The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-01-26
OHIO LEGISLATURE.

JAN. 1S.-In the Senate, Mr.. Au.el
introduced bill providing that upor
bond being given for the support o
a pauper, possession shall not be takeI
of his estate by the infirmary direc
tors. Durbin Ward introduced bill
] to prevent Congress from ceeding
back to Ohio its jurisdiction of the
Soldiers Homes at Dayton. The Com
mittee on finance was discharged from
4 the consideration of a memorial on
'free trade in money" A free trade
resolution was made the special order
for the 25th of January. Mr.. Wade
called up his resolution instructing
the Committee on the Judiciary to re.
port a bill tosecure minority represen-
tation in the State Legislature, and
read an ably written argument in it;
favor. The resolution was adopted.
The House gave considerable atten-
ton to the Agricultural College ques-
ton. The Commissio Iers of Frank
lin county having held back their full
fillment of their contract to donate
three hundred thousand dollars as a
consideration for the location of the
institution, the bill making an ap-
preparation of $40, 900 to purchase the
farm was amended so as to require
fulfillment of the said contract and
passed. The amount appropriated is
to be replaced in the treasury by a like
amount of Franklin county bonds.
JAN. 19.-In the Senate q bill was
introduced by Mr.. Yeatman to super
cede the Commissioners of Hamilton
county by board of nine persons.
four to be elected in each Congression-
al District, ndserve without cOmpen-
sation, and one to be elected by the
county at large, and receive a salary
of $1,000. The Agricultural College
appropriation passed-yeas 29, nays
II. A resolution introduced by Mr.
Emmitt, instructing a committee to
inquire into the expediency of ex.
empting canal boats from the opera.
ton of the water craft-lien law, was
adopted. A House resolution in favor
of an additional Federal Judicial Dis.
trict in Ohio adopted, and bills pass.
ed for the protection of birds and fish
In the House resolutions were pass.
ed as follows: Memorializing Con.
gress against the removal of the Ma.
tional Arsenal from Columbus, and III
favor of creating a third or middle ju
dicial district of the Federal Courts in
Ohio. Directing an inquiry as Il
whether R. B. Dennis, holds a lucra'
tive Office under the Federal Govern.
ment, ,dIsqualifying him from occupy.
/ ing a seat in the House. Accepting
| the gift from the Lincoln MOnumen,
tai Association of the monument by
the sculptor Jones, just placed in the
Rotunda of the Capitol. Fourteen
Democrats voted against this resolu.
ton. A bill to provide for the cree.
tion of an executive mansion for the
use of the Governor was ordered fol
third reading next Wednesday. The
right of Mr.. Glover, of Scioto, to 8
seat in the House was decided, after
considerable debate and fillibustering
JAN. 2O.-In the Senate, thirteer
bills were read and the body adjourned
until the oath.
In the House a resolution to rescinC
the rule to limit the time of speaking
to five minutes was lost. The report
of the majority and minority of the
Committee on Elections,in the Glover
contested election case, was ordered tC
be printed in appendix of House Jour
nal. House adjourned until the 24tl
at3P. NJ.