The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1870-04-29
ABSTRACT 0PTHEGCTS OF FHEPIFTY
NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
THE SESSION con MENCING JANU-
ARI ;, 1870, AND ENDING APRIL Is,
1870.
GENERAL LAWS

| ARl j, 1919. AND bADiAd ArklL 10,
1879.
GENERAL LAWS
No. 1. To repeal the act of May Z,
4 1859, for the inspection of steam boil
ers.
No. >. Making partial appropria-
/ tiOns for the year 1870.
/ No. 3. TO dispense with proof in re-
/ Iation of certain lands used for the
construction of the Wabash Canal.
No. f. To provide that where 4
school house site is held under lease,
only the title to the estate created
/ thereby shall be regarded as vested in
the Board Of Education.
No. 5. To correct a clerical error in
the marriage act of May 5, 1869.
No. G. TO authorize the election Of
Board of Aldermen in Cincinnati.
No. Z. To provide for a submission
of the question OF constructing free
/ turnpikes to a vote of the 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. 9. To authorize cities of the
second class (Zanesville) to provide a
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
alimOny 10 the wife for her susten-
ahce during pendeney of petition for
divorce or alimOny alone.
No. 12. Toamend section one of the
act to provide for the adoption of
children, so that in case where the
child is am inmate of an orphan asy-
lum, the written consent Of the Presi-
dent of the Board of Trustees shall
fill the place of the consent of the par
ents.
No. 13. To provide that when le
gal holiday occurs on Sunday, the
succeeding Monday shall be consider
ed the legal holiday, and paper pc
presented until Tuesday.
No. IA, TO authorize investment of
the aeeruing interest ON the Agricul-
tural College Fund, in interest bear
ing bonds of the State.
No. 10. To provide for increasing
the salaries Of Judges of the Supreme
Court to $500 in certain counties
Montgomery
No. 10. To fix the rate of taxation
for State purposes; for general reven-
ue, one mill and tiYe-tenths of q mill
on the dollar; for sinking fund,
one and two-tenths of a mill
for common schools, one and three
tenths Of a mill-tOtal, A mills.
No. II. TO provide for the sale of
lands in the Great Miami river.
No. Is. 70 make the mutilatiOn of
the records of any court an Offense
punishable by fine and imprisonment
i'm the county Jail.
No. 10. TO extend the privileges of
Savings Societies.
No. 20. To authorize township trus- |
tees to appropriate surplus bounty
funds for school purposes. I
No. q. TO authorize county COM
missiOners to offer bounty of 500
for killing wolves.
No. -. To establish and maintain |
an Agricultural and Mechanical Col !
lege.
No. %. To provide for the removal
of minors from the Penitentiary TO |
the Reform School, at the discretion |
of the Governor.
No. a. TG enable the trustees of |
certain literary institutions to close
their corporate existence. iOXfOrd |
Female Seminary
No. .25. To encourage the study of
anatomy.
No. 26. To authorize manufactur-
ing companies to issue preferred stock.
No. 27. To amend and repeal sec
tion 81 of the act of 1853, relating to
common schools.
No. 2s. To authorize the City of
Cincinnati to appropriate S50,OC0 to
provide for survey of the Southern
Railroad routes.
No. .. To repeal section Is of the
act of May Z, 1869, relative to insur-
ance companies.
No. 80. To release Judges of the
Supreme Court from circuit duty
whenever, In their discretion, the in
terest of the State so demands.
No. 81. To authorize the Clerk of
the Supreme Court TO certify the de-
cree or order of the Supreme Court
back to the interior court from which
it emanated.
No. 80. To authorize the cOnsOlida-
ton of two or more churches of like
faith into one corporation.
No. 80. To authorize municipal cor
pOratiOns to issue bonds at per
cent, and to abolish the Office of City
Treasurer in cities of the second class.
No. "a. TO exempt the Cincinnati
Hospital from the provisions of the
municipal code relative to hospitals.
No. 81. To authorize County Treas
urers to contribute TO the support of
Teachers Institutes, and to provide
for the annual report of said institutes
to the State School Commissioners.
No. SO. To authorize cemetery assO-
Citations to hold five hundred acres of
land, three hundred of which shall be
exempt from taxation, l.
No. 81. To fix the salaries of the Of
ficers of Hamilton county.
No. SS. TO provide for the enlarge
ment of the lunatic asylumns ut New
burg, Athens and Columbus, So as to
nFoVidf for the accommodation of the
chronic insane.
No. 80. 70 provide that railroad
companies may issue mortgage h6nds
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
stockholders.
No. 40. To authorize township trus-
tees to contract for material for repair
of roads.
No. Al. To provide for the more eff
ficient collection OF tolls on National
roads.
No. AZ. To provide for minority
i'm Boards of Educa-
ton.
No. 43. To authorize the Board Of
Public Works to lower three or more
cuIverts along the National road in
Madison county.
No. A. To provide for keeping poll
books at elections for School Direct
Ors.
No. As. To repeal the "Visible Adj
mixture" law of May 6, 1869.
No. 46. TO repeal the ''Visible Adj
law of 1868.
No. AZ. TO provide for the more
examination of ballot boxes
before and after elections, and 10 pun
ish for making fraudulent returns.
No. As, To authorize County Com
and Councils of incOrpOr-
ated villages to contract for the deliv-
cry of material for the construction of
roads and streets in case they should
deem it necessary.
No. 40. TO extend the time for the
of unfinished railroads.
No. 80. 20 establish Ohio Soldiers \
and Sailors, Orphans Homes.
No. 81. To provide for the incorp0r-
alton of companies for the purpose of
erecting tanks and storing oil
No. 81 To authorize County Com
missiOners to establish schools in
County Infirmaries.
No. So Making appropriations fer
1870 and the first quarter of 1871.
No. 81. TO enable railroad cOmpan-
les To redeem their bonded debt.
No. So. To provide for the estab-
Iishment of the Cincinnati Uniyers-
ity.
No. So. To provide for the appoint
ment of guardians for persons incapa-
eitated by reason Of habitual intOxica-
ton.