The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-01-19

JAN. I0.-The General Assembl
met at P. NJ, after a recess Of tw
days. The House adopted 8 resolu
tion, by vote Of 6s to 16, grantinI
permission to place the memorial Q
Lincoln in the rotunds Of the Stat
House.
A bill was introduced to reduce thr
salary Of the Railroad Commissione
rom four thousand to twenty-fou
hundred dollars.
JAN. lin the Senate the bill Il
Increase tue salary Of Supreme Judge
from 5000 to 81, 900 per annum pass
ed. Wards bill, to make the reading
Of the Bible in the public schools un
lawful, failed to pass the House. TIL
vote stood IA yeas to 75 nays. A res
olution was offered in the Senate pro
testing against Federal interference
in the State elections which was or
dered printed. A resolution was ais,
offered instrueting the Ohio Senators
and Representatives to use their in
6uence TO secure the removal of thi
National Capital to some point in the
Mississippi Valley. Ordered printed
JAN. 12-The Senate passed two
bills entitled as follows: To so amend
the viii act as to permit a widow to
make election under a will at any
time before the final settlement of an
estate. To so amend the code as tC
give asurety the benefit of a judgment
against himself and principal after
payment by the surety.
In the House, a communication
from Rear Admiral Shubrick Of the
United States navy was received, in
closing two bills desirable to be pass
ed, ceding jurisdiction for sites for
lighthouses. A bill passed for the en-
largement Of a culvert on the Miami
and Erie Cana, near st. Mary's. Bills
were introduced: By Mr.. Mott, to
prescribe the fees of county officers in
counties Of not less than IS, 900 inhab-
itants according to the last census,
making the fees one dollar for each
instrument ofwriting or certified copy
thereof under seal. By Mr.. Schirick,
70 make the sellers of intoxicating
liquors responsible for damages done
by intoxicated persons to whom liquor
is sold, and releasing owners of the
premises on which the liquor was
sold from responsibility. BY Mr..
Bowman, to amend the homestead
act SO as to make the amount free
from execution on a judgment for the
head of the family $500, instead Of
$500. By Mr.. Parr, to increase the
salary Of the Governor, Secretary of
State, and Judges of the Supreme
Court, 81 900 each, and the Attorney
General 1900, and abolishing the COM
mission fees of the last named officer.
It Is proposed to reduce the salaries of
clerks in the various State depart
ment sufficiently to make up this ad-
vancement Of the salaries Of the heads
of departments.
JAN. 13.-In the Senate a petition
was presented from the Chamber of
Commerce Of Cincinnati, asking that
free trade in money be authorized.
A bill was introduced in the House to
reduce the rates of toll on turnpikes
and roads, to what they were before
the war. The bill to abolish the office
Of Comptroller Of the Treasury, was
postponed until the second Tuesday
in February.
In the morning, in the House
a resolution was offered providing fol
a committee to inquire into the con-
duct Of Gov. Hayes in not ordering
special election IN the Third District
A warm discussion ensued, after
which the resolution was referred to
the Committee on Federal Relations,
the Republicans voting yea, and the
Democrats nay. The Governor sent
a communication, in the afternoon,
assigning reasons for not ordering 8
special election to fill the vacancy in
the Third Congressional District,
caused by the resignation Of R. C..
Sehenek. He claims that legal no.
tices Of such election would consume
nearly the whole time of the vacancy,
and that the election would be a vain
and useless expense. he IS sustained
in this view by the opinion of the At
torney General.
JAN. l6.-In the Senate bills were