The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-03-22
OHIO LEGISL4rUR rs

In the Senate, March 10, nominations
were received from the Governor: Rodney
Foos, of Columbus, to be Private Secretary,
vice Alfred E. Lee, resigned; James L.
Murray, of Cincinnati, to be Executive
Clerk, vice Rodney Foos, appointed Private
Secretary; and Rodney NJ. Stimson, of
Marietta, to be State Librarian, vice Il. n.
Robinson, term expired. The nominations
were referred, the first two being placed on
file, and the other to the Committee on
Library. Bills passed: Mr.. Kleinschmidts
Senate bill authorizing Judges of the Court
of Common Pleas in Hamilton County
to appoint Directors of orphans asylums;
Mr.. Lewis's Senate bill transferring the con-
troll of schools in the Nathan Hutton Nora
Wan Settlement in Tuscarawas County from
the County Commissioners to three Trustees,
to be chosen by the people of the settlement;
Mr.. Beach's House bill submitting to the
people of Madison County the question of
| assuming charge of that portion
of the National road passing
through said county........In the House,
Mr.. Dir from the Committee on Municipal
Corporations, reported s. B. 247 (Southern
Railroad bili) with numerous amendments,
and recommended its passage. After dis
cussion the bill and report were ordered
printed and to lie on the table. The report
was signed only by Messrs. DIR, Davis, HUI
berich, McLain and Hodge, there being four
other members of the committee. The same
committee reported S. B. 260 (the Police billy
recommending its passage. Ordered en-
crossed and read the third time next Tuesday.
Mr.. Blske's old bill, to authorize taxation
for the purpose of purchasing township
hearse and building hearse houses, was re-
ported back and passed. Several local bills
passed. The Speaker announced that thirty
| four bills were now to be read the second time,
upon which members began to scatter to
committee-rooms. Mr.. Neal moved that bills
beread the second time by title. Agreed to,
and the batch was rapidly disposed of.
In the Senate, March II, Mr.. billiards. bill,
to amend the act for safety of persons at
! tending public assemblies was passed. A
message from the Governor and Senator
/ Sherman's resignation were received, read,
and referred to the Committee on Privileges
and Elections. After deal of local busi-
ness, adjourned......I the House, Mr..
Scheble's bill, to. authorize County Com
missioners to offer rewards for horsethieves,
was passed. The Cincinnati ten
recommended the passage of
Mr.. Wiltsee's street cleaning bill, with
amendments. Bills were introduced to allow
County Commissioners to contract for the
use of work house, and to permit prison.
ers to be sentenced thereto; to secure pay to
persons furnishing labor or materials in
constructing turnpike or improved roads;
to authorize the Cincinnati Board of Public
Works to take full control ei the Water
| Works fund; to amend the militia law.
In the Senate, March 13, Mr.. Hostetter's
House bill amending the laws of 1873 so as
to leave it discretionary with County Com
missioners before purchasing c stock road
to assess an amount of tax upon the land
owners along the line sufficient to put in re.
pair the road purchased equal to the sur
rounding tract, was read the third time and
passed. Mr.. Barrett's House bill
authorizing cemetery trustees to
purchase additional land for cemetery
purposes, not exceeding fifty acres in any
one year, or one hundred acres in all, was
read the third time and passed. Mr.. John
ston, from the Committee on Privileges and
Elections, offered the following joint resolu-
tions, which was adopted:
ResOIred, BY The General assembly Of tte State of Ohio,
That on Tuesday, March 20, A. d. 1877, at II
O'Clock m. of said day, we proceed in accordance
with law to the election of United States Senator
TO fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of
John Sherman.
TheGovernor's Private Secretary appeared
at the bar of the House, and presented the
Governors message, which was read........
In the House, in addition to several local
petitions, two, with several hundred sigma
lures, were presented in favor of temperance
legislation. Mr.. Dempsey's bill, extending
the term of the City Solicitor of Cleveland
from two years to four years, was reported
from the Committee on Municipal Corpora
tions, read the third time, and passed. The
House joint resolution, providing for the
printing of fifteen hundred copies of the
report OF the School Commissioner in the
German language, was reported from the
Committee on Public Printing and adopted.
Mr.. Richards House bill providing for
the establishment of kindergarten schools
in cities of the first and second class, three
fourths of the Boards of Education thereof
in the affirmative, provided the cost thereof
shall not necessitate an extra levy, and ex-
Guiding such schools from any benefit from
the school fund, was read the third time,
and, after discussion, defeated. Mr.. Ran
SONS Police bill, and Mr.. Bard's bill, abol.
ishing the present Cincinnati Council,
aud providing for electing eighteen
on a general ticket, were passed........
A message was received by the General AS
sembly from Governor Young, in which he
makes a few suggestions. He calls atten-
ton to two bills, House Bill No. 303, by Mr..
House bill No. 71O, by Mr.. Monahan, of
Jackson County, now pendingin the Assem-
| bly,, providing for the creation of a bureau
| of labor statistics-and bureau of statistics
of mining, and the mineral resources of
Ohio the purpose of which is to educate,
protect and encourage skilled workmen in
their various callings or trades by obtaining
accurate information for their use and the
use of the legislators which will enable them
to understand more thoroughly the relations
of capital and labor, and the best means to &C.
complish the development of the mineral re-
sources of our State. These bills he regards
as commendable. He calls attention to the
oyercrowded condition of the Penitentiary.
In connection with this subject the message
recommends that intermediate prisons or
work.houses should be provided, without
delay, for the confinement of the younger
class of prisoners, and those especially who
are punished for the first offense, and
whose reformation may be reasonably
hoped for. As work-houses, they should
also be adapted to the Imprisonment of all
able-bodied emigrants who live habitually
by begging, and are becoming dangerous
element not only to cities, but also in the
agricultural districts of the State. The Courts
should have authority to protect the
public from this class of offenders
by sending them to place
where they can and will be
compelled to earn their living. District
Warehouses;, or class of prisons interme-
diate between the reformatory and penal
institutions of the State, seem thus to be an
urgent demand. In concluding, the Gov
ernor calls attention to the i'm mportance of a
bill for the organization of State militia.
In the Senate, on March IA, on motion of
Mr.. Bates, resolution was adopted to elect
a President pro tenn, to serve during any
absence of the President of the Senate, or
his inability to preside. Senator Knox was
chosen, the Democrats voting for Mr..
Adams, of Licking County. Petitions were
presented by Mr.. Warnock, from Cham
paign County, fer legislation to give all
1egalized schools of medicine equal repre-
sentation in appointments of physicians in
State institutions. Bills passed: House
bill, to provide payment for the con-
struction of stone masonry, cut stone and
brick work on the Columbus Hospital
for the Insane; Senate bill, to create a
Board of Trustees of the Sinking Fund in
Cincinnati, to be appointed by the Judges
of the Superior Courts. An Amendment
to vest the appointment in the Mayor, re-
ceived but one affirmative vote. The after.
noon session was occupied with arguments
in the contested election case of Cox vs.
Harmon. ..... HouSe-Bills passed: House bill,
limiting the floating debt bonds authorized
to be issued by cities of less than one hun.
dred thousand inhabitants to 500, 900; House
bill, to reduce the minimum width of the
graveled track of improved roads to ten
feet: Senate bill, to re-arrange the asylum