The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1871-03-10

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that these evils may be
hbated, and the name Of our city be
measurably purified from the re-
proach it has borne.
1E0IsIzATTEE.
7 Psfitions were read IN the House, on the 2s, /
from various oitizena, protesting asaiust any /
a,odihcation Of liquor laws. Also petitions N |
favor AZ retreucAltssnt in Stats end County af-
fsafrs Also to protect heath and lives Of mi
ners.. The bill to provide for survey Of mines, I
was passed
Ia the Senate, Bills were passed to authorize
and require payments Of bounty to rs-eniisted /
veterans. To make tha New Blind Asylum /
Are proof. Bill 20 prohibit The spracticias Of !
dentistry without eersiaeate Of qualification. |
was defeated. Bills were introduced to pro
videsfer the speedy trial and removal Of muRiz
cipal officers upon conviction Of violation Of
any provision Of the municipal code. Making
appropriations for ls7L To require, under
penalty for neglect, return OF statistics for pub
locations BY July lsb To allow prosecuting
attorneys 70 % present during sessions Of
GTand JurieH. Bills were passed to increase
the pay Of Jurors to 81 per day To authorizs
counties, cities and, towns, TO issue bonds to
pay beaded indebtedness coming due To do
aEly With property exemptions where persons
fsii to work on the road. Z
81 14t6 - -9aa ra4sfL
aEon thaI sst inst.s remonstranees against the
modification Of the liquor law, were offered in
the House. 3 a petition for tho abolision Of tho
o6cers Of coantF School EEaminers, and al
loving township trustees to examine candi-
dates, was presented from Trumbun county.
A number Of the members Of the Indiana Leg
islature, being upon The floor Of the Hopse, an
intermission was taken to shake hands with
the visitors. A bill Bss introduced 70 dcfns
/ the Liabilities Of common carriers. Bills were
passed 70 incorporate printing and pubIishing
houses Of religious determination. The bin to
give the Ssate Board Of Equalization the pow
er toreddce the valuation S2eO, ZOO OOe. was
amended in the Senate as to allow reduction
of.only l2 10 per cent This was attempted
70 be amended making norednction or increase
possible, except upon a vote Of a Inajoritv oi
the Board. The l2.l-2 per cent. amendment
passed, and the bill goes to the House for con-
eurrence. 2. iss nEs7
Inthe Senate, bill was introduced to estab-
lish a superior court IN DaFke county. Also
to reduce the Salary Of State GeolOgist from
$1,000 10 $1,000 6.Assistant from 1850 to
1000, and appropriations from 5000 to 5000
q year. Also, to amend the Probate Court act
50 that NshaR m Administrator or Executor
presents claim against the estate he ropres-
ents, be shah give notice TO persons interested
In tho Heuse, on the 2d, bin to prevent
seining on ali streams in the State, except the
Ohio tiver and Lake Erie, above High w ate1
Marx, was passed. Bills were introdnced 70
apply the provisions Of the liquor law tostesin
and camel boats. To connect Miami and Erie
canal with Ohio river, at AIiB Creek O Eo.al-
low gates to be enectedand tolls collected on
turnPikes, after three miles Of road haEe been
completed. t-rs axir- s.i1 +. T,
In Senate bill introduced 10 amend sessions
5sS and $50, of municipal code. 1t provides
that Wien a City Council shall appropriate
land 10 open, extend, widen OF straiqhten a
street OF alley, the cost Of such real estate may
be assessed, IN whole OF in part, upon The lots
OF lands through which such street or aley
shall be opened, Widened or straightened, ana
upon such other lots and lands along such
street as the Council may determine to be
within the benefits ofsuch Improvement: but
No ordinance making such assessments shall
be passed until the owners of tEO-thirds Of
thelots and lands to be charged, estimated by
feet 'front.' shall baye3 3petilioued for such i'm
prOyemeHt. Bill was introduced, to lregsiIate
settlements between County Gommissiohers
to. district their counties fortke greater oohye-
niencs of the tax-payers, and to prevent the
accumulation Of money in the County Treasa-
ry as under the present system. The gentle
man had better seek % amend the act for ii e
safe-kseping Of the public moneys, providing
that it shah ''lay around loose" Or. she IN
the pay Of some mammoth safe concern, which
wants to sell ono in each ''aistrict?a 90
-r fr fTft n1T tte
In the House. on the 50, Mr.. Little offered
the following; IA, ,a-. sr-s.a e--4 g
Resolved By the General Assembly Of Chic,
thres-ffths of the membep elected 10 each
House agreeing thereto, that the following be
and the same are hereby seYerslly proposed To-
the electors Of Ohio for their approval or reiee-
ton at the general election A. D. 1871, as
amendments TO ;he Constitution, to wit:
FIRsr AMHEDNENT-ARTTc1E l. r.
SRsrIoN l. There shall be elected, at the
general election in October. In each judicial
district by tho electors thereof, one district
Judge resident therein, whose term of ofice.
beginning on the second Monday Of Noyern-
Der nsxt thereafter, shall be five years and IN
til the election and qualification Of his success
sort and who shall receive such salary (which
shall not be changed during bis term, and
have such jurisdiction as may be fixed i5v law
The general assembly may provide for the elee5
lon OF one, or more than one, addional Judge
IN any district, IN the menner prescribed IN
section 10, article 4, Of the Contitution.
SEC 2; a district judge may sit in any dis
trct In the state; and district courts shall after
the second Monday Of February, A. d. 1873,
be held exclusively by district judges, the
number of whom necessary to hold Z eopTt
shall be determined by law.
SECOND ANENDxENr. t5i
SECTION i-Article /. Sub-dfvision. ~
each county shall constitute one. - 7'- = : |
SIC. 2. No probate Judge shaH. after tl,ad
second Tuesday Of October, A. ID. iS7-. here |
after be eiected in any county not coutaiuinp !
forty-fye thousand inhabitants at the prsces |
ding census. And in every such county after |
the expiration oftho term Of the pTebate S1i,ige
elected on or before said date, the coirt ri |
common pleas therein shall have and exercise |
jurisdiction in all probate matters. 4
SEC The frat eloction for ind ros - A., /
several Subdivisions under this amendment /
shall be had at the general October election,
A. ID. 49,, and their term shall begin on ,tIej
second Monday OF February thereafter; provi- |
ded, thatin counties having resident common |
pleas judges therein, such election shnII be !
held at the annual October election next pre- /
eeedlng the expirntion Of their terms respet- /
lively ~ EstEL = y a
sEc.4. The general assembly MAJ, prorias
lor supplying the place of any Judge during
Judge = : - 1-,ss1-NsF
The resolution wss ordered ijr-ihted.E House
then ajourned till Tuesday. lsI ucf /
No business was done in the Senate, ezesut /
reading the Journal Adjourned til TuestlsI.
CONGRESSIONAL. 1
Forty-frst Congress Third Session
In the House, on the 2Sth, after some pre-
liminary business, Dawes called up lSs mo
ton to reconsider the vote by which the on,-
nieus appropriation Bfl was Iaia on the table
yesterday, and then moved substitute for il
from which all AUTHORIZATIONS for ,,o, zl |