The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1869-04-01
Legislative Summary.

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Legislative Summary.
The Legislature has, during the
present week, betaken itself serious.
ly to work, aud taken hold of some
Of the important measures before il.
The Senate met at 3 =. NJ. Mon.
day, and soon after adjourned.
In the House the apparently in
creosing tendency of somo members
to be absent from their seats led to
the introduction and adoption of n
resolution for publishing each morn.
ing the names Of the absentees.
The Penitcntiary question, one of
tho voxed subjects before the Legis.
lnturo, took definite shape to day,
and tho Joint Select Committee on
the location Of the new prison made
their report. After stating at some
length the claims of the different
points competing for the institution,
their report wound up with couple
of resolutions, one Of which declared
the eNpediency Of establishing the
Pcnitcntiary, and the other provided
for the appointment of Joint COM
mittcc Of five to carry tho matter into
effect, and to report by bill or other
wise. For tho first resolution, Mr..
Scott, Of Warren, offered a substitute.
declaring it expediont to build a
Rciormatory Prison, intermediate be-.
tween the Pcnitentiary and tl.o Re
form Farm, for tho confinement of
the young aud less hardened convicts,
at such locality as the General As
sembly might designate. The sub.
stitute was adopted, and the second
resolution introduced by tho COM
mittee voted down. So tho House
decided TO build "Reformatory Pris.
on,' but the question of location is
as much undetermined as ever
In tho Senate, Tuesday, the follow.
Ing House bills were passed, and are
now consequently lswsy One TO uu,h.
orlze the Incorporation Of companies
for towing barges aud other vessels
on navigaSle rivers ono TO amend
section l0l of the act for the proceed.
urc before justices by striking out
the word township" and inserting
county, one to authorize County
Commissioners TO transfer the sur.
plus OF any fund, and one to provide
that where an action is brought for
the payment of money only, aud the
defendant is in default for an answer,
Judgment may be taken at any time
after such default the court having
power to set aside such default for
good cause shown.
The "RefOrm Prison" que sion
made its appearance in the Upper
Chamber, aud the resolution declaring
1t expedient to erect such prison wrs
adopted Jast as it eamo from the
House.
Tho House passed bill TO repeal
tho first three sections of the old pat.
tent right law, aud to provide that
notes given for patent rights shall
state tho purpose for which they are
given.
Mrs. Miriam NJ. Cole, of Sidney,
Ohio, by invitation of the House of
Representatives, delivered iu the
Representatives, Hall an address on
Woman's Rights, which was listened
to by a good audience. She spoke
Tor more than an hour with dignity
aud force.
The Agricultural College question
got fairly under woigh in the Senate.
Mr. keiier's bin, providing for the
location Of tho College as an Iude-
pendent institution, was taken up.
and Mr. Lawrence moved to strike
out all after the snactiug clause, so
as TO enable him TO insert his own
bill, which provides fer the location
at Wooster, in connection with the
University (ProsbJ terian) at that
point, Tho Senate spent the after.
noon debating the motion to strike
out,
The question Of female suffrage 70.
ceived its quietus 10 tho House.
House joint resolution l0l proposing
to submit the matter to tho people,
being called up by its friends, Mr.
Ball proposed 20 amend by defining
the werd "whito" in the State Con.
stitntioa to apply only to persons
having no visible admixture Of Afri
can blood. The Democrats succeed
cd in carrying this amendment, and
then, in struggle to get a separate
vote upon the amendment and the
original resolution, there was sceuo
OF wilder aud more prolonged excite
ment than has yet taken place in the
Legislature The effort for divis,
ion failed, however, and the resClu-
tion with tho amendment was reject
ed-36 to 40
A motion to suspend the rules for
a sine die adjournment, on the 10th
Of Ap.il, failed,
THURSDAY,
The Senate passed the eatire day
10 discussing the Agricultural College
/ question.
FRIDAY.
Both Houses assembled on Friday
morning, with slim attendants;
transacted no business Of Importance,
aud adjourned until Tuesday.