The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1870-02-25
LEGISLATURE.

1t isalmost impossible tOgive Legis-
lative summary. Every memberseems
TO have his hands full in introducing
bills that only cover about four feet
square in some section, or presenting
petitions of purely local character.
In the House during the week the fol-
lowing is the most important that has
been done:
The House Committee, to which was
referred certain memorials asking for
an increase. Of pay of District Asses
sors, reported, asking to be discharged
from their further consideration. The
report was agreed to, and thus dies an
other project for greater compensa-
ton. Petitions were presented from
several counties asking for the estab-
ishmentof a Soldiers Orphans Home
and for local purposes. The following
joint Resolution was introduced:
ResOlUed, 6y the General assembly
of the State Of Ohio, That the Sena-
tors and Representatives in Congress
from this State, are hereby requested
to use their influence to secure the i'm
mediate intervention of this Govern
ment in behalf of American citizens
now confined in British dungeons OH
the charge of sedition.
, ResOLUed, That the Governor be re-
quested to forward a copy of the fore
going resolution to each of the Sena-
tors and Representatives in Congress
from this State, and ask that it be
laid before their respective houses.
The resolution was unanimously
adopted. The following bills, among
the many, were indefinitely postponed:
To restore the six per cent. law; to
punish for obtaining goods under false
pretenso with Penitentiary imprison-
ment; to allow the Secretary of State
81 900 for a statistical clerk.
In the Senate bill was introduced |
amendatory and supplementary to the
act to preserve the purity of elections.
The first section makes it peniten-
tiary Offense for a judge or clerk of
election, Or. any other person to in
scribe false names, or names of persons
not voting, upon poll books. The sec |
Ond section prescribes the same penal
ty for knowingly having such false
poll books or tally sheet. The ether
sections amend the law so as to guard |
more ceffectualIy, against balIot-box
stufing! Z Ek4h
Senate bill, requiring the State Board |
of Agriculture to invest surplus funds
in the control of said board in bonds |
of the United States, or i'll bonds of
the State of Ohio, was read the third |
time and passed.
Senate bill, to authorize manufae-
turing corporations to issue preferred |
stock, was read the third time and |
passed.
Senate bill, to amend the school
law, providing that no pupils shall be
excluded from the public schools for
and prescribing for
what. causes and how pupils may be
excluded or expelled, was read the third
time and passed. t-t-.s
House bill, removing the restriction
of 5000 and $1,000 in regard to the
construction of buildings for reform
schools, and providing that the ex-
penditures shall not be i'm excess of the
appropriations, was read the third
time and passed.
Mr.. Woodward, from the Judiciary
Committee, reported back with amend
ments, S. b. No. S5, by Mr.. Campbell,
to prohibit free passes on railroads to
State officers. THE intent of the bill
was to prevent officers from being
bought in the interest of Railroads by
free passes. The bill was lost. The
following remarks of Mr.. Jones really
cover the Object-buncombe-of the
bill: C1-ltt- --f'-
. MIR. Jones SAID he would vote against
the motion to refer. He intended to
vote for the bill simply for purposes of
buncombe. Hedidn't believe it would
pass, and he didn't think there was
anything in it if it did pass. 1t had
been tried.elsewhere and proven to be
a dead letter and failure. Ifa State
officer can be purchased by free rail-
road pass, it is because he is rascal.
and you prevent him receiving the
pass he can still more easily be bought
with greenbaeks.
Mr.. HubbeH moved that the COM
mittee on Public Expenditures be or
dered to report back Immediately the
HousejOint resolution, referred to them.
inviting the members of the Kentucky
Legisl ature to visit Columbus. Mr..
HubbeIl said the resolution should
either be voted up or down. 1t should
be acted upon at once. There is now
barely quorum present; ina few hours
there VIII be no quorum. 1t was ex-
pected that the resolution would be
reported back at an early hour, al
though some may have thought it was
for the purpose of strangIing
it. This he did not think a manly
course. Our duty is to act upon it at
once. The resolution was defeated,
and a ''high Old'' Legislative time, at
the expense Of the State, was killed.