thereby released will obey the law while at liberty, and that such parole is not incompatible with the welfare of society. The trustees shall have full power to enforce the rules and regulations, and to retake any such inmate so upon parole. and their written order certified by the superintendent shall be sufficient warrant for any officer named therein to authorize such officer to arrest said inmate and return him to said school; and it is hereby made the duty of all officers who may be named in such order to arrest and return to said school any paroled inmate named therein. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. GEORGE T. THOMAS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. President of the Senate. Passed February 29, 1904. Approved March 2, 1904. MYRON T. HERRICK, Governor. 13G Boys' industrial school: Transfer of inmates to Ohio state reformatory. [Senate Bill No. 13.] AN ACT To supplement section 761 of the Revised Statutes of Ohio by a Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio: Sec. 7610. The governor may, upon the written application of the superintendent of the boys' industrial school, when approved by the board of trustees, transfer to the Ohio state reformatory, any inmate of the boys' industrial school, who at the time of said transfer is more than sixteen years of age, and who was committed to said school for the commission of a crime punishable by imprisonment in said reformatory. And any person so transferred shall be received by the board of managers of said reformatory, and shall be governed by the same rules and regulations as if ceived by the board of managers of said reformatory, and tion of said crime. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. GEORGE T. THOMAS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. President of the Senate. Passed February 29, 1904. Approved March 2, 1904. MYRON T. HERRICK, Governor. [House Bill No. 15.] AN ACT To provide for the filing and docketing of vouchers on bills before being acted upon by the county commissioners or county infirmary directors. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio: Speaker of the House of Representatives. President of the Senate. Passed February 29, 1904. Fixing the rate of state taxes for the Ohio state university. Tax levy for university. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio: SECTION I. There shall be levied annually for the years 1904 and 1905 on each dollar of valuation of the tax- Ohio state able property of the state for the support of the Ohio state university, taxes to the amount of fifteen one-hundredths of a mill, said fund to be styled the "Ohio state university fund." The levy herein authorized shall be in lieu of, and not in addition to any other levy for said Ohio state university now authorized by law, and all acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. Appropriation for Ohio state university. [House Bill No. 229.] AN ACT To appropriate money for the temporary restoration and equipment of laboratories destroyed by fire at the Ohio state university February 19th, 1904. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio: SECTION I. That there be and is hereby appropriated out of any moneys coming into the state treasury to the credit of the general revenue fund, not otherwise appropriated the sum of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000.00) for the Ohio state university; said appropriation to be used for the temporary provision of laboratories and facilities and for materials lost by fire on February 19th, 1904. GEORGE T. THOMAS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. President of the Senate. Passed February 29, 1904. Approved March 2, 1904. MYRON T. HERRICK, Governor. 17G Township libraries: Question of establishment of public libra mitted to electors. [House Bill No. 172.] AN ACT To amend section 1476 of the Revised Statutes of Ohio, as amended May 10, 1902, authorizing the trustees of a township to establish and maintain a public library. I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio: SECTION 1. That section 1476 of the Revised Statutes of Ohio, as amended May 10th, 1902, be amended so as to read as follows: Sec. 1476. The trustees of any township, on the petition of twenty electors thereof, shall upon four weeks' public ry may be sub notice, published in some paper of general circulation in the county, submit to the electors of such township, at some general election in April or November, the question whether there shall be a public library established in such township for the use and benefit of the citizens thereof, and those voting at such election in favor of such library, shall put upon their ballots the words "public library-yes," and those voting thereat against such library, the words, "public library-no;" and if a majority of the electors voting at such election vote in favor thereof, the trustees aforesaid have authority, annually, to levy upon all the taxable property of such township a tax not exceeding one mill on the dollar valuation thereof to be applied to the establishment and maintenance of a library, as aforesaid, and the procuring of a suitable room or rooms for the same. SECTION 2. That said original section 1476, as amended May 10, 1902, be and the same is hereby repealed. GEORGE T. THOMAS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Repeals. Passed March 3, 1904. Approved March 3, 1904. MYRON T. HERRICK, Governor. 18G [House Bill No. 111.] AN ACT Making appropriations to pay the interest on the irreducible debt and expenses of the sinking fund commission. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio: for interest on SECTION I. That there be and is hereby appropriated Appropriations from any money that may be in the state treasury or that irreducible may come into the state treasury, belonging to the sinking fund, the following sums for the purposes herein named: debt. For interest on irreducible debt of the state, which constitutes the school, ministerial, indemnity fund, Ohio university, and Ohio state university funds, falling due January Ist, 1904, and January 1st, 1905, five hundred and seventy- Appropriations five thousand ($575,000) dollars; for payment of the office commissioners expenses of the commissioners of the sinking fund, five of the sinking hundred ($500.00) dollars. GEORGE T. THOMAS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. GEO. H. CHAMBERLAIN, for expenses of fund. Passed March 3, 1904. Approved March 4, 1904. MYRON T. HERRICK, Governor. Stationary engineers: License; how obtained. Who entitled out examina tion. [Senate Bill No. 11.] AN ACT To amend sections 6, 7, 8 and 9 of an act entitled "An act for the better protection of life and property against injury or damage resulting from the operation of steam engines and boilers by incompetent engineers and others, and to repeal an act therein named, passed March 1, 1900 (94 O. L., 33), as amended March 13, 1902 (95 O. L., 48) and April 30, 1902 (95 O. L., 333), and to repeal said original sections 6, 7, 8 and 9, as amended; and section 4364-89q of the Revised Statues of Ohio." Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio: SECTION I. That sections 6, 7, 8 and 9 of an act entitled, "An act for the better protection of life and property against injury or damage, resulting from the operation of steam engines and boilers by incompetent engineers and others, and to repeal an act therein named," passed March I, 1900 (94 O. L., 33), as amended March 13, 1902 (95 O. L., 48) and April 30, 1902 (95 O. L., 333), be amended so as to read as follows: (4364-899) Sec. 6. Any person who desires to act as a steam engineer shall make application to the district examiner of steam engineers for a license so to act, upon a blank furnished by the examiner, and shall successfully pass an examination upon the following subjects: the construction and operation of steam boilers, steam engines, and steam pumps, and also hydraulics, under such rules and regulations as may be adopted by the chief examiner, which rules and regulations, and standard of examination, shall be uniform throughout the state. If, upon such examination, the applicant is found proficient in said subjects a license shall be granted him to have charge of and operate stationary steam boilers and engines of the horse power named in this act. Such license shall continue in force for one year from the date the same is issued, provided, however, the district examiner may, upon written charges, after notice and hearing, revoke the license of any person guilty of fraud in passing the examination, or who has become insane or who is addicted to the liquor or drug habit to such a degree as to render him unfit to discharge the duties of steam engineer. (4364-89r) Sec. 7. Any person to whom a license is to license with issued under the provisions of this act shall upon application at the expiration of one year from the date thereof be entitled to a renewal thereof for one year, unless the district examiner of his district for the cause or causes set out in section 6 of this act, upon notice and hearing, should refuse such renewal. Fees, reports, etc. (4364-898) Sec. 8. The fee for examination of applicants for license shall be two dollars ($2), to be paid at the time of the application for examination, and two dollars, |