The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-02-21
OHIO GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

OHIO GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
FEBRUARY e.-Sendte-Mr. Rowland pre-
sented petition from four hundred women
of the Nineteenth Congressional District fol
restoration of the original Adair Law, and
further enactment to permit local option
as to the sale Of liquors. Mr.. Saltzgaber in
troduced bill to require all travelling sales
men who sell goods not manufactured in
Ohio, to procure license, under penalty Of
$50 fine. After second reading OF three OF
| four bills, the Senate adjourned until Mon.
| day morning. .House-The Deficiency and
| Partial Appropriation Bill was reported
back from the Committee on Finance, with
amendments, engrossed and read the third
time. Some of the leading items are: For
salaries of Judges, $4,000; per diem and
600; Sayler's Statutes, s., 800; State printing
and binding, $15, 900; deficiency in advertis-
ing Free Banking Act in 1877, $4,000;
salary and travelling expenses Commission
ers of Labor Statistics, 81, ,05S.66; deficiency
for Columbus Hospital for the Insanee, $780,
600; current expenses, including deficiency,
$45, 900; Soldiers Orphans Home, current
expenses, including deficiency, 1880;
Penitentiary, $4,000; including $2l,..
600 deficiency on construction OF
new cells, Toledo House Of Refnge,
81, ,791. 80; current expenses of Cleveland
Hospital for the Insane, $4,000; current
expenses and salaries at the Asylum for the
Blind, $4,000; salaries and current expenses
of the Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb,
$21, 800 The bill failed to pass, lacking
one vote of the requisite majority. A mo-
ton to reconsider prevailed, and after some
explanations the bill was postponed until
Monday afternoon. The Committee on Ju-
dietary reported in favor of the indefinite
postponement of Mr.. BohPs bill giving
employees of corporations a prior lien for
wages on all moneys of the corporation,
and requiring that all wages shall be paid
penalty of ten per cent. The House re-
fused, yeas, 26, nays, 81, to postpone the
bill, and ordered it engrossed for third
reading on next Tuesday.
REBRUARY 11.-Sendte The following
bills passed: House bill to provide for a
removal from Probate to Common P eas
Courts, of cases where the Probate Judge is
witness; House bill to allow the Com
missioners of Butler County to borrow
money and issue bonds; House bill to create
a special school district in Lewis Township,
Brown County. The joint resolution to
print for distribution 10000 copies of the
report of the commission TO investigate the
hog cholera, spas- taken from the table and
adopted. Mr.. Curtiss offered joint reso1u-
ton to submit an amendment to the Con-
stitution, to provide for holding State
elections in November, biennially. Ordered
printed. Mr.. Tyler introduced a bill to pro.
vide cheap school books for public schools.
The bill proposes q committee to compile
school books, the copyright of which shall
be vested in the State. House Several local
L-kr Ia 1a
passed was one requiring hotel and board
ing house keepers to provide their estab-
Eshments with suitable fire escapes within
thirty days. Mr.. Jessup's House bill re-
quiring a physician attending pauper
patient to give notice in writing to the
Township Trustees or one of them, making
such notice legal, and providing that if
notice is not given within twelve days after
such service begins, compensation can not
be recovered except from time notice is
given, was read the third time. Mr.. Alex
ander moved to refer the bill, with instruc-
tions to so amend that Township Trustees
| shall only pay such amount for medical
| services to the poor as they deem just and
reasonable, and may at any time discontinue
the employment of physician. Agreed
to. The bill then passed. The remainder
of the session was occupied in Committee
of the Whole on the municipal code.
FEBRUARY 12.-Senate-The House bill
| appropriating 1000 to pay the expenses
Of the militia during the Juy riots, was
taken up, and Mr.. DUNCAN moved to strike
out the clause appropriating $961.9 to pay
B. and o. Railroad for transportation Of
troops, on the ground that their property
was the only property protected, The
passed. Mr.. Van Cleaf's House bill making
appropriation to pay for printing the con
stitutional amendments, was passed. A bill
was introduced by Mr.. Tyler, to provide fol
the appointment of a commission to secure
to the State, by purchase, compilation, Of
otherwise, the copyright of text books fol
use in the common schools. A bill to re
organize the Penitentiary was reported
back, with amendments, and ordered
printed. ......H House-A number of bills wer,
introduced, one of which establishes pen
atty of not more than two hundred dollar
nor less than fifty dollars and Imprisonment
in the penitentiary for not more than tel
years nor less than one year for any on
unlawfully taking the body of decease,
person, or any person aiding or abettin
any such act, or any one using or receivin
any corpse thus unlawfully taken. Bill
passed: House bill, to authorize the Trus
tees of the Mutual Protection Association
of Patrons of Husbandry to move their Of
fee from Kenton to Columbus; House bill
to authorize Urbana to contract with tn
Water Works Company for water supply
The balance of the session was spent il
Committee of the Whole on revision of tn
municipal code.
FEBRUARY 13.-Senate-Among bills in
troduced, was one to compel all banks an
banking associations to report annually t
the State Treasurer all deposits that hay
been unclaimed for seven years, and to pa
the same over to the state Treasurer, an
authorize the Treasurer to pay the sam
over to the claimants upon proper evidence
Mr.. Seitz's Senate bill to abolish the Boar
of State Charities, was read the third tim
and passed. Mr.. Norton's penitentiary bi
was taken from the table, and long debat
on the proposition to have guards al
pointed pro rata from counties, was SUI
tanned by nineteen to thirteen. The ament
ment increasing the pay of guards was d,
feated, leaving the pay sixty dollars pc
month. The amendment giving convict
!, family ten per cent. of the proceeds of b
reconsider and make the guards pay sixt,
five dollars. Agreed to. After many a
temps 10 reconsider, and the expression {
considerable ill-feeling, the bill was put o
: its passage and carr ed-twenty-fve to 81,
House-A large number of petition
were presented: Against the passage
the, Perkins schooEbook law; again
transportation of Texas cattle throug
Ohio; for local option law; for the pa
sage of Mr.. Perkins's school-book law, ct
The partial appropriation bill was passe
the sum footed up amounting to $420,50
To-day amendments were agreed to pr
viding to pay the claim of Beaver
r Butt for work done on the Central Asylum
$35 1886; to establish tobacco warehouse
/ Belleaire, 81 ,999.99; to pay for new cells
, the penitentiary, $21, ,377; to pay clerks
, Codifying Commission, $3, ,6eO.47. The COZ
mittee having charge of Mr.Van Cleaf's bi
) to provide for the regulation and manag
ment of hospitals for the insane, recoI
! mended its passage. A large number of bill
| were reported from committees and time s
D for their future consideration.
! FEBRUARY 14.-Senate-Mr. Steedm,
! presented communication from the May
of Toledo, transmitting a resolution of Il
Common Council praying for law to s.
! and convey all its right and title in and
: the Toledo and Woodville Railroad. Bil
+ passed: Mr.. Curtiss's Senate bill, to suspel