M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1859-01-27
LegisIatiYe Summary.

Nas defeated repeating tho law by
which inebriate husbands are preven.
tee to sell or dispose Of property ex-
Cmpt from execution, without the con-
sent of their wives. The bill repeal.
ing the ten per cent law was made the
special order for January 25th. Mr..
Garfield introduced a resolution
which was laid on the table directing
the appropriate Committee to report
bill to provide for the purchase or
procuring by donation, OF a farm on
which to erect suitable buildings for
the accommodation Of deafmutes, and
to require the parents or guardians of
children or wards in the institution to
defray part or all Of their expenses
in proportion pecuniary ability, and
authorizing the sale of the present site
of the Asylum for the Deaf and
Dumb.
In the House, the Senate bill ma.
king partial appropriations for the cur
rent year, bills authorizing the town
council Of Ashland and the commits
sioners Of Butler county to borrow
money, and the Senate bill relative to
the appropriation for the Northern
Ohio Lunaii3 Asylum were passed.
Mr.. Dawes bill to amend the indepen,
dent treasury act was Indefinitely
postponed. Bills relative to the saler.
les of judges, and the mechanics lien
act, were introduced. A series ofres.
olutions was adopted calling on the
Auditor OF State for information as to
the interference Of Judges of the Dis
trict Courts of the United States, with
the collection of bank taxes, and the
process by which the State has been
impeded in the collection of its rever.
nues, and also q statement Of the
amount due the State and unpaid by
banks, the amount refunded them un.
der the law of the previous legislature
and other facts in relation to the ques.
ton, which may be obtained by the
State Auditor. A resolution direct.
ing the suspension Of work upon the
new State House and the making Of
all contracts regarding the same by the
present Commissioners, were laid on
the table for discussion. A resolution
was adopted directing the Judiciary
Committee to enquire into the exped.
iency Of requiring railroads and canal
companies to establish pro rata tariffs
per mile for the transportation Of
treights on their respective lines
Statesman, Jan II.
The Senate yesterday passed the
bill authorizing the city of Akron to
buy an additional tax Tor School pur.
poses--the house bill authorizing the
issue Of one million dollars of prefer
ed stock to the Cincinnati, Whining.
ton and GAINESVILLE railroad--and a
bill amendtory Of the act for the pun
ishment Of crimes. Bills were intro.
duced and read the first time us FOL
lows: re-enacting the first section of
the act authorizing process against
steamboats, and other water craft by
namo--amending the road law
amendatory of the Civil Code to
amend the act forthc rcliefof the Dis.
trict Courts--to provide for the re.
newal and regulate the final payment
ofthe funded debt ofthe State. The
following gentlemenwere announced as
the committee on a revision OF the tax
laws of the State: MeSsrs. Phelps,
Hatch, Taylor, Langdon, Bucklaud,
Garfield and Westcoat.
In the House a resolution calling on
the acting State House Commits sion.
or for answers to sundry inter- ogator.
les, were laid on the table and order
cd to be printed. Suudry new bills
introduced and took their first read.
ing. A lengthy discussion was had
upon the bill reducing the salary Of
Supreme Judges to two thousand dol
lars per annum. Without finally dis.
posing ofthe bill the House al journed.
--&ateSman, Jan. u,
The Senate, yesterday, passed the
net prescribing the time when the Of
iicial term OF judges of the courts Of
Common Pleas shall begin. A reso.
luton was adopted authorizing the
printing Of 1900 copies of the Adiu.
tant Generals Report. A lengthy
discussion was had in Committee Of
the Whole on the bill to repeal that
provision oftho Civil Cod9 which au.
thorizes interested parties to testify in
suits at law.
In the House the bill was passed,
supplementary to the act ofFebruary
26, 1912, defining several duties of
Clerks, Sheriff's and Prosecuting At
torneys: Also the bill fixing compen-
sation ofCounty Commissioners. 1t
provides that County Commissioners
shall receive an allowance of two dol.
lars AMI fifty cents per day, and mile
age at the rate offive cents per mile
the per diem in counties having pop
ulation ofone hundred thousand ant
upwards is fixed at five dollars. The
House also passed with some amend