Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1874-12-17
OHIO LEGISLATURE.

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OHIO LEGISLATURE.
SENATE, Dec. S.-Several Executive
nominations we're confirmed.
Bills introduced: Repeating the Ma
honing cnulty seat removal act; max
ing the salary of members of the Gen.
eral Assembly $500 per session.
A resolution Was adopted providing
for inquiry rs TO improper connection
of State railway officials with fast
freight lines.
HoUsE-BiIl- introduced: REQUIRING
publication of detailed reports Of coQn-
ty, township and city expenses; trans
ferring the duties OF Superintendent of
the State House to the Secretary of
State; prohibiting transportation of
game Illegally killed; extending the
scope of Insurance. on buildings author
izing appeals from justices decisions in
certain cases.
= Resolutions were adopted calling for
information in regard to transactions Of
the Sinking Fund Commissioners; re-
lating to stone cutting for the Cincin-
natl Custom House; for printing 400 ex-
ira copies of bill reducing fees of
SOu1ity OulCClos
A resolution to print 200 extra COP
les of the Secretary of States report for
1874 was referred. -:
A resolution proposing a dog tax
amendment to the Constitution was
tabled. - fiii
SENATE, Dec. ga bill was intro
duced amending the act of last session
empowering juries to inquire into the
of crime.
A substitute for the resolution pro-
posing dog tax amendment to the
Constitution was reported and referred
HOUsEcPetitiens For law pro-
viding for election of township super
visors of bitches end; gravel roads; re- |
Bills introduced. Reducing fees OIL
asnending the ditch laws; providing forI
compulsory education; making it law
full for sheriffs to levy an execution for
fines and costs upon the body of any of |
fender in any county of the State.
Several bills were read third time
and referred.
Resolutions offered: 1nquiring by
what authority extra copies of the rules
are being printed; authorizing purchase
from Eliza Medary of 400 copies of Con-
stitutional Debates; providing for a
Joint committee to consider the subject |
of fees and salaries; proving for an ad-
journment from the 23d TO the 29th
inst. Qost).
The resolution providing for investi-
cation of the Jenner scandal was putt
upon its passage and lost.
SENATE, Dec. 10.-Bills introduced
Requiring that plats of land in cities +
shall be approved by the council:
amending the homestead law, proyid-
ing for publication of applications forl
condemnation of property in cities.
A resolution in regard to lighting theI
the Chamber by electrici-
ts was discussed for some time and f.
pally lost. J oi tti1a3 li1a
The committee on Soldiers Orphans
Home WAS directed to inquire and re- /
port upon some plan for teaching the +
orphans trades p ='zH t
HoUsE-Bills introduced: Amending q
the process of incorporating grange as 9
giving railroad contractors a 3
lien subject to claims of borrower and d
f. 1t
A resolution declaring against ad- te
over the holidays was
abled. s3i2 ee 1b 4
Bills passed: Providing for taking |
Itrtistics the coming year of the num- {
Der of acres of grain each farmer expects t
o plant; limiting appointment to Office t
n the punitive, refOrmatory and be- b
levOlent institutions of the State; 8
Inending the act defining the jurisdic- c
ion OF prOhate courts ia certain cOun- U
les; making partial appropriations for C
he year 1875 @ iits tri n
"A bill authorizing each House to en- n
10y an official reporter was lost. fl
SENATE, Dee. 11-Bills passed: Pro- tt
-idipg that alimOny may be allowed on p
ppeal oftiivorce cases: authorizing an a
dditional judge in the Ninth district a
adopted: Relative to ais
)int = committee on constitutional ii
relative to stone cutting il
,r the Cincinnati Custom House. A Il
i'll was introduced restricting courts d
ON allowing more than 500 as COM Il
ensation to. attorneys for conducting es
efense in criminal cases.. he-.
HoUSE-Bills introduced: Author ~
.;ng city treasurers to collect specialf al
lxes; extending jurisdiction OF justices II
! regard to common carriers; facilitat- III
IL recovery of assessments when made
vice on same property; repeating act ar
erection of chutes for pro- m
ctien of fish; allowing persons, through tn
hose land bitches may be located, to sp
X or tile the same; repeating law pc
aking county treasurers ex-officio ne
easurers of cities; conferring additional ny
authority on county treasury exam 50
ers; prohibiting members of boards of hr
ucation from buying or selling school Tn
operty to or from each other. ou
Bills passed Repeating Metropolitan trt
lice law OF Cincinnati; forbidding kill gll
? of deer in November. RI
SENATE Dec. 12.-The memorial Of th'
. State Temperance Convention a. aP
inst any change in the presenting pa
vs. were presented. 10
introduced: Fixing !
, time when infirlnary directors nP
all enter uron their duties; provid- oci
|. that exemption of earnings shall tro
exceed 1900; allowing teachers to the
miss school on certain holidays and tne
ring teachers institutes, ira
/ Joint resolution providing special nes
nmittee on amendments to- the we
q 'r law was tabled under notice to WI WI
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