The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-05-10
OHIO LEGISLATURE,

In the Senate, April 80, bills passed:
House bill, providing that persons appealing
from the decision of Township Trustees on
the question of opening new roads shall be
ehargeable with the costs, unless the assess
ment of damages are increased; Senate bill,
by Mr.. Curtiss, providing that street rail-
roads built in territory which is afterwards
annexed to a city shall be subject to the
control of Council--lhe bill was lost on its
passage; House bill to secure pay to persons
performing labor or furnishing material to
construct turnpikes or improved roads--yeas
13, nays Is. The bill to give cities of less
than 10000 inhabitants and villages local
option as to the suppression of the liquor
raffic when voted for by a majority Of
electors of any such city or village, was read
the third time, aud after some discussion
the Senate adjourned.........In In the House,
the death, at his place of residence, of
Representative Nichols, of Summit County,
was announced. The flags over the Legis-
lative chambers were ordered to be displayed
at half-masG, and Messrs. Blake, Williams
and Holloway were appointed COM
| mittee to draft appropriate resolutions.
Bills passed: The Senate bill to authorize
the village of Bellevue to borrow money to
complete town hail and engine house
House bill, authorizing the publication of
legal advertisements in papers having what
| are known SIS patent sides; House bill au-
thorizing the village of Medina to purchase
a fire engine. Mr.. McLain reported back
the bill appropriating $1,000 to enable the
Adjutant General to copy the rolls of Ohio
soldiers that are becoming illegible. Mr..
| Nigh moved to amend by inserting an ap-
preparation of ST. 900 to place headstones at
the soldiers graves in Greenlawn Cemetery,
Columbus. Agreed to-yeas AZ, nays 20.
After some discussion, the bill passed-yeas
"a, nays II.
In the Senate, May 1, resolutions were
passed compensating the Sergeant-at Arms
and assistant clerks for certain services
rendered. Bills passed: To punish offenses on
street cars !; consolidating the militia laws ;
protecting skeep from dogs. Mr.. Harrs
House bill authorizing the city of Mt.
Vernon to levy a special tax to equip rail-
road shops was read the third time, discuss ed
until quarter of /, and finally passed..
In the House, Mr.. Hitchcock moved that a
! message be sent to the Senate requesting a
committee of conference on the matters of
difference between tn e two houses on Senate
amendments to the general appropriation
bill. He felt that the action of the
House yesterday, in refusing to re-
quest such a committee, was wrong
The motion was agreed to. Mr.. Schenck's
Senate joint resolution to provide for OBJ
tanning the names and the history of all the
insane now confined in the county mfr
maries of the State, with reference to as
s.gning them to the several State hospitals
3 for the insane, was reported back anC
, adopted. MIR. Kessler's Senate bill. amend
ing the primary election law, by authorizin:
such meeting to be held at hours to- b.
d. designated by the executive committees t.
, the several political parties instead of a
specified hours as now, was passed. Mr.. Con
5 verse offerrd int resolution directing tn
S Secretary of State to repubish in the statute
O of 1877 the constitutional amendment
adopted in 1875, providing for Suprem
| miss sSIn yIh oh InR
r printed in the statutes of that year
; Adopted. On motion of Mr.. Hitchcock tn
>, House took a recess of ten minutes to re
ceive Senator Thurman, who was on tn
n floor. Upon Resembling, Mr.. Haley
j., House bill repeating the sixth section of tn
act supplementary 10 the act passed May
8 1862, providing for the assessment and taxs
:, tlon OF property in this State, and for levy
y ing taxes thereon according to its true valu
% in money, was read the third time an
v passed. A joint resolution in favor G
t. adjourning SINS die on May 5, was adopted
- Mr.. Neal offered the following joint resolr
~ ton: Resotued, That the Speaker of tn
e House of Representatives be empowered an
If is hereby directe d to draw his warrants upo
, the State Treasury in favor of the widow
~ of the late members from Sandusk
d and Summit counties, Benjamin Inman an
"a o. P. Nichols, for the full amounts tn,
would be due them at the close of tn
Y present session. Adopted. The conferenC
committee on House bill No. 6O7, the cod
flying work on crimes and offenses, reporte
at a settlement of the difference between th
two houses. The report was agreed to.
message was received from the Senate Al
I'd nouncing its agreement for another cor
" mittee OF conference on the appropriate
= bill. The Speaker appointed Messrs. Mon
III han, Oglevee, and BOIL rs such committ'
id on behalf of the House. Bills were passed
10 For the reorganization OF Lopgview Asylum
giving laborers for corporations of all kin,
'o prior claims for wages; making the terms
I'd county Auditors three years.
n In the Senate, May 2, Mr.. Monahan {
- fered II resolution, which was unanimous
adopted, directing the President OF the Sc