Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-05-10

abe fire escapes, aud requiring inspet.
ticn every six months; Senate bill
the act fixiag the legal rste
of advertising, and sttaehing pepaliyl
for violation of the law; Senate bill to
regulates ihe letting OF contracts for
pubiic buildings, -, as to provide that
contracts for construction and materials |
may he let in parts.
Bills lost: Senate bill to authorize
the auditor of Hamilton county to ap-l
point ward sssessOrs, ami providing for
aid pay Of city board oi
|equalization; Senate bill to give em,
pioyes of any corporation priority Oi
|claims, and providing for appointment
and pay Of city board of equalization;
Senate bill to give the employees of an.
corporation priority of claims, and
fpr0viding for their payment at stated
periods.
The committee appointed to investi.
gate into the affairs of the Institution
for the Education of the Deaf and
Dumb, reported that the charges OF
neglect and inefficiency were totally
funfUunded, and that the Institution
was well managed.
A resolution to give several hundred
dollars extrA pay TO sergesnts alarms,
clerks. etc., was defeated. A resolution
was adopted allowing the porters go
each.
| May 4.-SENATE-Bills passed /:
House bin to provide for the construc.
ton of side bitches to main bitches;
House bill 20 authorize the guardian OF
an insane widow to represent his ward
in making application to court for al
lowsnce in lieu Of dover, when resl
estate is sold in legal proceedings
Three local bills were passed.
Bills lost: Bouse bill to provide fol
cOmpetition 10 the purchase of school
books.
The conference report on the general
appropriation bill was agreed to.
A resolution to print 5000 copies o
the History of Education in Ohio Wal
agreed to.
i HoUsE-Bills passed: House bill Il
authOrize the use of coal oil 800 degree
4 fire test on passenger cars instead o
candles; House bill to give marshals Oh
or nesr county lines power to serv,
process in either county. Four loca
bills were passed.
4 House bill to provide for actor
against persona illegally borrowing
public funds from county offices, wa
: lost.
Senate joint resolution memoraliziBI
Congress to provide for improvement
of the Mississippi river and tributarie
was adopted.
The cOnfe renee report on the Gener
al Appropriation bill WAS sgrced to.
May 5.-SENATE-Bills passed
House bill to authorize railway con
: panies to issue preferred stO.k; Hous
bill giving the State Board Of Equaliza
tion final jurisdiction in rqualizing raj
way property for taxatiOn; House bli
! making an appropriation TOR transcrin
: ing muster rolls in ths Adjutant Gen
1eral's office; House bill to provide
r warehouse, create the Office Of inspect9
. of leaf tobacco, and regulate the inspeC
: ton; House bill to secure to laDrrer
5 their wages; House bill TO establish
! and maintain a school OF mines an
: mine engineering in the Agriculture
a College; House bill legaliziug advertis
ing in papers with patent insides q
putsides; House bill authorizing tn
narrowing OF the streets in villages In
cOrpOrated fer special purposes; HOus
+. bill authorizing the creation of a burea
I of iab'.r statistics; House bill providin
that 300 degrees oil may be used il
|, railway ears for Illuminating purposes
|, House bill to prevent trespasSing o
railway trains. Thirteen local bill
o were passed.
Senate joint resolution directing tn
: Bosrd of State Charities to inquire int
1.-The practirability Of establishing di.
trict prisons or work houses, to repOI
: to the next General Assembly, wa
adopted.
! w. M. Garvey wac nominated ie
: trustee of the Girls Industrial Home.
II HOUsE-Bills passed: House bill
!. provide for an additional COmm0
Pleas judge in the Eighth Judicial dii
n trict; House bill apprOpriating $1,000
n pay the expenses OF investigating tn
= Ashtabula railroad disaster.
III Resolutions OF thanks TO the Speake
and other officers were adopted, an
!. extra pay was voted to several subo
dinate officers.
y May 7.-SENATE-HOuse bill autl
: orizing payment Of the expense of in
. Ivestigating the Ashtabula disaster WI
!, lost.
The aprointmen Mt Of Fl. w. Hughe
\ of Hamilton county, to be trustee /,
J. Miami University, was eonfir ned.
al Resolutions of thanks to officers wei
: adopted. after which the Senate ad
journed sine die.
: HOUsE-After the reading of tn
o journal of Saturday, and several far
well speeches, the House adjourne
J, sine die.