The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1870-03-11
OHIO LEGISLATURES.

In the House on Tuesday, there
was the usual number of petitions: A
House bill was passed allowing hold
ers and cultivatOrs Of islands in the
! Great Miami river to enter them at
! 81, 80 per acre; one to relieve the
former treasurer of Geauga county for
money stolen from him; one to in
crease the pay of land appraisers and
county boards of equalization. These
now go to the Senate. Most of the
afternoon was spent in debate upon
the Hamilton County Reform bill. In
the Senate, bill was introduced to
authorize the Board of Education of
CuyahOga Falls Township, Summit
county, to borrow money, and a bill
TO raise a revenue, protect sheep and
confiscate dogs. The House joint res
Olution, providing for joint commit
tee to investigate as to damages to
land owners along the Miami and
Erie canal, in Defiance and Henry
counties, was adopted; and also the
House joint resolution relative to con-
verting the White Sulphur Springs
property into an Orphans Home;
bill, providing for the sale of lands
laid out as commons in the town of
the purchase of a public park, was
passed.
In the Senate on Wednesday, tie
House bill, to prevent the mutilating
or concealing of public records, was
passed. Bills introduced: To amend
an act regulating assignments so as
to require creditors whose claims are
rejected TO bring suit within thirty
days, or be barred; to so amend the
criminal code as to authorize the court
to take bail from defendant after con-
viction, pending the motion for a new
trial, or when petition in error is be-
ing presented; to reduce the salary of
the commissioner of railroads and tel
egraphs from s., 900 to $1,000; to ell
able railroad companies to redeem
their bonded debts. The House bill
20 amend the act for the incorporation
of savings societies as to allow a de-
pOsit of 81, 600 by any one person, in-
stead of s., 600, and to ALLOW societies
to loan sixty per cent. of the value of
real property, instead of fifty per
cent, was passed.
The House spent the morning in
discussing the Hamilton county fee
bill. IL the afternoon, the Senate
bill to authorize purchasers of a rail-
road to become Incorporated as a rail
road company, or TO sell the road TO
an organized company, was passed
the agricultural college bill was dis
cusSed and laid on the table.
In the Senate, on Tuesday, various
petitions were presented The fol-
lowing bills were passed: To author /
ize the Incorporation of companies for 4
the purpose of erecting and maintain |
ing tanks for the storage of oil; to /
prevent the evasion,Of tolls on bridges, |
turnpikes and plank roads to allow /
two or more churches of like faith to 1
unite and form a new church. The /!
judiciary committee reported back the |
Senate bill to allow juries to grant |
such damages as they may see fit in /
cases of death caused by neglect or /
wrongful act, (under the present law |
the amount is limited to $1,000 and rec |
Ommend its indefinite pOstpOnement. |
discussion of the report the
Senate took n recess.
In the House, after the presentation |
of petitions, the following bills were I
passed: To authorize the commits I
sioners of Lawrence county to make /
compensation 10 NlOSGo w OiNlS, lDI 7
injuries inflicted upon him by an in /
sane person; for the relief of James 4
S. Chandler, Treasurer of Erie county; /
to authorize the removal of minors /
under sentence for felonies, from the /
penitentiary to the reform schools; to
allow trustees of literary institutions !
to sell their property; the House joint |
resolution directing the state auditor |
to issue instructions to appraisers to
appraise lands at a specie valuation |
was adopted by a vote of 81 to %; the |
House joint resolution to appropriate /
81 900 for library books for the Ohio |
penitentiary. was adopted. Last year |
a similar resolution was defeated, but /
by the good management of Mr.. 1
Brooks, Of MahOning, the resolution |
received a unanimous vote. In ad- I
dition number of bills were int tro- I
duced.