The biographical annals of Ohio, A handbook of the government and institutions of the state of Ohio . last-mentioned law was repealed, and a new lawenacted changing the membership of the ^State School Book Boiard tothe GoVernoT and Seoretairy of State with the State CiO^mmissioner of Com-mon Schools las secretary. The principal pirovisions of the former lawwere retained, with further provisions in regard to publication, of textbooks by the state and a reduction in the maximum price to seventy-fivepercent of the wholesale list price. The law mow in foirce was piaissed April22, 1896, making the
The biographical annals of Ohio, A handbook of the government and institutions of the state of Ohio . last-mentioned law was repealed, and a new lawenacted changing the membership of the ^State School Book Boiard tothe GoVernoT and Seoretairy of State with the State CiO^mmissioner of Com-mon Schools las secretary. The principal pirovisions of the former lawwere retained, with further provisions in regard to publication, of textbooks by the state and a reduction in the maximum price to seventy-fivepercent of the wholesale list price. The law mow in foirce was piaissed April22, 1896, making the State Commissioner of Common Schooik a memberof the State Schoiol Boiok Coimmission together with the Governor andSecreta,ry of State. The main provisions^ of the foTmea* law were retained,the method of enfoircing the law and carrying the same into effect beingsimplified. Under this law the schools of Ohio aire provided with good text booksat a reasonable price and boiairds of education have the power of providingfree text bookig if they so desire. THE COMMISSIOlSrER OF RAILROADS AN^D M R. J. -C. MORRIS, Commiasioner otf Riailroiads aind Tfeleigraphs,wais boirn in Yo^ungstioiwui, Ohio^ Augrust 18, 1856, aind was edu-cated in the public sidioiols of that city. But while yet a bay hesecured employment in a local grocery stioire and continued in that em-ploi3rment until his nineteenth year, when he began railroading. His firstemployment was as a brakeman. Thfen he became baggagemasteT. Fromthis he was p,romoted to the poisition of conductocr of a^ freight a number of years seryice in this capacity he became general yard-master, remaining in that piosition until he isecured a passenger train, whichhe continued to run as its conductor until he was appiointed Chief In-spector in the office of the State Commissioner of Railroadia and Tele-graphs, faithfully performing the duties of this appointmient until the 16thday of March, 1901, at which timie he was appoi
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