The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-02-20
LEGISLATIVE.

corders to keep abstracts of titles where tn,
same have heretofore been preserved; requir
annual reports. Bins introduced: To consoli
| date and revise the laws relating to privat,
corporations; 70 regulate the carriage and de
livery Of goods by express companies.
Rouse.--Twelve petitions were presented
praying for the passage Of Quinby's Loca
Option bill or for laws relating to the sup
preston Of the sale of intoxicating liquors
Bills introduced: To revise and consolidate
the laws in relation to the fees of public Off
GERS; providing for the payment Of the cost
the State Treasury. Bills passed: Making Il
q crime for a prosecuting witness to receive
money to stop prosecution; authorizing
County Auditors to sell or return books ant
statistics Of township assessors.
Senate, Feb 12.-Anumber of petitions were
presented asking for the passage of a loca
option law. A bill was introduced to amend
the laws in regard to procedure in Probate
Courts. The bill provides that five days no
tice Of intention to make application for 8
guardian for an imbecile adult shall be giver
before such application is made.
H0use.-Bills passed: To regulate the list
ing of the property of the ice producers fol
taxation purposes; giving the sureties of In.
solvent guardians the benefit Of any offsets
which said guardians may have against theil
wards; amending the act for the Incorporation
of townships. The bill cuts out that part Of the
law which makes it necessary. in the division OF
duneXdtlOu OI p8ICS Oh TOWNSHIPS, 10 nave LQe
consent of two-thirds of the householders in
the township to be divided, and leaves 1t with
the majority of the householders in the terri
tory affected. Bills introduced: Giving claims
against assignors for labor preference over
other claims; to reorganize the Ohio militia
authorizing married woman to transfer q
policy on her husbands life by quit claim
deed. Mr.. Steedman's Senate joint resolu-
Of MANNED soldiers to $36 per month, was
adopted.
Senate, Fe6 13.-The bill to allow the invest
meut Of surplus funds Of the State in United
States bonds came up for its third reading,
and after some discussion It was laid on the
table. Bills passed: Compelling Justices of
the Peace to render judgment on account in
default on an affidavit from the plaintiff; al
lowing the filing of counter affidavits in mo-
tions for new trials; amending the lien law
to include the claims of parties furnishing
material for the construction of turnpikes !;
merging the asylum fund into the general
revenue fund, and prescribing q special rate
OF taxation; to allow real estate to be sold on
foreclosure OF mortgage to be divided. The
bill to protect candidates from importunate
electors was read the third time and referred
to the Committee on Judiciary.
Aousem.oTemperance petitions were received
rom no voters OF Warren, Huron, Cler-
Fairfield, Portage, Clinton, Guernsey, Madi,
son, Pickaway and Fulton Counties, asking
for the passage of Quinby's Local Option bill
or some laws relative to the sale of intoxica-
ting liquors. Bills introduced: To authorize
the boundary commissioners to set up the
boundary monuments on the line between
Ohio and Pennsylvania; to amend the code of
procedure before Probate Courts; to allow the
council of cities and villages, the commits
ships to submit to vote of the people, with
out a special act of the Legislature, the ques-
ton of issuing bonds and levying taxes for
local improvements, for the purchase of
hao fro ofuoc ofrrc az f<>rf fha
building of turnpfkes or for purchasing the
same and converting them into free roads, or
for the payment Of any award, claim, bond or
debt, or the making OF any improvement for
which taxes may be constitutionally levied.
Senate, FEB. 14.-Bills passed: Providing for
the investment Of funds detained in the
hands of executors, agents, attorneys or off,
GERS, pending litigation; authorizing County
Auditors to sell return books and statistics Of
Township Assessors; providing for the closing
daily attendance falls below eight. Bills in
troduced: Providing that County Treasurers,
when publishing rates Of taxation, shall pub
lsh simply the aggregate rates instead OF the
advertisements for proposals for public
work shall include the entire work, as
well as the several parts thereof, and
the bidder iSr 10 tn the h,Td %hoe Is lower t snan
parts, he shall have the work; requiring an
examination of articles Of Incorporation by
the Attorney General; making the compensa-
tiOn of members of the General Assembly
81 600 per term, deducting for each day alb
sent from the session, and allowing ten cents
per mile for each mile Travelled. Mr.. Curtiss
introduced joint resolution looking for bet
ter provisions for the accommodation of deaf
mutes of the State, and inviting proposals for
location.
House.-A large number of petitions were
presented and referred. Bills introduced: Au-
thorizing the impaneling of special juries; sup
nit stockholders owning one-twelfth interest
in any corporation to obtain dissolution OF
partnership when two out Of three years the
corporation has not paid six uer cent. divi-
dends; regulating the responsibilities OF
agents, and making the misrepresentation of
money by agents larceny, and punishable as
such; to regulate the sale of trees, plants and
shrubs. The bill provides penalties for false
in the sale of stocks. The committee through
which all bills are to pass to be investigated
and prepared for codifying, instituted by the
late resolutions adopted by the Senate and
Forrest, Saltzgaber, Owens, jackson, of Perry,
Rowland, Curtis and Wilson, and Representa-
tives Mauzer, Bloom, Achauer, Washburn,
Mackey and Covert.
Senate, FEB. ia large number of petit
tions were presented praying for the passage
duced: Creating special school district in
Hancock County; fixing the time
of holding an additional term of District Court
in Jackson County; making persons or asso-
Citations having possession of human corpse
obtained liable to fine to the
amount OF $5, 900 for the benefit of the next
Of kin; to authorize County Auditors to pay
the fees of witnesses before Probate Courts.
The following joint resolution was offered
and referred to the Committee on Railroads
and Telegraphs: Whereas, 1t is charged that
the Standard Oil Company, by obtaining
special freight rates, has been enabled to
hn oil rod nd xrh
The granting Of special rates to one
thus discriminating in rates
against the dealers is preiudicial to
the interests Of consumers and is against pub
lie policy; therefore, be it
Resoleed, BY the Geaeral Assembly, of the
State of Ohio, That committee of three on
the part Of the Senate, and --o on the
part of the House, be appointed to investi-
6y railroads; and they shall have power to
send for persons and papers, and shall report
the facts to the General Assembly. with any
they may deem necessary
TO remedy the evils complained OF In the
above preamble.
House.-Indefnite leave of absence was
asked for and granted several members. Bills
Making It imperative npon
county treasurers to SO keep their books and
make their receipts to taxpayers that ,s the & rate
may be easily detected; recognizing the
Board of Public Works of Cincinnati, making
the Mayor and City Solicitor members of the
board, er o6tcio, and cutting on the salaries of
ten members. The Senate joint resolution
relative to the Standard OIL Company was
taken up and referred to the Committee on
and Telegraphs. The House then
went into Committee of the Whole, to con
,ider the laws from the codifying commission
relating to the Executive Department, and
,fter a short session arose and adjourned.
Senate, FEB. 17.-No business Of Importance
vas transacted.
Hotse.-The Speaker read a dispatch from
Court House announcing the
leath OF Michael T. Creamer, Representative
rom Fayette County, which occurred Sunday
afternoon, Feb 16 A committee of three |
was appointed to prepare suitable resolutions |
m relation to the deceased. Fourteen tenn
oerance petitions were presented and re-
terred. Bills introduced: To amend sections |
and Of an act to authorize and direct the |
Warden and Directors of the Ohio Peniten-
.ia..r 4< o<aafr,,ct fras yxc,rls 10 afafo |