Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-01-29
OHIO LEGISLATURE.

OHIO LEGISLATURE.
SENATE, Jan. 8.-Remonstrance were
presented against the repeal or modification
Of tho Liquor law. . Bills were Introduced
amending Sec. 10 Of the act Of 1870, prescrib
ing the duties Of County Auditor; TO provide
for the survey, appraisement and sale Of State
lands, and the appropriation Of the fund aris-
ing therefrom to further endow the Agricul-
tural College. . "A memorial setting forth the
claims OF the Agricultural College was pre-
sented and ordered printed Adjourned.
HoUsE.-Messrs. Archer and Beatty
were added to the special committee TO lnves-
tigate the canal management Little bust
ness Of Importance, except routine matters,
was transacted Adjourned.
SENATE, jan 19.--Bills were passed.
TO harmonize the statutes in relation to cruel
ty to animals; authorizing suits on written
contract to be brought either where made
payable or at the residence of the maker
DR.. Leander Foristone, Of Wooster, Ni9a nom-
mated Trustee Of the Northern OhleAfospi-
tai for the Insane. A bin was reported tax
ing all church property above 5000 in each
case. "A resolution WIS offered invoking the
aid Of the Federal troops TO suppress mob
rule at Urbana. In the afternoon bill
was introduced TO amend Sec. 80 Of the
Court bill passed unanimously. Adjourned.
HoUsE.-Sundry petitions were pre-
sented for and against change in the Liquor
laws. :. "A bill was passed prescribing the
penalty for buying or receiving stolen prop
erty or promissory notes. =. The bill to give
the Superintendent of the Soldiers and Sail
ors' Orphans Home authority to remove ap-
pointees was defeated Bills were intro
duced-to constitute the Commissioners OF
counties having population exceed.
ing 1900 and less than 32,75O Boards oil
Turnpike Directors; authorizing Police
Courts to reverse their findings and grant
new trials; authorizing issuance of notarial
commissions to bankers, brokers and their
clerks; to punish "tramps" by imprison'
ment at hard labor in county jais; abolish
ing the ensealment of deeds and other legal
conveyances; amending the Game laws. "A
resolution was adopted to adjourn every
third Friday, beginning with Jan. %, until
the following Tuesday. Adjourned.
SENATE, JanS20.-Petitions were pre-
sented for reduction in the fees Of county
officers and an increase in the compensation
Of jurors. :. A bill was passed to amend the act
for the incorporation OF mutual benefit asso-
Citations. e. Bills were introduced-to author
ize Trustees of Childrcn's Homes to provide
for instructing inmates in industrial pursuits;
prescribing proceedings in the administra-
tiOn of estates when there is no known heir;
10 provide for the publication OF statistics of
births and deaths. "A resolution was adopt
ed that the Senate adjourn onJan. p and every
third Friday thereafter until the following
Tuesday. "A bill authorizing city Councils 70
fix the price Of Illuminating gas and provid-
ing for appeals therefrom was set for third
reading on the 9th. The Committee on
Temperance reported without recommends
ton the Senate bill to so amend the
Adair law as TO require any inter
ncfp al n
any sale of intoxicating liquors to give notice
in writing before any liability for damages
shall accrue. An amendment was agreed TO,
preventing saloon keepers from publishing
names Of those giving such notices, and the
bill passed by yeas 20, nays II. Adjourned.
HoUsE.-The usual petitions for and
against changes in the Liquor laws were pre-
sented. "A bill was passed requiring County
Recorders to indorse on deeds recorded by
them the amount of fees received IA joint
resolution was offered for constitutional
amendment in relation to the judicial system
-. Adjourned.
SENATE, Jan. 21.-Bills were intro
duced-to give movers of buildings a lien on
the buildings moved; excluding heirs from
tcstifying in suits brought to set aside deed
executed by their ancestor; TO amend the act
to punish gaming so as to make the penalty
fine and prisonment, and also to punish by
fine and imprisonment parties who use marked
cards aud combination boxes" to pay the
Bloomfield Guards for eleven weeks service
during the war. e. Bills were passed-pro-
hibiting the trespassing of animals on rail-
roads; authorizing the sale Of intirmary lands
| in Franklin County. The resolution TO
create commission TO prepare amendments
| to the Constitution was lost by yeas Ia, nays
l2-not the majority required by the rules.
| The bill creating a commission to revise the
| statutes was reported back with amendments
| and ordered engrossed for third reading....
Adjourned
HoUsE.-The Penitentiary bill was
passed without one negative vote. -. The bill
limiting the amount of debtors earnings for
three months for which exemption is al
| lowed, 10 $500 was passed In the afternoon
| bills were eintroduced-re- Sec. 10 of the
Cleveland School law, repealed by the gen
| eral act Of May |, 1873; to suppress sheep
| killing by dogs; to amend Sec. 15S of JUS
| tices' Code The greaterportion OF the ses-
| sion was occupied In the reception OF commit
tee reports and the transaction of miscella-
ueous business of a routine character. .Ad-
| journcd.
SENATE, Jan. 22.-Petitions were pre-
sented-asking the passage of a law TO make
litigants pay all jury fees; to reduce fees OF
county officers, and increase the fees of jurors
in Justices courts to two dollars. EighteeI
| DlllS were TeNu INC beCOHu tliic anu iCioii SN
49,. The introduction of couple OF bills o
local importance was followed by adjourn
ment until Tuesday afternoon, Jan. 20.
HoUsE.-Remonstran against inter
ference with the State Liquor law were pre-
sented "A resolution was offered instruct
ing Senators and Representatives in Congress
to vote for law which shall give the land
donated to soldiers to them without the con
dition of settlement and improvement.
bill was introduced repeating and supersedin:
existing laws in relation to Longview Asylum
....A bill wac also introduced regulating
telegraph companies and prescribing IN
rates to be charged for transmitting message
Adjourned to the Goth.