Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-03-19
Legislative Netes.

The House has indefinitely postponed /
the Senate bill to abolish the cfiiee OF |
Commissioner 81 Raiifoad. ara Tele- |
graphs. Yeas 50 nays IS
Inc senate has passed bill author /
" fg the private sale OF goods at two |
2 thtrds Of their appraised value, on Rn
order Of execution.
The House has passed q OIL author
tEing additional taxation to build
school houses where any sub-distriet
mas not borne its proportion Of taxation
Tor such purpose.
Also an act authorizing road work to
be done by the first Of August.
Also bill fixing ths weight Of a
bushel Of stone coal at so lbs; of can
mel coal at 20 lbs. the measure Of cord
wood at 12S cubic feet; Of tan bark at
the same The bill requires all e0al to
be weighed in cities and towns. v->|
The House has passed q iJiIl re-
QuiriDg Assessors to collect the neces-
sary statistics for keeping the registry
Of births and deaths.
% Thursday, March -4th, the House
spent most of the afternoon In discus
sion Of resolutions 20 invite Andrew
johnson to visit the Capitol and receive
the congratulations Of the LEGISLATURE.
Some of the Democrats members Op-
posed the resolutions on account Of
Johnson's previous loyal record, and
ly.
Resolutions eritieisiug the Presidents
request for tbe relief of A. Il. Stewart
from the operations Of the law Of 17S9
were introd uced in the Senate by Mr..
Carter and printed.
The House has passed a bill fixing
the weight Of lard at 79S lbs. yer gal
Ion.
Also bill requiring the township
assessors to collect statistics of pig iron,
L.
crafts, mining, social evil, etc.
The Senate adopted a resolution
requiring the Superintendent of the
State House to take charge OF the pho
tographs of members Of the Senate and
House, made or hereafter to be made,
and cause them to be hung in the rO-
tunda Ofthe State House for preserVa-
ton. The House amended so as to read
shall take charge of members of the
Senate, made,n etc. and shall cause
Them to be hung" etc.
A bill has passed the House author
izing the election OF City Marshal and
other city officers by the people.
On Saturday the Dill to pay 500, 900
out Of the State Treasury, TO purchase
the national road bridge over the Mus
kingum at GAINESVILLE, gave rise 70 con-
siderable discussion in the House. The
bill was tabled.
I A partial appropriation vl,ill was
| passed.
A resolution proposing the purchase
/ of new burial place for State Prison
eonvicts, with a view 70 security
1 against dissection of the boliss, Was
discussed and finally referred.
Mr.. Scott, of Warren, offered reso-
luton directing the special COMMITTEES,
Mr. Hughes, Of Highland, to report to
1 the HOnse for its early action House
Bill 352, providing fortransferriug back
to the Soldiers Relief Fund the amount
of said fund temporarily transferred TO
the General Revenue bY the Legisla-
ture of 1867. Mr.. Hughes, to whom
the bill was referred last winter, op-
posed the resolution. It was finally ta-
bled by strict party vote, the Repub-
licans voting q nay"
Resolutions relative to the appoint
! ment OF Confederate General Long
street to Federal Office, were offered ia
the House by Mr.. Gordon.
| Pending the consideration in the Sen
ate of a bill to estH blish a Home for the
orphans of soldiers of the United States,
Mr.. Carter moved to strike out the
words, Omitted States" SO as to in
iclude the orphans of Confederate. sol
diers. The Democratic members all
voted for the amendment excepting Mr.,
Lawrence. The amendment was lost
The bill to provide for a geological
survey OF Ohio, passed the House on
Thursday, l1th. The vote stood, yeas
So; nays, 10.
Also the bill providing a Board OIL
Aldermen for Cincinnati.
bill has passed both Houses, and
It IS now a law, providing that the
measurement of bushel of lime shall
be 20 lbs, and OF coke 40 It's.
The bill furnishing false weights OF
live stock, hay, coal, grain and IRON is
now law.
The XVIII amendmen 10 the Consti-
tuition of the United States was taken
up in the House an Friday and referred
10 the Committee on Federal Relations.
A bill to prevent forgery of street
railway tickets by impTisonm ment in
the Penitentiary not less than one year,
has passed.
a bill increasing the homestead ex-
en1ptIon from $500 to $1,000 has passed
/ both Honses.
A bill prohibiting Justices and May
ors from being appointed Deputy Sber-
IFS, has passed both Houses. $3.50
A bill forbidding the marriage OF
first cousins has passed the House.
Also a bill authoTiziDg any township
in the State to purchase site and erect
thereon Township House, and to levy
a tax to payfor the same.
The homestead exemption bill allows
1 an exemption of PERSONAL property
amounting to $500 in lieu of a home
stead. The personal property exemo-
tton before was $500.
| A bill to appropriate S35, 600 from the
state Treasury to clear out the channel
of Big Beaver River in Mercer County,
mas passed the House. The bill re-
quires the county to raise an equal
4 amount to defray the expense of thS
Improvement. 1- as11
A resolution to adjonrn sine die Oh
the I'd of April was amended 30 as K
fix the date of adjournment on the 10th
The res olution was then tabled.