The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1877-03-16
GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

FEE. %. - Senate - Bills passed
House bill to allow township trustees
to take charge of bequests made to
Irrational portions of township, Will
age or city; House bill to provide for
time sales Ia the sale of lands about
the Mercer county reservoir; House
bill to authorize villages incorporated
for special purposes to annex contigu-
ous territory; Senate bill to punish the
practice of resorting to distant courts
for the collection of claims; House bill
to authorize tax levy to build a jail
in Hamilton county. Bills introduce
ed: Creating new subdivision of the
Eighth Judicial district, and to pro-
vide for the election of an additional
Judge therein; to amend the Burns
law so that City Councils may contract
for supply of gas for term of years /;
providing that insurance companies
may lay aside reserve funds equal to
the amount of their capital stock; pro-
vidiDg for new appraisements of estates
within one year after the first appraise-
ment. House resolutions memorable
ing Congress to mark the graves of
soldiers in Green Lawn Cemetery, Co.
lumbus, was reported from the COM
mittee on Federal Relations without
recommendation. The Senate adopted
a substitute requesting Congress to
erect suitable monument in the pub
lie grounds surrounding the State
House. House-House bill to sell
lands granted to the State for canal
purposes, for the benefit of the Agri-
cultural College, Miami University and
Ohio University, was lost. A motion
to reconsider was lost. The bill to
authorize the commissioners of Logan
county to issue bonds for bridge and
! culvert purposes, was passed. A bill
was introduced changing the subdivis
ion of the Eighth Judicial district, and
providing for an additional judge.
FEB. 90. Is Senate - Bills passed !:
Senate bill to recognize the lunatic
asylum districts; House bill providing
a penalty for violating the law regulat-
log weights and measures; Senate bill
to authorize the transfer of funds in
Middletown, Butler county; House
bill to create a special district in Brush
Creek township, Scioto county. Fur
ther consideration of the Cox Harmon
contested election case was postponed
till Monday. House Bills passed /:
House bill prohibiting change of text
books in schools oftener than once
every six years, unless the price of the
books be raised during that time;
House bill 10 authorize transfer OF
funds in Marysville; Senate bill to au-
thorize the issue of bonds to the
amount of S14, 600 by the village of
West Cleveland; Senate bill prohibit
ing the collection of toll on the Nation
al road between Columbus and the
| first toll gate west; House bill to au-
thorize insurance share holders to cast
their vote by proxy. Bills introduced
To provide for taxation of Joint stock
companies; requiring treasurers to
keep cash books, and attaching a pep-
atty for collecting more taxes than has
been placed on the duplicate; amend
ing the township ditch law SO as to
provide for lateral bitches, spurs, etc 4;
to authorize special school district
in Jefferson township, Guernsey coun-
ty; to authorize probate courts to ap-
point assignees in case of death; to
require county commissioners to act
under the Tree turnpike law; to au.
thorizs the Monthly Meeting of Friends
sell certain lands in Knox county: { /,
allow county treasurers fees on receipts
and orders; to provide for payment of
attorneys for taking dispositions in
criminal cases; transferring the power
of township trustees, when deemed
necessary to levy an additional road
tar, to councils IN villages having q
valuation of $500, 900
FEB. Visiting members
OF the Indiana Legislature were pre-.
sented: A report from the Codifyine
commission, stating the opinion thai