Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1868-04-30
LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY.
From the Columbus Morning journal.

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building associations from taxa
ton, In the Senate, a protest wa'
received from the lessees of thu
Public Works against the passage
u of the joint resolution in relation
to lowering the forebays Of certain
y mills on the Mercer county reser.
II vOir. The bill making the taking
J. of a horse or mule from a pasture
without the consent Of the owner,
s though without an intention to steal,
N a misdomeanor, punishable by a
e fine of 5000, passed the same body.
In the House the bill to authorize
a a tax in Brown county to refund
bounty money, was passed.
! On Wednesday petitions for the
same exemption for building asso-
Citations were presented. The bill
repeating the law of last session
authorizing County Commissioners
to purchase turnpike roads and
make them free, passed the Senate !;
2 also a bill prohibiting the killing of
, muskrats at certain seasons: also,
l a hill requiring the constructor of a
bernie bank and culvcrt below lock
20 on the Miami canal A bill was
introduced abolishing the Office of
Superintendent of the State House,
In the House no important bust
ness was DONE Journal 23d.
On motion of Mr.. Yeoman, the
House bill supplementary to the act
for the incorporation and regula-
ton of Life Insusance Companies,
passed April 18th, 1857, was taken
from the table, and failed to pass
yeas Is, nays s.
This bill places life insurance
companies on the same footing in
regard to the publication of their
financial condition, as fire insurance
companies are.
Mr.. Yeoman moved that the com
mittee on State Buildings be dis
charged from the further consider
alton of the nomination by the
Governor of John II. Grove for
Superintendent Of the State House.
Mr.. Lawrence moved to lay that
motion on the table, which was
agreed to-yeas IA, nays 7.
SENArE-April 23.-The bill to
amend the act to abolish the sold.
iers' claim agency at Washington,
was passed. This bill authorizes
the transfer of the unclaimed checks
and certificates deposited with the
State Treasurer to the Second Aud
itor Of the United States Treasury.
The "ditch bill'' was passed; ; also
the bill to enable associations for
building hotels to become bodies
corporate. Mr.. Emmitt introduced
q bill to repeal all of the act to pro-
vide against the evils resulting from
the sale of Intoxicating liquors, ex-
cept sections one and three making
it unlawful to sell to minors and in
toxicated persons, and changing the i
penalties for those offences.
THIRD READING.
House bill by Mr., Howard To =
amend section one of an act enti- !
tied an act to enable associations of ;
persons for building hotels and for
other purposes, to become bodies
corporate, passed April 5, 1866, was
read the third time, Wien
Mr.. Yeoman stated the object of :
the amendment to the act to be the '
authorization of building associa, :
tons to become incorporated for
the purpose of erecting buildings
in which to carry on manufacture {
ing. Il
The bill was then passed-yeas r
%, nays 3. v
Mr.. Yeoman moved to reconsid- :
er the vote by which the House bill,
to tie act for the in.
corporation and regulation oflife in :
surance companies, failed to pass on
yesterday, and
On his motion, the motion to {
reconsider was laid on the table.
HoUsE.-A bill to regulate the
sale of patent rights, and for pro- v
lection against frauds on the part
of patent agents, was passed.
SENATE-April 24,-The general
appropriation bill was considered +,
throughout the day The House te
to the bill striking out :
$4,000 for fencing, and $10,5C0 for \
curbing,&c,, around the State House I
square, and also striking out $500 5St
for a new seal, were not concurred so
in; as also the House amendment 70
to appropriate 81 $50 for clerk hire a. a.
and contingent expenses in the Of
fee of the School Commissioner,
HoUsE.-The bill to amend the I
act defining the powers and duties L
Of the Sinking Fund Commission u
ars was passed, including an amend ST. 81
ment reducing the pay Of the clerk Of
from 81 800 to $1,000; also the b
bill to amend the act of 1860, pro ii,
viding for the payment of the pub. 80
ic debt =
Mr.. Headly also introduced a bill |
10 repeal the first and second sec tr
lions of the act to prohibit the car e,
rying of concealed weapons. as
SENATE-April 25.-The House Il Il
bill changing the State seal was hs hs
passed with an amendment. The r
bill in its present shape restores
substantially the old seal. 1t pro- :
Vides the following device; A |
shield, and on it in the foreground, tr
On the right, a sheaf of wheat; on H
he left a bundle of arrows, both pc
,tandinp Arect In the hOckoround ri