Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1868-02-27
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We copy The following summary Of
the proceedings Of the Ohio Legislature,
from the Ohio State Journal:
THURSDAY, Feb. 2O.--SENATF.--Ab hill
was introduced exempting Cuyabo0a
County from the provisions OF the law
regulating. sales at -auction;r T. also, TO
amend the act 70 protect fsh land fish
eriesN The-hi lila anaehd the .eclsci act
OF 1857 was passed. A resolution request
Ing the Committee Oh the Judioiasy to
report the Dill To prescribe the duties OF
judges OF elections, was indefinitely post
'HdUsE. "A bin 10 amend an act IN re-
lation to incorporated companies was
passed also House bill TO provide for
the payment OF bnck bounties to yolup-
teer. a bill making appropriations for
superintendance and repairs of the Ma
tional Road was introduced and read the
third time and passed. A resolution of
Inquiry IN regard TO the ionality
ofthe law under which a State bindery
was established al the Deaf and Dumb
Asylum, was adopted. A resolution was
adopted requesting the Auditor OF, State
70 report when the National Road WIS
amount received by the State on the
lease, and whether the amount 80 receiv-
ed has been applied on the road.
FRIDAY, FEB 21.-SENATE,-A bill
was passed to amend an act in relation TO
illegitimate children, so that an attach
ment may issue in behalf Of the com
piainant In case where the defendent has
absconded. a. bill was Introduced to
repeal section of the act to enable in
surance companies to become Joint stock
companies also bill to enable county
commissioners to sue for lands belonging
to the county; slso bill supplementary
10 the act to provide for railroad COM
missioner. The resolution calling upon
the Auditor of State for certain infor-
nation relative to the National Banks
In the State was adopted. House bill
relative to the use of the Halls of the
Senatesand House was Indefinitely
postponed. House bill TO regulate pro-
ceedings in courts In cases Of contested
elections, making contestants WHO fail
liable for costs, was passed.
dousE.-A Petition was presented for
permission to erect toll gates on a turn
pike in Belmont County. A bill to amend
the act for the relief of the poor passed !:
also bill authorizing the INCORPORATION
Of Union depots |; also bill to amend an
act for the Incorporation of. townships. A
resolution was adopted to adjourn over
Saturday, as the anniversary of Wash
ington's Birthday. The bill to author
ize county commissioners to lease county
lands for mining purposes was passed.
Bllls were intrOduced't0 amend section
32 OF the act to provide for the creation
OF incorporated companies; supple
mentary TO the common school act to
prescribe the action of officers charged
withIthe erection or Improvement of
any State Asylum building; prescribing
further duties of probate judges to pre-
vent the sale of Indecent publications /:
to reimburse persons arresting those
charged with criminal offenses to amend
q law regulating the fees Of sheriffs; to
amend an act to preserve the purity of
elections; and to amend section 43 of the
law to provide for the settlement of es-
tates. Mr.. Warren offered a series of
resolutions to tile affect that the Nation
al bonds ought to be paid as fast as it
ean'be done without too great an expan-
sion OF the currency, and that the degree
of expansion should be near that existing
at the time of the contraction of the
debt; that the national bank circulation
ought to be retired by law and legal ten
der notes substituted, and that there
should be no other money in the country
but coin and United States legal tender
paper money; that contracts for the
payment of coin are rong as tending to
prodnce depreciation of the currency;
that all funding schemes now pending
IN Congress are Objectionable, and that
ali attempts to hasten a resumption of
specie payments are uncalied for and
Will impair the national credit. Laid
on ntlie,t2bleRnd ordered to be printed.
A resolution was adopted calling on the
Auditor of State for information in re-
gard to the amount of the State debt
paid since the suspension of specie pay
ment in 1861, the amount saved to the
States and lost to the creditors on ac-
count of the change in the currency up
to the present time. The bill suppld-
mentary to the act to regulate the sale
of school lands was passed.
Both Houses adjournded till Monday