A: Nolze.
Order Clerk
Columbus.
Bertha Young
Corresponding Clerk
Columbus.
Fifth District Inspector.
Ninth District Inspector.
Springfield.
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NAMES OF DISTRICT INSPECTORS FROM THE TIME THE ACT WAS AMENDED CREATING SUCH OFFICE UP TO THE PRES- ENT TIME AND GIVING TERM OF SERVICE OF EACH.
Name.
Residence.
Term of Office.
*John Lyons
Cleveland
May 13, 1885, to Sept. 15, 1886.
Wm. Z. McDonald.
Akron
.Sept. 15, 1886, to April 29, 1889.
*+George Lutz
Lancaster
May 13, 1885, to Feb. 15, 1887.
John H. Ellis.
Columbus Feb. 15, 1887, to May 31, 1896.
H. C. Traphagen.
Cincinnati
May 13, 1885, to May 31, 1888.
*James A. Armstrong. .
Cincinnati
May 1, 1891, to June 26, 1899.
David Fisher
Cincinnati Cleveland
May 1, 1889, to May 1, 1896.
Charles Burns
Warrer
June 1, 1892, to Hay 1, 1896.
John W. Bath
Elyria June 1, 1892; term ends May 1, 1902 .-
*A. M. True.
Canton
June 1, 1892, to Dec. 1, 1895.
Calvin C. Banks
Canton
Dec. 1, 1895, to May 1, 1896.
+W. R. Matthews
Zanesville
June 1, 1892, to Jan. 27, 1896.
E. T. Ridenour
Thos. T. Yeager
Portsmouth
June 1, 1892, to May 1, 1896.
Willard Ducomb
James H. Lloyd.
Columbus May 1, 1899; term ends May 1, 1902.
R. M. Hull
W. A. Stoller
Cleveland
May 1, 1896, to July 1, 1899.
John Tysinger
Zanesville
May 1, 1896; term ends May 1, 1902. May 7, 1896, to June 15, 1899.
Jas. H. Arbogast
Springfield
May 1, 1896; term ends May 1, 1902
John M. Williams
Portsmouth
May 7, 1896; term ends May 1, 1902.
Frank C. Base
Cleveland July 1, 1899; term ends May 1, 1902.
D. T. Davis
Findlay
June 15, 1899; term ends May 1, 1902.
Jacob Metzger
Zanesville
June 15, 1899; term ends May 1, 1902.
*Resigned.
+Deceased.
BAKESHOP INSPECTORS.
Name.
Residence.
Term of Office.
Theodore Wagner William Woehrlin
Cleveland Cincinnati
Oct. 1, 1896; term ends May 1, 1902. Oct. 1, 1896; term ends May 1, 1902.
Springfield June 1, 1892, to May 1, 1896.
F. M. Campfield.
Salineville May 1, 1896; term ends May 1, 1892.
W. D. Hall
Warren
Toledo Nov. 23, 1892; term ends May 1, 1902. Findlay Jan. 15, 1892, to June 15, 1899.
Aug. 1, 1899; term ends May 1, 1902.
Evan H. Davis
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THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
L EWIS C. LAYLIN, Secretary of State, was born in Norwalk, Huron county, September 28, 1848. He graduated from Norwalk high school in 1867. In 1869 he was elected to the superintend- ency of the Bellevue public schools, to which position he was unanimously re-elected for six successive years. He began the study of law, and was admitted to the bar March 13, 1876. He was city clerk of Norwalk two years; a member of the Huron county board of school examiners twelve years ; and president of the Norwalk city board of examiners three years. In 1879 he was elected prosecuting attorney of Huron county, and held that office seven years. He was elected to the State Legislature in 1887, and served in the House of the 68th General Assembly. In 1889 he was. re-elected representative, and served through the 69th General Assembly. He was the choice of his Republican colleagues in the House for the speakership, and received the unanimous support of the Republican minor- ity. In 1891 he was unanimously renominated by the Republicans of Huron county for representative, and was again re-elected. On January 4, 1892, he was chosen speaker of the House of Representatives of the 70th General Assembly. On April 25, 1900, at the state convention of the Republican party he was nominated by acclamation as the candidate of his party for the office of Secretary of State, and at the following November election he was elected to that office by a plurality of 69,31I votes. On January 14, 1901, he entered upon the discharge of his duties for the full term of two years to which he had been elected.
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The Secretary of State.
The Department of State is one of the most important divisions of the executive branch of the state government.
Under the Constitution of 1802, the Secretary of State was ap- pointed by the General Assembly, and the duties of the office consisted mainly, to use the words of the old Constitution, in keeping a "register of all official acts and proceedings of the Governor."
The office, however, under the Constitution of 1851, was made elec- tive, and elevated to the dignity of a department; and by virtue of that constitution and subsequent legislation thereunder, some of the most important executive and administrative functions of the state government are devolved upon this office. 1
JAMES I. ALLREAD, Chief Clerk.
The Secretary of State is made by law the custodian of the acts of the General Assembly, and under his supervision the same are printed and published, and by him all exemplifications of the same are required to be authenticated, and all commissions issued by the Governor to be countersigned.
In this office also, under general statutes, all incorporations are re- quired to be created. Recent legislation, imposing upon domestic and foreign corporations taxation, or privilege fees, based upon capital stock, which the Secretary of State is required to collect and pay into the state treasury, makes this department one of great consequence and import- ance to the state.
The Secretary of State, by virtue of his office, is a member and the secretary of the State Sinking Fund Commissioners, president of the Board of Printing Commissioners, member of the Decennial Board of
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Apportionment for legislative purposes, and of the State Building Com- mission.
He is also, by virtue of his office, made State Supervisor of Elections, and as such has the power of appointment and removal of the members of the various boards of Deputy Supervisors of Elections in the various counties, is required to collate and publish the election laws of the state,
CHARLES KINNEY, Secretary of State. ( Retired Jan. 14, 1901.)
to determine the arrangement of the ballot, and prepare and furnish forms and instructions to the various county boards of elections, to re- ceive and file certificates of nominations, or nomination papers for presi- dential electors and state officers, to hear and determine objections or other questions as to the validity of said papers, to decide upon the valid- ity of all nomination papers of a county, district, sub-division of the dis- trict, or circuit, when the county, district or circuit board, authorized to pass upon these papers, fail to decide, and a decision of the Secretary of State upon these questions is final.
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FORMER SECRETARIES OF STATE.
The incumbents of the office under the old territory and since the organization of the state government were as follows:
Name.
Years. .
*Winthrop Sargent
1788-1798
*Wm. H. Harrison.
1798-1799
*Charles Willing Byrd
1799-1803
** Wm. Creighton, Jr.
1803-1808
Jeremiah McLene
1808-1831
Moses H. Kirby
1831-1835
+B. Hinkson
1835-1836
Carter B. Harlan
1836-1840
William Trevitt
1840-1841
John Sloane
1841-1844
Samuel Galloway
1844-1850
Henry W. King
1850-1852
William Trevitt
1852-1856
James H. Baker.
1856-1858
Addison P. Russell
1858-1862 1862
Wilson S. Kennon.
1862-1863
Wm. W. Armstrong
1863-1865
§Wm. H. Smith
1865-1868
John Russell
1868-1869 1869-1873
Isaac R. Sherwood.
Allen T. Wikoff.
1873-1875
William Bell, Jr.
1875-1877
Milton Barnes
1877-1881
Charles Townsend
1881-1883
James W. Newman
1883-1885
James S. Robinson
1885-1889
°Daniel J. Ryan.
1889-1891
|| Christian L. Poorman
1891-1893
Samuel M. Taylor
1893-1897
Charles Kinney
1897-1901
Lewis C. Laylin.
1901-1903
*Secretary of the North-west Territory.
#Resigned December, 1808.
+Resigned February, 1836.
#Resigned May, 1862.
§Resigned January, 1868.
°Resigned April, 1891.
|Appointed April, 1891.
A glance at the above list of former Secretaries of State reveals the names of several who have not only attained distinction in public life, and in the world of letters, as in the case of William Henry Harrison,
ĮBenjamin R. Cowen.
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President of the United States, and William Henry Smith, a well known literateur and founder of the Associated Press, but of others as well, who have held important national positions. As has been said, the office is one of dignity and importance, and in rank second only to that of Governor.
THE PRESENT OFFICERS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE.
Office.
Name.
County.
Chief Clerk.
James I. Allread.
Darke.
Statistician
James A. Newkirk.
Wayne.
Assistant Statistician
Leslie C. Smith
Cuyahoga.
Stationery Clerk.
George E. Wood.
Sandusky.
Proof Reading Clerk.
Frank M. Lasley.
Jackson.
Corporation Clerk
Calvin W. Reynolds
Lawrence.
Assistant Corporation Clerk.
Henry W. Frillman.
Franklin. Wood.
Recording Clerk.
Charles R. Brewer
Stenographer
Benton Morrow
Franklin.
Superintendent of Book Room
William G McCartney
Ashtabula.
Shipping Clerk
Henry G. Bohl.
Washington.
Messenger
John Brough Wheatley
Franklin.
THE STATE AGENT FOR WAR CLAIMS VS. UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT.
T. HE office of Ohio State Agent for War Claims was created to properly present and prosecute the claims of Ohio against the general government for money expended in the raising and equipping of Ohio Volunteers entrusting the services of the United States to aid in the Civil War 1861-1865. Prior to 1880 the duties of said office was entrusted to the Adjutant and Quartermaster General! of the State. Ohio expended on the account of the government during. the Civil War in round numbers $6,000,000, and of the large sum this. office has collected and returned all save $200,000 and one claim for heir of money on the bonds of the State amounted to $452,000. For money expended on the account of the Spanish War Ohio has been equally fortunate in the settlement of the claim against the general government- having expended upward of $450,000, all of which has been reimbursed save $17,000 yet unsettled. The appointment of War Claim Agent is- made by the Governor. Since 1880 the appointment as agent has been given to W. O. Tolford, and his service has been continuous to the year- 1901. Prior thereto he was employed upon similar duty in the office of the Adjutant General of Ohio. His total services as Claim Agent have extended over a quarter of a century.
The following is a list of Claim Agents for war expenditures on account of the general government :
B. P. Baker, 1862; A. B. Lyman, 1862; James E. Lewis, 1862; J. C. Wet- more, 1862; Hiram Beall, 1863; F. W. Bingham, 1863; R. E. Cox, 1863; Jona- than Cranor, 1863; Weston Flint, 1863; J. C. Todd, 1863; L. R. Brownell, 1864 ; D. K. Cady, 1864; Vesalius Horr, 1864; John Karr, 1864; R. L. Stewart, 1864; D. R. Taylor, 1864; W. G. Taylor, 1864; Warren Clark, 1864; W. O. Tolford,, 1880 - Incumbent.
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STATE COMMISSIONER OF SOLDIERS' CLAIMS.
W. L. CURRY was born in Union county, Ohio, June 25, 1839. He is the son of Stephenson Curry, and his grandfather, Colonel James Curry, was an officer of the "Continental Line" in the 4th and 8th Virginia during the War of the Revolution, and was granted, as part payment for his service, one thousand acres
of land in Union county and the family settled in that county in the year 1811. Mr. Curry, the subject of this sketch, worked on his father's farm during his boyhood days until he arrived at the age of twenty-one. He was given a good education in the country schools and he also attended a private select school for two or three terms at the old academy in Marysville, the county seat, and taught school in the county four winters. In the fall of 1860 he entered the Otterbein College at Wester- ville, Ohio, intending to complete a scientific course in three years, and in January, 1861, commenced the study of law. The fall of 1860 ended his school days, as at the breaking out of the war of the rebellion he enlisted in an infantry company in April, 1861, for the first three months' service. At the organization of the company he was elected First Lieu- tenant and the company commenced drilling at once, but the quota of Ohio was filled before this company was mustered in. He then en- listed in the first call for three years' troops as a private in the First Ohio
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Volunteer Cavalry. At the organization of the company he was ap- pointed Orderly Sergeant and was promoted successively to Second Lieutenant, First Lieutenant and to the Captaincy of his company, and also served several months as Regimental Quartermaster. Colonel Curry served through the war with his regiment, participating in all of the battles of the Army of the Cumberland, including the Siege of Cor- inth, Miss., Perryville, Stone River, Chickamauga, Mission Ridge and the campaign of the "One hundred days under fire from Chattanooga to Atlanta."
He was at one time a prisoner of war and was discharged by reason of "injuries received in the line of duty," after a service of three . and one-half years at the front.
After the war he engaged in the mercantile business in Union county, until the year 1875, and that year he was elected Auditor of Union county and served as County Auditor three successive terms. On retiring from that office he engaged in the lumber business and in which he still retains an interest. He served as Assistant Adjutant General of Ohio during both of President McKinley's terms as Governor, and also served in the National Guard of Ohio five years as Lieutenant Colonel of the 14th Regiment, O. V. I.
His family has been engaged in all the wars in this country since the Revolution and two brothers served through the War of the Rebel- lion, and one of whom attained the rank of Captain. He has always taken a great interest in military affairs and has written and published the history of "Union County in the War," a history of the "First Ohio Cavalry" and a number of patriotic poems.
PURPOSES OF THE DEPARTMENT.
This office was created by act of the Legislature of Ohio, passed April 12, 1900. W. L. Curry, the present Commissioner, was appointed immediately after the passage of the act and his commission bears date of April 12, 1900. The following extract from the law sets forth the duties required of the Commissioner :
"That for the purpose of preparing and collecting the claims of Ohio soldiers, and their legal representatives, against the government of the United States, growing out of military services, and for the pro- tection and relief of Ohio soldiers, whether in the service or discharged, there be and is hereby established, at the seat of government of the State, an office of Ohio soldiers' claims."
"The chief of said office shall be styled the 'Commissioner of Sol- diers' Claims,' and he shall be appointed by the Governor."
"It shall be the duty of the Commissioner, on demand, to furnish and give all necessary instructions and advice to soldiers and marines
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of Ohio, or their heirs, or legal representatives, respecting the claims of such soldiers and marines against the United States for pension, bounty, back pay, or otherwise, by reason of military service, and to collect such claims, and perform all other duties which the Governor may require of him appertaining to the duties of said office."
"The Commissioner shall have power to administer oaths and affirmations, he shall keep a seal of office, and his official certificate shall be received in evidence without further authentication."
"He is required to give a bond in the sum of $10,000 conditioned for the faithful performance of his duty and all claims prosecuted is without expense to the claimant."
The term of office is for two years and the Commissioner holds his office until his successor has been appointed and qualified.
THE SUPERINTENDENT OF INSURANCE.
T HE State Insurance Department was established by the Act of March 12, 1872. Prior to that time, insurance companies were regulated by the Department of the State Auditor, under the Act of April 15, 1867. The Bureau of Building and Loan Companies. was added to the department May 1, 1891, and subsequently Bond In- vestment companies. All insurance companies, operating in Ohio, are required to annually submit statements, reporting their financial condition on December 31, and other information required by law and the regula- tions of the department. No insurance company and no agent of non- Ohio companies is permitted to transact business, unless duly licensed by the department. Licenses expire annually, and, if compliance with the law is shown, the licenses are usually renewed.
As a comparative statement of general interest, the following figures disclose the extent of the business transacted in Ohio and supervised the first year of the department, 1872, and the last year, 1900, viz. :
In 1872 - Sixty-seven life insurance companies and associations wrote in Ohio, risks aggregating $30,187,044.00, receiving premiums of $4,943,260.70, and paid losses of $1,481,538.87. One hundred thirty- eight insurance companies and associations other than life wrote risks aggregating $378,690,031.37, receiving premiums of $4,530,743-75, pay- ing in losses, $1,609,295.81.
In 1890 - Seventy-four life insurance companies and associations (other than fraternals) wrote risks in Ohio, aggregating $128,426,652.38, receiving premium aggregating $16,616,906.92, paying losses of $7,809,- 375.92. Sixty-four fraternal beneficiary associations wrote risks aggre- gating $48,254,563.00, and paying losses of $1,974,367.32. Three hun- dred thirteen insurance companies other than life wrote risks aggregat- ing $1,122,591,052.99, receiving premiums of $10,234,265.59, and pay- ing losses of $6,222,794.II.
In 1872, the receipts of the department were fees aggregating $26,- 246.71, and the expenses, including salaries, were $9,440.93. While in 1900, the fees paid amounted to $65,322.91, taxes due the state $72,203.97, fire marshal tax $31,881.14 ; total received by the department $169.408.02: The total expenses of the department were $17,632.25, not including printing, binding, stationery and supplies procured through the Supervisor of Public Printing and the Secretary of State, and not including dis- bursements in the Building and Loan Investment departments. Non- Ohio insurance companies paid taxes due in counties in 1900, aggregating $464,383.82.
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The Superintendent of Insurance.
The following persons have served as Superintendents of Insurance, appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate, at and during the times indicated :
NAMES OF SUPERINTENDENTS OF INSURANCE.
Name.
Term of Service.
William F. Church.
1872.
William D. Hill.
1875.
Joseph F. Wright.
1878.
Charles H. Moore
1881.
Henry J. Reinmund.
1884.
Samuel E. Kemp.
1887.
William H. Kinder
1890-1893.
William M. Hahn.
1893-1896.
William S. Matthews.
1896-1900.
Arthur I. Vorys
1900 - Incumbent.
The following are the present employes of the department :
ROSTER OF THE INSURANCE DEPARTMENT, 1901.
Name.
Office.
Arthur I. Vorys.
Superintendent of Insurance.
Thomas E. Drake.
Deputy Superintendent.
J. T. Brasee.
Examiner
John W. Crooks
Assistant Examiner.
H. S. Bassett
Statistician.
Herbert Starek
Bookkeeper.
Miletus Garner
Correspondence Clerk.
Walton Weber
License Clerk.
N. T. Gant, Jr.
Mailing Clerk.
George E. Manett.
Messenger.
S. E. Stillwell.
Actuary.
Arthur N. Williams
Assistant Actuary.
Danforth E. Ball.
Assistant Actuary.
THE BUREAU OF BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS.
For information, respecting the Building and Loan and Bond Investment Bureau, see under that head, page 408.
THE STATE SUPERVISOR OF PUBLIC PRINTING.
L EONARD HIRSCH, late Supervisor of Public Printing, enjoys the unusual distinction of being appointed for the sixth term to the same state office, having been selected for the place by three dif- ferent Governors. He was born in Berncastel on the Moselle, Rhenish Prussia, Germany, October 13, 1834. He received a common school edu- cation and learned the trade of printer. Emigrating to America about 1871, he remained for a period in New York, where he held several im- portant positions, among them that of manager of the "Oestliche Post," a German daily. He accepted a similar position in St. Louis, where he re- mained until 1876. Removing to Columbus, Ohio, Mr. Hirsch worked for eighteen months in the "Westbote" office, and then established a Repub- lican weekly, the "Ohio Sonntagsgast," although without any ready money, and in spite of the fact that the German population of Columbus was overwhelmingly Democratic. He established in 1891 a Republican daily, the "Express," the only German Republican paper in Central Ohio. In 1886 Governor Foraker appointed Mr. Hirsch to the office of Supervisor of Public Printing. He served under that executive for two terms, and was subsequently appointed by Governor Mckinley to fill out the unexpired term of his Democratic successor, and later to two full terms. In April of 1897, he received his sixth appointment, this time at the hands of Governor Bushnell. He was succeeded by Mr. Mark Slater, of Dayton, June 1, 1900.
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The State Supervisor of Public Printing.
THE SUPERVISOR OF PUBLIC PRINTING.
The department of Public Printing consists of a board of Commis- sioners of Public Printing which is composed of the Auditor of State, the Secretary of State and the Attorney-General, and a supervisory de- partment which is managed by an officer called the Supervisor of Public Printing, who is appointed by the Governor for a term of two years.
In the early history of the state, the Public Printer was elected by the General Assembly, generally on the recommendation of the Commit- tee on Public Printing, which was charged with the duty of canvassing for bids and recommending as its candidate the party presenting the most favorable terms or most favorable conditions for the execution of the work.
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