Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1870-04-21

tervening paragraph, having been
passed over without amendment. Jaat
taxing pig iron 81 per ton was taken up
Mr. Allison moved to amend by making
a reduction of 20 per cent, of the present
duties on pig, scrap and manufactured
iron, provided that on the latter it shall
not be less than 8 per cent, I'D UGlore7n.
Mr. Butler moved an amendment liking
the rate on pig iron at s. per ton, The
discussion was continued during the
afternoon and evening. Mr.. Garfield
was unwilling the whole reduction
should fall on pig iron. Finally. Mr.
Buffers amendment was adopted by S6
to So. Adjourned.
Alb stract of the cts of tl,e FTfty-Ninth
Geue'a ssr u biy CT the Session Com
mencIng Jauuary 3, 1870, and Ending
April Is, Is7c.
GENERAL LAWS.
No. l. To repeal the act of May :, 1859,
fof the inspection OF steam boilers.
No. ,. Making partial appropriation
for the year 1870.
No. 3. To dispense with proof in rela-'
tiou of certain lands used FOR the cou-
struction Of the Wabash Canal.
No. /. To provide that where . school
house site is held under lease, only tie
title TO the estate created thereby shall
be regarded as vested in the B ard of
Education.
No. ). TO correct clerical error i'll the
marriage act of May 5, 1859.
No. 6. To authorize the election OF i
Board of Aldermen in Cincinnati.
No. Z. To provide for submission of
the question of constructing free turn
pixies to vote osthe people.
No. s. To provide for the extension Of
street railroads beyond the limits of any
municipal corporation upon the National
or any other road.
No 8. To authorize cities of the second
class (Ianesviile) to provide u line of
railway at an expense Of S25, 900.
No. 10. To prohibit expenditures in
excess of appropriations for buildings at
Reform Schools.
No. IL. To permit Courts TO grant ali
mony to the wife for her sustenaRce
during tendency Of petition for divorce
or alim0ny alone.
No. u. 70 amend section one of the
act to provide for the adoption OF chill
dren, so that in cases where the child is
an inmate of an orphan asylum, the
written consent OF the President of the
Board of Trustees shall fiji the place of
the consent of the parents.
10. Is To provide that when 4 legal
holiday occurs on Sunday, the succeed
inE Monday shall he considered the
lega! holiday, and paper becoming due
on that day shall not be presented until
Tuesday.
No. IA. TO authorize Investment of the
accruing interest on the Agricultural
College Funi in interest bearing bonds
of the State.
No. Is. To provide for increasing the
salaries of Judges OF the Superior Court
to 81, 500 in certain counties (AlOntg0n-
ery.)
State purposes; foc general revenue, one
mill and fire-tenths of :! mill on the
dollar; for sinking fund, one and two
tenths OF mill; for common schools
one and three-tenths of a mjll-totai,
mills.
No. II. To provide for the sale OF
islands in the Great Miami river.
No. IS. To make The mutilation Of the
records of any court an Ofiense punish
able by fine and Imprisonment in the
county Jail
No. IL. TO extend the privileges of
Savings Societies.
No. 20. To authorize township trus-
tees to appropriate surplus bounty funds
for school purposes.
No. 2l. 10 authorize county commIs-
sioners TO offer q bounty of SOD tof kill
ing wolves.
No. -. To establish and maintain an
Agricultural and Mechanical College.
No. %. To provide for the removal OF
minors from the Penitentiary to the Re-
form School at the discretion of the
Governor.
No. y. To enable the Trustees Of Ger
tain literary institutions to close their
corporate existence. Oxford Female
Seminary.)
No. %. To encourage the study of
anatomy.
Nc. 70. To authorize manufacturing
companies to issue preferred stock.
No. p. To amend aud repeal section
q of the act OF 1852, relating to common
schools.
No. 2S. To authorize the City Council
of Cincinnati to appropriate $50, 900 to
provide for u survey of the Southern
Railroad routes.
No. %. To repeal section Is of the act
of May Z, 1863, relative to insurance
companies.
No. 50. 10 release Judges of the Su-
preme Court from circuit duty when-
ever, in their discretion, the interest of
the State SO demands.
No. 81. To authorize the Clerk of tine
Supreme Court to certify the decree or
order of the Supreme Court back TO the
inferior court from which it emanated
No. 81. To authorize the consolidation
OF two or more churches OF like faith
into one corporation.
No. 33. 20 authorize municipal cor
porations to ISIS .e bonds at s per cent,
and to abolish the office of City Treas
urer in cities of the second class.
No. 81. To exempt the Cincinnati
Hospital FROM the provisions 0j the mu-
nicipal cotle relative to hospitals.
No 81. 20 authorize County Treas
urers 10 contribute to the support Of
Teachers Institutes, and to provide for
the annual report OF said Institutes to
the State School Commissioners.
No. 36. TO authorize cemetery associa-
tions t. hold i've hundred acres of iand,
tAree hundred Of which shall be exempt
from taxation.
No. 81. 70 fix the salaries Of the Off
GERS of Hamilton county,
No. SO. rO provide for the enlarge
ment of the lunatic asylums at New
burg, Athens and Columbus, so as to
provide for the accommodation of the
chronic insane.
No. SO. To provide that railroad COM
panies may issue mortgage bonds in
such sums and for such amounts as they
may deem necessary, and may confer
upon the holders OF the bonds the right
to vote at all meetings of the STOCKHOLM
ers.
No. 40. To authorize township trustees
to contract for material for repair of
roads
No. Al. To provide for the more eff
cient collection OF tolls on the National
road.
No. AZ. To provide for q minority rep
resentation in Boards of Election.
No. IS. To authorize the Board of Pub
lie Works to lower three or more cul-
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