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Newspaper
Steubenville Herald
Location
Steubenville, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1912
Page
3
A plan requires a true copy of all laws or proposed laws and amendments, with arguments for and against, to be prepared and mailed to state electors. If approved, the amendment would take effect October 4, 1912 as part of the constitution.
The text states that each house may govern its proceedings, discipline members, and with two thirds consent expel a member for cause. It grants each branch power to secure information on proposed legislation, including compelling witness attendance and production of documents to investigate alleged misconduct by members.
Summary of a proposed constitutional amendment detailing legislative reading rules, single-subject requirement, governor’s veto process, and override thresholds. It explains passage, veto, and reconfirmation paths, including three-fifths overrides, and notes changes to post adjournment veto handling and appropriations veto. It contrasts current two-thirds requirements with the suggested three-fifths standard.
The proposed section allows laws to secure wages for mechanics laborers subcontractors and material men by a direct lien on the property they labored on or supplied materials for. It asserts no other constitutional provision shall limit this power and notes current supreme court decisions say the general assembly lacks power to pass an adequate mechanics lien law at present.
A constitutional amendment proposed to empower laws fixing hours and minimum wage and providing for employee welfare programs. It asserts such laws cannot be impaired by other constitutional provisions, enabling humane labor standards for men, women and children in line with modern industry.
The amendment proposes a state funded system for compensation to workmen and their dependents for death injury or occupational disease. It would establish compulsory employer contributions administered by the state with a board classifying occupations and setting fund rates. It would remove certain rights of action except where employer noncompliance harms safety protections.
The text describes state powers to promote forestry, protect streams and lakes, regulate water power, and form drainage and conservation districts. It allows tax exemptions for forestry areas, creating forest reserves from forfeited lands, and authorizing land acquisition for conservation. It also covers regulation of mining, weighing, measuring, and marketing coal oil gas and other minerals.
Article I section 87 limits a day’s work to one hour except in emergencies and sets a forty eight hour week for public work by state or sub divisions. The amendment follows a Ohio Supreme Court ruling declaring the eight hour law unconstitutional, originally enacted in 1904 by the general assembly.
The text describes Removal of Officials Article 1 Section 38 mandating that public officers be removed for moral turpitude or other lawful causes after complaint and hearing. It emphasizes this process is in addition to impeachment and existing constitutional methods.
Article TL Sec 39 proposes laws to regulate expert witnesses in criminal cases. It allows the general assembly to empower courts to appoint experts and to regulate the introduction of expert testimony in criminal proceedings.
The article explains Ohio legislative action to adopt a Torrens land title system. It outlines registering titles by court decree, issuing certificates, creating a guarantee fund, recording post registration events, issuing new certificates on transfers, and voluntary registration, clarifying it does not abolish the current recording system.
The proposed Ohio constitutional amendment sets rules for prisoner labor in penal institutions and reformatories. It prohibits inmates from working on trades where profits go to private entities and requires conspicuous “Prison Made” labeling for goods produced in prisons outside Ohio. It aims to remove private profit from inmate labor and allow employment for state and municipal needs while marking prison-made goods.
The governor may call the general assembly into a special session by proclamation stating its purpose only. No other business may be transacted unless named in the proclamation or in a later proclamation or message. The assembly may approve expenses and incidental matters. The amendment restricts scope to the stated or subsequently submitted business.
A historical state amendment outlines the judiciary structure with a supreme court, courts of appeals and common pleas, plus probate and other inferior courts. It details terms, appointment, jurisdiction, appellate districts, and procedures for certification, review, and final judgments across districts.
The text explains a proposed amendment to streamline appeals by creating a three judge court of appeals and making its judgments final in ordinary cases. It details changes to transfer paths from common pleas to circuit to supreme court, adds a supreme court chief justice, and outlines direct certification of cases from the court of appeals to the supreme court for final decision, modeled on the federal system.
The proposed changes outline adding twenty two common pleas judges state wide and require a resident judge in each county. It details election rules for judges in each county, probate court options, and potential combining probate with common pleas in smaller counties, plus assignments by the chief justice.
The text outlines that a competent number of justices of the peace shall be elected in townships until law changes, with terms of four years and duties defined by law. It prohibits JPs in townships where a non mayor’s municipal court exists and notes that adoption of related constitutional amendments could repeal or nullify these provisions, applying only to certain large cities.
The amendment authorizes laws for court conduct and contempt procedures. It restricts injunctions in labor disputes to protecting physical property and guarantees a jury trial for those charged with contempt.
Article V Sec 1 defines 21 year old citizens as voters with residency requirements and removes the words white male from the constitution. The aim is to grant women in the state voting rights on the same terms as men.
Chas Nolan died at his home on Friday at 7 30 a m aged 37 after a year of poor health and a week of serious illness from pneumonia complications. He was born in Bellaire and resided here. A glass worker at Acme glass works and LaBelle Iron Works, he played football for Acre and Butler Da teams and local baseball with Acme Mettenberger and Gazette. Survived by his mother two brothers and a sister, he was a Christian church member and respected neighbor.
Nelson Howard died at his sister Mrs J A Andersons home on inden avenue Friday at 1 55 am aged 62. He had been confined for two months with a complication of ailments after earlier injuries from an auto accident. Born in Burling, West Virginia, he lived here nine years. His first wife Estella Dayne died seven years ago. he married Elizabeth Hunter of Pittsburg last January. Surviving are four children from the first marriage Gertrude D Anna M Ethan and Willis Stanley Howard. three sisters Nancy J Howard Miss Virginia Howard and Mrs L A Anderson. one brother Samuel J of Grant county. He was Garfield building janitor for years and a member of Simpson M E Church Masons K P and O F. He was industrious and respected.
Rheas T. Williams, a well known Welsh resident, died Thursday morning after years of illness. He leaves a widow, three daughters, and no sons. Surviving are Mrs. Niles, William at home, Wm. Davis of Wheeling, Mrs. Solday of Steubenville, and Mrs. or Juinn of Martin's Ferry. He was a member of Plymouth, Pa. Judges Odd Fellows and K. of P. The funeral will be held Sunday afternoon with interment in Liverview cemetery.
I Sutton Murray was called to Jayton on Thursday night by the death of his sister Mrs Lucy Harper in her eighty year. She formerly resided here and was the wife of Rev C T Lewis deceased who was pastor of Simpson M E church.
Miss Eva C Laizure died at Méreyr Hospital Pittsburg on Thursday at 0 30 pm aged 20 years 8 months after a weeklong hospital stay for goitre. Daughter of Mr and Mrs Wesley Laizure of Lafferty Ohio she had lived here two years with her uncle W H Lafaure and was a member of the M E Church. Remains will be taken to Lafferty for interment.
In Brooke County at the old Follansbee field Jennings Oil Company completed its No 5 well on the Onabtan Walker farm. The well shows a luster in the Beréa sand as reported from the field.
The Uhrichsville Chronicle notes three Republican candidates, W. C. Hardesty for Representative, Judge Worley, and Carl A. Smith of Steuben, appear on the ticket for judges of common pleas court in this judicial sub division. The election is highly important this year and Smith and Worley are esteemed and expected to gain broad support for their legal ability and character.
The study ranks Ohio cities by average annual payroll per capita. Lorain leads at 165.77, followed by Steubenville at 143.06, East Liverpool 137.57, Mansfield 135.08, Akron 129.40, Canton 113.65, Dayton 106.80, Youngstown 90.09, Cleveland 85.71, Cincinnati 85.54, Springfield 85.00. Steubenville is shown as second in payrolls per person.
The undersigned William C. Brown is appointed administrator de bonis non of the estate of William Woods, deceased, in Steubenville township Jefferson County Ohio. Dated August 16.
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