Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1877-04-13

State, after lengthy discussion, was
laid on the table. The bill to transfer
jurisdiction in contested election cases
from the Senate to the Supreme Court
failed to pass. Adjourned. In the
House number of new bills were intro
duced, mostly local.
In the Senate, on the 9th, the Joint
resolution proposing an amendment to
the Constitution providing for reorgan-
ization of the judiciary system Of the |
State was adopted. Bills were passed.
to create commission to investigate |
hog cholera; authorizing the construction |
of roads through wild lands to the pub
lie highways; to allow any creditor of
an estate, on giving bond to have ahear
ing on any claim; providing that courts |
may assign counsel to defend INDECENT
prisoners at fee not to exceed $f00 in
capital cases and $50 in Penitentiary
offenses. Appropriate resolutions on the
death of Hon Benjamin Inman, late
member of the House from Sandusky
County, were adopted. In the House
the announcement of the death of Repre-
sentative Inman was made and resolu-
tions in honor of his memory adopted.
The joint resolution to submit an
amendment to the Constitution reorgan-
izing the judiciary was adopted. Peti-
tions for local-option law were pre-
sented.
In the Senate, on the 9th, bills were
passed-providing for the equalization
of bank shares for taxation, and to repeal
the former act on this subject; so amend
ing the Justices code that party to a
suit before a Justice of the Peace, who
neglects to bring into the suit any matter
of difference with the adverse party
which might properly be included in the
subject matter of the suit, shall not be
entitled to recover costs on any subse-
quent action on the claim so omitted.
! Several local bills were also passed, and
few new bills introduced. The Con-
ference Committees report on the
| Southern Railroad lease was agreed
to- In the House, bill was
passed, authorizing the Secretary
of State to publish the proposed
amendment to the Constitution in one
paper in each county of the State wher-
ever one paper is published, and in one or
more papers of each political party in
such counties as have one or more papers
of each party. The maximum price to
be paid for the proposed publication is
fixed at 80 per cent. of the rates of legal
advertising prescribed in the general law
fixing such rates. A biilauthorizing the
Councils of municipal corporations to re
quire the officers of such corporations to
give additional bonds when deemed
necessary was passed. A few local bills
were passed and the House adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 7th, bills were
passed to reorganize the Girls Industrial
Home; to authorize an incorporation of
associations to deal in patent rights; au-
thorizing Probate Courts to set aside ap-
praisement of property of dccedent
when such an appraisement has been
procured by fraud. A bill was intro
duced to create State board of medical
examiners. A large number of local
bills were passed . In the House, bills
were passed--to authorize guardians of
imbeciles to sell real estate of their
wards; requiring Assessors to make spe-
cial returns of persons residing in special
school districts. Several local bills were
also passed. A resolution for sine die ad-
iournment April 23 was referred. Ad'
iourned.
In the Senate, on the 9th, lengthy
discussion was had on motion for the
reconsideration of the vote adopting the
resolution to amend the Constitution SO
as to reorganize the State judicial sys-
TEN. The President decided the motion
out of order, as the resolution had been
already published in the papers as re-
ouired by law. Several members stated
that thev voted for the resolution, un'
derstanding there was saving clause
protecting the Probate Courts in six
counties. A member said he thought il
likely the Senate had voted for one reso
luton and the House for another. The
matter was dropped, with the under
standing that the Judiciary Committee
would investigate it. A few Local
bills were passed. In the House
bills were passed-requiring Assessors tc
collect statistics of deaths of hogs by
cholera; to revise the Lien law, and give
the priority of lien to laborers, sub-con
tractors, material men, and principa
contractors in the order named; to au
thorize the guardian of an insane widow
: to answer in action for partition and salt
of real estate; to secure pay to persons
performing labor or furnishing material
on free turnpikes or improved roads
prescribing proceedings for detachinl
territory from city or village. Ad
journed.