Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1877-01-12
lucas and Alex, Phillips of Hancock were

Lucas and Alex. Phillips Of Hancock were
| announced and their successors were
| sworn In. committee TO notify the Gov
ernor Of the meeting Of the two houses was
appointed. The Governors message was re-
| ceived, read and referred TO the appropriate
committees. The Senate Joint resolution
| for joint convention on the 5th to count the
! vote for State officers was disagreed to. Bills
were introduced-to levy the State taxes and
abolish the distinction between the asylum
| fund and the general revenue fund; provid-
ing for the appointment of Comptroller Of
the Treasury by the Governor. Adjourned.
SENATE not in session on the Sd In
the House a resolution to appoint COM
mittee to investigate. the cause of the
railroad accident at Ashtabula was Of
fered, and motion to suspend the rules
and at once act upon IL was disagreed TO
-43 to 30. The Senate resolution for
| joint convention TO witness the count for
State officers was adopted. Bills were
introduced-tO authorize compensation
to be paid to members of the Board of
Equalization and their assistants; to-reg,
ulate the forfeiture of life-insurance
policies. Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 4th, bills were
introduced-to give laborers FIRST lien
against the corporations served and to
require such corporations to pay laborers
! before the 25th of each month, under
penalty; authorizing married women
to make contracts without being Joined
by their husbands. The House joint
resolution directing the Auditor of State
to postpone the sale of coal lands was
adopted In the House bills were in.
troduced to define and suppress tramps.
The bill provides that tramps may
| be arrested and compelled to work in or
about any county Jail, infrmary, or work
house, or may be let out to work for their
own support; torequire Road Supervisors
to exterminate Canada thistles, and re-
ceive pay therefor from the county treas.
ury. A Joint resolution was adopted for
Joint committee of the two houses to
investigate the Ashtabula accident. A
bill to consolidate the State asylum and
general revenue funds was passed, Ad-
journed. .--. ........ .....
In the Senate, on the 5th, a bill was
introduced to repeal the act of last ses-
sion for the publication of legal adver-
| tisements in newspapers of opposite
parties In the House the bill to pro-
vide for the appointment of a Comp
troller of the Treasury with amend
ments to make the Office elective, was,
after third reading, laid on the table by
test vote, regarded as the defeat of the
measure. Bills were introduced-to COM
pei persons elected to Office to take an
oath that they did not use money or
liquor to secure their election; to pro-
vide that banks incorporated under Ohio
laws shall not be taxed on United States
bonds held by them; to repeal the act of,
| 1876 providing for the publication of
legal advertisements in papers Of OPP
posing parties. Adjourned.
Both houses met in joint convention
in the afternoon to witness the counting
of the vote cast for Secretary of State at
| the October election. Lieut.. Gov.
| Young, President of the Senate, opened
the returns and announced the result as
follows: 317,S56 votes were cast for
Milton Barnes; 3f1 ,220 for William Bell,
and 1868 for E. s. Chapman. Barnes
was declared duly elected. 7s#
In the, Senate. on the 9Th, resolution
providing for the usual three-weeks ad-
| journment, beginning Jan. IL, was
adopted . In the House the bill to
authorize Township Trustees to pur-
chase gravel banks for road repairs was
passed; also, the Deficiency bill. 1t ap-
propriates for the General Assembly
$3.50, 600, and for stationery for the Gen
eral Assembly $27, 500, including def
ciencies. Each of the public institu-
tions is provided for in exactly the sums
reported in the bill by the Finance Com
mittee. Bills were introduced-requir-
ing test of oil into which petroleum
enters as a constituent part and prescrib-
ing penalties for selling such oil for illu-
minating purposes without such test; to
require railroad companies to furnish all
trains with apparatus whereby the train
can be stopped from the engine. Ad,
journed.
In the Senate, on the Sth, a resolution
to empower Trustees to purchase stone
or gravel, ETC., was introduced and read
the first time. A resolution vas adopted
instructing the Judiciary Committee to
inquire into the authority of the Legis-
lature to enforce by legislation the CON
way lines in the State, ana report tnpA fre-
suit of their deliberations, by bill or
otherwise, to the Senate at an early day.
Adjourned :. In the HOUSE mo ,'---i-----
of importance was transacted.
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