The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1869-04-28
Ohio Legislature.

ing Oils were passed: A Senate bill
prescribing the rates of taxation tor
State purposes for 1869; n Senate bill
to provide for the care and support Of
insane colored persons of this State in
the Longview Asylum: a House bill
to authorize the commissioners Of
Washington county to Increase the
levy on the taxable property of that
county, so changed as to make it a
general bill, authorizing county com
missioners to increase the rates of tax
alton for general revenue ana building
purposes to about twice the present
| rates !; q Senate bill to discourage the
introduction of Texas or Cherokee
cattle into this State, and to provide
compensation for damages caused there
by; and a Senate bill reducing the sal
airy of the Railroad Commissioner
from $1,000 to $4,000 a year. The
Serate adopted the House joint resolu-
ton for q sne die adjournment of the
General Assembly, with an amend
ment fixing Friday, April 80, at 10
A, NJ, as the time of such adjourn
ment.
In House, the greater part of the
session was taken up In the first and
second reading of bills.
In Senate, on Wednesday, the gen.
eral tax bill, being a bill for the cod
ification and amendment of the exist
ing laws relating to the assessment
and taxation of property, was taken
up and discussed for some time. Mr..
Carter moved to amend the bill by
striking out the clause which exelnpts
from taxation United States bonds
and stocks exempted from State tax
alton by the laws of Congress. Before
a vote was taken on this motion, the
Senate proceeded to the consideration
of a special order, being a motion by
Mr.. Rex to correct the journal entry
of the 18th of March last, stating that
the House bill for the payment of
Morgan raid claims was passed, hav-
ing, as amended by the Senate, receiv-
ed ON its passage a vote of 10 yeas to
10 nays, giving for its passage a ma
jority vote of the whole number of
members elected to the Senate. The
motion to correct proposed to so
change the entry as to state that the
bill not having received a two-thirds
vote of all the members elected to the
Senate failed to pass The subject
was discussed during nearly all the af-
ternoon session without reaching any
final conclusion. The nomination by
the Governor of Johh S. Newberry, as
Chief Geologist, under the act provid-
ing for a geological survey of Ohio
was referred to the Committee on Ag-
riculture.
In House, n joint resolution was adj
opted, requiring the Board of Public
Works to inquire into the matter Of
damages to West GAINESVILLE by water
from the Muskingum river, by reason
of the construction of a state dam at
that point. Resolutions expressive OF
The sentiments of the House in refer
ence to the death of Hon. |. G. Pen
nisten, late a member of the House
from Pike county, were adopted after
eulogies had been pronounced upon
the life and character of the deceased.
In Senate, ON Thursday, the motion
to change the entry in the Journal in
reference to the passage of the Morgan
raid claim bill, was debated during
the entire morning session, and a vote
being at length taken, it was lost by
II yeas to 81 nays. The Senate thus
decided hat the bill was passed on the
18th ult. by the requisite constitution
al majority. 1t now goes to the House
for its concurrence in the Senate
amendments. The Senate bill for the
establishment of a State Reform
School for Girls was discussed during
the afternoon session without arriving
at any definite result, except that the
Senate refused to strike out the section
locating the institution ut White Sui
phur Springs, in Delaware county.
In House, the Senate bill, for re-
building the Central Lunatic Asylum
on its present site in Columbus, was
passed, with amendments requiring
the new building to be of a capacity
to accommodate 400 patients, and linn
iting its cost to s400, 600. The House
debated the ten per cent. interest bill
of Mr.. Huges, of Butler, without de-
finite result. The House adopted a
joint resolution for furnishing Swan
l. Sayler's Revised Statutes to the
mayors of cities and villages.
In Senate, on Friday, the Senate
bill to establish q reform and industri-
al school for girls, was, after having
occupied the morning session, passed.
1t places the school under the general
direction of a board of five trustees,
to be appointed by the Governor and
Senate. The trustees are to appoint
a>uperindent ofthe institution, whose
salary l. fixed at $1,000 a year. The
salary of the principal matron is to
be S400 a year. Girls, between seven
and. sixteen years ofage, charged with,
or found guilty of an offense or crime,
not punishable by imprisonment for
life in the penitentiary, may, under
certain conditions, be sent to. the
school. The institution is to be locat-
ed OH the White Sulphur Springs
property in Delaware county, contain
ing 1879 acres, for which, with the
buildings thereon, the State is to pay
500 900.
The Senate also passed the Senate
bill to establish a code of criminal
procedure Tor the State of Ohio. This
is one of the most important bills of
the session, and it is to be hoped the
House W l. also agree in its pas sage.
The Senate conCurred in the House
amendments to the Senate bill for re-
building the Central Lunatic Asylum
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