The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-03-28
OHIO GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

OF Slnclnnatl Ior streetrcleanlDg purposes
and authorizing them to advertise for pro.
posals for cleaning the stree sand removing
garbage when the public interest viii, in
their judgment, be subserved, was passed.
General Forrest called up his bill codifyine
the militia laws of the State and reorganiz-
ing the National Guard The bill for the
determination of rats, mice and chicken
hawks, by offering a reward for the tails OF
the former two and the heads Of the la t,
was brought up in its reguar order from
the calendar and laid over. During the
morning session of the Senate Governor
Bishop sent in a message nominating Gen
eral james B.. Steedman, Senator from
Lucas County, to be q Trustee of the
Soldiers and Sailors Orphans Home, vice
r. P. Buckland, resigned. The nomination
was unanimously confirmed ...... 80 House-
The following bills were passed: Mr.. Poe's
House bill authorizing Courts to remove
Master Commissioners upon the failure of
the latter to furnish new or additional Sc
curity when required by the Court to do SO
Mr.. Williams's House bill reorganizing the
Institution for the education of the Deaf
and Dumb; Mr. Richards's Senate bill to
authorize the Secretary of State to reissue
charters of interpretations where the char
ters have been lost or destroyed; Mr..
Dangler's House bill to authorize the village
Council of VermiIien, Erie County, to lew
SIS, 900 in bonds and build Town Hall [:
Mr.. Hume's House bill for the relief of d.
V. Dingman and II H. Sprague, of Shelby
County; House bill by Mr.. Reed, of Ross, to
authorize County Commissioners to pur-
chase toll roads when petitioned by q major.
ity Of the residents along such road
MARCH -Senate-Mr. Forrest intro
dueed a resolution for getting the decision
of the people of Cincinnati upon the ques.
ton of q further issue of bonds for the
Southern Railroad before any action by the
Mr.. Lord opposed it, and no
vote was reached. The Hamilton County
delegation are at sea on the subject of the
Southern Railroad. Bills were passed /:
House bill limiting the maximum com
pensation OF township trustees and clerks
to $3.50 a year; House bill establishing a
sub-school district in Olmstead Township,
Guy ahoga County; Senate bill for the re-
lief of W. j. Jacobs, OF. Brown County, and
his sureties..... House Remonstranees
against the Steedman Stay Bill were pre-.
sented by Mr.. Sextro from the Board of
Trade and one hundred and eighty citizens
tion from five hundred citizens of Hamilton
County, for the passage of the Senate bill
of Mr.. Lord, to suppress nuisances. Mr..
Bohl, from the select committee of three,
reported back Mr.. Covert's Tariff resolution,
and recommended substitute opposing
any reduction of the duty on iron and
steel The resolution and substitute were
laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
MARCH 19.-Senate The Senate resumed
consideration of the Cincinnati police bill
and the amendment offered by Mr.. Owens,
making the six Commissioners elective. The
ON, n oof hxv 10 TI,o
was then put upon its passage and lost
IS to II. Mr.. Wagoners bill authorizing
the Commissioners of Belmont County to
levy Especial tax passed The bill reorganiz-
ing the insane asylume was passed. Debate
was resumed on Forests Southern Railway
resolutions, which were referred to the Com.
mites on Finance and Judiciary .........
Hoase-The Committee on Agriculture re.
ported favorably House bill I03 for the re.
organization of the Ohio Agricultural and
Mechanical College, with amendments, af
follows: I. Fixing the salary of the Presi
dent at sum "not to exceed $4,000; and
the sa aries of professors shall not ex
ceed S2,250," and salaries of assistant pro
fessors "to be reduced in like ratio from
their present salaries" 3. Requiring the
Trustees to provide first and specially fol
studies which relate to agricultural and
mechanical arts and military tactics, and
that all other studies shall be secondary
"but no student shall be required to study
military tactics, or take part in military
drill, or provide any military or par
tieular uniform, except those who study
military tactics" 8. The Trustees are
required to place the college al
once in accord and direct relation with the
common schools, and applicants shall notbt
required to pass examination in any studies
except reading, writing, arithmetic, geog
raphy and grammar, as the same are taught
in the common schools of this State. The
amendments were agreed to, and the bill
made the special order for 2: 80 p. m. to
morrow. Mr.. Luccock's bill, to restore the
Adair Law, was indefinitely postponed, b,
a vote of AZ to 36. Mr.. Norton's bill, to re
district the State, was referred to specia
committee of fve-Norton, Meuset, Wright
Palmer and Creamer. House then took NJ
the special order for this hour, being tn
bill to reorganize the Blind Asylum. TIL
bill reorganizing the Blind Asylum passed
MARCH 20.-Senate-Mr. Irwin's Senat
bill to authorize the courts to appoint add
tional bailifs was put to vote and lost
Mr.. Wright's Cincinnati police bill was dis
cussed, amended ana defeated. Havin
been previously defeated and reconsidere6
this ends the bill. Mr.. Wright's alderma
bill was amended by Mr.. Forrest to requir
six aldermen in each district, one to b
elected at large, and passed. 1t gives Gin
cinnati thirty aldermen, five on the genera
ticket. The following bills passed: MI
Maury's bill forbiddlng fishing betweel
May and June Is Mr.. Lords bill providin
for the care of property bequeatbed fo
| science and art purposes; Mr.. Dodd's bil
dividing wards of more than eight hundre
voters at the discretion of Council, and n
| pealing law requiring judges of election
be freeho, ders. Mr.. Saltzgaber's bill t
issue bonds to raise funds for drainin
the Scioto marsh, in Hardin County .......
House-Mr. Harmon's bill, to provide fo
the protection of the agricultural interest
of the State of Ohio, was discussed exteI
sively, amended, and laid on the table. M
Krimmeps bill, to reorganize the Reforl
School for Boys, was passed. The Senat
amendments to the bill reorganizing the il
sane hospitals were concurred in. Swain
bill to reorganize the Ohio Agricultural an
Mechanical College, after much flibuste
ing by Republicans, passed by preyioI
| question.
MARCH 21.-Sendtc-Mr. Steedman's bi
to authorize the city of Toledo to sell Il
Woodville Railroad was passed. Mr.. Fo
rest reported his Southern Railroad ele
ton resolutions properly signed by Il
committee. They were made special ord
for tomorrow morning. ...... House-Mr. Fo
ter's bill, giving parties with suits concer
ing roads, right of way, etc., the right of a
peal to the Common Pleas Court, and b
for the reorganization and better manag
ment of the Soldiers Sailors and Orphan
Home, at Xenia, were passed.
MARCH %. .-Senate-The substitute f
bill No. 40, by Mr.. johnson, TO catch pate
right sharps by making it felony, punish
BILE by imprisonment in the penitentiar
for any one to sell or dispose oil q promm
sory draft, check, or other written eyiden
of value, the signature to which may ha
been obtained by false pretenses, passe
The Forrest Cincinnati Southern Railro
resolutions were discussed at length, a
finally defeated. A resolution by
Armstrong, to investigate the Southe
Railway Trustees was referred........
House--Among the bills introduced was Q
by Mr.. Sextro, to authorize Cincinnati
borrow two million dollars for the Southe
Railroad. 1t makes the same provisions
a popular vote as the Forrest resolution
5 the Trustees to receive no compensate
and one by Mr.. Covert, to secure the cl
dren the benefit of a common school edu
ton. 1t provides for compulsory educatl
, in cities of the first and second class a.
bill to regulate the employment of cl
dren. Mr.. Dodds offered resolutions
J, same as Forests in the Senate for v
: of the people of Cincinnati on the bon