The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1877-04-27
GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

| -APRiL-SeEatc-- ne pehefdi Ntpfo-
nria.ion bill was considered duriug the
| forenoon session, and then postponed
! till Wednesday next House bin auth
orizIng the publication of the Consti-
, tutionai amendments in two papers In
each county was passed-ameng them
the following: Senate bill authorizing
the city of Newark TO unite with the
commissioners of Licking coaDty in
making certain improvements, Great
ing special school district in Norwich.
Brown and Prairie townships, Frank
lin county. House-Rouse bill to pre-
vide for the election OF an additional
Judge in Lucas county, was amended
so as TO provide for the election OF
an additional Judge in Franklin eoun-
ty, and then lost. reconsiderec, ana
postponed till "Wednesday next. Sew
eral local bills were passed; also House
bill to provide for the ataudonmeE; Of q
portion of fthe Hooking canal liz Athens
. county. A bill requiring railroad COM
/ panies TO use self extingui-hing stoves
on railroad ears ~as introduced. Sen
ate bill to provide for the vacation OF
! the Lewistown reservoir, was adopted
providing for meeting at 9 A. Il; and
2 P. NJ. hereafter. and restricting
members to two minute speech on each
subject.
APRIL 3.-Senate-After several
bills had been S. for third reading, the
Senate adjourned till Tuesday after
noon, 18th inst. HoGse-B!lls intro
duced: Prov ding that persons owning
property inside a municipal corpora
tions, but living outside, may s'nd
their children to school inside the cor
poration. with the consent of The board
of education; fixing the pay Of mem
bers and officers of the General Assent
bly, ut $500 per aEuum, and deducting
S. for each days absence; to prevent
the erection of toll gate within one
mile of any incorporated village, having
one hundred and fifty Inhabitants; to
provide for short hand reports of the
proceedings of the General Assembly.
Adjourned till Tuesday afterE Don. 18th
inst.
APRIL 17.-Senate-A bill was ill.,
troduced to authorize the city OF Cleve
land. to suspend the Burns law and
lay water pipes. House-Five local
bills were introduced; also, a bill to leg
alize the printing of legel advertise
nents in newspapers using patent in
sides or outsides. 4 joint resolution
authorizing the Board of Public Works
to permit the Scioto Valley Railroad
com pany TO use certain parts of the
tow path and bridges. of the Ohio ca
nal, was referred IT, the committee on
Public Works.
APRIL 8-Senate-Bills passed !:
House bill making appropriations TO
pay contractors on the Columbus
Hospital for the Insane: House bill to
appoint assignees and trustees of es-
tates when vacancies occur; House
bill to provide for cleaning streets and
sewers in Cincinnati; House bill to
place the Children's Home in Cleve
land, supported by private charity,
under the law regulating such
homes; House bill to limits scbooI
taxation in Toledo to ten miles;
House bill authorizing county com
missiouers to offer reward for detec
ton of horse thieves; Senate bill TO re-
yive judgments that have become dor
ment; House bill to authorize the
Board Of Public Works to construct q
culvert under the Hooking canal, near
Lancaster; House bill prescribing the
! fees of county auditors. Besides the
for going four local bills were passed.
Three local bills were introduced; also
bill providing for stay of execution
on judgments in courts of record. r
p. Buckland was confirmed as Trustee
of the Soldiers Orphans Home. House
Bills passed: House bill to author
ize the city of Lancaster to pay indebt-
edness; Senate bill to limit the pay of
road supervisors to $50 in any ole
year; House registration bill. Four
local bills were passed. Bills lost: ::
House bill postponing fall collection
of taxes until January; House bill pro-
vidipg for board to examine medical
students applying to practice; House
bill to authorize the appointment Of a
commissioner to prepare Il series Of
school books, and for their puhlica-
ton. The Finance committee report
ed bill to enlarge the gus works at
the Asylum for lmbeciles, and five
local bills were introduced.