Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1860-01-25
Columbus Correspondence.
CoLUNDUs, Jan. 2lst, lSc0.


CoLUNDUs, Jan. 2lst, lSc0.
Dear CKronice:-The business of the
Session may now be regarded as fairly under
way. 1t is q little remarkable that there
seems to be a necessity for making about
Rcertaiu number of laws every year. Near
ly two hundred bills have been introduced
into the two houses. and each man who has
introduced a bill is perfectly sure that the
country is greatly in need Of it. In the
Senate the Judiciary Committee has made
sad havoc among the bills referred to them,
recommending the indefinite postpone
ment" Of fully nine out of ten. Some men,
bcrs are a little inclined to complain, and
have dubbed the Committee the Slaughter
house" but the majority are satisfied that
the true interests of the State are regarded
when the greater part of the bills introduced,
arc thus summarily disposed of.
A bill introduced by Mr.. Baldwin of
Mahoning, to remove the necessity of the
County Auditors sending to the Auditor of
State full copies of the County duplicate
in certain eases, and substituting therefore
an abstract of the duplicate merely, has
passed both branches, and is now a law
It's thought that a considerable saving Will
be effected by it.
The Senate las passed a bill to repeal
the law providing for the publication of the
laws IN country newspapers, by 4 very de-
cidcd vote. 1t was shown by statistics that
an annual expense of about fifty thousand
dollars has been made by this publication,
and the testimony was overwhelming that
10 proportional good is derived from it
Another law provides for the publication Of
the laws in an English and i German paper,
Cd which four copies are sent TO the princ;-
pal officers Of each county, thus putting the
laws within the reach of those who may
wish to inquire for them before the bound
volume Of laws is issued ami distributed.
1t was also clearly shown that in Z large
portion of the State. the publication has
dragged its slow length along" through
the whole year. although the bound vol
umcs were in the hands If every Justice OF
the Peace and Constable, and in some coun-
ties they arc ereas not0 publishing the laws
of the last legislature.
These considerations were sufficiently
conclusive to MIX the vote for the repeal
almost unanimous in the Senate, and it
now awaits its fate IN the House. There
3 is some talk of introducing a bill to pro-
vide for the publication in the country pa
pers, of a very few of the most important
ofthe general laws.
The Senate has under consideration 4
stringent Dog law, to protect wool growers,
1~tproyides that every dog shall be licensed,
and wear a collar with his owners name
and the word .'lreenseT' upon it-that the
license shall cost orc dollar per year, and
any person may kill, and marshals and
iz ecRstables shall kill. any unlicensed and
uneollarcd dog. The fund arising from
the licenses, and fues provided for in the
bill, is to be applied to the payment for
the loss of sheep killed by dogs, in cases
where the loss cannot be collected out OF
= the owners Of the dogs.
sT Some objections to the constitutionality
of the fund" have been raised, and that
feature may be modified; but the fact that
about $4,000 worth of sheep were des-
troyed last year in this State. IS an argu-
ment which viii secure the passage of some
pretty thorough act
An act has passed both houses, amenda-
tory to a former one providing for the re-
moval Of causes from Courts Of Common
Pleas and District Courts, to other coun-
ties and Districts, in cases where judges
are interested in the case.
Also:an act to provide for the %revivor,
IN the Court of Common Pleas, of Judg-
ments originally rendered before Justices
of the Peace, and which have been filed in
the Court Of Common Pleas to obtain a
lien on land. and have there become dor
mant through lapse Of time or death of one
Of the parties,
The Legislature to-day resolved to invite
the Legislatures of Kentucky and Tcnnes-
zee to visit Columbus next week. The
Legislatures Of those two States arc to be
IN Cincinnati on Thursday next, on the o.
casion Of the opening Of a new Rail Road.
and it was thought there was q fit opportC-
aiity to promote good feeling and cordiality
by inviting them to visit cur scat of Gov
-ernment. Little objection was made to TIE
rendering OF good wishes and to the effort
I opromote good feeling. but when it was
stated that such festivities had usually re-
suited in a general druuk." and that five
thousand dollars would be needed to pay
the expenses. there was a warm opposition
manifested by the Northern members
The resolution passed by vote of II to -
IN the Senate; the thirteen being all Re-
publicans, all the Democrats uniting with
y few Republicans to carry the measure. l
believe that sons Of those whose patriot
ism gIowed so brightly that they were in
duced to vote for the resolution. viii see
cause to regret their vote, if the invitation
rs accepted.
Hurry of business has prevented my wri-
ting as early in the week as usual, and has
forced me to omit some matters Of interest
c.
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