Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1878-03-28
GeneraI Assembly.


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Hamilton county. Authorizing the :.
-ttOrney General and Auditor of State to :
ettle claims due the State. Changing ;
he name of GAINESVILLE church. Amend :
ng the Children's Home act in reference
o the manner of taking the vote in estab- =
ishing such homes. Authorizing Green
springs to erect a town hall and engine :
louse. Allowing Mahoning county to
.ransfer funds. Enabling the COmmis-
sioners of Hamilton county to make fill.
Limiting the compensation OF township
trustees and clerks. Extending mechan-
les lien to two years.
House-Bills passed: Assessing tax
on dogs and providing for its collection
Authorizing Leesburg to issue bonds
Authorizing the city of Hamilton to ex-
pend one-half it's bridge fund. Recon-
structing the Cincinnati board OF alder
men. Dividing election precincts. Amend
ing the ditch law in Sandusky, Summit
and Wood counties. Incorporating liter
ary associations. Amending the chal-
Ienge clause of the jury law. AuthOriz-
ing Marshallville, Wayne county, to pur-
chase fire engine, construct cisterns and
build an engine house.
Bill introduced: Providing how the
Xenia tax of 1877 shall be distributed.
MARCH I5.-Senate-Bills introduced:
Compensating commissioners for services I
outside the county. Specifying parties TO
suits for damages. Providing for board |
of control for Toledo. Making the stand
ard of illuminating oils 130 degrees. Pre-
scribing the qualifications of boiler and
engine inspectors. Authorizing local
op ton as to the sale of Intoxicating liq-
uors. Authorizing an additional 50 200, 900
bonds for the Cincinnati Southern rail-
way. Changing the common pleas dis
tricts of the State. Amending the lien
law. Incorporating associations for pro-
tections against horse thieves.
Bills passed. Electing school directors
in second class cities at municipal cleo
tions. Authorizing Ridgeville township,
Lorain county, to transfer funds. I'm
proving Ashtabula harbor.
House-Bill introduced: Redistricting
the State for Representatives in Congress.
Bills passed: Transferring school ter
ritory in Clarke county. Prohibiting pool
selling on elections. Amending the law
as to gates on toll roads. Preventing pros
ecuting attorneys from entering molle
prosequt without consent of court. Re
quiring hedge fences on partition lines to
be trimmed to a height and breadth of six
feet. Giving common pleas courts juris-
isdiction in mandamus cases.
Bill lost: Increasing witness fees in
courts of common pleas.
MARCH 16.-Senate-Bills passed: Pro-
viding for cleaning the streets of Cincin-
natl. Revising and codifying the mill
tia laws.
Bills lost: Providing for the killing of
hawks, rats and foxes. Testing the
weight of the grain raised in the several
, counties
t General James B. Steedman was con-
firmed as a trustee of the Soldiers Or
phans' Home.
House-Bills passed: Reorganizing the
: Institution for the Deaf and Dumb. Re-
quiring master commissioners to give ad-
ditional security. Reissuing lost incor-
poration characters. Authorizing the
purchase of toll roads on petition of a ma
jority of adjacent residents. Authorizing
the building of a new school house ir
! Franklin township, Franklin county
: Fixing the salary of officers of Columbi
? ana county. Limiting the time for doing
road work between April l and July l
1 Reducing the pay of road supervisors tt
$3.50 per day. Authorizing church il
I Coshocton county to sell land. Prescrib
I ing the method of keeping accounts il
+ sub-school districts.
: MARCH 18.-Sendte- Sub
! mitting the proposition of 81, 200, 900 to TIN
= Cincinnati Southern railroad to a vote o
4 the people of that city-tabled.
1 Bills passed: Limiting the pay of town
. ship trustees and clerk to $3.50 per year
4 Establishing sub-school district in Guy
=, ahoga county. For the relief of w. j
o Jacobs, of Brown county.
House-Bills introduced: Increasin
II the powers of notaries public by requil
e ing the attendance of witnesses, Pre-
u seribing the penalties for nepotism i
:. State offices or State institutions. Pro
viding for county houses of detention
l. Defining voting precincts in township
:, and wards. To pay for the pursuit of az
Y cused felons. Allowing assessors 50 pc
i day. Reducing the compensation of cour
II ty officers. Authorizing townships hay
u ing a less duplicate than ten millions
,r increase the levy for road purposes. Sci
5, ing off property attached or garnishe
&c and claimed to be exempted. Providln
n for a municipal sinking fund levy. A
IF lowing creditors to elect assignees.
e A large number of local bills of no gel
eral Importance were also introduced.
MARCH 9.--Senate-Bills passed: Al
70 thorizing Belmont county to0levy a sp
'u cial tax. Enforcing against bidders leg
a. sales of lands Recognizing the Hospit
le for Insane
in Bills introduced: Furnishing the
IL ~ treatment or illegal employment of CHI
7e dren. Furnishing teachers for havil
v criminal intercourse with pupil. Pr
viding for marking the corners of origi
al surveyed townships. Authorizing t
Cincinnati Hospital to sell certain land
~ House-Bills introduced: Authorizil
so guardians to give bonds by mortgage
to real estate. Authorizing Cincinnati
oe sell wharf property. Amending the Wo
y county ditch law. Furnishing the obstru
f, ton of the Miami river in Logan count
IN Reducing the pay of the officers of Pret
ne county. Authorizing Cincinnati to be
il row money for the street cleaning depal
ed ments. Authorizing the transfer of Gel
Ill etery grounds in Muskingum count
" Making general appropriations.
Iv Bills passed: For the relief of w.
Jacobs. Authorizing Hudson townshi
Summit county, to erect hall. For t
relief of John II. Dempler and George '
Woodward. Recognizing the Asylu
ad for tho Education of the Blind
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