The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-04-26
WHOLE NUMBER 521.
OHIO bEGISLATURE.

In the Senate, April17, Mr.. Schenck intro
dnced q bill to SO far suspend the operation
of the Burns amendment to the Municipal
Code as to allow the city of Cleveland to lay
water pipes. Adjourned......In the House,
after theintroduction of several bills the re.
mainder of the season was occupied in com.
mittee of the whole, on the chapter of the
proposed codifcation of the general laws
relating to jails and other iprisons, and
prison management.
In the Senate, April IS, the appointment
of General Buckland to be Trustee Of the
Soldiers Orphans Home for five years was
confirmed. To authorize the Trustees of
Jefferson Township, Richland County, and
incorporated village of Belleville, to
Join in the erection of Town Hall.
To authorize the Trustees of Cana
field Township to borrow money to aid
in the location of a Normal School
thereby. Authorizing the city of Ports
railroad depot at a cost of $40, 1000.
Authorizing for stay of execution on
judgments in courts of record..-.....
In the House, the School Book Bill failed to
pass, yeas Al, nays Al. The following bills
passed: House bill, authorizing Commits
sioners of Hamilton County to levy tax to
construct tunnel under the Miami and Erie
Canal on Mitchell Avenue. House bill pro.
viding for the registration of voters. 1t
passed by strict party vote, yeas 56, nays 81.
The bill prohibiting fast driving on Spring
Grove Avenue. Bills introduced. Authoriz.
ing the Board of Education Of Columbia
Township, Lorain County, to build a Town
Hall. Reducing the fees Of the Treasurer
of Cuyahoga County to five and done-tenthof
one per cent. on all the amounts collected.
m oil ha Of ntxy
to acknowledge deeds.
In the Senate, April 10, bills passed: To
authorize the Commissioners Of Cuyahoga
County to borrow money on bonds 4; general
appropriation bill to provide for the better
cure and treatment of insane convicts to
authorize narrow guage railroad companies
to issue bonds; to authorize Boards of Trade
and Chambers of Commerce to erect build.
ings for their own use.....I In the House, bills
passed: To authorize change in plan Of
addition to penitentiary; pertaining to
Soldiers Orphans Home; for the relief OF
sx-overseers of the poor Of Cincinnati; regu.
lating speed of railroad trains through in
corporated villages; making it penal Of
fense to falsify election returns; to author
ize free banking; authorizing County Boards
of Education to purchase books for common
schools. Adjourned.
In the senate, April zU, the following Dllls
were passed: Requiring Clerk of Courts
to notify persons interested in mortgages of
foreclosure; requiring municipal corpora
tions to obtain new bonds whenever former
bondsmen become insoivent; providing for
incorporation of townships........In In the
House, bills passed: To protect the owners
of real estate against waste caused by
tenants by courtesy; providing that where
a Municipal Council is tie, the Mayor may
give the casting vote in organizing.
In the Senate, April 81, few local bills
passed. In the House, the bill introduced
by Mr.. Converse to give the juries of Frank
lin County power to indict State officers for
alleged misdemeanors in canvassing election
returns and declaring election results, failed
to pass. House bill to enact the chapter OF
the Codifying Commissioners work in re-
lation to jails and penitentiaries was passed.
The Stryker gas bill was reported back to
the select Committee of ten, with an amend.
ment striking out all except the fifth and
sixth sections. The amendment was con.
Cured in. Mr.. Grosvenor moved to so amend
the bill as to exclude villages from its opera.
ton. Agreed to. The bill was then ordered
to be engrossed for third reading on Monday
next. Adjourned until Monday afternoon.