The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1868-04-10
LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY.

We take the following Legislative
abstract from the State Journal.
The bill providing for constructing
drains and water courses was passed.
The bill authorizing the sale of lands |
in Washington township, Montgom-
cry county, was passed. The follow
ing bills were introduced: TO amend
the act exempting homcsteads from
execution TO the act of 1867, rela-
tive to the construction of roads on
petition; concerning suspended rail
roads: TO authorize the commission
ers of the county in which the A Agri- |
cultural and Mechanical colleges of
the State may be located TO provide
lands and buildings for said colleges. |
The bill TO amend the law of 1886 to
provide for the partition of real es- !,
tate was indefinitely postponed also
the bill TO enable mutual insurance
companies TO become joint stock CON-
panies. A resolution was adopted
requesting the Secretary of State to
take for the basis OF the Tabular
Statement of the vote called for by
the Senate, the votes for candidates
for member of the Board Of Public
Works. The Senate joint resolu tion
providing for SINE die adjourn ment
of the present session was taken from
the table and referred to the Commit
tee on Federal Relations. The bill
providing for the election of q judge
in the 9TH Judicial District was pass
ed The bill to authorize the sale Of
the Walhonding Canal was passed.
The House refused to take up, on
motion of Mr. Scott, of Warren( Rep. }
the House joint resolution in relation
to the Interpretation of the soldiers
relief fund. The bill to authorize
Cincinnati to issue bonds for the erec-
ton of waiter works was amended,
and passed q second time. A bill
was introduced to prevent the use of
the names of saving societies and
savings banks by unauthorized per-
sons also, bill to authorize the
trustees Of Hanover township, Darke
county, to use money levied to pay
bounties, for the purpose of building
township hail !; also to further pre-
scribe the duties of sheriffs and coro-
ners also to amend the act of 1858
to divide townships into election
precincts also to amend the act of
lS4l to preserve the purity of elec-
tiOns; also, two other bills on this
subject; also, to amend the act of
1858 for the organization of cities and
villages supplementary to the act to
lappoint commissioners to examine
the Morgan raid claims. A bill was
introduced to exempt personal earn.
ings application to the payment of
debts in certain cases also to auth
orize tax in Clark township, Brown
county, to pay money borrowed to
pay bounties; to provide against OBJ
structing the navigable waters Of the
State. A bill was introduced to re-
instate certain discharged Penitenti-
ary convicts in the right of citizen
ship. A resolution was adopted to
adjourn over from the Sd to the 9TH
inst. A resolution was offered, but
laid over for discussion, requiring
the Speaker to furnish the names o:
all who voted for it, with a view of
stopping their per diems.
SENATE.
COLUMBUS. April I'm the Senate
to day, communication was receiv-
ed from the Secretary to State, Civ
ing the vote on the Constitutional
Amendment, as compared with that
for Member of Public Works. The
footings are as follows: Member of
the Board of Public Works, 4S4 ,4T3 :;
for the Amendment, 2l6, ,9S7-- differ
ence, 267 ,4S6. The majorities for
the Amendment foot up 20,376 );
against, II, ,015--- difference in favor
of the latter, 50.499. The vote on
Member of the Board of Public
Works is 221 more than on Cover
nor, and higher than on any of the
other officers.
HOUSE.
In the House, q resolution was
adopted, by 90 10 81, directing the
Governor to fire one hundred guns
to- morrow morning over the Con-
nectlcut election, and fifty guns over
the defeat of the Michigan Constitu
| ton.
Mr.. Larwill introduced a bill which
is designed to give railroad passen-
gers better protection from accidents.
Mr.. Ross bill to abolish the pres
ent School Board OF Columbus, and
provide for the election of a new one
by the city at large, is calculated to
make the Board an unadultcrated
Democratic machine.
A large amount Of miscellaneous
business was transacted.