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illegal purposes was introduced. Ad-
iOurned.

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House. Numerous petitions for and
remonstrances against the Perkins
School bill were presented The Agri-
cultural College bill was reported with
amendments and ordered engrossed for
third reading. The bill to restore the
old Adair Liquor law was indefinitely
postponed. The bill reorganizing the
Asylum for the Education of the Blind
was passed, and also n number of
private bills. The General Appropria-
ton bill was introduced. The bill re-
districting the State for representation
in Congress was referred to select
committee consisting of Meuser, Nor
ton, Wright, Creamer and Palmer.
Adjourned ....
Senate, March 20. The Cincinnati
Police bill was lost. Bills were passed
to prohibit fishing except with a
hook and line in any waters within or
bordering on this State except Lake
Erie, and all fishing between May and
June 10 except in Lake Erie; providing
for the administration of property given
or bequeathed for the promotion of
science, art, and like purposes, and To
protect the same from waste; to provide
for furnishing Assessors with maps and
plats for use in the revaluation of real
estate; requiring School Directors to be
residents of the sub-districts for which
they are elected. The House amend
ments to the bill to punish pool-selling
on elections were concurred in and the
bill is now law. Adjourned.
HOuse.-The Game bill was read a
fhi,.l n,.,n.I.l l.. ~
table. The Witness Fee bill was re-
ferred to Mr.. Alexander. Bills were
passed to reorganize the Reform School
for Boys and the Agricultural College
Board of Trustees. The Senate amend
ments to the bill to reorganize the Hos
pitfalls for the Insane were concurred in,
and the bill is now law. Adjourned.
Senate, March 2I.-The bill authoriz-
ing the city of Toledo to sell the Toledo
& Woodville Railroad was passed. The
bill to authorize County Commissioners
to provide offices for County Surveyors
and Probate Judges, and to contract
for books for the use of county officers,
failed to pass. ...' ..
HOuse.-The bill amending the Mill
tia law so as to authorize counties in
stead of Incorporated villages to defray
the expenses of keeping up militia or
ganizatiOrfs was read a third time. The
House refused--45 to 25-tO suspend
the rules and allow the introduction of
new bill reorganizing the Police
Board of Cincinnati. The bill reorgan-
izing the Soldiers Orphans Home al
Aenia was passed by party vote after
a long discussion. Adjourned. +t
Senate, March 22.-The resolution to
submit the question of authorizing the
Trustees of the Cincinnati Southern
Railroad to issue $2,000,000 of bonds
was defeated after a lengthy discussion.
Bills were duced--permitting be.
nevolent associations and societies tC
invest their surplus or endowment
funds and to hold securities upon which
such investment may be made; author.
izing guardians to borrow money on
mortgage of lands of their wards to dis
charge claims; to prescribe safeguards
in the heating and lighting of railroad
cars; to pay the jurors in Justices
courts seventy-five cents. Adjourned
HouSe.-Bills were ntroduced-pre.
scribing the duties of the Board of Pub,
lie Works in the management of canals
and creating the Office of Chief-Engi.
neer, to be approved by the Governor
taxing church and sectarian school
property (providing for rexempting from
taxation property of all separate church
societies to the amount of 81, 200 and
taxing all in excess of that amount)
providing for leasing the canals of the
State to the highest bidder, who shall
be an Incorporated company with
capital stock of $2,000,00O limiting tn,
number of hours q day that any chile
between six and fourteen years may bC
employed during school hours. Ad
jOurned.
Senate, March 23.-A number of loca
bills were passed. Resolutions wer,
adopted-authorizing the Adjutant
General to issue artillery, small arm.
and blank cartridges, and loan battl,
flags, for use at soldiers reunions to b.
held at Marietta and in Union County
providing for an investigation as to the
adequacy of provision made by the
State for the education of the deaf anC
dumb, Adjourned. . ... ....
HouSe.-A large number of bills wer'
read a second time, and a few loca
bills passed. ThOrp, Dalzell and Greene
presented communication asking t.
be excused from serving longer on the
Committee on Soldiers and Sailors
Orphans Home and Military Affairs
under the present Chairman, o. 'Connor
giving as a reason that their self-re
spect impelled them to this course
O'COnnor presented a communication
rendering his resignation as Chairman
After lengthy discussion the resigna
ton was accepted and the three mem
bers granted their request Adjourned
. Senate, March 25.-Bills were intro
duced-regulating the pardons of con
yicts who have served out their term O
imprisonment; regulating sleeping-cs
fares. The report of the Codifyin
Commission was further considered
Adjourned. ....F.
HouSe.-Bills were introduced d-abol
ishing all stays of execution on judg
ments obtained for labor; TO create
commission to compile textbooks fo
use in public schools; to regulate tn
fees of county officers, classifying tn
several counties of the State into Sc
grades for the collection of fees, an
prescribing a propOrtionate amount O
fees to be collected in the differen
grades. The bill to prevent fraud i
the sale of fertilizers was passed. MI
O'Connor delivered long speech i
vindication of himself. Adjourned.
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