Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-04-02
HOUSE.
MORNING SESSION.

Mr.. HILL, OF Defiance, moved to re-
consider the vote by which the third
reading of bills on the calendar was post
poned.
The motion prevailed.
The question being on the postponement
of said bills, the House disagreed.
THIRD READING.
H. B. No. 277, Mr.. MANN, from the COM
mittee on4Municipal COrpOrations-To reg
ulate Enclosures in cities OF the second class
and incorporated villages, was read the
tn ird time.
MIR. MANN explained the object of the
bill, and hoped it would pass.
Mr.: POND was opposed to some of the
provisions of the bill.
Mr.. SCOTT, of Hamilton, would vote for
the bill, it longer time could be given for
fencing.
Mr.. DILwORTH thought sixty days a
sufficient time.
Mr.. LEWTON was opposed to many OF
the provisions of the bill, and to remedy
which, he moved to recommit the bill with
instructions to amend by providing that no
adjacent owner shall be required to build or
pay any part OF the cost of any fence here
in mentioned, excepting such part thereof
as shall serve and be used as fence to his
adjacent inclOsure, &c.
Mr.. SHERWIN moved further to amend,
in line 4, section l, by striking out the
agreed to.
The question then being upon the amend
ment proposed by Mr.. Lewton, tire House
agreed, and the bill was r-committed to
Mr.. Lewton with instructions to so amend
II. B. No. Isl. Mr.. EAMES-To amend
an act entitled IAN act to amend an act to
transfer and appropriate certain funds
therein named," passed March 10Th, 1867;
passed April 18th, 1867 Volume GA, Ohio
Laws, page 240] was read third time,
and,
On motion of Mr.. DENNIS, was laid
upon the table.
II. B. No. 224. Mr.. BRANCH-Requir-
ing policemen to give bonds and security
against malteasance or misfeasance in
Office, was read the third time.
Mr.. ACKER moved to recOmmit the bill
with instructions to amend by striking out
the word "two'' and insert ''one,'' so as to
make it read "one thousand dollars" in
stead of ''two thousand dollars" And in
section seven, lines 10 and IL, strike out all
after the word 'costs." The House agreed,
and the bill was recommitted to Mr.. Acker
with instructions to so amend.
Mr.. ACKER Immediately reported the
bill back amended as instructed. The House
agreed to the report.
The question was then upon the passage
of the bill.
Mr.. WOLF was opposed to the bill.
Mr.. .DILWORTH favored the bill.
Mr.. LEWTON thought the bill generally
q good one.
Mr.. JEWETT thought the bill an unnec-
essary one, and could not vote for it.
Mr.. SCOTT, of Warren, would vote for
the bill, and only regretted that it could
not reach the police officers in our villages
Mr.. HILL, of Erie, favored the bill, and
desired the police to give bond.
The yeas and nays were called on the
n AM rpGnltP6-VpQS
nays 43. So the bill was lost.
Mr.. LEWTON reported back III. B. No
277, amended as instructed. The House
agreed to the report.
The question was then upon the passage
of the bill, upon witch the yeas and nays
were called, and resulted-yeas 80, nays 80.
So the bill passed.
On motion of Mr.. EAMES, H. B. No. 281
was taken from the table.
The question being upon the passage of
the bill,
Mr.. EAMES explained its provisions,
and urged its passage.
The yeas and nays were called and re-
sulted-yeas 90, nays l. So the bill passed
The bill authorizes the transfer of unex-
pended bounty money in the hands of treas
urers into the possession of township trus-
tees, to be applied to the current expenses
of such townships.
Mr.. PARR moved to reconsider the vote
Dy WHICH IL. ID. NO. ZZt was lUSG upOu lGs
passage.
The House agreed.
Mr.. MANN moved to lay the bill upon
the table.
The House refused.
The question was then on the passage Of
the bill.
Mr.. BUELL. hoped the bill would pass
He had seen innocent and unoffending mer
in the streets of Cincinnati kicked and
struck by lawless policemen.
Mr.. ACKER favored the bill.
Mr.. CRlST moved to recommit the bill
with instructions to amend-after the WORD
"any," insert the word "white "-also in
sert the word white" after the word
"any," in line 3, section 7-also after the
word "such " in line s, sec.7.
Mr.. THORNHILL opposed the amend
ment as being unnecessary.
Mr.. WOLF hoped the amendment would
not be agreed to.
The House refused to instruct.
Mr.. WOLF moved to recommit the bill
with instructions to amend as follows
after the word policemen, in line 2, section
6. not exceeding, however, the sum of ST.
600.
Mr.. WOLF supported his amendment.
Mr.. LEWTON opposed the recommit-
ment.
Mr.. POND was generally opposed to
such law, because he thought 1t would
doter nOEcpmpn from heinp efficient.