onio. 



001 



dtin-d, l'.':t,;548. Orchard*. Number of 



'-">. i I s *; bushels of apples produced, 

 1.7::i.l ( .ll ; l,u-hel>of pearlies \, iodn< ,,!, -is, IMII ; 

 bu>hels of pears produced, :, 17!); Im.-hels of 

 cherries produced, l-l.ilol : bushels of plums 



ed.ii. i;:{. Lands owned in 1890. -Num- 

 ber 01 .:iivatci|. I>,u'y7,085; number of 



f paMnre, (i. % j:!?,til() ; iiiunbcr of acres uf 



ml, :{,7>H,o:M; number of acres lying 



|.">l. I'll: total iiiimliiT of acres owned, 



jo. l,"iM!M. \\'<>ol. Number of pounds shorn in 



IM,0:>9,901. Number of milch cows, 618,- 

 507. Number of stallions, 0,000. Number of 



158,892. 



Legislative. Tln adjourned session began 

 Jan. and closed May 4. The volume of laws 

 enacted was larger than for many previous years. 

 Among tin- more important were the following: 



Providing for u secret Imllot according to a modifi- 

 cation of tin- Au>tralian s\>tem. A '" blanket bal- 

 lot" is required, each party ticket on it to bo headed 

 by a distinctive device In addition to the name of the 

 party. The State conventions subsequently held 

 adopted the device of an American eagle for the Re- 

 publican tickets, u rooMcr fur the Jk-moeratic, a rose 

 for the Prohibition., and u plow and hammer for the 

 People's party. The law makes rigid provisions for 

 secrecy and against corruption or intimidation. 



Levying one t eiitieth of a mill on the grand dupli- 

 cate for the support and maintenance of the Ohio 

 State I ni\< TMt\ . and giving all the State appropria- 

 tion for colleges to the same university. 



Increasing the amount of personal property allowed 

 to be exempted from taxation from $50 to $100. 



Disposing of the direct tax refunded by the General 

 Government by placing $1,000,000 to the credit oftho 

 sinking fund and $332,000 to the credit of the general 

 revenue fund. 



Changing the system of compensation of county 

 officials by paying salaries computed on the tax du- 

 plicates of the various counties. 



Making it unlawful to employ in factories children 

 under fourteen years of age. 



The Corcoran building-and-lotn association act 

 places all such companies under the supervision of 

 the superintendent of insurance, nnd provides for the 

 appointment of an assistant. It also authorizes the 

 codification of the laws governing the associations. 

 It further provides thnt all foreign companies doing 

 business in Ohio shall deposit $100,000 in securities 

 with the Treasurer of State as a guarantee to their 

 patrons. 



The Pennell school-book act constitutes the Gov- 

 ernor and Secretary of State a commission to secure 

 bids from and contract with school-book publishing 

 houses to furnish the required text-books for a period 

 of five years at a reduction of 25 per cent from the 

 present wholesale list prices. 



The liquor question was dealt with in two laws. 

 The Holliday law makes it unlawful for any minorto 

 enter saloons. It imposes a fine against any saloon- 

 kci-pcr who kiiowinai.v permits a minorto remain in 

 his place. Under tin's law both the minor and the 

 saloon-keeper are amenable to the biw. The Phillips 

 law makes it unlawful to sell, vend, or traffic in in- 

 toxicating liquors in brothels. 



ImjKH-tant insurance laws were enacted, among 

 which are the following: To require lite -insurance 

 companies doinu' business in Ohio to make a detailed 

 statement of expenditures to the commissioner of in- 

 surance, and prohibiting the u<e of such terms as 

 " incidentals or all other expenditures," and a 

 quiring that a statement be made to policy holder*; 

 to amend section :)t>54 so as to compel mutual com- 

 panies orirani/.ed under old charters to make return to 

 the superintendent of insurance; amending section 

 8631 referring to assessment lite associations so as to 

 exempt ex-Union soldiers 1 organizations from the su- 



pcrvihion of the insurance department; amending 

 '> 2(634 and 8641 to tut t" r tho forma- 



tion and laoorpontioa of ii\. -;.-k inaurance com- 



. pr< venting insurance i--n. p. .!,..- from accent- 

 ing rinks Metit tin-in from n/ctiUi oulnidu of Ohio ; 

 amending M'ti'.n -'-_' by tnkinj.' out tin- provision 

 lor computation, , t,- M u ni| eom|>c-Uing every company 

 to pay for each agent appointed, and giving the nu| 

 tcndciit of iiiMiraiu e \*>\\> r to have |*ili< i,-n of life- 

 insurance eompanic valued and providing for pay- 

 ment of cxpcn.-i-x ; amending utid hupplcmenting sec- 

 tion 3641 by providing for iiiMiinnc.- n/ainst cxplo 

 sions and for insmaii'-e of < -ii,p!o\ ('.-. ; amending 

 section ."lit; 1 .) by providing tluit no insurance company 

 shall carry a case to th< I'ni'. urta. 



dating the eni]>loyinent of railroad onginccni 

 and conductors. No person can act as a conductor of 

 any train unless he has had at least two years 1 ex- 

 perience as trainman or brakcman within five ycurs 

 next preceding his employment as conuuctor, and bo- 

 fore any person is eligible to employment as an en- 

 gineer he must have had at least three years' experi- 

 ence as a fireman. 



Preferring $300 for labor performed, in all cases of 

 assignment, over all other claims. 



Permitting the wife or husband to testify, in di- 

 vorce or alimony proceedings, as fully as other per- 

 sons. 



Appropriating $100,000 to secure an Ohio exhibit 

 at the World's Fair in Chicago. 



Appropriating $40,000 for the preliminary steps to- 

 ward the establishment of an epileptic asylum at 

 Gallipolis. 



Raising the age of consent from fourteen to sixteen 

 years. 



An amendment to the taxation clause of the Con- 

 stitution was submitted for popular decision, provid- 

 ing that " laws may be passed taxing righto, privi- 

 leges, franchises, and such other subject matters an 

 the Legislature may direct." 



Municipal Government. A radical depart- 

 ure in the system of municipal government in 

 Ohio was made by the enactment of a law affect- 

 ing the city of Cleveland only. The law, which in 

 its main provisions was the outcomeof a popular 

 movement in that city irrespective of party, com- 

 pletely divorces the legislative and executive func- 

 tions of the municipal government, the former 

 being confined to a city council of twenty mem- 

 bers elected in ten districts, and the latter given 

 into the control of the mayor, elected for two 

 years by the people. The mayor appoints, with 

 the approval of the council, six heads of depart- 

 ments, who, with him, form an executive board 

 of control. Each head of department appoints 

 his subordinates. The mayor can arbitrarily re- 

 move any member of the force, but when the 

 head of a department removes a subordinate he 

 must file written reasons with the mayor. The 

 law went into effect at the April election. 



The Supreme Court made an important decis- 

 ion in regard to legislation on municipal gov- 

 ernment, in a case coining from Cincinnati. The 

 State Constitution prohibits special legislation. 

 The law passed at the extraordinary session of 

 the Legislature in October, 1890, abolished the 

 board of public improvements in Cincinnati, and 

 substituted a board of city nffairs, to bo ap- 

 pointed by the mayor, and tho bonds of the 

 menders to be approved by tho judges of tho 

 Superior Court and tho city solicitor. Cincin- 

 nati was not named in the act, which was made 

 to apnly to a "city of the first grade of the first 

 class. Tho ousted members of the board of 

 public improvements carried the case to the Su- 



