Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1879-07-17
Laws Passed by the Sixty Third
General Assembly of Ohio,

The following comprises a complete
list of the laws passed at the recent ses-
sion of the General Assembly, 157 in
number:
Authorizing executors, administra-
tors, attorneys, ETC., to invest moneys
coming into their hands.
Limiting fees for acknowledging pen
sion papers.
Prescribing proceedings for the divis,
ion of townships.
Limiting the time FOR killing wild
deer from the 9th day of October to the
10th day of November.
Prohibiting the killing or injuring OF
quail or Virginia partridge prior to No
vember 15, 1880.
Providing for rebuilding the Sol
diers' Orphans Home.
Authorizing County Infrmary Dlrec
tors to join in proceedings for con-
strLcting bitches.
Authorizing an increased levy for
the relief of the poor in townships OF
counties having no infrmaries.
Extending the Jurisdiction of Probate
Courts in criminal cases in certain
counties.
Furnishing trespassing hunters by
fine and Imprisonment.
Prescribing penalties for compound
ing or abandoning a prosecution for
crime or misdemcanur.
Prescribing penalties fOr trapping,
hunting or poisoning any muskrat,
mink or otter upon the premises OF
another.
Changing the time of holding Courts
of Common Pleas in Logan county.
Authorizing the vacation of any street
or alley IN any hamlet or village on pc
tition to Common Pleas Court.
Regulating contracts of insurance OF
buildings.
Authorizing a married woman to sue
in her own name to collect legacy
due her.
Making partial appropriations fol
the fiscal year ending Nov. l, 1879.
Making partial appropriations fol
the year 1879.
Providing for relieving persons who
have no legal settlement.
Authorizing the incorporation of as
sociations to reclaim men and women
from lives of drunkenness and immor.
ality.
Prescribing penalties for shooting ol
throwing missiles at railroad trains.
Requiring County Auditors to sup
ply maps and plats to assessors of real
estate.
Providing for assessing the costs oi
lighting streets upon atutting proper
ty in Dayton.
Authorizing the trustees of the sink
ing fund in Cincinnati to invest in the
bonds of said city.
Giving the Chief Engineer of the
Board of Public Works equal power
with a member in making appoint
ments.
Providing for the service of summons
against partnerships as such.
Requiring Treasurers of School
Boards after each annual election to re
portland produce the moneys on hand
Authorizing County Auditors to sell
return books and statistics of Town
ship Assessors.
Authorizing courts to have lands to
be sold at judicial sale subdivided and
sold in parcels.
Compelling successful bidders at ju.
dicial sales to pay the purchase money
Prohibiting the making of street inn
provements in villages, except side
walks, without the assent in writing Of
a majority of the owners to be charged
Requiring owners of lands held by
deed as security for debt to list the
amount of such debt for taxation.
Making appropriations for defcien-
cies out of the Asylum fund.
For the relief of street railroad com
panies having defective franchise.
Repeating sections seven, eight and
nine, of chapter one, of title four of the
laws relating to error, mandamus and
quo aCGrrGntO.
Providing for the purchase of tents
for the Ohio National Guard.
Requiring inn keepers and boarding
house keepers to provide fire escapes.
Authorizing the sale of a lot of land
belonging to the State.
Limiting the pay of Road Supervi-
sors.
Providing for an election on the ques
tion of collecting tolls on the Cleveland
vladuct.
Making appropriations for deficien
cies that are payable out of the gener-
al revenue fund.
Resembling the rate of State taxes.
Authorizing the Commissioners of
certain counties to locate and construct
turnpike roads.
Authorizing Township Trustees to
issue bonds in anticipation of the col
lection of taxes levied to pay for vaults
for the dead.
Providing for keeping streets in re
pair in certain cities Cincinnati.
Requiring County Recorders to entel
upon real estate indices and abstract
all transactions affecting title TO lands.
Authorizing sale in execution of the
right of any turnpike company to take
toll.
Providing for maintaining certain Ii
braries in certain cities (Cleveland.)
Providing for rebuilding court hou
ses destroyed by fire in certain counties
{ (Licking.)
Creating the office oc criminal bailiff
and prescribing his duties lin Hamil-
ton County,.
Providing for the election of Asses
sors by wards In cities.
Authorizing the City Council of
Cleveland te levy a tax to build an
armory.
Prohibiting partners of Prosecuting
Attorneys from prosecuting or defend
ing criminals.
Authorizing trustees of townships to
require township treasurers to give ad-
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