Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1870-02-09

peals to district courts from orders dis
solving injunctions made by judges o
the court Of cOmmo pleas IN vacation
Mr.. Campbell-To prohibit railroad
companies from issuing free passes.
Mr.. Hubbell-To repeal the act for the
consolidation of railroads.
Mr.. Holden Dem offered a resolution
directing the committee on financetoex
anime into the transfer of the soldiers
relief fund, in 1866 and 1867, from it.
legitimate purposes to the sinking fund
and to report a bill to reimburse thu
same. The resolution went on the table
under notice of an intention to discuss
Mr.. Adlin offered a joint resolution re
questing our Senators and Represents
tives in Congress TO procure the passage
of a law ceding to Ohio the residue o
United States lands within her limits
The resolution was adopted.
The Senate then went into a COMMITTEES
of the whole OF the bill restoring h
per cen interest law.
Mr.. Bell moved to strike ont all after
the enacting clause.
Mr.. Jones moved to amend by prOvid'
ing that it shalf be lawful to contract fol
any rate of interest not exceeding 10 pei
cent. per annum. The further consider
alton of the bill was postponed until &
future day.
The committee then resumed the con.
sideration of the bill to grade the sala'
ries of county t~reasurers according to the
population of their respective counties
Nh. Wade moved to amend by provid-
ing that treaSurer's shall receive 500 fol
each 10000 inhabitants in his county,
provided no salary shall exceed $1,000.
The question was then taken up on
! Mr.. Dunbar's motion to amend, by max
Il. - = awnn
ty of a population between 10000 and
$1,000, $1,000 instead of $1,000.
Pending the discussion recess was had.
The Senate spent the afternoon in dis
cussing the bill to make six per cent. the
legal rate of interest. No conclusion
was reached.
HoUsE-The House met at 9 o'clock
and proceeded to the report of the COM
mittee on elections in the case of Mr..
Blakeslee.
During the forenoon session the Gin
cinnati Alderman bill came up and was
then passed with 104 votes in its favor
and none against it.
Feb. 4. SENATE,-Petitions were pre-
scented for = law to protect timber lands,
also one for o ten Der cent. interest law.
The following Senate bills were then
passed: To amend section 7 of an act
further to prescribe the duties of county
commissioners, passed April s, 1856, as
to compel the commissioners to make
annual reports to the Court of Common
Pleas, and TO have the same published
in the newspapers by order of the court.
To prevent the unauthorized use of
school houses, providing forthe infiiction
of not more than thirty dollars fine up
on any person who shall fOrcibly break
open and enter any school house for the
purpose of holding any party, school,
show or meeting of any kind,
The bill to legalize dissection of human
bodies failed to pass.
Mr.. Ames-Tog give the minority party
at elections one judge and one clerk of
elections.
Mr.. Misunderstanding the state
board of agriculture 10 invest surplus
funds in United States or Ohio bonds.
HoUsE-The discussion on the Blakes-
lee case wa continued.
The following resolution, reported by
the majority of the committee, gas
adopted. Yeas, So ; nays, so:
"ResoIUed, That at the general election
for state and county officers, holden the
18th day of October, A. ID. 1869, within
and for the county of Williams and state
of Ohio, Schuyler c. Blakeslee was duly
| elected to the office Of representative in
TIC 2tUETdl dSNEDlUlN " Nv GOdiANN VI
Williams, and is entitled to a SCAT in this
house.
FEB. Sin the Senate, this morning,
Mr.. Daugherty presented apetition from
citizens of Fairfield county for a law to
exempt bonds held by building associa-
tons from taxation
The committee on agriculture reported
back the petition for a law to protect for
ests, and asked to be discharged from the
further consideration OF the subject,
which was agreed to.
The bill was passed, introduced by Mr..
Wade, authorizing and requiring town
ship clerks to bring suit on forfeited
bonds of t~reasurers of school funds.
Mr.. Hunt called up his joint resolu-
ton to appoint a joint committee of the
two Houses TO consider the disposition
of the agricultural college fund, and it
was adopted-yeas Is, nays 4.
In the House, Mr.. Dodds introduced a
bill limiting the fees Of Hamilton coun-
ty officers.
A petition was presented by Mr.. Lit
tie, from citizens of Greene county, for a
law authorizing county commissioners
and city councils to grant aid to soldiers
orphans homes.
Resolutions were introduced, instruct
ing the committee IN agriculture TO in
quire and report what legislation is nee
essary to prevent the Introduction Of
Texas cattle fever into Ohio.
SENATE, Feb. THE following bills
were introduced by Mr.. Mckinney
Supplementary to the act for the creation
and regulation of incorporated compa-
MES in Ohio, passed May l, 1858, Is. & c.
30O.) The object of the bill is TO enable
mining apd manufacturing companies to
remove their central and branch offices
whenever they shall deem it for the in
terest of the company to 10 so.
BY Mr.. McKinney-To Obviate the ne
cessity of issuing county bonds for the
improvement of roads and highways in
certain cases
In the afternoon the bail passed to
allow appeals in suits for divorce and ST.
imOny.
DEMONSTRATIONS were presented for
a law to legalized dissection; 10 establish
a soldiers orphans home; for exempt
ing building associations from taxation.
Mr.. Ritezel also presented a petition
for a law TO prohibit owners and occu-
pants Of fax and tow mills from throw
ing shives and refuse into the streams
adjacent TO said mills.
Mr.. Mower presented the petition of
eighEy-fye males, and one hundred and
TWENTY-FIVE l6HAGlsS VI OldIh county. re-
ouestfng the General Assembly to take
the proper measures for submitting TO
the popular vote a proposition for strik-
ing the word "male" from that portion
of the state constitution defining the
qualifications of ar elector
MI. Coreoran gave notice of an inten-
tien to introduce a bill 10 give mayors of
cities the veto power.
Bills were introduced to amend the
liquor law so as TO provide that persons
iniuredby INTOXICATED persons shall have
redress from the parties who sold the
liquor: to provide for the election of
county auditors for a term of three
years; to authorize railroad companies
to Increase their capital stock and issue
bonds, to make three cents per mile a
rate for passengeF fares on all
railroads; to compel railroad companies
10 feHoa their tracks within six months ;
10 repeal TITO law Of the last session
prohibits stHdSnt9 ct college from
to authorize courts 70 liz the
compensation of assistant prosecuting
attorneys in counties with less than
LOO, 900 inhabitants. In counties with
greatsF population the court shall ap-
point such offices, gth salary not great-