Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1870-03-10
Legislative Proceedings.

In the House on Wednesday most Of
the day Yves spent in discussion of the
Hamilton County fee bill, which was
finally passed, amended so g. to except
the appointed successor of Gen. Nc
Groarty and tie widow of ths latter
The House then took up the Agricultu-
raj College bill, pending the discussion
on which the House adjourned. In the
Senate the following House bills were
passed: To authorize the Board of Ed
ucation of Olive towship, Meigs County
to levy tax to pay an existing debt I;
and to punish the crime Of nutilating
or changing public records. Bills were
introduced: To amend Sec. six the act
regulating the mode Of administering
assignments in trust for the benefit OF
creditors, so as to require creditors, whose
claims are rejected, to bring suit within
thirty days; to 80 amend section 437 OF
the code of civil procedure, as to au-
thorlzc judge in vacation to confirm
sales of land made by the Shsrif, upon
proper notice being given to the defend
ants; to amend section It's Of the code
of civil procedure, SO as to authorize the
court to take land from the defendant
after conviction, while 8 motion for .
new trial is pending, or petition in er-
oris being prosecuted; to reduce the
salary of Commissioner Of Railroads
and Telesraphs from 81 600 to So, 900; to
authorize County Commissioners, in ad-
vertising for bids for the construction Of
bridges, describing the length and width
thereof, length of spans, and what is re-
quired as to strength and durability, to
leave open to the competition of bidders
plans and specifications for the building
of the same, whether of wood or iron, or
under patent or otherwise: and to enable
railroad companies to redeem their bond
ed debts. The Senate passed the House
bill in relation to savings societies, pro-
viding for adeposit by every one of them
of So 200, instead of only $4,000 as now,
and that the societies may loan so per
cent. on their real estates, instead of so
per cent, as now and also the Senate
bill to authorize the purchasers of a rail-
road to become incorporated as rail-
road company, or to sell such railroad
to an organized company.
In the House on Thursday, a House
bill was passed to authorize the Commits
sioners of Lawrence County to pay M.
w. Davis for injuries received by him
while in discharge of his duty from an
insane person also one to relieve J. s.
money stolen from the Treasury of said
moval by the Governor at his discretion
of members under sentence for felonies
to reform institutions. These now 20 to
the Senate. Billa were introduced to
increase the corporate limits of Cincin-
natl to amend the common school act
to punish the injury or destruction Of
to authorize tbs building Of
jail at Warren, Trumbull County. The
House coneurred in the Senate amend
ment to two House bills only to punish
the crime of mutilating or changing
public records one to authorize the
Trustees of Olive township, Meigs,
County, to levy tax to pay an existing
debt; when signed these will become
laws. A House bill to authorize the
Commissioners of Muskingum County
to build s bridge over the MusSingum
river between Taylorsville and Dun
cans Falls, one to provide for the sale
Of the Buchanan Female Institute at
Oxford, O., passed. A resolution was
adopted appropriating 81 coo for the pur
chase of books for the use Of the pris-
oners in the penitsntiary. A resolution
the Auditor Of State to di-
rect the district assessors throughout the
State to assess the real estate upon q
specie basis, was adopted. In the Senate
5he folio wing bills were passed: Senate
bill authorizing the incorporation of
for erecting and maintaining
,anks for the storage Of oil Senate bill
% punish the evseiop Of tolls on turn
bikes, plank roads and toll bridges;
House bill to authorize two or moro in |
religious societieo. churches
,r associations to become consolidated |
n one single corporation, and House bill
n relation to islands in the Great Miami |
River |