The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1865-02-23
REPORT ON LIQUOR LAWS.


In the Senate, on the 10th, Mr..
Gunckel, from the Judiciary Commit
tee, in response to nun erous petitions
regarding the liquor law, reported
that the present laws, if properly en-
forced, are entirely adequate "to pro-
vide against the evils resulting from
the sale of intoxicating liquors" The
efficiency Of the act applying only to
election days is ascribed to the uni
versatility of its enforcement through
out the State. The report Of the com
mittee was concurred in by the SEN
ate. .
The following bill was introduced ::
By Mr.. Bradbury--To provide for
the election, by the qualified voters Of
the State, at the October election, of a
Clerk of the Supreme Court, whose
term Of Office shall be for three years,
with fees and salary not exceeding
two thousand dollars per annum.
PAY OF LEGISLATORS.
The Committee on Judiciary re
ported substitute for Mr.. Harrison 8
bill to fix the compensation of mom-
bcrs Of the General Assembly. The
substitute, which fixes the annual sal
ary of Legislators at four hundred dol
lars, was laid on the table to be printed
| A resolution was adopted for sine
die adjournment on Thursday, March
10th. ....g .r......
Mr.. Converse introduced q bill
which was read three times and passed, =,
supplementary TO the bounty law Of
last session. 1t provides that money,
not exceeding an amount allowed by
law, advanced to pay recruits from
any city, before ordinance authori-
zing bountics was duly passed, may
be refunded in any case where such
ordinances shall have been subsequent.
| Iy passed. a....
In the House, on tho 18th, Mr.. Re.
Der introduced in the House, a bill re-
quiring legal advertisements to be
published in the paper Of the proper
county having the largest circulation.
On the 18th, in the House, bill
was introd uced by Mr.. Bradbury ma
king appropriations Tor the payment
of damages growing out Of the Morgan
raid through Ohio in the year 1868.
The amount proposed to be appropri-
atcd by the bill is; for property APP
propriated by tho Union forces, and
property taken by tho rebels, and re.
captured and used by the Union for
ccs, tho sum Of S16S,6O9; for proper,
ty captured, damaged and destroyed
by the rebels, the sum of 407,6lG-
Section 2 Of this bill provides that
tho official report of the Morgan Raid
Commissioners, filed with the Cover
nor of tho State, shall be taken and
held to be sufficient evidence of tho
amount allowed, and of tho parties to
whom the salnc may be due" a.'
TAXATION OF FEDERAL BONDS.
Mr.. Lind offered the following reso-
luton, which, on his motion, wasre-
icrrcd to the Committee on Finance
WHEREAS, The Congress of the Uni
ted States has, by previous legislation,
exempted all Government bonds from
national and State taxation, and the
present Congress proposes to issue
moro Government bonds and exempt
them from taxation, thereby causing
tho heavy burden Of taxation to be
borne by the agricultural, mechanical
and laboring classes Of citizens Of the
United States, therefore, .....
"ReSoircd, By the General Assembly
Of the State Of Ohio, That our Soma,
tors in Congress be instructed, and our
Representatives requested, to use their
influence to have the law so amended
that all Government bonds pay their
just proportion of Government and
State tax. .. ..... ..
&" Rcsolced That tho Governor be
requested to forward copies of these
resolutions and preamble to each Of
our Senators and Representatives in