They shall exercise the same powers and jurisdiction and shall perform the same duties as other judges of the common pleas court; shall receive the same compensation as other common pleas judges of said district. JOSEPH D. CHAMBERLIAN, Speaker pro tem. of the House of Representatives. JAMES M. WILLIAMS, Passed February 25, 1908. ANDREW L. HARRIS, Governor. 2L. [House Bill No. 896.] AN ACT Providing for the election of one additional judge in the third sub-division of the fifth judicial district. Be it enacied by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio: I. SECTION 1. That there shall be elected in Franklin county, the third sub-division of the fifth judicial district, by the electors thereof, under and in pursuance of the general election laws of the state of Ohio, governing the election of judges of the common pleas court, at the general election to be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, A. D. 1908, and every six years thereafter, one judge of the court of common pleas for the fifth judicial district, in addition to the number heretofore provided by law for said district. Said additional judge shall reside in Franklin county, and shall be elected for the term of six years. His term shall begin on the first day of January next after his election. He shall exercise the same powers and jurisdiction, and perform the same duties as other judges of the court of common pleas; and shall receive the same compensation as is provided by law for other judges of the court of common pleas in Franklin county. JOSEPH D. CHAMBERLIAN, Speaker pro tem. of the House of Representatives. JAMES M. WILLIAMS, President of the Senate. Passed February 25, 1908. ANDREW L. HARRIS, Governor. [House Bill No. 965.] AN ACT Making appropriations for the Miami University, the Ohio University, the state normal school or college of the Ohio University, the state normal school or college of the Miami University, the Ohio State University, and for the normal and industrial department of the Wilberforce University. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio: I. SECTION 1. That there be and is hereby appropriated from any moneys coming into the state treasury to the credit of "the Miami university fund" not otherwise appropriated for the last three-quarters of the fiscal year ending November 15, 1908, and the first quarter of the fiscal year ending November 15, 1909, the sum of sixty thousand dollars ($60,000) or as much as may come into the treasury to the credit of said fund; to be applied to the uses and purposes of the Miami university according to law. SECTION 2. That there be and is hereby appropriated from any moneys coming into the state treasury to the credit of "the Ohio university fund" not otherwise appropriated, for the last three-quarters of the fiscal year ending November 15, 1908, and for the first quarter of the fiscal year ending November 15, 1909, the sum of sixty thousand dollars ($60,000) or as much as may come into the treasury to the credit of said fund; to be applied to the uses and purposes of the Ohio university according to law. SECTION 3. That there be and is hereby appropriated from any moneys coming into the state treasury to the credit of "the Ohio normal school fund" not otherwise appropriated, for the last three-quarters of the fiscal year ending November 15, 1908, and for the first quarter of the fiscal year ending November 15, 1909, the sum of forty thousand dollars ($40,000) or as much as may come into the treasury to the credit of said fund; to be applied to the uses and purposes of the state normal school or college of the Ohio university according to law. SECTION 4. That there be and is hereby appropriated from any moneys coming into the state treasury to the credit of "the Miami normal school fund" not otherwise appropriated, for the last three-quarters of the fiscal year ending November 15, 1908, and for the first quarter of the fiscal year ending November 15, 1909, the sum of thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) or as much as may come into the treasury to the credit of said fund; to be applied to the uses and purposes of the state normal school or college of the Miami university according to law. SECTION 5. That there be and is hereby appropriated from any moneys coming into the state treasury to the credit of "the Ohio state university fund" not otherwise appropriated, for the last three-quarters of the fiscal year ending November 15, 1908, and for the first quarter of the fiscal year ending November 15, 1909, the sum of four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000) or as much as may come into the treasury to the credit of said fund; to be applied to the uses and purposes of the Ohio state university according to law. SECTION 6. That there be and is hereby appropriated from any moneys coming into the state treasury to the credit of "the normal and industrial department of the Wilberforce university fund" not otherwise appropriated, for the last three-quarters of the fiscal year ending Novem ber 15, 1908, and for the first quarter of the fiscal year ending November 15, 1909, the sum of thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) or as much as may come into the treasury to the credit of said fund to be applied to the uses and purposes of the normal and industrial department of the Wilberforce university. SECTION 7. That the different appropriations hereinbefore provided for are made in accordance with the provisions of House Bill No. 45 and House Bill No. 665, passed April 2, 1906, presented to the governor April 3, 1906, and filed in the office of the secretary of state, April 16, 1906. FREEMAN T. EAGLESON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Passed February 28, 1908. ANDREW L. HARRIS, Governor. 4L. [Senate Bill No. 341.] AN ACT Relating to powers of the board of trustees of the Toledo state hospital. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio: SECTION I. That the board of trustees of the Toledo state hospital be and they are hereby authorized and empowered to lease or to grant and convey a right of way for a main and side track on and through the lands owned by the state of Ohio and situated in Lucas county, Ohio, and known as the Toledo state hospital lands, to The Toledo Urban & Interurban Railway Company, said right of way being fully described as follows, to-wit: A strip of land forty feet wide, over and across that part of the west thirty-seven and ninety-two one-hundredths chains of the northwest quarter of section sixteen, town three, United States reserve of twelve miles square at the foot of the rapids of the Miami of Lake Erie, lying south of Detroit avenue, said strip lying southerly of, parallel with and adjoining said Detroit avenue. And in addition to said right of way, the board of trustees of the Toledo state hospital be and they are hereby authorized and empowered to lease or grant to the said railway company the necessary grounds on which to erect a station house for the transaction of the business of the railway company; provided further that said right of way and grounds for station purposes shall be used for such railroad purposes only and subject to such conditions and upon such terms as the trustees of said institution may exact when granted. Said railway company, its successors or assigns, shall pay for the use of such grounds and said right of way, or the lease thereof, such price as may be agreed upon between said railway company and said board of trustees, and all such moneys shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the said Toledo state hospital. All leases, grants or agreements made under the provisions of this act shall be prepared by the attorney general of the state, and shall state the purpose or purposes for which the said land is to be used, and shall contain a condition that if any installments of money therein agreed to be paid shall not be paid at the time specified or within ten days thereafter, whether a demand therefor shall or shall not be made, said lease shall, at the option of the board of trustees, become null and void as against the state of Ohio, and the lessee or grantee so in default, its successors or assigns, shall yield up the possession thereof to said board of trustees or its agent, and the same may thereupon be leased or granted, to any person, firm or corporation, upon the same conditions as are herein provided for in other For the relief of sufferers from fire at a public school in Collinwood, Ohio. WHEREAS, on the 4th day of March, 1908, over one hundred and sixty-five (165) school children lost their lives and scores of children were injured in a fire which broke out at Lake View school, Collinwood, Ohio. WHEREAS, the parents of most of the children losing their lives, or injured as aforesaid, are in destitute circumstances; Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio: SECTION I. That for purposes hereinafter stated there is hereby appropriated out of any moneys to the credit of the general revenue fund, not otherwise appropriated, the sum of twenty-five thousand ($25,000) dollars. SECTION 2. The governor of the state shall forthwith appoint a commission of three persons. which shall be known and designated as the "Collinwood school fire relief commission," and shall organize by electing one of their number as president and one of their number as secretary. SECTION 3. The Collinwood school fire relief commission shall meet at Collinwood, Ohio, within ten (10) days after its appointment, examine carefully the list of applications of needy sufferers from the said fire. SECTION 4. If said commission is satisfied that any applicant is a needy sufferer, as aforesaid, they shall issue an order to such applicant in such sum as they find needed, not to exceed $100 for each child so losing his or her life, or injured, to be paid out of the appropriation herein provided for and on the warrant of the auditor of state. SECTION 5. Said Collinwood school fire commission shall complete its labors within sixty days after its appointment and shall make a report of its work to the governor within ten (10) days thereafter. SECTION 6. The members of said commission shall receive no compensation for their services but, upon presentation of properly certified and itemized statements of necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties, the auditor of state shall issue a warrant for such necessary expenses to be paid out of the appropriation herein provided. JOSEPH D. CHAMBERLIAN, Speaker pro tem. of the House of Representatives. To change the name of the Institution for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb, and to extend the time which pupils may remain in said school. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio: SECTION I. That sections 659, 660 and 661 of the Revised Statutes and section I of an act entitled, "An act to provide for the education of the children in the state of Ohio, who are both blind and deaf," passed March 30, 1898, be amended to read as follows: Sec. 659. The state school for the deaf shall be open to receive such persons too deaf to be educated in the public schools, residents of the state, as the trustees and superintendent judge, from reliable information and examination, to be suitable persons to receive instruction, according to the methods therein employed; but no person shall be received under seven years of age or remain there longer than thirteen years; and no person shall be received who is addicted to immoral habits, or has any contagious or offensive disease. Sec. I. The state school for the deaf shall also be open to receive such blind and deaf children, residents of the state, as the trustees and superintendent judge, from reliable information and examination, to be suitable persons to receive instruction therein; and the superintendent is hereby authorized to employ a suitable teacher or teachers, and nurse or nurses, and to make all necessary arrangements for the instruction and care of such blind and deaf children as may be admitted. All rules and regulations which apply to the admittance and education of the deaf shall apply to the blind and deaf so far as the same are applicable, except the board of trustees may use their own discretion as to the age such deaf-blind may be received and the time they may remain as pupils. |