Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-03-12

DTODtTlY
taken up and made the specitl order for the
3D.. The joint resolution asking Congress to
| pension soldiers Of the Mexican war was lost
-l6 TO 12-not having received a majority
Of the whole Senate. The joint resolution
asking Congress to increase the pension
list was lost-17 to 14-for the same
lack OF a majority Of the whole Senate.
The bill TO take the appointment Of messenger
boys from the presiding officers OF the two
houses and make them elective was loet. -.
The bill authorizing religious bodies which
have been chartered by special act TO reorgan-
iZe under the general law was passed Bills
were Notwithstanding motion dockets
to be kept by the Clerks Of Common Pleas
Courts; making Il unlawful for any President
Vice-President, superintendent Secretary,
Engineer, General Manager, Master Of Trans-
portation, General Freight Agent, or other Of
| fcer or employe OF any railroad company, or
lessee Of any railroad, to be stockholder,
| owner or partner in any freight line organ
| ized iOr the purpose Of purchasing or trans
porting freight; also declaring null and void
all contracts between railroads and freight
lines for the transportation OF freight. Ad-
| iourned.
HoUsE.-The morning session was
chiefly occupied with the consideration OF the
| General Appropriation bill in Committee OF
the Whole. Bills were introduced-author-
izing proceedings for appropriation OF land
institutions; appropriating $4,000 for pay oi
members and officers Of the General Assem-
bly,: for relief OF Albert A. Selkirk, Treasurer
Of Plain Township, Wood County, for public
money lost by burglary and larceny; to ex
| empt from taxation notes and mortgages
given 10 insurance companies; 10 extend the
provisions Of the act defining forgery; to ex
| tend the provision Of the laws relating TO the
| recovery Of usurious interest paid on nego
table paper. The resolution instructing
Congress TO reduce the Presidents salary wal
adopted. Adjourned,
SENATE, March 3.-Petitions were pre-
sented asking the Legislature to deduct the
| per diem OF members absent on private bust
| ness. &. 9. Bills passed-to authorize fractional
| portions of townships, from which portion
Of their territory has been taken and included
| within the limits Of municipal corporation
to elect Township Trustees, Clerk and Treas
ursr, and Road Supervisors; to authorize
| County Commissioners to straighten and
| clear out brooks and water-courses for the
protection Of highways.. Ia resolution wal
| adopted directing the Directors of the Ohio
| Penitenuary TO appoint q committee to exam
| inc into prison Improvements in other States
with the view Of obtaining such Information
rs will be OF service in making improvements
in the cells Of the institution under theil
charge authorized to be made by law re
| Gently passed In the afternoon the bill tC
Of land for the use Of corporations was undel
| discussion during the entire session, anC
the Senate took a recess until the morning o.
the 4th, with the bill still pending.
HoUsE.-The resolutions in relation tC
the Penitentiary, offered some days ago, wer'
called up and adopted Petitions were pre-
sented-for an amendment to the School Law
authorizing city School Examiners to issu,
certificates for two, five and ten years; for
-. IL a u
stitutes for butter and cheese without disclos
ing their real character. Bills on second read
ing occupied the remainder OF the session.
The bill creating the Office Of Superintendent
Of shops in the Ohio Penitentiary was tabled
.... The bill TO amend the Liquor law so as Il
prohibit the peddling Of intoxicating liquors
in any quantity failed to receive the constitu
tional majority. The vote was then recon
sidered and the bill made the special orde
for the 10th -. Bills were passed-authoriz
ing Trustees Of townships in all countie,
having a tax duplicate exceeding $l0,OOO,00'
to levy one-half mill road tax in addition Il
the amount authorized by previous law; re
quiring County Commissioners TO levy tai
on the property of any school district sui
Hcient to sustain school in such distric
twenty.four weeks in year, in cases wher
School Boards neglect to make such levy, ant
to punish Boards of Education by fine 70
such neglect. Adjourned.
SENATE, March 4.-The bill to ameBt
the Municipal Code passed-23 to ST.. Bill
were passed-to include restraining orders
in the provisions Of Sec. PAT Of the Civil Cod
relating to iniunctions; to amend Sec. 3l3 O
the Civil Code; TO make the additional Judge
ship for the second subdivision of the Fiftl
Judicial District permanent office. .Th
joint resolution in relation TO the President
salary was referred to the Committee on For
eign Relations :. The bill TO authorize tn
| In ia
was lost-l3 to 13. IA bill was introduced
authorizing courts to order new elections II
cases where directors of Incorporated com
panies have been Illegally elected. Bill
were passed-to prescribe mode Of proceed
ings for the appropriation of private propert
for the use of corporations; to authorize rail
road companies to change the termini OF thei
roads Adjourned.
HoUsE.-Bills were passed to provide
that sight drafts and checks shall be payabl
without grace; providing that property O
woman dying intestate shall descend il
equal portions to the children of the husban,
from whom she derived such property
whether real or personal in case he left chi
dren by former wife and also children b
the widow, and she has no other children; [
/ prevent street Italian machine operas an
, providing for the care OF mendicar
children engaged in street perform
: ances. In the afternoon bills were in
troduced-to establish a Circuit Court {
I six circuits and twelve Judges, with juris
, diction inferior to the Supreme Court an
the same as the present District Court, in a.
cases except such jurisdiction 10 conferre
by the Constitution on District Courts;
amend Sec. 3l3 Of the Civil Code; to req uir
landowners TO keep their partition fence
free from briars, thstles, thorns, ETC.; to Al
thorize corporations to issue either registere
or coupon bonds; to require personal motto
TO be given by city authorities TO person
7 having property affected by proposed in
: provements; TO authorize compensation I
, clerks OF Inirmary Boards to authorize Cit
Councils to protect property bounded by {
abutting upon a stream prescribing prt
ceedings by County Auditors for tn
} discovery Of property not listed for taxation
, providing that Boards Of Trustees OF unive
sites and colleges may by special resolutio
, at the time of their organization under the AZ
OF May Is, 1858, prevent the appointment
D Visitors provided for in said act;providing thu
. any subscription to the capital stock of an
, railroad corporation or any turnpike con
: pany shall be void, unless such company sha
, in good faith commence the work " constru'
I tion Of the road within two years Of the dat
of such subscription; 10 distribute th
amounts raised by taxing any railroad TO mi
nicipal corporations and townships In sue
proportion as to equalize the participate
OF such corporations in the proceeds OF sue
: taxation. The General Appropriation bi