Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1877-05-18
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BILL to Provide for the Publication OF Legal Ad.
vertisements:
SECTION 1. Be 10 enacted by the General As
sen,bly Of the State of ohio, That in all cases
in which publication of any notice or adver.
tisement has been or may be required by law
for any definite period, such publication
shall be held tobe, or to have been, sufficient,
II publication shall be, or shall have been,
made for the requisite period in some news.
paper Of which the one side is printed in the
county, or town, or State In which by law
the newspaper is required TO be printed, in
which legal notice or advertisement may
be published.
SEC. 2. This act shall take effect from its
passage.
Passed May 7, 1877.
THE State Homeopathic Medical So
ciety met in Cleveland on the 9Th.
THE Homeopathic Medical Society at
their session on the 9th elected officers
for the ensuing year, as follows: Presi.
dent, J. B. Hunt, M. D., Delaware; First
Vice. President, II. II. Baxter, M. D.,
Cleveland; Second Vice President, E.
P. Gaylord, M. D., Toledo; Secretary,
W. A. Phillips, M. D., Cleveland. The
next meeting of the society will be held
at Cincinnati, the second Tuesday in
May, 1873.
THE Northern Ohio Dental Associa-
tion was in session at Cleveland on the
Sth and 9th. About fifty delegates were
present. The following officers were
elected for the ensuing year: President,
DIR. j. w. Lyder, Akron; Vice. President,
DR.. j. G. Stephens, Clevcland; Corre-
spending Secretary, DR.. F. s. Whltslar,
Youngstown; Recording Secretary, DR..
j. r. Siddall, Oberlin; Treasurer, DR.. J.
r. Robinson, Cleveland; Executive Com
mittee, f. S. Whitslar, L. Buflett and
]. f. Robinson. The next annual meet
ing will be held in Elyria in May, 1878.
WILLIAM P. WALLACE, Sheriff of Ham
ilton County, and Dan Mccarthy, turn
key of the Hamilton County jail, were
found guilty on the 9th, in the U. S.
Court at Cincinnati, of aiding Federal
prisoner to escape from Jail. The pris-
oner referred to was arrested by the
United States authorities for illegal vot-
ing last fall and was allowed to get away.
THE body of Anson, murdered in Van
Vert County by Anderson was found in
the place described by the latter. Search
has been made for Mrs. Anderson at Fort
Wayne, without success.
EPH HOLLAND was arraigned before
the .. S. District Court at Cincinnati on
the Sth on an indictment for procuring
illegal votes for Congressman in the
First and Second Districts of Ohio at the
! October election last year. The District
Attorney read the indictment, and in re-
sponse the attorney for Holland entered
plea of guilty for his client. Holland
was Immediately placed in custody of
the Marshal, and committed to Jail to
await sentence.
A YOUNG man by the name of Alonzc
| Terrill, colored, was arrested at Con.
neaut on the 9th, charged with setting fire
TO the Ashtabula County Intirmary barn
some weeks ago, and he confessed the
crime.
THE Caledonian stave factory at Bel
more was burned on the 10th. Loss $780,
600, insurance $11 200.
IT Is unlawful to kill quail or prairie
chickens in this State before the 18th of
November next, or partridges or wild
turkeys before Nov l.
ORLEsTIs MILLS, of Waynesville, was
poisoned on the Sth by inhaling prep
aration for exterminating bed-bugs
His wife had Stacked some lime and was
boiling it on the stove, and had emptied
the contents of box of rat poison into
the pot of lime. Mr.. Mills assisted in
stirring the mixture until he began tc
suffer from inhaling the steam, and ra
pidly grew worse until the following
day, when he died.
JOSEPH FL. CURRAN was commissioned
Postmaster at Delaware and Augustus
| Vignor at Canton, on the 11th.
GEORGE STRAMER, a farmer residing
near Delaware, was killed by the cars on
the evening of the 10th, while returning
home on the track.
A GIRL named Minnie Hamilton com.
mitted suicide at Columbus on the 11tt
by taking a dose Of arsenic. 1t was the
third attempt at her life within short
time. No cause is assigned.
THE following are the general laws Of
public interest passed by the Sixty sec
ond General Assembly of Ohio at the ad
| journed session of 1877:
Making appropriations for deficiencies and par
| tial appropriations for the year 1877.
! Prescribing penalties forleaving poison exposed
| in any common street or thOroughfare, or in am
yard or inclosure belonging to another.
| To authorize County Commissioners TO lew
taxes to rebuild bridges other structures de
| stroyed by fire or other casualty
Prescribing proceeding in taking evidence il
| contested election cases.
! Authorizing Justices to discharge defendants il
bastardy cases upon the giving by defendant of
satisfactory undertaking.
To authorize County Commissioners to issu,
bonds TO anticipate taxes levied for the erection
children's homes.
Prescribing fees Of County Treasurers.
Making an appropriation to increase the capaci
~ nf he naa aaff fhaD Dnpf
tentiary.
To repeal Secs. 10 and 20 of the General Incorpu
| ration act.
Authorizing actions against insurance compa
nies to be brought in the county where the cause
action arose.
To extend the charters Of societies for savings
To reduce the minimum number of directors o
| a street railroad corporation TO three.
To regulate the traffic in scrap iron, old metals
| old rope, and old junk.
Authorizing local fair ASSOCIATIONS to hold no
exceeding forty acres Of land for fairs.
To authorize the removal Of drift timber AM
other distractions from the natural channel o
| streams and to protect lands from overflow.
To provide for the disposal Of unclaimed freight
and express packages.
To provide for minority representation on eleC
ton boards.
To authorize the filling Of vacancies in TOWNSHIP
Boards of Trustees.
To authorize mining corporations to engage u
the manufacture OF iron.
Directing the mode OF payment to Townsh
Trustees for temporary relief afforded to pauper'
Prescribing penalties for noncompliance wit
the act relating to weights and measures.
Authorizing Commissioners Of certain countie
to issue bonds in anticipation of taxes for FIRE
turnpike construction.
Providing for the annexation of territory to vii
lagos Incorporated for special purposes
Providing for the sale Of State lands on tim
payments
Authorizing townships to receive bequests 70
the poor
Authorizing camp-meeting associations and ais
associations for the purpose Of planting hedges
become bodies corporate.
Providing for the transfer OF certain cases in a
tachment to Common Pleas Court.
Authorizing Township Trustees 10 construct la
eral bitches. and 10 deepen, widen and repai
bitches located by County Commissioners.
Authorizing County Commissioners to purcbas
and convert into free roads turnpikes ling frOI
city to cemetery, and keep such roads in n
PAIR.
Prescribing penalties for obtaining signature
to commercial paper by false pretenses.
Providing for the safe keeping OF titles to land
acquired by the State.
Authorizing Commissioners Of adjoining couI
ties 10 unite In the construction OF free turnpik
roads.
TO secure to children the benefits Of an elemen
airy education (known as the Compulsory Edl
cation act).
Defining districts for insane asylum purpose
Authorizing cemetery associations TO procuI
additional lands.
Reducing the commutation Of two days work o
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