Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1860-02-23
Legislative Summary.
FRIDAY, Febuaty Il

The Senate worked away very busily to-
day and dispatched a goodly lot oi business.
a bill was passed to tax or ~licence dogs.
Mr.. Monros's bill, to appeal the act OF last
session, to prohibit any person huvivg u
visible admixlure Of African blood from w.
ting, after a discussion, was pissed, Messrs.
Monroe and Jones advocated the repeal.
and Me,srs. Harrison, Ferguson and Moore
opposed it.
The House, Immediately after assembling
this m ,rning. took up the bill to suspend the
school library tax, with an amendment PEN
ding to repeal the tax-when n further
amendment wasoffered, proposing to place
the question of a library tax at the disposal
ei the local Boards of Educ alton. These
three questions were fully discussed in their
relative bearings; until the House took a re-
cess. Several efforts were made to come
to a vote, and the previous question was
twice demanded, but failed. In the after.
noon the discussion was resumed ond con.
tinucd till evening, when the amendment
repeating the tax was adopted-yeas 4S,
nays 46. The bill was then ordered to be
engrossed-yeas 4S, nays 40. And it was
put on its passage, on Wednesday next.
-Nntice was given of a bill to .amend
the School law SO as to provide for a Libra
ry tax by the local Boards Of Education.
A bill was introduced fixing the fees Of
county officers, and graduating the fees be-
low the present rates.
SATURDAY. Feb. 10.
The Senate received and referred some
six vr seven memorials. Six bills we're
read a second time and referred. The lead
ing feature Of the morning business was the
discussion Of a resolution TO print 20, 900
copies of the Agricultural Reports of 1889
and 1860, which was adopted-testticting
the matter in the volumes TO Agricultural
Reports only. A bill was introduced to
reorganizs the management Of the pcniten.
tiary. Sundrv reports Of committees were
mode and ucted upon. Several Joint resolu-
.ions were referred to the committee Of the
Whole. The joint resolutions providing for
adjournment, was laid on the table and made
the special order for Thursday next. The
joint resolution relative to the amendment
Of the Constitut ion 50 as to allow liquor
licenses 10 be granted, was discussed in com
mittee Of the Whole, as were several bills
relating to jurors in criminal cas- cs; and the
fees of ~jailors.
The House received tive I've memorials
and sent them to the proper committees
all upon the general subjects. Twelve
bills that had passed the Senate were read
the first time; and then the entire batch
read a secoud time, by their titles, and re-
ferred to the several appropriate committee.
The House concurred in u Senate amend
mcnt to the bill to regulate the responsible.
~ Of Inn keepers. The House bill to re-
p a. he act of 1884, in relation to fugitives
from justice, came buck from the Senate,
amended so as to allow the rendition only
Of i~ugitives charged with offences know n
IA crimes under the laws OF this State
when it WAS referred. A resolution was la.
troduced memoralizing Congress in relation
to the Dam at Black Rock, New York.
Eighteen House bills we're road u second
time and referred. Notices were given OF in
ten,ion TO introduce bills: To amend sec.
ton 81 of the school law; To amend Sec
tons Al and 46 of the saine; and in rotation
to County Trrusurers. Bills were in,ro.
duced: To creute District Boards of E1uali-
cation; To prevent an overcharge of land
taxes; Relating to Coronerr; For relief OF
Alice Mahoney; To provide for distric,in.
the State for Legislators; To prevent set.
ting on foot military expeditions against
other States; and to authorize the village of
Eaton to borrow money. The House re-
fused to take up Mr.. Hutcheson's resolution
a2ologizing to Virginia for the Harper's
Ferry affair. Several bills were reported
back from committees, and ordered to be
engrossed and put ON their passage next
week.
MONDAY, Febu,ry 90,