Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1870-04-13
Ohio LEGISLATURE,
COLUMBUS, April 8, 1870.

- ' oIutS- 10 6SIdDllSu u SOlulCTS nome AT
White Sulphur Springs, being the special
d order, the same was taken up.
e MI. Adhn moved to amend so as to
provide Tor the location of the Home on
one hundred acres of land near Xenia.
Mr.. Adlin spoke earnestly in favor of
his amendment.
l. Mr.. Jones caused to be read at the
IF clerks desk a letter from +. Merrick,
president of the board of trustees of the
Reform School for Girls ut White Sui
phur Springs, stating the number of in
mates at present in the school at about
twenty, with a prospect of an increase
during the current wear to one hundred.
and expressing the opinion that the pro-
posed location of the school in what is
e known as the Burnett House, at the
Springs, would be the destruction of tho
institution.
Nh. Jones then spoke at length against
the turning of these unfortunate girls
upon the charities of the world.
Pending discussion, the Senate took a
t recess.
! In the House Mr.. Bates offered a reso-
luton to provide for an adjournment on
!, Friday, April 18th, to meet again the
i second Tuesday of next January.
Mr.. Beach moved to lay the resolution
on the table. Lost.
Various amendments were offered and
made; finally, the whole matter was
+, postponed till next Friday.
| The General Appropriation Bill was
then taken up.
Mr.. Collin moved to strike out the
appropriations for additional buildings
at the Northern Lunatic Asylum. Lost.
The motion for striking out the appro-
priation for additional LAND at the said
asylum, was also lost. The bill was then
passed by a vote of Go TO IS.
April T.-SENATE.-The following bills
: were passed: Senate bill by Mr.. Potts
To rpDpal an net Snnnlannanforu To tho
code OF civil procedure, and to provide
for the correction of clerical errors in
pleading, passed May 9TH, 1869.
louise bill by Mr.. Ritezel-To provide
for the enlargement of the Northern,
Central and Athens Lunatic Asylums so
as to provide for the proper care of the
chronic insane of the state, many hun
dreds of whom are now in the infirm-
aries and jails of the different counties.
House bill, of Mr.. Grifith-To provide
that in order to be eligible to the office Of
school director, the person must be a =
resident of the ward he proposes to rep /
resent, and to provide hat a remova !
from the ward during his term of office !
shall constitute a vacancy in the school a
board. The bill failed to pass by a vote \
of Is to II. l
The most of the afternoon was spent y
in discussing Mr.. Campbell's bill to re- 7
qulre railroad companies to fence their \
tracks, and to forbid the running OF a
trains, if the companies refused to fence,
upon being notified by the railroad COM
~missioners. The bill was finally lost :
10 to IL. (
Mr.. Peckinpaugh's House bill to in y
crease the pay of the district assessors y
and members of the board of equaliza- I"
ton to 50 per day, also failed to pass. 9
HoUsE.-After some discussion, the
bill to repeal the visible admiSture act
of April l6, 1865, was passed by a vote of
81 yeas to 40 a So another one of e.
the abOrtiOns put upon the II
Statute book by the last Democratic Leg
tslature is wiped out-Jason McVey, of
Shelby, being the only Democratic MEM b
Der who had courage and manliness to
vote in favor of the bill. Mr.. Parr at
tempted by ridicule to make Mr.. McVey a
change his vote, and received for his
unbind and uncalled for criticisms a
frank and manly answer from Mr..
McVey that showed him to be a man of q
good sense and independence.
House bill-Mr. Little-To provide for
a closer inspection of ballot boxes be- n
fore n after elections was passed. -
The committee on privileges and cleo In
tons reported back Mr.. Bells senate bill
to repeal the law of the last session which
provides extraordinary penalties for A
judges of elections who receive visible
admixture votes, and similar penalties
for all persons not white male citizens
who shall vote at any election. Oh
In the afternoon, after further flibus-
tering, Mr.. Bells Senate bill to repeal
the act of 1868 was passed by a party vote In
with the exception of Haldeman, McVey
and HambletOn, who voted with the Re
publicans. This is the second visible ID
admixture bill passed to-day.
April S.-SENATE.-The House bill by
MI. Little-To amend the election laws co
so as to provide for a representation of ni
political minOrities on election boards, Tt
was, after considerable discussion, pass an
"a
House bill by Mr.. Sayler-To provide y
that railroad companies may issue mort :
gage bonds in such sums, and for such
amounts as they may deem necessary,
and may confer upon the holders of the n,
bonds the right to vote st all meetings OF Fe
the shareholders. I
In the afternoon, Mr.. Cannon's House ali
bill to require the keeping of a separate ye
poll book at the election for school di- IN
was passed. 50
HoUsE.-Mr. CASTOR made the follow ri
ing report: 1.-The committee on railroads tn
to whom were reported House resolution SCI
66. relative to the corporate exist en-
ence of the Pittsburgh, Fit. Wayne and m
Chicago Railway company, having had wi
same under consideration find that fri
said company is not a corporation under tel
laws of this state, that the line OF
in this state run and operated by M
said company is so run and operatedi on
without the authority of law, and rec 70
commended the following resolution, sp'
which was unanimously adopted: va
Resolved, That the attorney general of CHI
state be, and he hereby is directed TO TN
cause proceedings in the nature of quo III
to be instituted against said of,
company, and to prosecute the same to tic
final judgment with diligence. pu
The special order for the hour, being sS,,
Senate bill-by Mr.. Potts-to repeal the ed
act of 1868 which prohibits the inmates wi
Of the Dayton Soldiers Home from vot- pr
ing, the same was taken up. ~
Mr.. Winslow moved to amend so as to NJ
that the inmate of the home yei
shall be allowed to vote at the home, but o
that their votes shall be returned to the e.
place of their actual residence and there n NJ,
in the ward or voting precinct fat
to which they rightly belong. tnl
After considerable discussion the lit,
amendment was disagreed TO by vote OF Ira
IS to So. cb,
Mr.. Little moved to amend SO as to liz
that the inmates of the home OF
be citizens of the United States and ow
Of this state, and that they shall then be ia s
TO vote as other citizens. on
The bill was then passed. KIN
The House joint resolution to provide glo
~ 80 "a CAAc ~ 4oNl 81.
inst, until the first Tuesday in January, sin
1871, was adopted. I'm
Mr.. Odlin's Senate bill to provide for an
the assessment and taxation of property, tia
postponed until next winter. 70
Mr.. Adair's House bill to make own as
ers of property where liquors are sold Sci
for any damages that may Gle
be caused by the drinking of liquor sold SIN
on his premises, was passed. ~
April lin the Senate no business of ioy
local interest was transacted. an
In the House, the resolution offered by col
Mr.. Callen asking Congress to make an taI
appropriation to complete the Kanawha ne
and James River canal, was adopted. In,
The following bills were passed: vic
Hunts Senate bill to establish the Gin wi
cinnati University; Odlin's Senate bill ~
to enable railroad companies to redeem Sa,
their bonded debts; Hills House bill to 4
for locating and establishing tea
being a codiication of the exist ma,
laws On the subject. ca1
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