The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-02-23
ONO LEGISLATURE.

The following was presented in the
Ohio Legislature on the 18th. It has
the right ring:
We. the undersigned, citizens and
tax PAYERS Of the city Of Urbana, OHIO
do RESPECTFULLY invoke your hOnOra-
bic body TO fnterposs such legislation
as will relieve us In some measure
from the excessively onerOus and
burdensome and general special taxa
ton TO which we, in common with
the citizens Of nearly all municipal
corporations IN the State, are now
subject.
u We respectfully ask that more
stringent restraints be imposed upon
All officials who are clothed with
power 70 levy, collect and disbuTse
money for general or special objects
within the limits Of their several jur-
isdictions.
q That municipal, school and cem-
etery bcads created within Limits OF
such corporations shall severally be
more fully required TO report all their
receipts and expenditures in cOnnec-
ton with their respective trusts.
8. That all taxes levied shall be
scrupulously expended upon the sub
iects intended in strict conformity to
article u, section Of the constitution
Of the Stat. an' ny diversion Of the
rule to be uae aal, and work con-
6scatlon Of and that this sub
jeet matter pecially presented by
courts intheir charges to grant juries.
4. That such general restrictions be
required In future levies as will only
with strict economy be sufficient for
the public interests, ard no more, and
70 that end relieve the people from
the illegal extravagances Of their pub
lie agents.
All the foregoing points we respect
fully submit to your honorable body,
and viii, as in duty bound, ever pray,
&c.
FEB. Ie.-In the Senate the pream-
bic and resolutions offered by the
Hon. W. w. Griffith in the House in
reference to the Wabash & Erie Canal
were passed, afte- striking out the
frst resolution from the series. Peti-
tons were presented asking for the
enlargement Of the Miami Canal: A
bin was passed to authorize the con-
etruction Of a bank and eulvert on
the Miami Canal. The primary cleo
ton bill Of Mr.. Baber was considered
but the Senate adjourned before TAX
ing action upon it.
In the House, the Griffith Bill was
taken from the table and made the
special order for March ID. Mr. Grif-
fith gave notice that he would pro-
pose the amendments to the bill when
it comes up again, requiring two
thirds the vote Of the people on the
question Of aiding in the construction
Of railroads, and suspend the opera
ton Of the bills until January 10th,
1872 With these amendments, the
passage Of the bill is almost a certain.
FEB. I7.-In the Senate, a bill was
introduced providing for the election
Of Street Commissioners by wards in
cities Of the second class.
A resolution was adopted in the
House asking Congress to pass a law
TO give all soldiers and sailors who
served in the late war in 1851 and were
discharged, for sickness, without
bounty before serving two years, ,addi-
tional pay. A resolution, calling on
Indiana to keep the Wabash & Erie
Canal navigable, was also adopted.
A bill, introduced to provide for the
inspection of steam boilers, provides
for the appointment of one Chief In
spector and one Local Inspector in
each Congressional district.
FEB. 1s.-In the Senate, Mr.. Yeat-
man, from the committee appointed
TO visit the tomb Of Harrison, report
ed that the son, John Scott Harrison,
would cede three acres Of land il ease
theState would take charge Of the
tomb; reports, further, that the State,
In their opinion, ought to pay proper
respect to the nlustEious dead, and
reeommend an appropriation Of S10,-
600. It was referred to the Finance
Committee. A bill was introduced to
provide that, in case Of loan associa-
tions, the dues, fines, interest on loans
advanced and premiums bid by mem
beTs or depositors, taken together,
shall in no case exceed 10 percent. per
annum, alld @ taxes, and that
every exec the rates specified
shall be held l'arious.
In the House, the interest bill, al
lowing free trade in money, was tax
up, and, after discussion, was post
poned till Feb. %. A bill, passed, to
reserve 70 married women any per-
soEal property, ,actually acquired, or in
prospect Of requirement, before mar
riage.
FEB. 20.-The business oftheS Senate
was unimportant. In response to a
resolution OF the Senate, the Warden
OF the Penitentiary sentin a commun-
ication, declaring that there are now
but seven persons confined in the
Penitentiery under sentence by mill
tary courts. The name and offence
Of each is stated. In two cases the
individuals were originally sentenced
to death, and the sentence afterward
commuted by the Secretary of War to
imprisonment for term of years. /
The order Of the War Department is
the authority under which these pris-
oners are held.
In the House, 4 bill was passed to
provide that persons who visit gam
bling houses may testify against them
before the Grand Jury without GRIMM
ating themselves. Bills were intro
duced to exempt incorporated villages
which maintain cemeteries from
township tax for cemeteries; and to
authorize County Commissioners to
furnish material to keep free turnpikes
in repair.