The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1859-01-27
HOUSE OF RssRgsEN ATIVgs, I

HOUSE OF RR?RESEN ATINES, [
COLuABUs Jun. ID, 1893. !
Mn. EplroR II promised in my last that |
would not burden you with such lengthy epis-
ties, snj shall try in this one to conform to my
promise | had almost concluded to quit entrs-
y, from the fact that any legislative news |
msy give you becomes stale anil unjn,erc>tin4
before it reaches you. /, is unacc"unt4ble, why
Isttsrs should be from three to six days on their
way when person csn leave Columbus in the
afternoon aud arrive ut ysur place in eevem
hoJrs, unl be de tanned some three or four Oh the
way.
The House has been occupied during the week
wilh the usual business, aud the number OF bills
now before the House is three hundred and fifty
and upwards OF two hundred in the S-natr and
but lew have been disposed Of. The resolution
10 adjourn on he third Of March weG taken
from the table, An amendment was offered to
change it to the lOth OF February and passed,
nearly every Republican voting for it.. In The
S.uate it was laid upon The .sble by majority
Of one.
The House passed bill remunerhtng David
C.. Doane for Grape Island in the Mium"e Riv.
er, giving him six hundred sni thlrIy-tive dol
lars.
The Ditch Bill, in which your people are more
particularly interested, is still dragging slowly
slonS in the S'nale. Some objections were
made 10 it IN the committee Of the whole and it
was referred TO a select committee of five, with
Mr.. Wrstcott for chairman. 1t will probably
pass with some amendments.
The bill to repeal the ten per cent, law, which
was killed dead Us supposed, has been. again
rcsusci ated by rGConSldera tion and So ameHdrd
IS to leave the interest at per cent, merely
repealing the law An able speech from The
gentleman from Franklin was mad in its favor
!ssIiHg some three hours. Ii is made the sps.
oisl order far "Wednesday next, and lis friends
are confident OF it's pass lgc.
But few people are aware Of the am0unt Of
money required to keep things moving in this
great Stale OF ours. Take for instance the Lu.
uatc AsyIumS ot the State. The Notthrrn
located al \ wburg, dni TO which our district
belongs, has on average abOuI on- hundred
ana sny.fve patients aud requires an annual
appropriation Of from twenty eight to thirty
thousand dollars The Southern, located at
Dayton, accommodates the same number and
requires he same smOunl. The Central, at CO.
lumhus, has on an avGriga two hundred aud
fEty-tive and requir,s yearly appropria ton OF
some ti,ty-six thous nj dollars, and they ask
something over five thousand dollars for repairs
making all aggregate OF near one hundred an
ten thousand dollars a year, aud still not one
"H' W. '''- i'i'uHE u'1 J'p'I'S' " IA ny II
county in the Stat, but has from one to i've in.
durable cases confined in th'ir countY jail at
the expsnse of th- county. Aside from thpsr
Stale institutions, ltmilon county has one Of
her own, that accommodates about the sama
number, resolution was offered by Mr Par.
sons, That the committee on Benevolent Insli
tutions be instructed to report some plan by
which the incurable insane shall be permsnently
provided for by the State at the general exp'nse."
This shoald be done.
The Daa( AMI Dlmb, Blind. an IloIir, rr-
quire an annual appropriation of some fifty
thousand dollars end accommodate near three
hundred pupils. The expense compared with
the benefits derived to those who are so un'ur-
tunatc is but trihng, aud no member Of the
Genera! Asse nbly. after visiting th-s' institu.
tions ever wi,hhoIds his vote for their liberal
support. In my next | will say something OF
tn" Reform School located near Lancaster in
this State, end which is now in successful opera
ton, but am reminded Of my promise in the
com mencement, and will close
Truly yours, p.