The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1875-03-25
Ohio Legislature.
COLUMBUS, March 20, 1875.
THE SENATE.

The oENh LIZ.
The General Appropriation bill was
proceeded with, and the amendments
Prop, sed by the Senate Committee on
Finance were disposed of.
Bills INTRODUCED.
BY Mr. Potter-To bring the police
force of Toledo under the provisions of
the Municipal Code and repeal the To-
ledo Metropolitan Police bill.
BY Mr.. Fisher-TO authorize courts to
remit or reduce the whole or part of the
penalty of a forfeited recognizance, or
the county coma issioners to refund such
penalty after it has been paid into the
treasury, when the accused has been sur
rendered to the proper court to be tried.
On motion of Mr.. Fisher the vote was
Yeconsidered by which the Senate re-
fused to pass the bill to pay members of
the General Assembly by salary, and the
bill was laid on the table.
Appointments were confirmed as fol-
lows: J. ?. Brock, Penitentiary Drec-
tor; William d. Morgan, Geo. w. Many
penny and l.. q. Delano, Commissioners
for the Construction of the Central Asy.
lum; Gen. Durbin Ward, Trustees of Sol
diers' Orphans Home.
Senate resolution by Mr.. Newman, to
prescribe for the care and preservation
of land Office records at Chillicothe, was
adopted.
A large number of reports of commit.
tees was received, and bills set for third
reading on Monday or Tuesday.
The General Appropriation bill was
under discussion in Committee of the
Whole, the session being prolanged for
that purpose until late hour.
THE HOUSE.
A memorial was presented by Mr.. Will
liams from Mrs. Anna Il. Thompson,
Mrs. S. W. Thompson and other ladies
of Delaware, and Mrs. ii. q. MCCabe, on
behalf of the Womans' Christian Tenn
peranCe Union Of the State of Ohio, earn
estly demonstrating against the passage
of legislation to weaken the laws pro-
viding for the suppression of intemper-
ance, and especially asking for such meas
ures as will rescue us from the demOrali-
xation of beer, Il decentralization proved
by history to be wide, deep and disas-
trous to the last degree.
The Wood County Bribery Investi-
eating again claimed the attention of the
House on question of privilege by Mr..
Brunner, who stated that the chairman
of the committee had denied the right of
members to appeal from his decisions to
q committee.
Mr.. McClain offered a resolution which,
after slight amendment, was adopted, as
follows:
Resolved, That questions arising in said
committee as to subpGnaing OF witnesses,
or as to the competency or relevancy nf
testimony, shall be decided bya majority
vote of quorum of said committee, and
that any members of the committee may
have the right of an appeal from the de-
cision of the chairman of the committee.
Mr.. Grosvenor called up his resolution
to authorize the Speaker of the House to
appoint one out of several attorneys
named in the resolution as counsel for
the committee, at not more than twenty
dollars a day.
Mr.. Beatty moved to amend by allow
ing any other person to be so designated
by the majority of the committee.
Further petitions were presented by
Mr.. Armstrong, from citizens of Belmont
county, and Mr.. Chapman, from citizens
of Cuyahoga county, for a repeal of the
law for taxation of life insurance pre-
miums.
By Mr.. Loomis, from citizens of Me-
dina and Wayne counties, for law to
exclude members of secret, oath-bound
societies from juries, in cases where per-
sons not members of such societies are
parties.
By Mr.. Safer, from citizens of Butler
county, for law for compulsory educa-
tlon