The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1874-05-22

Aue Work OF the Legislature dur
ing Its last session is comprised IN
the enactment ofI25 new laws, ali
of which are ostensibly Of a general
nature, though In reality only q lin
tied number are so. The more i'm
pOrtant Of the latter, such IS intro
duce new features into our jurispru-
. dence, or making serious changes in
existing laws, may be summarized as
follows:
An act declaring it the duty Of the
Treasurer Of the State, upon the de-
mand ofany City, Village, Township
or County, to cancel and return all
bonds issued under the B@sel law,
An act to enable manufacturing
companies to capitalize their debts,
and create preference shares.
An act regulating the mode Of sd-
mlnistering assignments for the ben
eft Of creditors, and fixing the fees
of assignees. This provides that
the fees Of assignees shall be six per
cent, on the first 1000 collected,
four per cent on all above that sum
and less than $4,000, and two per
cent, on all over So, 900
An act regulating the ballots for
elections, which it says shall be writ
ten or printed in black ink upon plain
white paper, with a space not less
than one-fifth of an inch between
each name, and without any mark
beyond the heading, to indicate what
the ticket is. The text of this law
has already been published in all the
papers.
An act to prevent the use offerrets
in catching rabbits.
An act to amend the code Of civil
procedure, so as to allow a married
woman to sue and be sued alone
when the action concerns her pri-
vate property, or is upon written
obligation or agreement signed By
her, or is brought by her to set aside
deed or viii, or If she be owner or
partner in any mercantile or other
business, or is between her and her
husband.
An act making it a criminal Of
fense, punishable by fine and i'm
prisonment, for an engineer to run
his train across another Railroad
without bringing tito q full stop.
This is an addition to the liability
of the company for damages should
an accident occur.
An act to secure the amounts due
them to laborers, sub-contractOrs, or
persons furnishing materials TO Rail-
roads. This provides that the own.
ers of Roads shall be liable to pay
such persons the amount which
would be due them under their con
tracts, provided such amount shall
not exceed 80 per cent, Of their pro-
portionate part of the whole coz
tract.
An act to enable Railroads to
ehangetheir proposed routes, without
securing new acts of Incorporation.
When such deviation from the O.
riglnal route shall be deemed adVi-
sable for good and sufficient reasons,
the company shall make a certificate
to that effect, which shall be acknoW-
lodged before a Justice of the Peace,
or County Clerk, and fled in the Sec
Ietary of States Office, when 1t be-
comes a part of the original certif-
icate Of Incorporation. This does
not permit Of any change IN the ter
minus.
An act to amend the exemption
laws, by permitting every unmarried
woman to hold exempt from exeeu-
ton S1OO worth Of wearing apparel,
one sewing machine, and one knit
ting machine, bible, hymn book,
psalm and other books, not exceed
ing in value $25.
An act toexempt from execution
or seizure any fund set apart by Be
nevolent Societies for the use OF
families Of deceased members
An act compelling Railroad COM
panies to construct good fences on
both sides Of their Roads within SIX
months from the 18th Of April
An act amending the act for the
prevention of cruelty to animals, so
as to make the punishment for vio-
lations of the law a fine of not less
than S. nor more than $50, with i'm
prisonments in the jail, at the dis
cretion of the Court for not more
than 10 days. One-half Of the fines
collectedis is to be paid to the Society
which causes the arrest, and One-haf.
to the Common School Fund.
An act defining as I misdemeanor
the putting of soap or alkai into 8
stea m boiler, and providing that
such an act shall be punished by a
fine of not less than 500 nor more
than $500, or Imprisonment at hard
labor in the penitentiary for not less
than one nor more than ten years
This act is particularly intended to
punish strikers who interiors with
Railroad locomotives.
An act to enable the trustees Of
any religious denomination to be-
come an incorporated body, with all
the powers and functions Of such
bodies in general.