The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-03-31
Legislative Summary.


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MARCH "a, 1859.
The Senate, yesterday, passed the follow
ing bills to authorize the city of Cleveland
! to appoint Inspectors Of provisions and other
articles to provide for the election Of town.
ship assessors and prescribing their dutIes |;
the House bill relating to jurors for the or.
goniEation and discipline of the Militia and
Volunteer Militia to organize and regulate
an independent militia !; to punish trespssses
on public and other lands to suthorize
County Commissioners to surrender free
turnpike roads in certsin cases /; 10 amend
the act of April IL, 1858, amendatory of the
previous law relative to roads and highways /;
to authorize the Commissioners of Henry
county to issue bonds to facilitate the com.
Pleton of the Muumee river bridge at Ma.
poleon to authorize the town council Of the
incorporated village of Delaware to borrow
money ; relating to the partition of real es.
tate held In common by religious societies /;
to repeal the act of April ;, 1856, further
cefinine the duties Of County Treasurers.
In the House the following bills were
passed: To authorize the incorporated vii.
lage of New Richmond, Clermont county, to
borrow money to erect a town hall to au.
thori2e the Commissioners Of Lucas county
to increase the tax levy for the purpose OF
meeting current expenses.
A bill was introduced TO extend the priV.
leges of gas companies.
The bill repeating the act to provide
against the evils resulting from the sale of
Intoxicating liquors, underwent considerable
discussion. A motion to indefinitely post.
pone was lost.
The bill to amend the poor lave go as to
require townships to support nonresident
pnuPers was defeated on it's passage.
MARCH IS, 1859.
The Senate, yesterday, passed the follow.
ing bils to amend sections 6, as, l5 and ~,
Of the act for the better regulation of the re.
ceipt and disbursement of the public revenue;
to amend the act of March IA, 1886, pruvid. |
ing for the recording of land patents to au.
thorizc county agricultural societies to sell |
fair grounds in certain cases to amend sec.
ton 80 OF the act of March 10, 1898, to reg.
ulate the fees of County Auditors ; to provide
for the removal of the seat Of justice of Per
~ county from the town of New Lexington
to the town of Somerset; to provide for
geological survey OF the State Of Ohio to
authorize County Commissioners to alter or
change the boundary lines OF election pre-.
,incts to provide for the semi-annual col.
lection OF taxes 10 authorize the Commis.
'ioners of Henry county to borrow money to
'ay the county debt to amend the 4th sec.
ion of the act to authorize the making of
cal estate indexes in certain counties to
rovide for the removal of distractions from
urnpike or plank roads.
The House bill restoring the canal con,
racts was Indefinitely postponed.
The following bills were introduced to =
uthorizc the Commissioners of Belmont {
ounty to loan certain money supplements. 4
to the act to enable trustees Of Colleges, !
cademies, Universities and other institu. :
ons for the promotion OF cducativn to be-
'me bodies corporate. 8
At the evening session of Wednesday the q
ouse bill to protect Gas Companies, and !,
"a bill limiting the operation of the act re-. -
allng the ten per cent law, were passed. m
he bill to dismember the city OF Cleveland b
IS defeated.
In the House the following bills were r' 81
ssed: To amend section two of the act to q,
lleVe the District Courts and to give great, tv
efficiency to the judicial system Of the II
ate to authorize the lessees of ministerial y
ction 80, and school section Is, in Homer II
"nsbip, Morgan county, to surrender their b
asses and receive deeds to prohibit the "
'mmissioners of Perry county from levyng :.
collecting any tax to repair or purchase n
e county buildings at Somer ct authoriz. b,
z the Commissioners Of Hamilton AMI st
ermoDt counties TO build bridge over the S'
tile Miamiriver at Symestown to provide n.
the sale of Ashbury Seminary ut Chagrin W
lis ; for the relst of Samuel Kctchuw,
easurer OF Coshocton county; providing y.
jury trials before justices of the peace. "a
The following bills were introduced 10
end the act Incorporating the Xenia Insur.
&C Company to amend the tenth section
the act Of the jurisdiction of Probate ~
urts.
MARCH 26, 1859. M
The oena,e, yesterday, passed the follow SO
bills to prevent the running at large OF G
inc ; requiring Township Clerks to give ne
Ids; to amend the law for the sale of W. W.
lool lands and the surrender of permanent fu
ses thereto relating to the Lewistown tn
servoir to authorize associations of Der ed
s for the Improvement of mineral lands ~ "