The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-05-10
OHIO LEGISLATURE.

In the Senate, April 80, bills passed:
House bill, providing that persons appealing
from the decision of Township Trustees on
the question of opening new roads shall be
chargeable with the costs, unless the assess
ment of damages are increased; Senate bill,
by Mr.. Curtiss, providing that street rail-
roads built in territory which is afterwards
annexed to city shall be subject to the
control of Council--.,he bill was lost on its
passage; House bill to secure pay to persons
performing labor or furnishing material to
construct turnpikes or improved roads--yeas
IS, nays 10. The bill to give cities of less
than 10000 inhabitants and villages local
option as to the suppression of the liquor
rafic when voted for by majority of
electors of any such city or village, was read
the third time, and after some discussion
the Senate adjourned In the House,
the death, at his place of residence, of
was announced. The flags over the Legis-
lative chambers were ordered to be displayed
at half-masG, and Messrs. Blake, Williams
and Holloway were appointed COM
mittee to draft appropriate resolutions.
Bills passed: The Senate bill to authorize
the village of Bellevue to borrow money to
complete town hall and engine-house;
House bill, authorizing the publication of
legal advertisements in papers having what
are known IS patent sides; House bill au.
thorizing the village of Medina to purchase
fire engine. Mr.. McLain reported back
the bill approPriating $1,000 to enable the
Adiutant General to copy the rolls of Ohio
soldiers that are becoming illegible. Mr..
Nigh moved to amend by inserting an ap-
preparation of $1,000 to place headstones at
the soldiers graves in Greenlawn Cemetery,
Columbus. Agreed to-yeas AZ, nays 90.
After some discussion, the bill passed-yeas
ga, nays IL.
In the Senate, May1 resolutions were
passed compensating the Sergeant-at-Arms
and assistant clerks for certain services
rendered. Bills passed: To punish offenses on
street cars consolidating the militia laws;
protecting sheep from dogs. Mr.. Harris
House bill authorizing the city Of Mt.
Vernon to levy a special tax to equip rail-
road shops was read the third time, discussed
until quarter of l, and finally passed..
In the House, Mr.. Hitchcock moved that
message be sent TO the Senate requesting
committee of conference on the matters of
difference between the two houses on Senate
amendments to the general appropriation
bill. He felt that the action of the
House yesterday, in refusing to re-
quest such a committee, was wrong.
The motion was agreed to. Mr.. Schenck's
Senate joint resolution to provide for OBJ.
| tanning the names and the history of all the
| insane now confined in the county mfr
maries of the State, with reference to as
| s.gning them to the several State hospitals
for the insane, was reported back and
adopted. MIR. Kessler's Senate bill. amend
| ing the primary election law, by authorizing
such meeting to be held at hours to be
designated by the executive committees to
the several political parties instead of a
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verse oferrd joint resolution directing the
Secretary of State to republish in the statutes
of 1877 the constitutional amendment,
adopted in 1875, providing for Supreme
Court Commission, which was incorrectly
printed in the statutes of that year.
Adopted. On motion of Mr.. Hitchcock the
House took a recess of ten minutes to re-
ceive Senator Thurman, who was on the
! floor. Upon reassembling, Mr.. Haley's
House bill repeating the sixth section of the
act supplementary to the act passed May l,
1862, providing for the assessment and taxa
ton of property in this State, and for levy
ing taxes thereon according to its true value
in money, was read the third time and
passed. A joint resolution in favor of
adjourning sins die on May 3, was adopted.
Mr.. Neal offered the following Joint resolu.
ton: ReSoEUed, That the Speaker OF the
House of Representatives be empowered and
is hereby directed to draw his warrants upon
the State Treasury in favor of the widows
of the late members from Sandusky
and Summit counties, Benjamin Inman and
o. P. Nichols, for the full amounts that
would be due them at the close of the
present session. Adopted. The conference
committee on House bill No. 607, the codi
flying work on crimes and offenses, reported
a settlement of the difference between the
two houses. The report was agreed to. A
message was received from the Senate an
nouncing its agreement for another com
mittee OF conference on the appropriation
bill. The Speaker appointed Messrs. Mona
han, OgIevee, and Bohl as such committed
on behalf of the House. Bills were passed
For the reorganization OF Longview Asylum
giving laborers for corporations of all kind
prior claims for wages; making the terms 0
county Auditors three years.
In the Senate, May 2, Mr.. Monahan Of
fered a resolution, which was unanimousl,
adopted, directing the President of the Sen