Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-04-16
LEGTsLATTVE NOTEs


The Senate has confirmed the follow
ing appointments by the Governor
Samuel Galloway for trustee of the
Deaf and Dumb Asylum; Henry G.
Noble, for trusteeof the Blind Asyiums
Norton 8. ToWushend, for trustee of the
Idiosic Asylum; Theodore @. Worms
lev, for inspector of gasme1ers and IL
Illuminating gas; John Davis, member
OF the Bard of State Charities and
George n. Wright. for commissi -ner of
railroads and tPlegraphs.
The House has passed Mr.. BROOKE'S
bill requiring county com 10
provide safes and yaults for the safe
keeping of the public money and when
necessary to employ night watch.
The Senate took up the agricultural
College bill on Wednesday of last week.
A motion 60 insert the words ''white
male" so that the college might be open
10 q, white male persons over fourteen
.aAs of age was lost by q vote of IL
yeas to y nays. The discussion of the
bill was continued on Thursday. A
motion by Mr.. Lawrence to strike out
all after the enscting clause and insert
n bill to establish the college in connec-
ton with the University at Wooster
was lost by a vote of IL to 81 Mr.. Law
renee then moveU the indefinite post
ponement of the bin which motion was
1 lost by a vote of 13 to 21. The bill was
taken up again on Friday and made a
special order for Wednesday, April IA.
| The "short span" question came M
again in the House on the 7th, in the
/ form Of q bill prohibiting the building
/ of any bridge over the Ohio river OF
a less span than 500 feet. A motion to
strike out 500 and insert 100 WAS lost.
/ The bill failed to get q constitutional
mniority on its passage but the vote was
reconsider ed and the measure will
dou btless come up again.
On the same day the House voted
down the resolutions of Mr.. Wolf pro-
posing to submit TO a vote of the people
/ an amendment to the constitution pro-
viding for licensing the sale of intoxi-
| ting liquors. The vote stood, yeas S3,
nays 50.
| On the Stb inst. tae House took up
| Mr.. Balls bill to establish an addition
nj PenitentiaTY, the vote by which this
| bill had been lost on a previous day
| having been reconsidered Tie bill
/ passed hy vote of 55 yeas to 30 nays,
/ So after all it seems to be the sense ot
the House that We must have an addi-
tionaI Prison.
! The House spent the afternoon of the
/ Sth and nearly all the next day in dis
cussion of the resolution which had
| passed the Senate, to submit an amend.
/ ment TO the constitution authorizing
| counties aud incorporated towns to loan
| their credit to an extent of not more
/ than five per cent. to aid in the con-
struction of railroads. The resolution
received Al affirmative and 81 negative
votes, and was therefore lost, IS votes
| being necessary to its passage The
vote was reconsidered and the resOiu'
tion lies upon the table.
| The Seuate has Concurred in the House
amendment TO the homestead exemp,
ton act and the bill is now law. The
exemption of personal property is
$500 and of value of homestead 81 600
sa5r n Ha sad.
| iournment resolution, fixing the timG
at April 26tb.
The credentials of Mr.. Isaac AustilI
Representative from Pike county Uic,
| Permission deceased, were presented in
the House on Monday.
The House has passed the joint reso,
/ luton drawn by Mr.. Lee of the selecI
committee on supplying water to thC
State House, providing for Improving
the we'll in the engine room of he Stats
House by sinking pipes so as to obtain
a sufaciency of water for filling thC
/ tanks. This enterprise, should itprove
| a success. will cause a considerable
saving TO the State OF expense in sup
plying the capitol building with water
| The WalhOnding railroad bill still
hangs fire in the Senate.
| On Tuesday the Senate passed th'
municipal corporation bill, having re
fused by vote OF Is to I3 60 strike out
tBc WOA0 PAOuAOAo III G1C pAAa aA5A q ~
/ which empowers cities and villages Il
| regulate, restrain and prohibit ale, beeI
/ and porter houses and shops, and house:
and places of notorious or habitual re-
sort for tippling and intemperance." -
The bill oddities, amends and supple
ments existing laws in relation to mu
nicipal corpOratiors.
On the same day the Senate consider
ed in committee Ofthe whole the bill
providing for rebuilding the Centra
/ Lunatic AsylEnl on its present site.