Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1870-03-03
Ohio legislature.
From the State Journal

ties and Colleges to visit Oxford and
| Athens, and the COMMITTEES on Benev-
j, olent Institutions to visit Cleveland.
A Joint resolution was adopted iurg-
ing our Congressmen to use their in.
fiuence'to secure the immediate in
terventien of this Government in be-
half of American citizens confined in
British dungeons. A bill to pro
vide for a special election in Cald-
well, Noble county, was passed, and
one to shorten the time of recording
petition for and filing injunction
against increasing the limits OF an in
corporated village from sixty to thir-
ty days. A. bill ordering that coun
ty roads shall not be less than thir-
ty feet in width was laid on the ia
BILE. A bill to extend the time for
payment of school lands in section
16, Green township, Hamilton coun-
ty, was passed. Also one to allow
the adoption of foundling or aban-
doned child by the Trustees of an
Orphan Asylum, and the making of
it an heir-at-law-when it is abandon
ed to an Orphan Asylum. A bill to
grant alimony on appeal to the Dis
trict Court was passed; authorizing a
special tax in Champaign county, to
pay q debt incurred for draft pur-
poses. A resolution inviting the
Legislature of Kentucky to visit the
Capitol was adopted. A resolution.
requesting Congress to abolish the
Land office in this State and cede all
United States lands to the State was
adopted. In the Senate, bills were
introduced amending the act to reg
ulate fees of county Surveyors, to al
low milch cows to run at large, and
to prevent building associations
from carrying on banking. Bills
were passed Furnishing as burglary
the breaking into railroad depots,
car factories, station houses, and
railroad cars; for the investment of
the surplus funds, in the control of
the State Board of Agriculture, in
bonds of this State or of the United
States; authorizing manufacturing
companies to issue preferred stock;
and prescribing for what causes and
how pupils may be excluded or ex-
PEELED from the public schools; re-
moving the limitations by statute of
the cost of buildings for the reform
schools; and authorizing the CON
struction of line of railway within |
the limits of the city of GAINESVILLE.
In the House on Saturday, num-
ber of petitions were presented. A
bill was introduced to establish a
Board of Public Charities and Health
in cities of the first class and one to
change power of fixing roads from
County Commissioners to Township |
Trustees. A resolution looking to
change of girls and boys from one
Reform school to another or to one
alone was adopted. In the Senate,
a bill was introduced for the better
regulation of turnpikes organized
prior to 1851. The House joint res
olution for putting crate in the
south wall of the hall of the House
the one in the north wall having
proved a success--was adopted. The
House joint resolution inviting the
Kentucky Legislature to visit the
Capitol of Ohio was indefinitely post
poned. . r
In the House on Monday, bill to
authorize the removal of seat of JUS
tice from st. Clairsxille to Bellaire
was introduced, and one to authorize
the town council of Bellaire to raise
money to build county buildings in
case the seat of justice shall be re-
moved there. One to repeal the ex-
emption clause in the act relative to
roads and highways. One to au.
thorize the sale of lands without ap-
praisement when the contract upon
which the judgment is rendered so
provides. One to prevent lotteries,
gift enterprises and schemes of
chance, and one for the inspection of
steam boilers The use of the Hall
was rendered to Rev. G. w. Collyer
for Friday evening, to present the
claims of the Soldiers Orphans
Home. A resolution to instruct the
on the Penitentiary to in
quire into and report upon the FEAST
bilisy of opening a Sunday School on
Sunday afternoon in the Peniten-
tiary, and one instructing the FL
nance Committee to make an appro-
priation of 81, 900 for library purpo-
ses were adopted. The House ad
journed over until Wednesday morn
ing. Among the amendments made
to the general tax bill pen ding in the |
Senate, was one in effect exempting
from taxation the property Of Cath
olic schools and other educational
to the same extent as the {
property of the public schools of the
State is exempted. d3'w aai
In the House on Wednesday bills +
to protect the primary elections of
voluntary political associations, one !
to take from Commissioners the pow
er to appoint time of making out .
road tax and giving to trustees of
townships, and to return road tax to ,
district from which collected and be
expended by supervisor, to increase
the fees of jurors in Justices courts
TO 81 90 per day were passed. A
resolution was introduced to instruct
the Auditor OF State to Instruct ap- s
praisers to assess the real estate of I
the State upon aspecie basis, and !
one adopted to require all commit ,
tees TO report all items of expense to {
The committee on Claims and the Au- a
ditor of State to disallow all items !
not approved by that committee. In
the Senate, bill relating to the con-
Of railroad bridges was
passed. 1t provides, among other
Ihings, that the archways ofrailroad :