Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1868-04-01
OHIO LEGISLATURE.
COLUMBUS. March q.

COLUMBUS, March "a.
SESATE.-The General Assembly met
at three o'clock P. NJ, = quorum of both
Houses being present. In the Senate sew
ersl petitions and reports were presented
and heard.
a petition was received from the
Comptroller in reference to the salaries of
various state officers and their clerks.
HoUsE.-A resolution providing for
the appointment of a committee to re
eelve proposals for and locate an Agricul-
tuIal College was adopted.
The following bills were introduced =
To amend the eigtk section of an act to
prescribe the duties Of the Attorney Gen.
eral to amend sections eighteen and
twenty-one Of an act relating to roads and
highways, passed March 9Th, 1868: to
amend section one Of an act to enable
associations Of persons for building hotels
and for other purposes to become bodies
corporate.
\ resolution was adopted instrucsing
the Committee on Benevolent Institutions
TO inquire whether there has not been a
lack Of prudence and economy in the
management Of the Northern Luuatic
Asylum.
SENATE, March 25-The following
bills were introduced: TO regulate cleo
lions in townships Containing cities of the
second class to amend section 44T os the
Code OF Civil Procedure: 70 provide for
struck juries, and to secure impartiality in
their selection.
The bill to provide for the transfer OF
the puganIU and anne-aN Of 4In w.
Reserve andcMaumee State Road in trust
10 the counties through which SAID road
runs, was passed.
The protest Of The Kentucky Lecisla-
ture against the exclusion OF her Repre-
sentatiyes in Congress from their seats,
SSs Transmitted to the Senate by the Gov
ernor, and referred TO the Committee on
Federal Relations.
hessrs. heifer, Barry, Wcodw1rth and
Lawrence were appointed a Committee on
the part OF the Senate on the Agricultural
College.
A substitute to The Senate bill to re-
move from Office certain officers guilty Of
intempsrance was adopted. The bill was
then passed.
HoUsE.-The resolution limiting dis
cu.slon to ten minutes was passed.
The bill to repeal an act to provide
the device OF the great seal and coat Of
arms Of the State of Ohio, passed April G.,
1866, was lost 90 its passage.
The bill to amend an act entitled an
act TO restrain certain animals from run.
nlng at large, was lost on its passage.
The House bill TO exempt billiard ta-
6ies from The operation Of the gambling
law, was lost on its passare.
SENATE, March 2G.-The House bill in
relation to the rights and liabilities OF
owners, leessors, and l@essees, and occh-
pants Of buildings was passed.
b House bill By Or. Scott in reference
10 exempting from taxation the average
amount Of bonds held during the year
was passed.
ROUsE-The House bill TO amend sec
tions Is and 81 of the act relating TO roads
and highways, passed March 9th, 1868,
was passed
TIE vote by which the House bill TO ex
empt billiard tables from the gaming avs
was defeated, was r~econside-ed and the
bill passed.
SENATE, March 27.-The Visible Ad.
mixture bill Was called un in the Senate
at 10 A. NJ, to-day. Discussion continued
until 1910 2. NJ. Several amendments to
the bill were offered by the Republicans
and voted down by the majority among
them was a provision to exempt from this
disfranchislng schems mulattoes who hold
honorable discharges from the United
army. Mr.. Stambaugh, the Democratic
who, within three years, has be-
longed to every party in the country. was
so terribly demoralized BY a keen speech
OF Senator Burrows that he sprang to his
feet and pronounced one of his statement
a talsehood. Considerable excitement en-
sued, but the Democratic chief cooled
down, and the matter will be quietly set
The House bill to provide for the Inyes-
of causes of fire was passed.
The House bill to provide against the
for sale OF unsOund and Tn
wholesome fish in the markets Of this State
passed.
About Ills P. NJ. toe Democrats o5-
tanned possession Of the ioor Of the San
ate, and BY use of the previous question
.gsg-psssed the "Visibles Admixture"
bill.
HoUsE.-The inevitable ''nigger" &C.
cupied the greater part of the time of the
House to day. The House bill BY Mr..
of Highland, 10 prevent colored
children from attending common schools,
TO establish separate schools for them,
brought up aud read the third time.
After discussion, the bill was passed, the
Democrats voting aye and the Republicans
hay.
SENATE, March 29.-The Senate has to-
given US another example of Demo-
party legislation in the passage of
he Senate bill to provide for the fOrcible
abduction Of citizens of Ohio, and TO re-
zeal the act passed February I6, 1866. to
prevent kidnapping in this State. This
'il Is intended to incorporate into our L
the belief of the extreme states rights
men and places the State authority higher
han that OF the general goY0rnmenL-
An amendment to exempt from the Den-
llties persons who shall arrest and take
'ut OF the state q citizen in accordance
with the provisions of tho laws of the Uni
States was defeated by party ACTON
On its passage the bill received 10 yeas, I
Democrats, and u nays Republicans. =
Mr.. kenney's bill supplementary to an =
lct entitled IAN act to provide for the
organization of cities and incorporated
yillages," passed May 2, 1852. snd the
acts ~smenda:ory thereto, was pass
ID.
HoUsE.-A ~disgraeeful scene occurred in
he House yesterday. lIr. Crist. Republic '
offered a resolution reclting that men !
with q visible admixture of African blood
eoanned In TIE ssma penitentiary in !