Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-03-01

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presided over the deliberations of the
Commission, was unanimously passed
the injunction of secresy Was removed
from the proceedings and the ComInis.
sion adjourned until Friday.
Only six more States, giving Tilden
36 votes and Hayes Is votes, remain tC
be counted; unless obstructions to the
count by fillibustering is made before
shutdown to-day the count will bs com
plefe, and it will stand 1856 for Hayes
|184 for Tifdeu. Appearances at pres
[ent indicate that fllibustering will not
win and the above will be the result.
OHIO LEGISLATURE
From o. y. Journal summary
In the Senate, on Tuesday, bills were
passed: Senate eiii prOvIding for OBJ
tsining and publishing REPORTS of bank.
and savings institutions Organized anC
doing business under State law; Senate
bill to allow inclined railway companies
In Cincinnati tn operate street rail
way; House bill to increase rates of toll
on turnpikes. ...-,
Testimony was submitted in the Cox
Harmon contested election case.
Some time was spent in .coInmittee
|of the Whole on the work of the Codi
flying Commission.
la the House bills were passed
House bill to relieve the treasurer o
Jefferson township, Noble county
House bill requiring life insurance COM
panies to give thirty to sixty days no
tice before policy can expire; HOUSE
bill requiring life insurance companies
10 furnish applicants with company
statistics, etc.; House bill to provide
that in cities Of the second class Sheriff5
sales may be advertised in a daily in
stead of d weekly paper, provided the
daily has the larger circulation; House
bill requiring judgment credi ors t.
marshal liens in bringing suits; Senats
bill fixing compensation Of counsel ap
pointed to defend in case where the sc
cused is unable to employ counsel, a
800 in criminal cases and $50 in minol
case.
A bill was introduced to allow rail
road com panies to use oil for lightint
purposes when the same will not ignite
at a temperature of 300 degrees Fahren
heit.
The bill to establish school of mine.
and mine engineering at the Agricul
tural College was lost. The vote wa:
|reconsidered and the bill laid on the
table.
In the Senate, on Wednesday, bill.
Board of Public Works to construct 6
bridge ON the Western Reserve anC
Maulnee road, over the Sandusky river
Senate bill 10 punish the practice OF re-
storing to distant courts to oppress citi-
zens of Ohio and deprive them of theil
rights under the statutes.
|. In the House bills were passed
House bill to tax dogs 81 per head, the
amount thus raised to be used to com.
pensate persons who lose sheep killed
by dogs; Senate bill to provide for mi
|nority representation on election
boards; Senate bill providing that nain'
inu companies may manufacture iron,
TO authorize transfer Of funds In Nelson
vile.
A bill was introduced to regulate
mines aud mining, and establishes q
bureau Of mining statistics.
In the Senate, on Thursday, bills
were passed: House bill to allow
township trustees to take charge of be.
quests made to fractional portions of a
township, village or city; House bill to
authorize villages Incorporated for
special purposes to annex contiguous
territory; Senate bill to punish the
practice of restoring to distant courts
for the collection of claims.
Bills were introduced: Creating a
new sub b-division of tie Eighth Judicial
district, and to provide for the election
Of an additional Judge therein; provid-
ing that insurance companies may lay
aside reserve funds equal to the amount
of their capital stock; providing for
new appraisements CT estates within
one year after the first appraisement.
House resolutions memorializing
Congress to mark the graves of soldiers
In Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus,
was reported from the committee on
Federal Relations without recomInen.
dstion. The Senate adopted substi-
tute requesting Congress to erect suit
able monument in the public grounds
the State House.
In the House-House bill to sell lands
granted to the State for canal purposes,
for the benefit OF the Agricultural Col.
lege, Miami University and Ohio Uni
versity, was lost. A motion to recon-
slider was lost.
A bill was introduced changing the
OF the Eighth Judicial dis
trict, and providing for an additional
judge.
In the Senate, on Friday, bills
were passed: Senate bill 10 reorganize
the lunatie asylum districts; House bill
providing penalty for violating the
law regulating weights and measures.
Further consideration of the Cox
harmon contested election case was
till Monday.
In the House bills were passed
House bill prohibiting change of text
books oftener than once every six years,
unless the price of the books be raised
during that time; Senate bill prohibit
ing the collection of toll ON the Nation
al road between Columbus and the first
Ioll-gate west; House bill to authorize
Insurance share holders to cast their
vote by proxy.
Bills introduced: Toprovide for the
taxation Of joint stock companies; re-
Iuiring treasurers TO keep cash books,
Ind attaching penalty for collecting
moro taxes than has been placed on the
duplicate; amending the township
hitch law SO MS to provide for lateral
iitches, spurs, etc.; to authorize probate
courts to appoint assignees In case of
leath; to require county commissionersl
o act under the free.turnpike law; to
authorize the Monthly Meeting of
Friends to sell certain lands i'm Knox
county; 10 allow county treasurers fees
n receipts and orders; to provide for
,ayment OF attorneys for taking depo
iti0ns i'm criminal cases; transferring
be power of township trustees, when
leemed necessary to levy an additional
oad tax, to councils in villages having
valuation of $500, 900. .
In the Senate, on Saturday, the visit
NJ members Of the Indiana Legislature
reTe presented.