Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1879-05-16
THE OHIO LEGISLATURE.

Senate, Nay Ga number of unimportant
bills were read third time aud passed. The
Senate then resumed. consideration of the
general appropriation bill.
Ho,Se.-House bill codifng the laws relat-
ing to bitches, drains and water-courses was
read the third time and passed. The report
of the Conference Committee on the legisla-
tive salary amendment to the codihed bin fix
| ing salaries at 5000 per year was adopted.
| Mr.. Norton's House bill for the protection OF
graves aud for advancing the study of anato-
my was taken up and passed.
! Senate, Nay bills passed: Making ap-
] propriations out of the asylum fund; repeal
| ing the law forbidding fishing with hook and
line between May lst and June 18th; codify-
| ing the laws relative to police regulations.
| The Committee of Conference, to which was
referred the difference between the House
and Senate in regard to the amendment to the
Legislative htll giving the members a salary
| of 81 900 Per term instead of a per diem re-
ported in favor of making the amount 81 300
which was agreed to. Mr.. Lord offered
resolution to authorize the Insurance
| Commissioner to correspond with the In
| surance Commissioners OF other States to as
certain the law to prevent losses to policy
| holders in life insurance companies by lapse
of policies, and to draw up some form of bill
and to report at the next session of the GEN
eral Assembly. Referred to Committee on In
| suranee.
Hotwe-Senate bill to allow the surplus of
the dog tax to go to aid the children's indus
/ trial homes was passed. The bill to provide
| for private executions and the bill to reorgan-
| ize the Police Board of Toledo were read the
third time and lost.
Senate, Nay S.-Bills passed To allow
Boards of Education to transfer books from
| public Libraries; providing that any tramp
/ Whe shall enter a house or yard, or kindle a
| fire on the highway or the land of another
without permission, or who carries firearms
| or other dangerous weapons, or threatens or
| does another injury, shall be sent TO the peni-
| tentlary; regulating the charges on palace
aud sleeping cars. Mr.. Bensons bill to make
rape upon a girl under the age Of twelve
! years capital offense was read the third time
| and lost on its passage.
House.-Bills introduced: To regulate the
| holding OF real estate in trust for relig Gus or
charitable purposes; to amend the law rela-
| tive to the purchase of land for cemeteries, ,
to establish county toll roads and provide for
the collection of tolls; TO amend the laws re-
! lating TO roads; amending the school laws I.
| providing for those injured while in charge of
insane persons. Bills passed. Repeating the
| obnoxious sections of the law reOrganiZing
the Soldiers and Sailors Orphans Home; ex-
tending the time OF sitting of County Boards
| of Equalization,
Senate, May 9.-The following bills were
passed. Requiring Auditors of counties to
! keep only per capita column dog tax; pre-
| viding that guardians, executors, assiguees,
vert trust funds TO their own use, with intent
to defraud, shall be deemed guilty of embez-
element; revising the law relating TO counties.
HOuse,-The following bills were passed
Senate bill providing that signboards shall be
erected aud kept in repair by the township
| trustees at all forks and oss-roads of roads
leading to some village depot or other inn
portant place; providing that tramps upon
| conviction, shall be punished by not more
than one year term in county Jail or work
house, at discretion of court; making gen
eral appropriations for the fiscal years 1879
and 1880; slightly amending the act for the
incorporation of cemeteries; Senate bill regu-
lating the hauling OF heavy burdens on free
turnpike or improved roads, the Board of
Equalization bill; permitting married women
to transfer insurance policies; enabling
soldiers monument associations TO record
the names OF fallen soldiers; furnishing the
placing of distractions In the Miami River
providing that school districts, Joint sub-dis-
tricts aud special districts shall not be
changed so as to leave a limited number of
scholars in the old districts; regulating the
establishment of monuments on the boundary
line between Ohio and Pennsylvania; reliev-
ing the County Clerks from bringing election
returns to the Secretary of State; re-enactin2
the old law of the Probate Court In the service
of notices in matters OF sales of estates of de
ceased persons; providing for the ineorpora-
tiOn of archaeological societies; declaring
Government officers Ineligible to State offices.
Mr.. Eyler's bill preventing attorneys from
having their offices IN the Court House was
read the third time and lost.
Senate, Nay 10.-House bill to amend sec
tiOn of an act TO provide for the appoint
ments OF visitors Of universities and colleges
was read the third time and passed. The