Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-03-22

ruliure and Mechsnic Arts, was lost.
March 14-Senate-Hon. Samuel
Knox, of Harrison county, was elected
President pro temrore.
Bills passed: House bill providing
lor the payment Of the contractors for
of the stone masonry and
brick work OF the Columbus Hospital
for the Insane.
House-Bilis passed: House bill re-
ducing the minimum width of turn
pixies IRON twelve to ten feet; Senate
DILL recognizing the lunatic asylum
districts.
The general appropriation bill was
passed. An amendment to pay the
Morgan raid claims failed-St TO 81.
House bill giving justices of: the
peace concurrent jurisdiction with
common pleas courts in all suits in.
vOlviDg amounts OF from 500 to $500
increasing the maximum from $500,
was lost.
March l5-Senate-Tbe Cox Harmon
contested election case was considered
for some time.
Bills introduced: To FIX the limit o;
increased aggregate valuation of bank
shares, as equalized, at $l00, 900; to de
fine the laws relative to the extinction
Of parish or congregation.
Bills passed: Senate bill to attach q
penalty for destruction OF railroad sig
nal lights or lamps.
House-Bills introduced: Limiting
the rate of school taxation In Toledo Ia
five mills; changing the testing degree
of Illuminating oils from ITO TO 40.
Bills passed: Senate bill authorizing
the ity of Akron to levy tax to com
plete q memUrisl chapel and vault In
the cemetery; Senate hill TO reorganize
the Ohio Agricultural College.
In addition to the ~ oye several local
bills were passed.
Senate amendments to the CompuI-
sory Education bill, striking out the
sections compelling the keeping of a
record by employers of all children oi
school sge employed by theta, their
age and number of days they work,
were concurred in.
March 16-Senate-The nomination
of Rodney NJ. S,imsOn, to be State Lii.
brariaD, WAS confirmed.
MeSsrs. Butterworth aud Campbell
made the closing arguments In the
Cox Harmon contested election case.
and further consideration of the case
YVES postponed till Wednesday, 2lst
inst.
Bills introduced To create the Office
of defending attorney, to defend per-
sons charged with crime, the officer to
receive salary in proportion to the
population of his county.
House bill for the relief of j. B. Koch
and John X. Helman, defaulting treas
urers of Wayne county, was passed.
HOuse-Bills passed: House bill
making vaccination Of school children
compulsory after July l, and every five
years thereafter; House bill imposing
a penalty for non payment of taxes as
sessed on lands benefited by bitches;
House bill to refund to the treasurer of
Morgan township, Gala county money
stolen from him; House bill to provide
that persons who petition for, and after
ward demonstrate against road, shall
still be held responsible for costs in
Cured.
House bill reducing the rate of inter-
est on contract from eight to seven per
cent, was lost-12 to 20.
March 7.-SeDate-Bills passed {:
Senate bill prohibiting villages of less
than 1000 inhabitants from passing
to prohibit railroad trains
from passing through their limits at a
greater speed than eight miles per
hUu-; Senate bill authorizing sheriffs
to fill vacancies IN boards Ofappraisers;
Senate bill providing that stock in
transit shall BIZ provided with rest, food
and water. Several local bills were
passed.
House Bills passed: House bill re-
quiring executors or administrators on
re QUESTION of an heir of deceased
person or other interested person, to
disallow and reject any claim against
estate, anil requiring the
holder of such claim, within six
to bring action upon such
claim against such administrator Or
and make such heir or other
party a defendant; House
bill to amend the road law providing
Tor roads from wild wood lands.
Among the bills introduced were the
Creating lien upon real
estate for the collection of water tax;
county commissioners to-
,ell bridge property; authorizing cOun-
y commissioners to levy special taxes
fur township purposes; providing for
the special codification OF the statutes
to life and fire insurance; re-
Iuiring assessors to make separate re-
turns of persons residing within special
school districts; to authorize transfer OF
pupils from one school district to an
,ther; consolidating road taxes, at the
Instance OF county commissioners, with
,t1er taxes, for collection; to authorize
county com missioners to condemn
and for bridge approaches.
March l9.-Senate-Bills passed
senate bill providing that turnpike
may make the number OF
directors three.
A message was received nominating |
Horace M. Horton, of Meigs county,
or Trustee of the Athens Hospital for
he Insane.
House-BilIs passed: House bill to
luthorize the board Of education of
Geneva township, Ottowa county, to
,sy judgement; House hill to auth0-
ize the village OF Fostoria to purchase
/ fire engine and Duild u town hall;
House bill to provide for cleaning
treets and sewers ia Cincinnati.
Bills introduced: To authorize
councils to require new bonds of city
'r village officers, when satisfied of the
insolvency of any surety; to provide for
of a portion OF the Hook
ng canal from the first lock below
Nelsonville and Chauncy; to increase
he pay of prosecuting attorneys in
ounties of less than 1900 inhabitants
rom S4Oo to $500.
DUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
ID. c., March 16, 1877.
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