The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-04-26
OHIO LEGISLATURE.

In the Senate, April17, Mr.. Schenck intro
duced bill to so far suspen d the operation
OF the Burns amendment to the Municipal
Code as to allow the city of Cleveland to lay
water pipes. Adjourned......In the House,
after the introduction of several bills the re-
mlttee of the whole, on the chapter of the
proposed codifcation of the general laws
relating to jails and other iprisons, and
prison management.
In the Senate, April IS, the appointment
of General Buckland to be Trustee Of the
Soldiers Orphans Home for five years was
confirmed. To authorize the Trustees of
Jefferson Township, Richland County, and
incorporated village of Belleville, to
join in the erection of a Town Hall.
TO authorize the Trustees of Cana.
field Township to borrow money to aid
in the location of Normal School
thereby. Authorizing the city of Ports
mouth to purchase land and buildings for
railroad depot at a cost of $4,000.
judgments in courts of record .........
In the House, the School Book Bill failed to
pass, yeas Al, nays Al. The following bills
passed: House bill, authorizing Commits
sioners of Hamilton County to levy tax to
construct a tunnel under the Miami and Erie
Canal on Mitchell Avenue. House bill pro-
viding for the registration of voters. 1t
The bill prohibiting fast driving on Spring
Grove Avenue. Bills introduced. Autnoriz.
ing the Board of Education of Columbia
Township, Lorain County, to build Town
Hall. Reducing the fees OF the Treasurer
of Cuyahoga County to five and one-tenthof
one per cent. on all the amounts collected.
To allow the Recorder of Hamilton County
to acknowledge deeds.
In the Senate, April 10, bills passed: To
authorize the Commissioners of Cuyahoga
County to borrow money on bonds general
appropriation bill to provide for the better
cure and treatment of insane convicts to
authorize narrow guage railroad companies
to issue bonds to authorize Boards of Trade
and Chambers of Commerce to erect build
lngs for their own use.....In the House, bills
passed: To authorize change in plan of
addition to penitentiary; pertaining to
Soldiers Orphans Home for the relief of
ex-overseers of the poor Of Cincinnati; regu-
lating speed of railroad trains through in
corporated villages; making it penal Of
tense to falsify election returns; to author
ize free banking; authorizing County Boards
of Education to purchase books for common
schools. Adjourned.
In the Senate, April 20, the following bills
were passed: Requiring Clerk of Courts
to notify persons interested in mortgages of
foreclosure; requiring municipal corpora
tions to obtain new bonds whenever former
bondsmen become insoIvent: providing for
incorporation of townships. ........In the
House, bills passed: To protect the owners
of real estate against waste caused by
tenants by courtesy; providing that where
Municipal Council is a tie, the Mayor may
give the casting vote in organizing.
In the Senate, April 81, few local bills
passed. In the House, the bill introduced
by Mr.. Converse to give the juries of Frank
lin County power to indict State officers for
oil Iauo cd a aesin Q1 oat
returns and declaring election results, failed
to pass. House bill to enact the chapter of
the Codifying Commissioner work in re-
Iation to jails and penitentiaries was passed.
The Stryker gas bill was reported back to
the select Committee of ten, with an amend
ment striking out all except the fifth and
sixth sections. The amendment was con-
Cured in. Mr.. Grosvenor moved to SO amend
the bill as to exclude villages from its opera.
ton. Agreed to. The bill was then ordered
to be engrossed for third reading on Monday
next. Adjourned until Monday afternoon.