Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-05-06
LEGIsLATIvE SUMMARY.
Special Correspondents Of the Gin. Gag.
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nave just nhisheu an interesting wet
: MoNDAY.-ln the Senate, Monda
E the following nominations were CO
firmed.
Samuel Galloway, as Trustee OF t.
Deal and Dumb Asylum, for thr
Hsnrv T ~ Nnhia as o'T Tr,,. =. ;,
Blind Asylum, for three wears. fro
April 6, 1869.
!; John DAVIS, as member OF the Boa
Vi ota!e 1 SnafiGies, ior Two years, iro
may ID 1908.
me enemies OF the House OIL atloV
ing as nlgn as per cent, interest @
Go.IiaS1' huuing themselves teth porar
~ IN the ascendant, endeavoreu To II
uenni.eiy postpone the OIL; which the
were only prevented from doing by th
IeW iriends OF the measure present IN
Siuuiie mehoers OF ootn polltlcal pa
tles) temporarily absenting themselve
from the. Senate Chamber, and thu
ne, T1uucing tne senate below quorum
Inc minority remaining required th
President (Lieut. Governor Lee to issu
Wits ior the arrest OF the absentees
Ihe House adopted resolution re
questing our Senators and Represents
tiVes IN congress to use their infiuenc
to effect the passage of an act to transfe
the control of that portion of the Ma
tional road situated in this State from
the United States to the State of Ohio
This resolution asks Congress 70 ALLOW
the J,epislatura IN tr.nsf.r H. N.;
- -. .r, 'ne H'a'ioi'a
io"u W 'ne couhties through which
passes.-Ed. Chron.
The House concurIed in the Ssnat.
amendments to the Ohio Bridge biII
and the measure is now n law II nra
hibits anv individual or comnarv frnn,
a bride over the ohiI
river with the Ohio shore unIass II SbaI
have a span not less than 40O foot on-oS.
the main channel. under a nsnaIt,, ~
$40, 900.
The House agreed To the S.,.t.
to the MORGAN Raid CIaims
bill, which makes it. too law
TUEsDAY.-The Serpeant-.t- ros
having arrested variou, Senators ,lur;no
evening. and paroIed tben, te
anp.ar in the Ssnsta Cbsm,h', Cbg T,, rnelu W
morning. they annearpd .ccor,Ii,.aI,,
The President proceeded To cali n1o,,
each one of them for an excnsa u,hioh
the Senate finaIIv votnd irr.s,,,iar aod
and the matter wa. drnn.
ned. 90 mp
Mr. PARIS House hill so5 to o.,thor;u.
County Commissioners ~ Ioaatn 10
construct turnpike roads was n.sSad
with some amendmants 80 ~
House concurred in and II i. na,,. s'o
aw. 1t is one of a number of biahl~
mpolitic and dangerons noa..as W mtsniy r
putting the substance of the neonIa mn
Ter the control of Connty C,p, ~ ;a.;a,,
ira. to which the ,,egi,Iafur. 10. $50
unately committed itseJf "'''o'
H. b. 459, by Mr. Leete. of a simiIor
,atnre w.s aiso nass.J "a ~ Slnhar
Mr.. Buell., Uonse hill anthnr;a;
,oint Snnerintan dants nfth o.nes 70 ap-
bill to provide temnorary raIiaf -,
he poor in cities of the ssco,,d '.ioss o
ill to increase the fees of I.io,,nr n
pecters from 81 to s5 ner asv. mi ana
o extend the provisions of tTs Rnnntv
ct to veterans who re-anlisted in 4hS
epular seryiee-vere all n.sssG - @
AVIS. OIL
The House under onarotion of 4b
reyious ouestion nass.d NJ w. lily; ~.
visible Admixture hill which nani.bss
ersons not white maIe citizanS nf ,ho
United States for voting, bv imnr;sone
lent in the PenitentiarS ny, inl ti
ne nor more than five yaarss L. sa smah @
hes those procuring and aayisino s"nh ph
ersons to vote and nnnish.s ;,,Soas -
lection for receiyinpSuch votes
The House also 6assed M
,ditious bill. for taring Iyn1,ad Stat
onds, etc, ''
WEDNEsDAY.-Tn the Ssp.ta Wa
esday, Mr.. Scribner renortad hant
'ith amendments the Far9uson hill to
nable Cincinnati to build the Santhern
abroad: which amen6mants 1ora
greed to. -
The House bill to establish q Reforn,-
tory Prison was lost upen it, nassaya--
I to II.
The Ferguson raiircad hill WAY than
ken up and passedN24 toa " e
John S. Newbury was confirmed q.
hief Geologist of the State-25tn7
The House adopted the resolution IN
low its members mileage both far the
.ssion of last November and the ad.
urned session beginning in Jannsru
, q vote of 54 to SO.
THURsDAY.-The Senate discpssed
| day Thursday Mr. <ino,s Iii ~
infer upon Toledo similar powers to
lose conferred by the Ferguson bill l.
,on Cincinnati. (
The House discussed the MupicinaI [
ode and the General Appropriation bill
It'll late in the afternoon, when it took
, and passed the Ferguson Railway /
II, "a to 81, and this great measure is t
w law. /
The Senate bill to discourage the in c
oduction of Texas cattle was lost, The +,
II providing penalties ayainst foroinu e
ssifvinu rai,rooJ III raot,,r, ,,.,s,u,,, - ~ n
e now laws. s
Toledo Railroad bill, t
lehueu SO as 10 require two thirds
se oi the Couhcil anu al tie electors,
iore bHe eity can aVaii itseif az the
WET " nuld Runway, passed the :
ma1e ,;s iiu"y, - 10 ..
,ias, ne aouse n elsn' per cent. interest Dill,
h'oI Soes into operation OctoDer