Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1873-01-30
Legislative Summary,

HOUSE, January pa petition was
presented from the Trustees Of the
Ohio University at Athens, for an an
nual appropriation OF sl0,000....A reso-
luton Of thanks to the citizens OF Mans
field was adopted forthoir invitation to
attend the new Court House dedica-
tion....A copy Of the decision of the
supreme Court in the case of the Pitts.
burgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago rail-
road company was RECEIVED and order
ed printed....B Bills were introduced re-
quicing officers Of corporations to an
swer under oath; providing for destroy
ed municipal records; for election re-
turns OF justices of the peace to De mado
to the Clerk of the Common Pleas
Court; authorizing. county commis-
sioners to construct roads on petition of
a majority of resident land owners; to
amend section 1Z2 OF the criminal code;
to amend the law in reference to town
ship school libraries. The bill passed
authorizing Lake county to build a
county infirmary.. ....Tha Finance COM
rnittee was increased from 9 to H.. The
bill passed allowing Royalton town
ship, Fulton county, to purchase "a
hearse and build a hearse.. The bill
passed allowing Windsor township,
Lawrence county, to levy tax to pay
debt on the school house....A bill was
introduced in reference to town halls.
5ENATE.-A communication in ref
ercnce to tbs status of tho Pittsburgh,
Fort Wayne and Chicago railroad WAS
received aad referred....A resolution
was adopted referring to the Finance
committee the appropriation of $1,000
for protection wall on the canal street
faetier in tho city Of CoIumbus.....A
Joint resolution was offered instructing
our Senators and Representatives in
Congress to use their Influence for an
increase for the volume OF currency.
Ordered printed. "A bill vas introduc-
ed to change the collection OF the road
tax from December till June....A MEM
orial was read from the Trustees Of
Athens University for an annual ap-
priation Of s10, 00D....A bill was intro
duced to authorize franklin county to
builda bridge across Indian Run, near
Dublin.
HOUSE, January 23.-Eouse bill pass
ed authorizing the consolidation OF fjOint
stock fire and marine insurance COM
panies. Senate bill passed permitting
the Boards Of Aldermen and Common
Council Of Cincinnati to elect their
officers ri9l r0ea.....The- bill for pro-
lection of fish was tabled.... 1.-The Nor
gan Raid bill was referred TO a select
committc.... Bills were introduced to
increase the salary of the Prosecuting
Attorney in Cuyahoga and Lucas coun-
ties;- to authorize Ross county to issue
bonds for the Jefferson township school
house; TO increase the salary OF Prose
cutting Attorneys in counties OF less
than twenty thousand inhabitants.....
House bill passed to extend the advis-
DRY duties OF the Attorney General to
the departments of railroads and in
sarance.....The bill passed for the pay
mcnt into the county treasury after
three years all unclaimed costs of justice
of the peace COURTS. The bill to ap-
propriate $4,000 to the Northern Lu-
natic Asylum was referred to the COM
mittee on Finance....Messrs. Clyde and
Oliver were made additional members
of the committee on Finance......The
dill to provide for the western branch
of the Northern Lunatic Asylum was
postponed....A resolution was offered
calling for statement of expenses in
cidental to the burning of the North
ern Lunatic Asylum.....House bill to
mend interest laws was referred to a
special committee.....B Bills were intro
duced to provide for the election Of the
Cincinnati Board of Aldermen; in
fiicting a penalty for the removal OF a
pauper from one county to another fer
permanent residence; giving county
commissioners discretionary power in
assessing costs for new rOadS.....A resO-
luton was offered and referred, 10 al
low clerks and sergeants-at-arms mile
age same as nlembers.....The jointreso-
luton to allow mileage and per diem
to the Senate and House committees on
Benevolent Institutions, in connection
VI ith the burning of the Northern Lu-
matte Asylum, was referred.
SENATE.-Bills were introduced: to-
provide for the settlement of the &C
counts of testamentary trustees; ma
king legal companies incorporated with
only four persons; TO authorize incor-
porated hotel companies to issue pre-
ferred stock....A bill passed to allow
Coshocton county to build a Court
House; also the bill for the protection
Of sub-contractOrs and laborers on al
new railroads; also Senate bill to au-
thoriae Brown township, Paulding
county, to levy tax for bridge pur-
poses; also Senate bill to build a bridge
across Indian run near Dublin, Frank
lin county. Amendments were agreed
to the bill amendatory of the BoeseiI
railroad law, after which the bill pass
ed by a vote of - yeas to II nays.