The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1857-01-29
LEGISLATIVE ITEMS.

LEGISLATIVE ITEMS.
The bill which passed the Senate in
creasing the salaries Of Supreme and
Common Pleas Judges, was debated in
the House on the 2Gth. There is very
little prospect of its passage.
In the Senate. resolution introduced
by Mr.. Brszee, instructing the Commit
tee on Currency to bring in bill to re-
duce the legal rate Of interest below ten
per cent, was tabled.
The bill reported by Mr.. Griswold frcm
the Judiciary Committee, amending the
act concerning divorce and alimony, pro
vides that cases in divorce may be heard
at the expiration of sixty days from the
time of fling the petition, though filed
within less than sixty days of the COM
mencement Of the term of Court, and au-
thorizes appeals in cases where the petit
ton is dismissed, in cases for almonv
alone, and in cases brought by the wife to
enjoin her husband from squandering her
property.
The bill reported by Mr.. Griswold from
the same committee, for the relief of pur-
chasers at tax sales, provides that pur-
chasers at tax sales, where their title fails,
because of defects in the sale, shall not be
elected by the owner, without his refund
ing to the purchaser the amount of taxes
paid and interest.
1t is thought Mr.. Matthew's bill to pre-
vent vexatious litigation, will pass the
Senate.
The Annual Report of the Quarter
Master General, Alex E. Glenn, fer the
year 1876, is a striking commentary on
the run down condition OF the Militia
System in Ohio.
Many petitions have been presented,
| among them one in the House from the
Yearly Meeting of Friends, in Belmont
county, praying for the abolition of capi-
tai punishment. 1t was referred to Sc
lect committee of seven A motion to in
struct the committee to report bill fa
vorable to the prayer Of the memorial was
lost, yeas 13, nays g.
Mr.. Mygatt, gave notice of bill to
prohibit the killing Of birds and game at
certain seasons of the year, and Mr..
Townsend, of Trumbull, bill to amend
the gambling acts SO as to imprison from
ten to thirty days, as well as fine for the
offence.
The Senate summarily killed the House
bill to increase the pay of jurors to ST. 80
per day, by striking out all after the en-
acting clause.
The Senate has instructed its Judiciary
Committee to inquire into the propriety OF
so amending existing laws as to give Jus
tees of the Peace jurisdiction in all ac-
tons in replevin, and where an order of
attachment is required; where the amount
claimed does not exceed $500 Also, to
inquire whether there is any law in this
State against compounding felony, and
if there is no such law, whether it is expe
| dient to enact one.
Mr.. Mathews, of Hamilton, has intro
duced a bill to regulate assignments by
failing debtors for the benefit of or editors
The BILLS an important one, and the
chief aims is to require assignees of in
solvent debtors to administer the trusts of
the assignment under the eye of the Pro
bate Court, in manner similar to that pro
vided for the regulation of the conduct OF
administrators and executors of estates of
deceased persons.
Mr.. Hutcheson, of Madison, has intro
duced into the House resolutions express
sive of the sympathy of the people of Ohio
with Switzerland in her contest with
Prussia. Laid over to be printed. - Cleue
Her.