Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-04-26

bill to authorize narrow gauge railroad 1
to issue bonds.
The nomination OF B. F. Martin, of
Franklin county, to be Trustee of the
Blind Asylum, was referred. 1
A resolution Providing for binding |
unbound volumes of the c0nstitutionaiI
debates of 1873, was adopted.
House Bills passed: House bill
suthorizing the Directors Of the Peni
Tertiary to dispense with the football
10 the new addition; House bill pro-
viding for quarterly meetings of the
Trustees of the Soldiers Orphans
Home; Senate bill regulating the speed
of railroad trains in corporations, allow
q speed Of eight miles per heur in
towns of two thousand inhsbitants;
House bill to prevent the abandonment
of passsn ger or freight trains at any
other point than schedule destination;
Senate bill TO punish the practice OF re-
sorting TO distant courts to oppress citi-
zens OF Ohio; Senate bill to authorize
free banking; House bill TO provide for
collection Of delinquent taxes for free
turnpike roads; Senate bill revising the
ditch laws; House bill to provide for
the purchase of books for the common
schools. -
House bill to allow the illumination
of railroad passenger cars with oil or
fluid that will bear a test of 800 degrees,
was lost.
April 20.-SENATE-Bills passed
House bill requiring the proceeds ol
sale of certain canal lands to. be placed
to the credit of the Agricultural Col.
J lege fund; Senate bill providing that
lin foreclosure cases. the persons holding
j mortgages, when their residence il
known, may be served by sending
icopies Of papers containing notice,
j Houss bill to authorize councils to re-
Iquire Eew bonds of city officers wher
, old bondsmen become insolvent; House
. Till providing for detsching territory
| from cities or villages. Ten otner biils
all of local interest strictly, were pass
ed.
; Bills introduced: To require inn ane
: boarding house keepers to provide eth
, cent fire escapes; 10 provide mure Nef
fectually against accident from Gre OF
: railroad trains.
i Resolutions adopted: Senate join
D resolution asking Congress TO make ap
propriation Tor the Improvement o
{ rivers in the Mississippi Valley; Hous
s joint resolution giving the care of III
e flag rooms and hsgs TO the Adjutan
o General.
VI B. T. Martin was confirmed as Trus
: tee of the Blind Asylum.
+ HoUSE-Bills passed: House bill t
: provide for the Incorporation of churcl
sessions; S-uate bill to Indicate VIII
shall have the power of declaring In
.orporated religious societies extinct
: House bill to prevent the spread q
|. Canada thistles;, House bill givin
. Mayors casting votes, in cities of tn
i. second class, In cases of tie votes i
q Iccuncils; Senate bill tn protect res
d estate owners against waste by tenant
= By courtesy. Eleven other bills, Z
|. local interest only. were passed.
I'll A bill to amend the school law, so q
! to require vote of the people of q vi
[. ilage to make snch village d sctot
b district, was introduced.
Resolutions adopted: Senate jolt
,i resolution relative to the restoration
q the silver dollar to its former rank &
= lawful money. s-s
,tl House joint resoiution suspendingf III
). law fixing the price of .conyict llabt
4 until August l, was lost-6 to 66.
, House bill to provide for Official lee
M islative reports was lost.
Of April 2l.-SENATE-One bill vi
10 Dassed, and one introduced--bothi ieca
h No business Of general interest.
Of HoUsE-BIlls passed.: House bill
,e make the free turnpike law sppiy
I'd Clarke and Butler countless. and tah
is the execution of the law out of II
4 hands of county commissioners an
: place it in the hands of towns hip trts
ia tees; House bill to consolidate with On
s. amend the statute, relative to jails az
IN Peniteptiary.s..s.ls sissss'ies-.s -l7.s g
House bill to punish officials (,
making false election returns ".
amended, and lost. ,