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OHIO LEGISLATUR E.

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'sEEArE-Bill to complete the Lev 'l''O"n
Reservoir was indefinitely postponed.
Bill to amend the Probate court act was ie
ported back with amendments, which we. re
agreed to, and the bill passed.
Bill to amend the 49th section of the Code,
passed. is to 4.
Bill to amend the act to prohibit the circula-
ton Of unauthorized bank paper, &c., was ia
ken up and was debated at some length
This is the bill that is designed to bring up
the Clinton Bank Of this city. The Senate
amended it so that the bARk has one year to
close its affairs, when it was passed yeas 2l
nays7.
The first business Of the Senate in the after
noon was, to reconsider the vote by which the
bill to lease the National Road was lost The
question then being on the passage Of the bill,
the vote was--yeas l8 nays ls. It's now the
law.
Joint resolution to print 1O, 900 copies of the
Report of the Ohio Stale Board Of Agriculture
ten per cent in German, was passed.
Bill authorizing Township Trustees to con-
struct water courses and locate bitches in GER
tain cases-passed This is now law.
Bill to regulate the fees ofclerks of courts
passed. 1t has yet to pass the House before
it becomes lav.,
Proposition to amend the Constitution by
striking ou! the word white was indefinitely
postponed.
HoUsE-An effort was made to reconsider
the vote by which the House refused to pass
the bill for the erection of new Deaf and
Dumb Asylum, but it failed.
On motion the House reconsdered the vote
by which it refused to pass the bill to permit
manufacturing companies to increase their cap
ital stock in certain cases.
Several gentleman spoke in favor of che bill
when it passed--yeas 66, nays IS.
Bill to provide Auditors of the several couu-
ties with Geigers tables for the calculation of
taxes, &C., was passed--yeas 66--nayS g.
1t now a law.
Bill to provide that the county commission
ers shall appoint county treasurers in case o
death or disability of that officer was read the
third time and passed--yeas 81, nays l2.
Bill requiring the majority of Railrosd Di
,rectors to reside in the State, and to have the
office on the line of their road-passed.
Bill to give cities ofthe second class the SAM
power for the construction of water works, a
cities of the first class-passed.
Bill to provide for the sale of the publ
works was reported back by Mr.. Newell an
after debate was ordered to be engrossed-
yeas IS, nays 80. 1t will be voted upon o
Friday but cannot pass both Houses at th
present session.
Bill to regulate the excavation ofcellars an
the foundations of buildings, Passed-66 t
12.
Bill to authorize cities aud villages to surren
der their corporate franchises was lost.
Bill TO authorize the payment of Sl,75 pc
day for extra days, for judges and clerks 0
election in districts casting over 500 votes,
the Auditor is satisfied that more than one da
is necessary for counting out the votes, DC,
was debated. and upon the vote being taken
was lost--2l to 40.
Bill to punish the adulteration oflquors an,
toprovide for the appointment of a competen
chemist to test the quality Of liquors, was re
ported back, and on the question ofits passage
the vote stosd-yeas SO, nays II.
This is Senate bill, and il they agree to
slight amendment it will be a law.
Bill to organize the Militia was reported bacl
with divers amendments, part Of which wer
agreed to.
The question being on ordering the bill t
be engrcssed it was lost-yeas %, nays 48.
Bill to give the public lands owned by tn
State of Ohio to actual settlers was debated.