The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1876-02-03
LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY.

JAN. 24-SENATE.-Bills introduced
Permitting the incorporation of base
ball clubs making the office of road su-
pervisor a pointive instead of elective
providing for the appointment of COM
mission by common pleas courts to ex-
anime proceedings Of county commiss-
toner's; changing the legal rate of inter-
est to ten per cent; authorizing county
commissioners, on petition, to remove
toll gates adjacent to villages; allowing
persons taking up live stock on the pub
lie highways to detain the same in any
enclosure instead Of having to impound
it, as at present.
A resolution was adopted providing for
investigation by a special committee of
newspaper charges 70 publishing pro-
posed constitutional amendments.
HoUsE-Bills introduced Amending
the fee bill so as to prevent county treas
urers from taking five per cent. of
amounts returned for taxation by corpo-
rations; fixing the weight of bushei of
onions at fifty-six pounds, providing for
a commissioner to examine engineers as
to their competency; To secure clergy
men of all denominations free access to
the Penitentiary and other penal and re-
formarory institutions of the State to
regulate mines and mining and provide
for the settlement ofstrikes; authorizing
taxation of property in cities benefited
by an improvement, but not abutting
thereon; providing for the election Of
school directors in village districts on
the second Monday in April; permitting
the killing of deer between the middle
of October and the middle of November;
providing a secure method of collecting
chattle taxes authorizing conveyance of
real property by religious societies. pro-
viding for the removal of az pointees of
the Governor; providing that where
townships run parallel, lands shall not
be twice taxed for free turnpikes giving
county commissioners power to prose-
cute violations of the free turnpike law
repeating the ditch law, and substituting
a new one; amending section 447 of the
civil code; increasing the number of
public documents which the Auditor of
State is allowed to distribute.
Delegates to the Grand Lodge of the
Hebrew Order B'Nai Birth, in session
in Columbus, were invited by resolution
to visit the House. The invitation was
accepted and the delegates were formal
received.
JAN. 26,-SENATE-Bills were intro
duced Authorizing arbitration of GER
tain claims against the State abolishing
the chaplaincv of the Penitentiary; au-
thorizing school trustees to furnish books
and clothing to INDECENT children allow
ing girls Of fourteen and boys of eighteen
to choose guardians.
Senator Rukenbrod's bill fixing the
price of legal advertising, was passed.
Also, the bill for the establishment, sup
port and regulation Of children's homes
HoUsE-Consideration of Mr. Hollo-
ways amendment embracing the pro-
visions of the Geghan law to the bill to
reorganize the Penitentiary, was resum-
ed, and Mr.. Hitchcock's substitute for
the amendment was adopted The sub
stitute for the amendment was adopted.
The substitute provides that any prisoner
on application to the Warden, shall be al
lowed personal consultation with min
ister or instructor of his religious faith.
Further consideration of the bill was
postponed until Friday.
The bill making it burglary to enter
granary or poultry house at night was
lost.
Bills were introduced To fine supervi-
sors for not causing the leveling of earth
Or gravel hauled or scraped into the
to punish persons for provok-
ing breach of the peace authorizing
township trustees, instead of county COM
to superintend the repair of
roads under the law of 1869.