Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-03-25
LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY.
Special Correspondence of the Gin. Gaz.

special correspondents Oh the ILL., 6dZ.
i. COLUMBUS, March q.
MoNDAY.-The Senate did not assem-
3 BILE until the afternoon on Monday; an,
. then passed two House bills which ar
now consequently laws. One of then
authorizes cities or villages to max
those portions of turnpikes. or planl
= streets of the same, and to use and i'm
prove them as such; the other revives
provision in the act of April II, 1858, TO
the equalization among townships o
taxes for school purposes.
The ground was staked off for tn,
fight upon the Stickney Railroad bill
by the Railroad Committee reporting il
II back with amendments, and recon
mending its passage. The amendment:
were agreed to, and the bill ordered
read a third time on Tuesday.
A humorous affair took place this day
The Senate had adopted a joint resolu.
ton that the photographs of members
of the Senate and House of Representa-.
tives should be hung in the rotunda. y
The House took it up, struck out the
words photographs of with land
House of Representatives" adopted it,
and sent it back to the Senate for. con-
currence. The venerable Senators were
taken aback when they found that as
amended by the House, the resolution
proposed "that the members of the Sen
ate should be hung in the rotunda. "
Not wishing to sanction SO cool pro-
posal for their own execution, they re-
fused to concur, and the resolution went
back to the House and to sleep.
A Committee of Conference was ap-
pointed on the Homestead bill, the Sem
ate wishing to exempt from execution
$500 worth of personal property, the
House insisting upon cutting it down to
! $500.
The House passed S. B. 3O3 to prohibit
/ Mayors and Justices of the Peace from
acting as Deputy Sheriffs, and that
measure is therefore a law.
The House refused to recede from its
! amendment to the Homestead bill by
vote of As to 81.
Mr.. Callen's bill to provide for expend-
ing S35 900 to clean out the channel of
Big Beaver river was discussed at length.
TUEsDAY.-In the Senate Tuesday a
futile attempt was made to reconsider
| the vote by which the Stickney Railroad
bill was ordered to third reading for
that day; the bill was read third time;
and the whole time of the Senate until
! nightfall was occupied in voting down
worthless amendments offered by its op-
pouents. An amendment by Mr.. Linn,
prnviding for the retention in the State
Courts of all suits between foreign rail-
way corporations and citizens OF Ohio,
was adopted.
In the House, the Big Beaver River
bill, providing for draining the lands
overfiowed in consequence of the con-
struction of the Miami Canal reservoir,
was passed, after Mr. Crist had succeeded
in getting it so amended that One-half
of all the expense is to be borne by Mer-
Ger county.
WEDNEsDAY.-In the Senate, on
Wednesday, an effort to take up the
bill providing for the payment of the
Morgan Raid Claims was defeated-16i
to 20; and the discussion upon the Stick
ney Railroad bill continued with much
vigor and animation throughout the
day. All amendments land their name
was aegionn) offered by the enemies of
the bill, were steadily voted down. One
by Mr.. Rex, to remove some supposed
antiquities of expression, was adopted.
In the House a large number Of bills
originating in that branch were acted
upon.
A flash of Democratic sentiment was
summarily snuffed out. The House had
under consideration S. B. 2S9, TO author
ize the Cleveland Board of Education to
permit German to be taught in the pub
lie schools of that city. Mr.. U. G. Rut-
ter, Representative from the intensely
Democratic county of Fairfield, moved
should receive the benefit of the instruc-
ton. To the credit of the House, the I
motion was lost without division, and
the bill passed-64 to 6.
THURSDAY.-All day long on Thurs
day the Seuate continued to discuss the
Railroad bill; and not content
with that, held night session for the
consideration of the same.> 1t was verg-
ing toward midnight when, under the
operation of the previous question, the
bill passed by the following vote:
Ayes-Messrs. Berry, Biggs, Campbell,
Corey, Dangler, Dowdney, Emmitt,
Evans, Everett, Griswold, Harmount,
Hutcheson, Keifer, Kenney, Kessler.
Potts, Rex, Scribner, Simmons, Sted-
man, Terrence, Woodworth-26.
Nays-Messrs. Burrows, Carter, Dick
ey, Godfrew, Golen, Jsmison, King,
Kramer, Winner, ,sYeoman-l0.
In the House the bill to make cities
and incorporated villages liable for dam
ages done by mobs, failed to pass for
want of a constitutional majority.-l
The report of the Penitentiary
declaring it expedient to
build a new State Prison, but leaving it
to the Legislature to select the locality,
was discussed at much length, and
ordered printed.
FRIDAY.-The Senate, on Friday,
passed the House bill making appropri- E
ations to pay current expenses of the
institutions, etc.
The bill appropriating nearly $500, 600
TO pay the Morgan Raid Claims was then
taken up and discussed all day. Aneven-
ing session was held; Messrs. Hutche- !
son, Yeoman and others spoke in favor {
Of the bill; Messrs. Kramer, Everett and .
others against; and at midnight it pass
ed-19 to Is.
The House concurred in the Senate s
to the Stickney Railroad t
Dill--66 to 10; and that measure is now a o
law. b
The House refused to agree to the re- t
port of the Committee of Conference on j
the Homestead bill, the committee hav- q
ng recommended the adoption of the 8
Senate idea of exempting $500 of person. ]
Il property. A motion to reconsider the {
refusal was tabled. t
A Joint resolution by Mr. SHETLAND,
hat the Agricultural College be located t
before sine die adjournment, was or 8
1ered printed. t
A resolution by Mr.. Ritezel, for the C
of a committee to inquire C
nto the best means of providing for the
'omfsrt Of the iRcurably insane, was
adopted.
SATURDAY.-In the Senate Saturday +,
Mr.. Rex moved to amend the journal SO
hat it should declare the Morgan Raid
Claims bill to have been lost for want of z
/ constitutional majority ttwo-thirds. Y
Fhs motiQn went to the table. b
The Senate then received . number Of
petitions, listened to the reading OF sew
,ral new bills, and adjourned to Monday \