The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-02-14
OHIO GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

| FEBRUARY Z.-ScnuS-blllS were pdsseu
To authorize the Council of the incorporated
village of Middletown to purchase grounds
to erect town.house, prison and engine
house; to give Justices Of the Pease exciu-
sive original jurisdiction in replevin where
the property involved amounts to 500 or
less, and concurrent jurisdiction with
Common Pleas Courts where the prop
erty is worth over 500 or less than $500.
......... Housc-Considerat of the bill to
reorganize the Penitentiary was resumed ;
and the bill was finally passed. This bill
regulates the salaries If penitentiary officials
and their subordipates, appointment of
| guards, punishment Tor official misdemean-
ors, etc. A number of new bills were
introduced, one of which provides that the
| Trustees of the Cincinnati Southern Raj :
road shall not receive more than one thou
| sand dollars compensation each q year, and
| the r-esident Of the Board twenty-five
hui ased dollars. The bill to appropriate
$4,000 for expenses of the militia, etc.,
employed during the riots of July, 1877, Was
passed. Mr.. Dalzell offered resolution to
appoint committee of seven to inquire
and report whether any ofthe offices III the
STATE House are sinecures, and ought to be
abolished. Laid on the table and ordered
printed. Mr.. Thorpe offered resolution
| instructing the Committee on Military AZ
fairs to inquire and report what legislation
is necessary to give effect to the Militia
Law. Mr.. Bloom offered a resoluti au-
thorizing the joint committee appointed to
investigate the rumors against a Director OF
the Penitentiary to employ q short hand
reporter at two dollars and fifty cents day.
Adopted.
FEBRUARY 4.-Senate-Th bill to make
silver coins of the United States q legal
\ tender was reported from the Committee on
/ Cnrrannv and its ndpd
The bill was ordered to be engrossed and
read the third time tomorrow. number
of messages from the House were disposed
| of, and the Senate resolved into Committee
/ of the Whole on the bill 10 revise and codify
the tax laws. Messages we're again
| received from the House, and
bills read the. first time........
Housc-A number of petitions were pre-
sented in reference to canals and game
laws. A number of i5cal bills were intro
| duced and referred. The vote whereby Mr..
DalzelPs House resolution creating a COM
mittee to investigate and report concerning
! the sinecure Offices in the State government
| was laid on the table and ordered printed,
| was reconsidered and the resolution referred
| to the Committee on Printing Bill were
passed: To punis b newspapers for publis :
| ing Utah divorces; to reorganize the Cincin-
natl Board of Fire Commissioners; giving
the Cincinnati Board of Public Works
power to appoint City Auditor. O'Conner,
the Representative from Montgomery
County, who has been charged with being
deserter from the army, rose to question
of privilege, and produced his first dis.
charge papers, together with certificates of
his soldierly conduct from the captain OF
| his company and the Lieutenant. Colonel
and Colonel of the regiment in which he
served. He asked for Committee of In.
vestigation, and a Committee OF Five Was
appointed by the Chairman.
FEBRUARY 5.--SenGte-The bill prescrib-
ing proceedings for detaching territories
from villages was passed. The bill for
making silver coin legal tender was read
special order for ten a. m., Tuesday, March
5. On motion of Mr.. Owens, a resolution
was adopted calling on the Adjutant General
for itemzed accounts of the claims by rail.
roads for the transporting of troops during
the July riots. The Committee of the
Whole spent the remainder of the session
on the Tax Revision. An amendment lin.
iting the exemptions of chnrch property
to $1,000 was adopted in committee.
......... HOuse-An inspection of the journal
of yesterdays proceedings showing that
Board of Public Work of Cincinnati to
appoint the City Auditor, had not passed,
having received one vote less than the
requisite majority, on motion of Mr.. Nor.
ton, a message was sent to the Senate re-
questing the return of the bill. A large
number of petitions were presented in re.
gard to game laws, protection of
canals, etc. A large number of bills were
introduced, and the following passed ::
House bill to repeal the act of June 26, 1877,
authorizing the Commissioners of Brown
County to build and put in repair free
| turnpike roads; Senate bill to authorize the
borrow money, and issue bonds therefor, to
pay debts. Mr.. Bohl. from the select
| committee of three, reported back the joint
resolution instructing Congress to repeal
the Resumption Act, and recommended its
adoption. A subs itute, submitted by the
minority, recommending no legislation on
| the subject of resumption, and in favor OF
renionetizing silver, was voted down--yeas,
80; nays, 50-a party vote-and the original
resolution was adopted-yeas, 30; nays, 50.
FEBRUARY 6.-Senate-The Chair laid be.
| fore the Senate communication from the
Common Council of Cincinnati, asking au.
thority to issue bonds of the city to the
amount of $4,000 to build central police
station. Bills were introduced: Vesting
the election of the City Auditor of5Cincin-
natl in the Board of Public Works of said
city instead of the Board of Councilmen
making it criminal offense for cor.
porations or individuals paying the
price of labor in goods to charge a
higher rate than the current retail price
of SUCH goods -. House-Very little
business worthy of record was done. Pc.
titions were presented: From Summit
County, for law to prohibit trespassine
by hunters; from Ham lton County, fol
81 81 l,,t.4 ai
| streams of running water in Ohio by refuse
from manufactures from Pickaway County
for the preservation and Improvement Of
canals-all of which were read and referred
to proper committees. Mr.. Mack offered 6
resosution directing the Committee or
Finance to report an appropriation to pay
the expenses of Prof. A. 81 Tuttle as Com
missioner to investigate the hog cholera
Adopted. The House then went into Com
mittee of the Whole on the municipal code
FEBRUARY 7.-Sendtc-Mr. Curtis, from
the Committee on Public Expenditures
reported back Senate bill to repeal the Boart
of State Charities, and recommended it
passage. The bill was ordered to be en-
crossed and read the third time tomorrow
The bill for the reorganization of Lopgviev
Asylum was reported back with Numerous
amendments, with recommendation that
be passed. Ordered engrossed for thirt
reading tomorrow. The amendments max
no change in the workings of the bill -
H0use-Among a arge number of bills in
troduced, one fixes the compensation o
County Commissi ners at $3 per day ant
alb fishes travelling expenses; anothe
auth rizes n taries public t. s,lemniz
marriage; and another amends secti ms 81
81, SO, and "a of the school aw so as to tax
fir m the Board of Education all authorit,
to establish and maintain any scho {,
higher grade than nm district sch .ols
the only branches to be taught in the publ
scho Is to be photography, reading, writing
arithmetic, geography, and English gram
mar, and that all branches taught in tn
, common schools of the State shall be in tn
English language. The House bill requil
, ing Township Assessors ascertain an
rep rt the number of unmarked graves O
Uni N s ldiers was passed.
, FEBRUARY S.-Senate-The day was spen
in reading and postponing action on billl
......... Housc-A number of bill of locs
character were introduced. Bills wer
passed: House bill authorizing the Trustee
of Defiance township, Defiance County, t
/ transfer certain funds; House bill author
zing the Board of Education of Green
: Township, Trumbul County, to join wit
!. the Trustees of said township to build
schoolhouse and town hall; House bill t
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