The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1869-01-13
Ohio Legislature.

In Senate, on the It'll, Mr. Brooks intro
duceda bill raising the salary of the
Judges of the Suprems Court to five
thousand dollars per annum, TO take
effect after the next election
The Governor reported that he had
made q contract with the authorities
of Longview Asylum, for the main
tenance OF m hundred lunatic pa
tients, at five dollars and ten cents
each per week, and thus the patients
Of the Central Asylum are provided
for.
Mr.. Dangler presented a bill, on the
subject of a Registry Of voters.
Mr.. Seribner introduced two bills,
both having for their object the pre-
vention OF frauds on our citizens by
Insurance companies chartered out Of
Ohio.
The two houses met in joint cOnven-
ton to count the vOtes for Secretary
Of State. The result as officially an
nounced stood:
For Isaac R. Sherwood, Rep. .26TO66
For Thomas Hubbard, Dem. .24e6S2
Republican majority IL, 384
In House, bills were introduced
providing for a registry of births and
deaths, the returns to be made by the
Assesors--amend the law fixing a
true meridian line-rAquesting county
clerks to pay over unclaimed costs
fixing a gallon of lard oil at seven and
two-ffths pounds.
A resolution was adopted, to en-
quire into the expediency Of establish
ing a uniform series of text books for
schools. -.. ..FuC
In the Senate, on the 9th, a bill was
introduced to repeal the visible ad-
mixture" law of last winter. There
being no quorum maintained, the
Senate adjourned.
In the Honse, several petitions ask
ing for the repeal ofthe free turnpike
law, and for the establishment of true
meridians and the safe keeping Of the
same, were presented and referred.
A bill to amend the act relating to
roaes and highways-one to amend
the act to provide for the creation
and regulation of incorporated vii
lages-and one In relation to the es-
Establishment of free turnpike roads,
were introduced and red. Mr.. Welch
offered a resolution TO, give the use of
the Hall of the House for a religious
discussion by Revs. George and Mil
iigan, which was laid on the table.
MI Lee offered a resolution instruct
ing ourb Representatives to support
and give their influence for union of
the telegraph and mail services of the
United States, Laid on the table and
ordered to be printed. Mr. Hughes,
of Highland,J offereda resolution in
structing the Committee on Public
Buildings to inquire whether the
State House is properly cared for and
heated. Adopted. MI. Scott, OF
HamiIton, offered a resolution relative
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to instrncting our Representatives in
| Congress to vote tor the removal OF
the n~atianal capital to the geographic
I cal center Of the Union. The resolut-
/ ion was laid on the table. He also
offered q resolution i%nstructing the
/ Committee on Benevolent Institutions
to enquire how many of the late pa
tients Of the Central Lunatic Asylum
are confined in the other asmiums Of
the State, and how many in the
county Jails. Mr.. Parr offered :
resoIuiion to print in the Statesman
aud Journal the number of animals
returned by the Assessors in thu
various counties for each subsequent
year, from and after 1869. Laid OF
the table. Adjourned.