Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1878-04-19

! . r'HUtc, HpfU IO.-1he bill to author.
ize the Trustees of the Cincinnati
Southern Railway to borrow $4,000.
600 to complete the road failed to pass
also bill creating three additional
Judges for Hamilton County. A bill
was introduced authorizing Boards oi
Education to compromise and adjust
debts.
HOuSe.-The bill to punish frauds in
the manufacture and sale of oleomargar.
rine was passed. The bills to punish
frauds committed in tampering with
roll books and tally sheets of elections.
and other frauds in making cleo
ton returns; to so amend the in
surance laws as to increase the
amount of premium notes required
to be taken before commencing busi-
ness to 100000, and to require the 10
per cent. to be paid in bona fcic, and to
provide that no child in the public
school shall be required, contrary to
the wish of parent or guardian, to study
any branches of learning except or
biography, reading, writing, arithme-
tic, English grammar and geography,
Jailed to pass after long discussions.
A motion to reconsider was entered on
the last bill. A resolution 10 adjourn
April 20 was laid on the table.
Senate, april 1.-THE report of the
! Committee of Conference on the reor-
ganization of the Institution fox the
! Deaf and Dumb was non-ccncurred i'm.
The vote by which the Cincinnati South
ern Railway Loan bill was lost the
previous day was reconsidered, and the
bill amended and passed. Several 10.
cal bills were passed. Discussion of the
report of the Committee of the Whole
on the bill to revise the code of civil
procedure occupied the remainder of
the session.
H0uSe.--The petitions and remon-
strances were in their usual abundance.
The resolution in relation to the cost of
erecting an Executive mansion was in
definitely postponed. A number of To-
cal bills were passed. The resolution
providing for the treatment of por-
ton of the insane of the Cleveland dis
hict in the Cleveland Infirmary was
adopted. The Adiutant-General was
authorized to loan flags and war ac-
cOutrements for soldiers reunions in
Union and Licking Counties. adjourned.
Senate, ApriI I2.-Bills were intro
duced authorizing trustees to sell
lands; authorizing the incorporation
of companies to traffic in wool and
gather and disseminate information of
| interest to producers and dealers in
wool. The bill to reOrganiZe the Sol
diers' and Sailors Orphans Home was
read the third time and further con-
sideration postponed until the 18th.
Several local bills were passed, and,
after the transaction of some routine
business, the Senate adjourned to the
18th.
HOuSe.-The joint resolution to print
10000 copies of the report of the COM
| mission to examine and report upon
the cause, prevention and cure of hog
cholera was adopted The bill regulat-
ing the traffic in Intoxicating liquors
by registration, and assessment of fees
for registration, was indefinitely post
poned. Bills were author-
| izing the incorporation of associations
for yachting, hunting, fishing, etc.
requiring mutual insurance compa-
nies before commencing business to
have no less than POO applications,
with premiums of not less than S50,-
600 and not less than 20 per cent paid
in cash; abolishing viewers for the To-
cation of new roads and transferring the
duties to County Commissioners, as
sisted by surveyors; authorizing COM
panies for the leasing of canals to be-
come Incorporated; eXempting State,
county, township and municipal bonds
from taxation, provided that the bonds
so issued can be sold at par at lower
rate of interest. The amendment to
! the TaX-Revision bill to tax all church
property valued at over So, 600 was dis
cussed in Committee of the Whole.
Adjourned.
House, AprU I3.-Several petitions
were presented and a number of reports
of committees disposed of. Representa-
tive O'COnnor, rising to a question OF
privilege, referred to the publication in
various papers of the State of the
charge that he was formerly Il convict in
the Michigan Penitentiary. This he
emphatically denied, and in corrobora-
ton of his denial had read letter
from j. X. Martin, Deputy-Warden OF
the Michigan Penitentiary when O'Con-
nor was confined therein, certifying
that Representative O'Connor, though
strikingly resembling the prisoner, was
not the same person. The communica-
ton was ordered spread upon the jour.
nal of the House. Adjourned moi
enough members being present to trans.
act business.
Senate, ApriI I5.-Routine business
occupied the morning session, and after
the disposal of Il few House messages
in the afternoon the Senate found itself
without quorum and adjourned.
HouSe.-A large number of local bill,
were passed. Senator Thurman ap
peared on the floor of the House and .
short recess was taken to exchange
greetings with him. A resolution re
sCinding the resolution for adjourn,
ments every three weeks was adopted
SO to 30. The Municipal Code Revision
bill was passed, an amendment provid,
ing for local option being voted down
65 to 80. Adjourned.