Ohio. Sawa statutes, etc. THE STATE OF OHIO. GENERAL AND LOCAL ACTS PASSED AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY THE SEVENTY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY, AT ITS REGULAR SESSION, BEGUN AND HELD IN THE CITY OF COLUMBUS, JANUARY 3, 1898. VOLUME XCIII. COLUMBUS, OHIO: PUBLISHED BY STATE AUTHORITY, J. L. TRAUGER, STATE PRINTER. GENERAL LAWS. [Senate Bill No. 1.] AN ACT To amend section 3692 of the Revised Statutes of Ohio. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That section 3692 of the Revised Statutes of Ohio be so amended as to read as follows: State board of agriculture: of board. Sec. 3692. There shall be held in the city of Columbus, Annual meeting on the first Thursday after the second Monday in January, an annual meeting of the Ohio state board of agriculture, together with the president of each county agricultural society, or duly authorized delegate therefrom, who shall, for the time being, be ex-officio members of the state board of agriculture, for the purpose of deliberation and consultation as to the wants, prospects and condition of agriculture throughout the state; and at such meeting, the several reports from the county societies shall be delivered to the president of the state board of agriculture, and, at the Election of annual meeting to be held in 1898, there shall be elected five members; term members of the state board of agriculture, two members for a term of two years, two members for a term of three years, and one member for a term of four years; and, at the annual meeting to be held in 1899, there shall be elected five members, one member for a term of three years, two members for a term of four years, and two members for a term of five years; and annually thereafter there shall be elected two members whose term shall be five years, and until their successors are elected. SECTION 2. That said section 3692 be and the same is Repeals. hereby repealed, and this act shall be in force from and after its passage.. HARRY C. MASON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. T. E. CROMLEY, President pro tem. of the Senate. 1G Passed January 13, 1898. [House Bill No. 1.] AN ACT To repeal section 2505d of the Revised Statutes of Ohio as enacted SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That section 2505d, passed April 22, 1896, Street railroads: Repeals. of the Revised Statutes of Ohio, be and the same is hereby Appropriation for general assembly. [House Bill No. 37.] AN ACT To make sundry appropriations. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That there be and is hereby appropriated from any money in the treasury to the credit of the general revenue fund, and not otherwise appropriated, the sum of fifty thousand ($50,000) dollars for salaries and mileage of members, per diem of clerks, sergeant-at-arms and other officers and employes of the general assembly; one thousand ($1,000) dollars for contingent expenses of the house; five hundred ($500) dollars for contingent expenses of the senate, and one thousand ($1,000) dollars for expenses of legislative committees. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. HARRY C. MASON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ASAHEL W. JONES, Passed January 19, 1898. President of the Senate. 3G [Senate Bill No. 44.] AN ACT To amend section 6961 of the Revised Statutes of Ohio, as amended SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Offenses against the State of Ohio, That section 6961 of the Revised Statutes public policy: of Ohio be so amended as to read as follows: Penalty for unlawful catching, or pursuing of game, destroy Sec. 6961. No person shall, on any place, catch, kill, killing, injuring or injure, or pursue with such intent any quail except between the 10th day of November and the 15th day of December, inclusive; or any prairie chicken, or squirrel, except between the 1st day of September and the 15th day of December, inclusive; or any woodcock, except between the 4th day of July and the 15th day of November, inclusive; ing eggs or nests, hunting, shooting, trapping, etc. or any rail, snipe, killdeer, plover, coot or mud-hen, or any wild duck except between the first day of September and the 10th day of April, inclusive. No person shall, at any time, catch, kill or injure, or pursue with such intent, any wild duck or wild goose by the aid or use of any swivel or punt-gun, or any other gun than a common shoulder-gun; or with the aid of, or from any sink-boat or battery, or by the use or aid of any steamboat, naptha-launch, electric launch, sail-boat, steam-launch, or any kind of boat whatsoever, except a common rowboat, propelled by oars. No person shall, at any time, catch, kill or injure, or pursue with such intent, any of the birds, game or animals mentioned in this act, with or by the use of any trap, net or snare, or destroy any of the eggs, or nests of any of the birds named in this section. No person shall kill any wild duck on Sunday, Monday or Tuesday of any week, on any of the reservoirs belonging to the state of Ohio, or in or upon the waters of Lake Erie, and the estuaries and bays thereof; but nothing herein shall be so construed as to authorize the killing, catching or pursuing with such intent, any wild duck on Sunday. No person shall hunt or shoot or trap, or have in possession in the open air for such purpose, the implements for the hunting, shooting or trapping of the same, on the first day of the week, called Sunday. No person shall shoot at or kill any wild duck before six o'clock in the forenoon, or after five o'clock in the afternoon, of any day. Any person violating any of the provisions of this act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be fined as provided in section 6968. Provided, that nothing herein shall be construed so as to Injurious squir prohibit the killing of squirrel by the owner or tenant of any premises where such animals are found injuring grain, fruit trees, shrubbery or vegetables. rel. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force Repeals, etc. from and after its passage, and original section 6961, as amended April 1, 1896, be and the same is hereby repealed. HARRY C. MASON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Passed January 27, 1898. ASAHEL W. JONES, President of the Senate. [House Bill No. 198.] AN ACT Making appropriations for the governor's inauguration. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That there be and is hereby appropriated Appropriations from any money in the state treasury to the credit of the inauguration. general revenue fund, not otherwise appropriated, the sum for governor's |
