The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1859-03-09
Legislative Summary.

The Senate, yesterday, passed the House
bill, with amendments, to authorize courts to
give effect to the intention of parties and
officers by curing defects, omissions and errors.
The following bills were introduced: To
amend the act regulating the publication of
Ohio Reports, to amend the second section of
the act to provide for the uniform government
and regulation of the Lunatic Asylums of the
State and for the cure of idiots and the
insane; and to authorize associations of persons
for the improvement of mineral lands or mines
in the State, to become bodies corporate
Considerable discussion was had in Committee
of the Whole upon the bill, explanatory of the
act repeating the ten per cent. law.
A resolution was adopted, directing the Com
mittee on the Penitentiary to enquire into the
expediency of erecting a new penitentiary in
the southern part of the State.
A communication was received from the
Board of Public Works, asking for appropri-
atoms for expenses of repairs for the present
year.
In the House the bill was passed authorizing
Vestry men of the Episcopal Church in this
State to become trustees.
The Committee of the Whole were engaged
in the discussion of Mr.. LEETE's bill to prevent
usury and to fix the minimum ratio of interest
on money and property
The following bills were introduced: to create
a Board of Police Commissioner in Cincinnati;
to create a uniform standard of certain weights
and measures, and to authorize the town of
Massillon to borrow money to pay for the cree
ton of water works.-Stotesman, March 1.
In the Senate, yesterday, a bill was introdu-
ced to amend the LIST section of the act for the
organization of cities and villages; also a bill
to change the territorial limits of the city of
Cleveland.
The following bills were passed. to amend
the act authorizing the Commissioners of
Hamilton county to surrender the Lower River
Road to the creditors and bondholders thereof;
and the House bills authorizing courts to order
the publication of abstracts of legal advertise
ments; authorizing the trustees of Boston town
ship, in Summit county. to levy a tax; and to
fix the compensation of county commissioners
In the House, the following bills were intro
duced: Fixing the time of holding Courts in
the Scioto, Lawrence and Vmton Subdivision;
to authorize the Board of Education of the vii
Iage of Malta to borrow money for school house
purposes; and to aid in the detection of the au-
thors of libelous publications, and to compel
the publishers of newspapers to disclose the
real name of the author of any libelous COM
munication.
The bill ~amedning section 313 of the Civil
Code, was indefinitely postponed.
The bill providing for recording mortgages
and bills of sale of personal property, was de-
feated on its final passage.
The following bills were passed: To amend
the act to amend the several acts incorporating
fire insurance companies in this State; for the
relief of GRANDSON NEWELL; supplementary
to the act to provide for the organization OF
cities and incorporated villages; authorizing
county commissioners to fill vacancies in the
Office of coroner; the bills authorizing county
commissioners to fill vacancies in the Office OF
coroner; the bills authorizing the council Of
the village of Delaware and the Board Of
i Education of Jefferson, Mercer county, to Dor
row money; and the bill authorizing the Board
of Education of Delphos to convey a certain
lot of land.-StateSman, March 2. I.
In the Senate, yesterday, a bill was intro
cuced to authorize the Commissioner of Hamil
ton county to contract for the building of
roadway or bridge for public use, across Mil
/ Greek in said county.
Mr.. SLADE introduced a resolution providing
for submitting to a vote of the people, al
amendment to the constitution authorizins
regular annual sessions of the General Assembly
and the same was referred to a select committee
of five.
The following bills were passed: to amend
section two of the act to relieve the District
Courts and to give greater efficiency to the
4 Judicial system of the State, passed April II
1858; and the House bills to protect gas
companies; to amend section AIS Of the Civil
| Code; and to provide for taxing in cost bills
Il the expense of proeuripg transcripts and records