Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1877-05-04
Legislative.

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Legislative.
In the Senate, on the oath, almost the
entire day was spent in discussing Title
1, "Of Crimes and Olfenses," of the re.
port of the Codifying Commission. 1t
was finally passed. The bill to author
ize the election of an additional Common
Pleas Judge in the Third Subdivision of
the Sixth Judicial District, comprising
the counties of Coshocton, Holmes and
Wayne, was passed. In the House
bills were passed-amending the Road
laws so as to provide that where person
appeals from the decision of the viewers
of a road and wins the case, he shall
not be held for costs; fixing the mini
mum test of coal oil at 1876 degrees;
making silver coin legal tender in
Ohio; authorizing County Commission
ers to employ counsel to prosecute or de-
fend in any cases brought by or against
them, providing that the fec in any one
case shall not exceed $3.50; authorizing
Township Boards of Education to create
sub-school districts.
In the Senate, on the 25th, that part
of the report of the Codifying Commits
sion relating to jails and peHitehtiaries
was passed. Also bills-creatipg State
Board of Medical Examiners to examine
all graduates of medical colleges before
allowing them to practice as physicians;
to require hotel-keepers to provide suita-
BILE means of escape in case of fire; pro.
viding that where testimony is given by
person, and such person afterward
hn
on subsequent trial of the
case. A few local bills were also
passed . . In the House, consideration of
the Senate amendments to the General
Appropriation bill occupied nearly the
entire session. Several were not agreed
to, and the bill goes back to the Senate.
A bill authorizing the inhabitants of in
corporated villages to vote on PROPOSE
tions creating the same special school
district was passed.
In the Senate, on the Goth, the first
ten nominees of the Governor for Trus-
tees of the Agricultural College were
confirmed. The remainder were re-
ferred back. Bills were passed-provid-
ing for placing on the tax duplicate as
sessments made by County Commission
ers for construction of free turnpikes;
to authorize a transfer of any turnpike
by three .fourths of the stockholders to
the control of County Commissioners and
conversion into free road; to enable ex.
ecutors and administrators to obtain
| funds arising from the sale of real estate
on partition to pay debts; to make the
Mayor of a city member eJ-obtcto of the
| Council for the purpose of organization,
in case of a tie in the Council; TO reduce
the minimum width of ground roadbeds
to ten feet; to prevent the spread of
| Canada thistles In the House bills
were passed-to provide for keeping
records of land titles in the Office of the
Auditor of State; authorizing narrow
gauge railroad companies to issue bonds.
The Committee on Temperance reported
back without recommendation Luccock's
bill to repeal the Pierson amendment tC
the Adair Liquor law. Motions to post
pone the bill until the 9th and to in
definitely postpone were negatived, and
after a call of the House and the usua
preliminary skirmishing the bill was put
on its passage and lost by the following
vote:
Yeas-Bard, Barrett, Beach, Blake, Boyce
Bundy, Cleaver, Cary, Cowgirl, Dalzell
Dawes, Edwards, Faxon, Fenton, Garwood
Hawley, Hitchcock, Holloway, Rowland, Nc
Lain, Luccock, Millikin, Monahan, Money
Nailor, Nixon, Oglevee, Perkins, Quinby
Richards, Sage, Stone, Tryon, Ullery, Wale
-35.
Nays-Baker (Allen), Baker perry, Bar
clay, Barnett, BOIL, Breck, Drummer, Burck
hardt, Carson, Cogsil, Cole, Converse, Daw
son, Dempcy, Derr, Douglas, Dow, Eylar
Fehrenbatch, Groom, Grove, CUTLERY, Haley
| Hnatattar
johnson, Kemp, Krimmel, Light, Lybarger
Mccoy, Neal, Nigh, Norton, Raudabaugh
Scheble, Seifert, Sheets, Sherrick, Shultz
Smith Q4icking), Sorter, Swain, Toberen
Washburn, West, Williams, Wiltsec, Zum
stein-5i.
In the Senate, on the 9th, the join
resolution relating to sine die adjourn
ment was so amended as to fix the tim
at noon, May 3, and adopted, Bills wer
assed--proyiding for the collection o
delinquent personal taxes; authorizing
sessions of the Presbyterian Church I
become incorporated; to submit to
I, popular vote the question of maxim
any incorporated village villag
school district; fixing the responsibility
for costs on the failure of proceeding
for free turnpike construction upon sue
persons as sign both petitions and rC
, monstrances. The House bill prohibit
ing changes in textbooks in school
oftener than once in six years failed
l pass-2 to II. Several local bills wer
r passed. In the House, bills were passe
l authorizing County Commissioner
= to resurvey lands that overrun in meai
, urement the amount described in Cover
= ment surveys, and bring the excess upo
| ha 4
r Prosecuting Attorneys from two to thrC
years, and to give SherifIs authority
e fill vacancies created by the failure {
4. commissioners in partition to appear an
=. serve; to provide for recording chatt
4 mortgages; authorizing Township Tru
tees TO strengthen the banks of ditche
D authorizing the introduction on secor
|, trial of oral proof of testimony given {
r former trial by party since decease
Y In the Senate, on the 29th, the repo
r of the Committee of Conference on Il
l. General Appropriation bill was agree
S to. The Governors appointments
s Trustees of the Agricultural College we
: confirmed. Two local bills were pass'
c 49,. In the House a bill to permit u
d erection of toll gates within eighty ro
s of village was passed. Discussion
d n substitute for the bill appropriate
Il 81 900 to buy headstones for the gray
of Union soldiers buried at Greenlav
IS Cemetery, near Columbus, occupied Il
3. remainder of the session. The subs
IS tute directs the Adjutant.General to I
n port to the next General Assembly II
a number of Union soldiers buried in Gem
teries in this State and where burie
70 The bill was read third time and d
! House adjourned.
le In the Senate, on the LIST, bill provi
G, ing that persons appealing from the d
cisiop Of Township Trustees on the que