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District Examiner.
Thomas Winship
District Examiner.
Eber H. Harman.
District Examiner.
August Deschler
District Examiner
Elmer E. Miller.
District Examiner
Jos H. Ebright.
District. Evaminer
Zanesville, Ohio.
DEPARTMENT ROSTER-1901-1902.
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Name.
Office.
Headquarters.
George M. Collier.
Chief Examiner
Clerk.
District Examiner
Thomas Winship
District Examiner
E. H. Harman.
District Examiner.
August Deschler
District Examiner
Columbus, Ohio. Columbus, Ohio. Cleveland, Ohio. Toledo, Ohio. Columbus, Ohio. Chillicothe, Ohio. Ashtabula, Ohio.
J. A. Manning.
District Examiner
Jos. H. Ebright
District Examiner
Zanesville, Ohio.
John Sherrod.
District Examiner
Cincinnati, Ohio.
W. E. Faswell.
District Examiner
A. H. Slotts.
Messenger.
Bucyrus, Ohio. Columbus, Ohio.
DEPARTMENT ROSTER-1903-1904.
Name.
Office.
Headquarters.
Wm. E. Kennedy
Chief Examiner
Charles J. Manney .
Clerk.
District Examiner
District Examiner.
Thomas Winship E. H. Harman.
District Examiner.
August Deschler
District Examiner
J. A. Manning.
District Examiner
Jos. H. Ebright.
District Examiner.
District Examiner
District Examiner
Messenger.
Columbus, Ohio. Columbus, Ohio. Cleveland, Ohio. Toledo, Ohio. Columbus, Ohio. Chillicothe, Ohio. Youngstown, Ohio Zanesville, Ohio. Cincinnati, Ohio. Bucyrus, Ohio. Columbus, Ohio.
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Columbus, Ohio. Columbus, Ohio. Cleveland, Ohio. Toledo, Ohio.
Columbus, Ohio. Chillicothe, Ohio. Canton, Ohio.
Charles J. Manney
George G. Bennett.
George G. Bennett.
Jno. T. Schuller W. E. Haswell. A. H. Stotts.
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THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL.
HY. D. DAVIS.
Hy. D. Davis was born in Adams County in 1861 and christened Hyman DeBruin, after a minister of that name who was long venerated in the Ohio Valley. His father moved to Highland County and soon after gave up life in the Civil War.
His life was that of the farmer boy until, at the age of 20, he began read- ing law with Sloan. Newby & Morrow at Hillsboro, supporting himself and his mother meanwhile by teaching school in winter. After admission to the bar he was elected Mayor of Hillsboro and re-elected twice, making six years' ser- ,vice in that office.
Seven years ago he formed a law partnership with Sidney Vessy, of Cleve- land, and a year later became Police Prosecutor, which position he held during three years until a political revolution occurred in that city. One year later he was appointed State Fire Marshal, which office he now holds.
Mr. Davis has always been active in fraternal work, being a member of a number of fraternal orders, Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias, Sons of Veterans, Maccabees, Elks and Fraternal Order of Eagles. He served two terms as mem- ber of Board of Grand Trustees of Fraternal Order of Eagles, and was last year chairman of the board.
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DUTIES OF THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL.
The act which established the office of the State Fire Marshal was passed by the Seventy-fourth General Assembly on the 16th day of April, 1900, and on July 15, Governor Herrick, by the authority given him under this act, appointed Hy. D. Davis, of Cleveland, Ohio, to be the second State Fire Marshal.
Under the provisions of the act it becomes the duty of the Fire Marshal to cause an investigation of all fires which occur in the State, with the object in view of reducing, if possible, the enormous fire waste, lessening the loss to insurance companies, and thereby reducing insur- ance premiums. It is also his duty to make an investigation of in flammable and other conditions from which fires are liable to originate, and have the same remedied, or removed. For many years, on account of the difficulty connected with establishing the crime of arson, very few incendiaries have been punished in the State, the total average per year not exceeding two. Estimating the loss caused by incendiary fires upon the best information to be obtained, the total loss to the people of the State resulting from such fires will amount to from twenty to forty per cent. of the total fire waste of the State each year. The wisdom of the legislature in providing some means of reducing this waste is therefore apparent. To assist the Fire Marshal in carrying out the object of the act, the State was divided by him into twelve districts and a division assistant to the Fire Marshal was appointed for each district, to whom, under the provisions of the law, township clerks, mayors of villages and chiefs of fire departments report all fires occurring in their respective territories. All fires reported as suspicious are investigated by the as- sistant, and where necessity requires one of the two deputies appointed by the Fire Marshal goes to the scene of the fire and holds an inquest. The testimony of all witnesses who have knowledge of the fire, is taken in writing under oath. If the facts warrant, an arrest is made and the guilty party bound over to the grand jury, indicted and tried for arson. The office is provided with a corresponding clerk and a statistician, whose duties are to keep a complete and classified record of all fires and their causes. The office has already met with unexpected success in the prose- cution of incendiaries and a goodly number of fire-bugs who, through the efforts of the office are now in the "Pen," will be prevented for some time from carrying out their nefarious calling of setting fire to buildings for the purpose of securing insurance or for any other motive. Below will be found a complete roster of the employes of the department, to- gether with their postoffice addresses :
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ROSTER OF STATE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE, 1904-1905.
Name.
Office.
Residence.
Hy. D. Davis.
State Fire Marshal.
Orlof T. Brown.
First Deputy.
H. S. Commager Frank C. Manak
Second Deputy
Chief Assistant.
Clarence Maris, M. D.
Pyrologist.
Cleveland, Ohio. Columbus, Ohio. Columbus, Ohio. Columbus, Ohio. 1
C. E. Ellis. Garrett Fox.
H. T. Brockman
Assistant Fire Marshal ...
Silas Cole ...
Assistant Fire Marshal ...
Columbus, Ohio. Cleveland, Ohio. Cleveland, Ohio. Cleveland, Ohio.
Michele D'Errico John Ambroes
F. G. Neuhaus.
Frank Newcomer
C. E. Goodell
Frank Dimon.
Assistant Fire Marshal. .
C. J. Putman
Assistant Fire Marshal.
Van Wert, Ohio. Ashtabula, Ohio.
F. B. Morehouse
Huntsburg, Ohio.
R. R. Gurney
Mansfield, Ohio.
A. J. Fiorini
Dayton, Ohio. Williamsburg, Ohio.
A. C. West.
Assistant Fire Marshal ... Assistant Fire Marshal ... Assistant Fire Marshal ...
Washington C. H., Ohio. Logan, Ohio.
E. D. Ricketts
J. J. Williams.
Madison Aldredge.
Oak Hill, Ohio. Bellaire, Ohio.
J. B. Morgan.
Zanesville, Ohio.
F. M. Beckett.
J. H. Ki lius.
Michael Ryan.
Inspector.
McConnelsville, Ohio. Cleveland, Ohio. Cleveland, Ohio.
Jessie Canfield.
Stenographer .
Flora Wenban
Nettie B. Gill
Stenographer Stenographer
Cleveland, Ohio. Columbus, Ohio. Toledo, Ohio.
W. H. Ball.
Assistant Fire Marshal ... Assistant Fire Marshal. Assistant Fire Marshal
J. J. Finnucan.
Assistant Fire Marshal ... Assistant Fire Marshal ... Assistant Fire Marshal ... Assistant Fire Marshal ... Assistant Fire Marshal ... Assistant Fire Marshal. .
Cleveland, Ohio. Cincinnati, Ohio. Cincinnati, Ohio. Toledo, Ohio. Luckey, Ohio. Milan, Ohio.
A. T. Ullman.
Assistant Fire Marshal ... Assistant Fire Marshal ... Assistant Fire Marshal ... Assistant Fire Marshal ... Assistant Fire Marshal.
J. E. Innis
Assistant Fire Marshal ... Assistant Fire Marshal ... Assistant Fire Marshal. .. Inspector
Akron, Ohio. Cleveland, Ohio. Columbus, Ohio.
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THE BOARD OF LIBRARY COMMISSIONERS.
T `HE Ohio State Library was established by Governor Thomas Worthington in the year 1817. The general assembly which met December 2, 1816, appropriated $3,500.00 as a contingent fund for the Governor of 1817. In the summer of that year Governor. Worthington visited eastern cities to investigate the manage- ment of state institutions. While in Philadelphia he determined to purchase a collection of books for the establishment of a state library. On his return he authorized the fitting up of a room above the auditor's office, in the south end of the old state office building, then on High Street, immediately south of the avenue to the west entrance of the State House. He deposited therein the books he had selected-509 volumes-the be- ginning of the State Library. Most of these books are still in the library.
John L. Harper was the first librarian. Changes in this office were frequent till 1824, when Zachariah Mills was appointed. He served eighteen years.
In 1844, the library was placed under a commission consisting of the Governor, the Secretary of State and the State Librarian. The latter was appointed by the Governor. In April, 1896, the law was again changed and the entire management of the library was vested in a board of commissioners appointed by the Governor for a term of six years. They elect the librarian and all the assistants.
f The State Library was open originally only to state officers and members of the general assembly. The regulations provided that "the librarian shall open accounts with the Governor, Secretary, Treasurer and Auditor of State, the Judges of the Supreme Court, and the members of the general assembly and their clerks." The privilege of drawing books did not extend beyond the period the legislature was actually in session. As late as 1895 books were loaned only to "members and officers, and ex- members and ex-officers of the general assembly; state officers, and clerks in the several departments of the state government at Columbus, and ex-officers of the same; the Judges of the Supreme Court, of the Supreme Court Commission, of the Circuit Court and the Common Pleas Court; officers and teachers of the benevolent institutions of the State, and of the State University; officers of the Penitentiary; widows of ex-members and ex-officers of the general assembly and of ex-state officers ; and clergymen resident of Columbus."
Under such regulations the circulation of the library was, of course,
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quite limited. In the long period since it was founded many valuable works have been placed on the shelves that were accessible to the general public only for purposes of reference in the reading room of the library. These were sought by those who were engaged in the preparation of some literary work or in the study of some "special science or subject of art." The newspaper files were frequently consulted by editors and reporters, The books had a limited circulation among state officers and their families. Members of the legislature, as a rule, found themselves too busy to read. They made frequent use of the state documents kept in the library.
The first board of library commissioners under the Garfield Act of 1896 was appointed by the Governor in April of that year. The mem- bers were Rutherford B. Hayes, J. F. McGrew and Charies A. Reynolds. One of the first acts of this board was to open the library to citizens of the state. The old distinctions in favor of state officials were in large measure removed. Citizens of the state who desire to draw books now do so by furnishing the library board a satisfactory guarantee, or by making appli- cation through their local library. Those living in distant parts of the state may borrow books by paying transportation both ways. The books are not sent out indiscriminately. Rare and valuable works are not issued for use outside of the library. Those in the circulating department, how- ever, are issued freely on the same conditions to all citizens.
While it contains works in almost every department of literature, the library is strongest in state publications, government documents, his- tory and its related branches, bound periodicals, and newspaper files. In recent years a systematic effort has been made to add to the early liter- ature relating to the state. The work of collecting has necessarily been slow, but the very substantial progress already made warrants the hope that this may soon become the best reference library in the country in all things pertaining to Ohio.
There are at present (November 15, 1902) 81,876 bound volumes in the State Library. Of these 20,076 are in the
TRAVELING LIBRARY DEPARTMENT.
This department was organized in the summer of 1896. A travel- ing library is a collection of from twenty-five to thirty-five books sent out by the State Library to a reading club, an association of citizens, a board of education or a public library, to be kept three months, with privilege of renewal.
The objects of the department are: 1. To furnish good literature to patrons. 2. To strengthen small libraries. 3. To create an interest in the establishment of new libraries.
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On receipt of a request on the forms furnished by the State Library,' properly filled and signed by the members of the club, the officers of a free public library, board of education, or other associations, the books will be shipped. The parties receiving the books must pay transportation both ways.
The conditions under which these libraries are issued are very simple. The organizations to which they are sent obligate themselves for their proper use and safe return. The system has proven very popular. Traveling libraries have been sent out as follows :
Libraries.
Vols.
Prior to November 15, 1896.
2
50
November 15, 1896, to November 15, 1897.
62
1,331
November 15, 1897, to November 15, 1898
379
9,887
November 15, 1898, to November 15, 1899
445
12,812
November 15, 1899, to November 15, 1900.
711
19,505
November 15, 1900, to November 15, 1901
762
20,689
November 15, 1901, to November 15, 1902
803
22,031
November 15, 1902, to November 15, 1903
923
27,078
Note-Detailed history of the State Library has been written by William T. Coggeshall, John C. Tuthill and C. B. Galbreath.
RULES AND REGULATIONS.
The State Library will be open, except Sunday and holidays, from 8 a. m. to 5 p. m. During the months of July and August the Library will close at 4 p. m. During sessions of the legislature the Library will be open, except Saturday, till 9 p. m.
All citizens of the state over twenty-one years of age will be per- mitted to draw books in accordance with the following rules:
All State officers elected by the people or appointed by the Governor may draw books by giving receipt.
Citizens who desire to draw books may do so on furnishing the Library Board a satisfactory guarantee or through the public library in their city.
No one shall keep from the Library more than two volumes at one time, nor any volume more than two weeks without renewal.
One renewal will be allowed and the book may be kept for two weeks from the date of renewal.
No borrower shall keep a book more than three days after notice has been mailed to his address that it is wanted at the Library or that the book is due.
Any book not returned after one week's notice may be sent for at the expense of the borrower.
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Any book not returned after one month's notice may be considered lost, in which case the borrower shall pay its full value or the value of the set to which it belongs.
All expenses connected with the issue of the books or their return shall be paid by the borrower.
Any person failing to return a book within one week after notice has been mailed forfeits the privilege of the Library until reinstated by the Board.
The Board will determine what books may not be taken from the Library.
Traveling libraries, of from 25 to 35 volumes each, will be loaned for from three to five months. For particulars, address State Librarian, Columbus, Ohio.
LIST OF OHIO STATE LIBRARIANS FROM 1817 to 1902.
Name.
Term of Service.
John L. Harper.
1817-1818
John McElvain.
1818-1820
David S. Broderick.
1820-1824
Zechariah Mills.
1824-1842
Thomas Kennedy.
1842-1845
John Greiner.
1845-1851
Elijah Hayward.
1851-1854
James W. Taylor.
1854-1856
W. T. Coggeshall
1856-1862
S. G. Harbaugh
1862-1874
W. C. Hood.
1874-1875
H. H. Robinson.
1875-1877
R. M. Stimson.
1877-1879
H. V. Kerr
1879-1881
Joseph H. Geiger
1881-1883
H. L. Conard
1885-1886
H. W. Pierson
1886-1887
F. B. Loomis.
1887-1889
John M. Doane
W. G. Sibley.
Dec. 1,1889, to Feb. 20, 1890
1890-1892
1892-1896
1896-
John C. Tuthill. Joseph P. Smith. C. B. Galbreath.
1883-1885
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STATE LIBRARY COMMISSION FROM 1845 TO 1891.
Board.
Years.
Names.
First
1845-1847
Mordecai Bartely, Samuel Galloway, John Greiner.
Second
1847-1819
Third
1849-1851
Fourth
1851-1852
Fifth
1852-1854
Sixth
1854-1856
Seventh
1856-1858
Eighth
1859
Salmon P. Chase, Addison P. Russell, Wil- liam T. Coggeshall.
Ninth
1860
Tenth
1862
Eleventh
1863
Twelfth
1865.
Thirteenth
1866.
Fourteenth
1867
R. B. Hayes, John Russell, S. G. Harbaugh.
Fifteenth
1868.
Sixteenth
1869-1871
Seventeenth
1872.
Eighteenth
1873
Nineteenth
1874
Twentieth
1876
Twenty-first
1877
Twenty-second
1878
Twenty-third
1880
Twenty-fourth
·1882
Twenty-fifth
1883
Twenty sixth
1884 . .
Twenty seventh
1885. . .
Twenty-eighth
1886.
Twenty-ninth
1887.
Thirtieth
1888-1889
Thirty-first
1890-1892
Thirty-second
1892-1894
Thirty-third
1894-1896
Edward F. Noyes, A. T. Wikoff, S. G. Harbaugh. William Allen, A. T. Wikoff, W. C. Hood. , R. B. Hayes, Wm. Bell, Jr., H. H. Robinson. Thos. L. Young, Milton Barnes, R. M. Stimson. R. M. Bishop, Milton Barnes, R. M. Stimson. Charles Foster, Milton Barnes, H. V. Kerr. Charles Foster, Chas. Townsend. J. H. Geiger. Charles Foster, J. W. Newman, H. L. Conard. Geo. Hoadly, J. W. Newman, H. L. Conard. Geo. Hoadly, J. S. Robinson, H. W. Pierson. J. B. Foraker, J. S. Robinson, F. B. Loomis. J. B. Foraker, J. S. Robinson, John M. Doane. J. B. Foraker, Daniel J. Ryan, John M. Doane. Jas. E. Campbell, Daniel J. Ryan, John C. Tuthill. William Mckinley, Jr., C. L. Poorman, Jos- eph P. Smith.
William Mckinley, Jr., Samuel M. Taylor, Joseph P. Smith.
LIBRARY COMMISSIONERS UNDER GARFIELD ACT OF 1896.
1896-1897-Charles A. Reynolds, President; Rutherford B. Hayes, J. F. McGrew. 1898-J. F. McGrew, President; O. E. Niies. Chas. A. Reynolds. 1899-1901-J. F. McGrew, President; O. E. Niles, Chas. Orr.
1902-J. F. McGrew, President; Chas. Orr, John McSweeney.
1904-J. F. McGrew, President; Chas. Orr, John McSweeney.
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William Webb, Samuel Galloway, John Greiner. Seabury Ford, Samuel Galloway, John Greiner. Reuben Wood, Henry W. King, Elijah Hayward. Reuben Wood, William Trevitt, Elijah Hayward. Nm. Medill, Wm. Trevitt, James W. Taylor. Salmon P. Chase james H Pover, Willi Iam
T. Coggeshall.
Wm. Dennison, A. P. Russell, W. T. Coggeshall. David Tod, W. S. Kennon, S. G. Harbaugh. David Tod, W. W. Armstrong, S. G. Harbaugh. Chas. Anderson, Wm. H. Smith, S. G. Harbaugh. J. D. Cox, W. H. Smith, S. G. Harbaugh.
R. B. Hayes, Isaac R. Sherwood, S. G. Harbaugh. R. B. Hayes, Isaac R. Sherwood, S. G. Harbaugh. Edward F. Noyes, Isaac R. Sherwood, S. G. Harbaugh.
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John Franklin McGrew was born in Steubenville, Ohio, April 3, 1854. He moved to Steubenville in February, 1856; graduated from Wittenberg College, Springfield, in 1873; was admitted to the bar in 1877, and has been in practice since that time, with the exception of two years, during which time he was manager of the Republic Printing Company, of Springfield, publishers of The Republic. He was elected to the Sixty-ninth General Assembly in 1889, as a Republican, and was re-elected to the Seventieth General Assembly. He was appointed Library Commissioner by Governor Bushnell April 22, 1896, for the term of four years and was reappointed by Governor Nash, in April, 1900, for the full term of six years.
Mr. McGrew has taken a very active interest in everything pertaining to the State Library and for a number of years has been President of the Board of Commissioners.
Charles Orr was born at Cedarville, Ohio, January 8, 1858. His parents, John and Henrietta Orr, later moved to Xenia, where he attended the city schools and graduated from the high school in 1875. Later he engaged in the book and stationery business, in connection with which he operated a book bindery and built up an extensive trade. From Xenia he went to New York City, where he was for a time employed in the famous Brentano book store. He then went to Ann Arbor, Michigan, from which city he was soon called to the Case Library, of Cleveland, Ohio, of which he has had charge for the past twelve years. In the spring of 1899 he was appointed on the Board of Library Commissioners to succeed Captain Charles A. Reynolds, who resigned to as- sume command of his company in the Philippines.
Mr. Orr has spent the greater part of his life in contact with books. He has been active in the Ohio Library Association, which he has served as Secretary and President.
John McSweeney was born in Wooster, Ohio, August 1, 1854. He is the son of the late John McSweeney, the eloquent advocate, whose fame extended beyond the borders of Ohio. He was graduated from the Wooster High School, and at the age of twenty-two from the University of Wooster. Later he studied law in the Boston Law School, and was admitted to the bar in 1879. Soon after- ward he was elected City Solicitor of Wooster and served in this position from 1879 to 1883. In the latter year he was elected Prosecuting Attorney of Wayne Couny, a position which he held until 1889. Since then he has applied himself "o the practice of law and has built up a large practice. He was appointed by Governor Mckinley a trustee of the Ohio Hospital for Epileptics, served through the two terms of Governor Bushnell's admnistration and was reappointed by Governor Nash. He was appointed Library Commissioner by Governor Nash in April, 1902, for the full term of six years.
Mr. McSweeney has been, not only a hard student, but an ardent lover of literature. He is an excellent judge of books and finds his new position very congenial to his tastes.
Charles Burleigh Galbreath was born in Fairfield Township, Columbiana County, February 15, 1858. His early life was spent on the farm. At the age of seventeen he began teaching school. In June of 1879 he completed a course in the Lisbon High School, and in September of the same year entered Mount Union College, from which he was graduated in 1883. One year later this insti- tution conferred upon him the degree of A. M. He was superintendent of the Wilmot, Stark County, schools from 1883 to 1885, when he resigned to accept the superintendency of the East Palestine, Ohio, schools, where he remained eight years. Although unanimously re-elected for two years more, he resigned to accept a position in Mt. Hope College. While in East Palestine he was for two years editor of The Reveille, now The Reveille-Echo. He was school ex- aminer of Columbiara County from 1885 to 1893. In 1896 he was elected State Librarian by the Library Commission created by the Seventy-second General Assembly. He is a member of the Ohio Library Association, the American Library Association and the National Association of State Librarians. Of the last named organization he was President in 1900.
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THE STATE BOARD OF PARDONS.
T HE Ohio State Board of Pardons was created by an act of the General Assembly of Ohio, April 11, 1888. The act provided the Governor should nominate, and by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, appoint four suitable persons having the qualifications of electors, two of whom should be appointed from each of the two leading political parties. Two of the members thereof, appointed from the same political party should serve for one and three years re- spectively, and two members thereof, appointed from the other political party should serve for two and four years, respectively; and that there- after the Governor in like manner should appoint a member of said board, of like qualifications and from the same political party as the member whom he succeeds, who shall serve for four years.
The act further provided that the Board should organize by electing one of their number president, and it was made the duty of the executive clerk of the Governor to act as Secretary.
The Board meets regularly on the first Thursday after the second Monday in January, and on the same day every third month thereafter, and at such other times as they may deem necessary.
The Board has formulated rules for the guidance of the applicants, which, together with other blanks, can be secured from the Secretary, at the Governor's office.
All cases presented to the Board are heard by the entire Board, and the cases separately referred to some member of the Board for investiga- tion, who makes a written report to the entire Board at its next meeting, when the report is adopted or rejected, and together with all other papers is transmitted to the Governor for his consideration.
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