Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1877-04-06

of duty as works forfeiture of the bond
The bill to authorize notification of pro
test of negotiable paper TO be sent by
mail instead of served personally failed
| to pass.
In the Senate, on the Goth, bills were
! introduced--to make permanent insanity
cause for divorces; to authorize narrow.
gauge railroads to issue bonds; to au'
thorize cities of 10000 population, in
which there is a normal school or col
lego, to vote upon the question of local
option. The contested-election case OF
Cox Us. Harmon came up for final con
sderation, and resolution declaring
Judge Cox, the contestor, elected was
adopted-20 to ia party vote, except
that Reese Dem. voted with the Repuh.
licans in the affirmative. . In the House
a large number of bills were introduced,
among them-tO authorize the Secretary
of State to advertise for proposals from the
publishers of school books for furnishing
books for two years, foruse in the schools
of the State, the books to be purchased
by the Board of Education and furnished
to the children at cost; to punish as fol
felony any judge or clerk of election
guilty Of making false count or false
certificate of election, and any Justice
Of the Peace, Clerk of the Court, Dep
uty Clerk, Secretary of State, Presi
dent of the Senate, Governor, or person
charged with opening or counting vote
or certifying returns, who shall conceal,
suppress or destroy any such returns, OI
make false count or false certificate OF
election. Several local bills were passed
In the Senate, on the 3Oth the bill to
establish an asylum for inebriates failed
to pass-14 to Ia. The vote was recon
sidered and the bill laid on the table
Bills were passed providing for the dis
position of parish property when parish
organization lapses; so amending the Road
law as to authorize Township Trustees
to levy taxes to reduce the grades of
highways; authorizing the stockholders
in mining companies TO vote by proxy.
Several local bills were also passed. l.. . :.
In the House a motion to suspend the
rules to admit a resolution for sine die
adjournment April 90 was lost. The
rules were suspended and the Carnahan
bill to enact local.option liquor law
was taken up. On the question OF its
passage the vote stood:
Yeas-Barnett, Barrett, Beach, Blake,
Boyce, Bundy, Carnahan, Cary, Cowgirl,
Dalzell, Davies, EYlar, Faxon, Fenton, Gar
wood, Hitchcock, Holloway, Howland, Luc-
cock, Millikin, Money, Oglevee, Perkins,
Rambo, Richards, Sage, Sorter, Stone, Tryon,
Ullery, Wales, Waite-32.
Ndys-BaFclay, BOIL, Bowen, Breck, Burcl-
hardt, Carson, Cogsill, Cole, Converse, Daw-
son, Flaugher, Goebel, Grover, CUTLERY, Ea-
ley, Hoagland, Hostetter, Huherich, John
son, Kemp, Krimmct, Light, Mesloh, Messer,
Neal, Nigh, Norton, Raudabaugh, Seifcrt,
Sheets, Sherrick, Shultz, Smith Uicking),
Stryker, Stump, Swain, Thresher, Toberon,
Watson, Williams, Zumstein-41.
Adjourned
In the Senate, on the S1st, no business
was transacted. {. . In the House, large
number of bills were read second time,
and several new bills-mostly local
were introduced. Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the I'd, the session
was spent in routine business q. In the
House, the Speaker and Speaker
pro TEN. being absent, and no quorum
present, a motion that Mr.. Hitch
cock be called to the chair was offered.
The Democrats called for the yeas and
nays, which demand was ignored and the
motion declared carried. The Democrats
appealed from the decision, and when
their appeal was not sustained a motion
to adjourn was declared carried. The
Democrats then organized the House by
electing DR.. Norton Speaker and Mr..
Watson Clerk, and, after ordering the
Sergeant-at- Arms to report at ten o'clock
on the Sd as to absentees, adjourned.