The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1877-02-02
GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

JAN 1S.-Senate The politicalreso
unions adopted by the House last week
W. re referred to the committee on Fed
ersl Relations. Resolutions were
adopted directing inquiry as to the
eligibility af Charles l.. Wilson, of In
diana, recently appointed Superintend-
ent of the Athens Hospital for the In
sane, and as to whether the opinion OF
the Attorney General was disregarded
in his appointmenT, and what is neces
sary to be done to prevent such viola
ton of law. Senate bill fixing times
for holding district court in the Eighth
district, was passed, Bills introduced: /:
Reducing penalties on delinquent tax
sales from 25 per cent. to 10 per cent. :;
changing the districts for the CoIum-
bus and Athens Hospitals for the In
sane; fixing the amount for working
Oh a turnpike road at 1O per cent.
House House joint resolution was
adopted for printing 2000 additional
copies of the School History of Ohio
for sale at cost of production. Bills
introduced: To provie TOR use of
plats, protiles and surveys i'll preliInin
ary proceedings for road improve
ments; making vaccination compuIso-
ry i'm public schools and State institu
tions; providing for trial as in petition
in error when the award of arbitrators
is set aside; to amend the election laws
so that each voters ball, { shall be
numbered to correspond with the NUN
Der opposite his Dame Oh the pol Uook,
which il TO be open to inspection OILY
in case of contest; providing that city
aud town councils shall be compelled
TO pay Tor turnpike roads only when
they are appropriated as streets. Bills
passed; Huusr bill for the protection
of Loarding house keepers; House bill
providing for compulsory education
yeas 81, nays 29.
JAN. 9.-Seua;e-Bills passed: Re
newing the charter OF the Cleveland
Savings Society; Senate bill providing
that county commissioners sball not
appropriate more than 500 for
single bridge, until they are authorized
oy vote Of the people. A bill was
introduced providing for three terms
a year instead of five. of the common
pleas court in Cuyahoga county.
House-Bills passed: House bill al
lowing township trustees to construct
side bitches into county bitches, House
bill to provide for the removal Of drift
wood from natural streams; House bill
to authorize the transfer of $1,000 from
the gas fund to the fire fund in Mt
Vernon; House bill providing that CO.
operative associations may determine
the number of stockholders necessary
for a quorum; House bill to allow
freight or express offices to charge
storage on unmarked packages; House
bill to protect the purchasers of patent
rights. Indefinitely postponed: House
bill TO provide for hospital for the in.
curably insane; Senate joint resolu-
ton inquiring iuto the feasibility OF
taking care of the incuriably insane
Bills introduced: Authorizing town
ship trustees to provide for medical
assistance for poor outside of county
infirmaries, and proyiding that suits
may be brought for removal of paupers
from one county TO auoIher; allowing
a party at suit TO designate the paper
in which the Sheriff shall advertise the
sale of property; to authorize cou, ty
commissioners to contribute to the