Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1866-04-06
OHIO LFGrsLATURE.

Z MARcA 2s, Senate.-The following bills
were passed /; Prohibiting unauthorized
D rsons from running hand cars on rail-
roads; Exempting the wages of heads of
families from execution; Requiring affida-
Wits preliminary to suits under the water
craft law; Authorizing the conveyance of
real estate by township truttees; and the
House bill for ihe relief of Joseph Gable.
Homse.--The following bills were passed ::
To provide for the erection ofschool houses
in sub districts, by local levies; Requiring
assessors to collect statistics of grape and
wine culture, and wool shorn; providing
for equalization of assessment of railroad
property for taxation.
MAR. 29.-Sendte.-The following bills
were passed: Authorizing associations of
persons for the purpose of safe keeping
and delivery of valuable packages and
property by means of fire and burglar
proof safes, to be incorporated: Author
liking the admission of colored lunatics
to Longview Asylum; recognizing the
Blind Asylums. '
H9aese.-The bill to refund to the sever
Il counties the Militia Communication fund,
amounting to $685. 1000, was passed, yeas
IA, nays 10.
The following bills were passed Amend
ing section II of the Poor law SO as to au-
thorize our director to act subject to the
ratification of the other two; Requiring
Assessors to make return of necessitous
soldiers families and the estimated amount
required for their relief; Authorizing hor-
tcultural societies, by a unanimous vote,
to levy assessme is upon their members;
Authorizing the Incorporation of an asso-
citation for the purpose of providing them
selves with houses; Prescribing the rates
of taxation three and four-tenths mills on
the grand duplicate, for all purposes, in
cluding general fund, State debt and com
mon schools.
MAR. 81. Senate.-Bills were passed as
o'lows: Senate bill fixing the legal rate
of interest at seven per cent; Senate Bill
to regulate foreign Insurance Companies;
House bill to give County Commissioners
power to level special road tax for four
years, commencing with 1865.
The Agr cultural College Bill was lost
on its passage. 1t lacked one vote of
constitutional majority.
House.-The following Bills passed =
Senator WI liamson's Bill to provide for
the incorporation of Boards of Trade and
Chambers of Commerce; Senate bill
amending the Nuisance Act so as to bring
the offal of fish and packing houses under
its provisions; Senate Bill repeating the
Soldiers Voting Law in Reference to city
and village elections; House Bill prohibit
ing any Stakeholder or Office of Express
or fast Freight Line from holding an Office
in Railroad Company.
An unusually large amount of miscel.
laneous business was transacted.
APRIL 2, ls66.--Many members Of
both Houses were absent to-day, having
gone home to vote, ST. that but little over
a quorum was present in either House;
consequently the business was confined
to unimportant routine business and the
consideration of a few bills, which had
little or no opposition.
Senate-In the Senate the further con-
sideration of the General appropriation
bill occupied much of the morning and
evening session in the Committee of the
Whole, and was gone through and report
ed to the Senate, with numerous amend
ments.
The Senate adopted a substitute to the
House bounty bill
Also, passed new bill to increase the
salary of the Clerk OF the Supreme Court.
Rouse-1n the House the vote passing
the bill to establish home for Ohio SOL
diers was referred to a select committee of
five.
Bills were passed making houses rented
for gambling purposes liable to fines and
penalties against their occupants, in the
same manner as houses rented for liquor
selling are liable for violations of the liq-
uor law.
Also, authorizing the levy of tax on
the petition for making free turnpikes, by
the County Commissioners.
Also, authorizing the cities of each
class therein named to levy a tax for
bridge purposes.
APRIL 8, Sepate.-In the Senate to-day
among other bills of less general interest
the following were passed: To amend
section Is of the civil code, the Object be-
ing to allow motion for discharge from
arrest to be made at any time before judg-
ment is rendered; also the House bill for
the protection OF school houses; also the
House bill to amend the act concerning
notari7s amended by the senate SO as to
allow notaries the same fees as justices of
peace receive; also House bill to authorize
township trustees to provide watering
places in their townships; also House bill
allowing horticultural societies to assess
their member five dollars per annum.
House.-In the House the followidg. be-
sides a number of local and less important
bills. were passed:
House bill to provide home for SOL
diers. 1t providds for the appointment of
five Commissioners by the Governor, to
hold Office one year, who shall appoint a
superintendent physician, steward, mat
ron, DC. All necessitious soldiers shall
be admitted; also, Senate bill to authorize
county commissioners to construct roads
on petition of majority of the resident
land owners along the line thereof, which |
is a law. -a -" t.aa'-
Resolutions were adopted, authorizing
the Governor to appoint a commissioner
to visit the battle-felds and cemeteries
where Ohio soldiers killed in battle are
buried, and report the number, place and
condition of the same.
AN INTERCEPTED LETTER OF THE
REBFL c. C. CLAW.
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