THE STATE OF OHIO LEGISLATIVE ACTS PASSED (EXCEPTING APPROPRIATION LAWS) AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY THE EIGHTY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF OHIO At Its Regular Session BEGUN AND HELD IN THE CITY OF COLUMBUS, Also the Times for Holding the Courts of Appeals, VOLUME CXII COLUMBUS, OHIO. THE F. J. HEER PRINTING CO., 1927 Bound at the State Bindery The Eighty-seventh General Assembly of Ohio convened at Columbus, Ohio, on January 3rd, 1927, and adjourned May 31st, 1927. This volume contains all the enactments and resolutions passed at this session with the exception of the appropriation bills, which under Section 2278 of the General Code, as amended by the Eighty-fifth General Assembly of Ohio, are now presented in a separate volume under the title of "Appropriation Acts Passed by the Eighty-seventh General Assembly of Ohio". We also include House Bill No. 527, enacted by the Eightysixth General Assembly at its special session of January 15th, 1926. Due to the date of the passage of this law it was not included in Ohio Laws, Vol. III. Respectfully submitted, Columbus, Ohio, July 19th, 1927. CLARENCE J. BROWN, GENERAL LAWS (House Bill No. 10) AN ACT To amend section 5979 of the General Code, providing for the Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio: SECTION 1. That section 5979 of the General Code be amended to read as follows: Eastern standard time. Sec. 5979. The standard of time throughout this state shall be that of the seventy-fifth meridian of longitude west from Greenwich and shall be known as "eastern standard time". Courts, banks, public offices, and legal official proceedings shall be regulated thereby; and when, by a law, rule, order or process of any authority, created by or pursuant to law, an act must be performed at or within a prescribed time, it shall be so performed according to such standard of time. All clocks maintained in or upon public buildings shall be set and run according to the provisions of this act. Repeal. SECTION 2. That said existing section 5979 of the General Code be and the same is hereby repealed. O. C. GRAY, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Passed February 15, 1927. EARL D. BLOOM, President of the Senate. VIC DONAHEY, The section number herein is in conformity to the general Code. Governor. EDWARD C. TURNER, Filed in the office of the Secretary of State at Columbus, Ohio, on the 8th day of March, A. D. 1927. iB CLARENCE J. BROWN, Secretary of State. (House Bill No. 32) AN ACT To provide for performance of duties of probate judge after the Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio: SECTION 1. That section 1592 of the General Code be amended to read as follows: Common pleas judge acting as probate judge; when; compensation. Sec. 1592. When the probate judge of any county is absent therefrom or is unable to attend court, he may call upon judge of the common pleas court having jurisdiction in said county to act in his place. In the event no such common pleas judge is available for said purpose, the chief justice of the supreme court of Ohio shall designate a common pleas court judge to act in the place of such probate judge. In the event the probate judge of any county die during his term of office, a common pleas judge of said county shall act in the place of said deceased probate judge until his successor is appointed. When a common pleas judge so designated resides outside the county in which he is called upon to act, he shall receive such compensation for his services as is provided for common pleas judges designated by the chief justice to hold court. outside their respective counties. The record of such cases shall be made and preserved in the proper records of the probate court by the deputy clerk thereof. Repeal. SECTION 2. That existing section 1592 of the General Code be, and the same is hereby repealed. The sectional number herein is in conformity to the General Code. Governor. EDWARD C. TURNER, Filed in the office of the Secretary of State at Columbus, Ohio, on the 8th day of March, A. D. 1927. 2B (House Bill No. 35) AN ACT To amend section 1558 of the General Code by providing for the Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio: SECTION I. That section 1558 of the General Code be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: Judges common pleas court may designate chief justice; powers and duties; term of office. Sec. 1558. In each county having more than two common pleas judges, said judges may designate one of their number chief justice, who shall continue as such chief justice until the end of his term, whereupon a successor may be chosen. The chief justice of the common pleas court shall have the general superintendence of the business of the court, and shall classify and distribute it among the judges. In January of each year, he shall file a complete annual report with the clerk of the court, covering the preceding calendar year, which report shall show the work performed by the court and by each of the judges thereof, the number of days and hours of attendance in court, of each judge, and such other data as the chief justice of the supreme court may require and a copy of said report shall be transmitted by the clerk of the court to the chief justice of the supreme court, and another copy shall be filed by him with the secretary of state. Copies of such annual reports shall be printed for free distribution. The judges of said common pleas court shall meet at least once in each month and at such other times as the chief justice may require, and shall prescribe rules regulating the docketing and hearing of causes, motions and demurrers and such other matters as are necessary for the advancement of justice and prevention of delay, and for the government of the officers of the court, not inconsistent with general laws. Each common pleas judge of a court having a chief justice shall, at least once each month, make a report in writing, to the chief justice of said court, of the duties performed by him, in such manner and form as said chief justice may require. |