Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-01-30
OHIO LEGIsLATURE.

JAN. 2I.-Sendte-B introduced for
listing property now exempt from taxa
ton. Resolution of respect to the late
Hon. w. P. Reid. former member of the
Senate, and to display the Senate nag at
half mast on the day of the funeral, the
22nd, adopted.
House-Bnls introduced. Amending
the game laws; limiting advertisements
of sheriff7s sales; to adopt uniform
standard of text books. Joint resolution
urging Congress to pass law to enable
the unemployed TO settle on the public do
main-referred.
JAN. 22-Senate- bill grading
pay of road uperVisors-passed. APP
pointments by the Governor of F. 5. Pur--
sell as Trustee of the Athens Asylum,
and F. NJ. Atkinson as State Inspector of
Tobacco, the former confirmed, the latter
consented to-
H0ase-PetitiOns from various counties,
on various subjects, were received. Bills
introduced: For prevention of cruelty
to persons; TO subject part of the hus-
bands wages to the support of his FAM
lily; allowing insOlvent guardians sure
ties the benefit of all defenseS, etc.. incIu-
ding compensation of maintenance of
wards; changing the time for killing deer
so that they may be killed from the 10th
of October to the 18th of November, in
stead of from the Goth of September to the
| Ist of November, as now. House bills
passed: Making partial appropriations
| for the present year; to prevent false
| statements regarding fire insurance buSi-
ness; making penalty of fine and i'm
prisonment for hunting and trapping out
| of season; authorizing women to become
notaries public. Resolution adopted !:
i That the House go into committee of the
Whole at four O'Clock each day on codify-
| ing the laws.
| =, 40 Canots Capota- I,;IIo ,,op-a5 d.
/ Giving the Chief Engineer control of the
appointments of the Board of Public
| Works for furnishing bankers for using
special deposits. House bills passed:
Making partial appropriations; authoriz-
ing sheriffs to advertise sales, in amounts
of $500, in>ene German paper Bill in
troduced: PEI mitting county commits
sioners to dispense with re-surveyine
and plating lands for assessment fol
taxation.
House-Various petitions were received
on various subjects, among which wa!
one complaining that the Legislature
paid no attention to temperance petitions
The most of the day was spent in discuss
ing the report of the conference commit
tee on the joint rules governing the twt
houses, considering the work of the Cod
ifying Commission, and the report wa
finally disagreed to and another commit
tee asked for.
JAN. 24-iSenGte--A bill was introduced
authorizing agricultural boards to arres
persons selling Intoxicating liquors oil
i. their fair grounds. The House bill max
/ ing partial appropriations for the beneV
| olent institutions was passed; also Senat
bill to amend the tax laws authOriZin
r county commissioners to advertise 70
] maps and pIats. Some routine busines
I | was transacted.
House-Bills were introduced: Cor
solidating the laws relating to county al
I. fairs; making it optional for county con-
: missioners to advertise for maps for RI
q appraisement of real estate; for maxim
county directories; TO abolish city maj
4 shal's Office in cities of the second clas
third grade, and transferthe duties to til
s chief Of police; to cut utdown homestea
exemptions in real estate to $500 and Pc
: sonal property to $3.50. The bill for til
improvement of common roads ws
i, passed. Various petitions on the tempe
: ance question were received, and a larg
q number of bills were read a second tin
and referred.
{; JAN. 25.-Sendte-B introduced. I
= establish circuit courts in the nine jud
C cial districts of the State; authorizir
!. probate and police courts to comm
young women convicted of minor offens
= to some charitable institution instead
:, jail or Workhouse; to cause insurant
1t agents to fix an insurable value on q
! UullulDgS IHoy lHSllF6S
Hoatse-Bills introduced: For the pr
n lection of wool growers; allowing wi
h nesses in Justices and mayors courts fe
e in criminal cases, whether there is co
= viction or not. Bill passed; Senate bi
= for the relief of the poor; also sever
e bills of an individual and sectional n
ture. A Joint resolution looking to Il
establishing of home for INDECENT wi
ows of soldiers was presented and c
(lered printed; Il resolution for the Hou
Z afternoon. was laid on the table.
.p JAN. 7.-Senate--Bills introduced: r
r, quiring insurance agencies to report
i rect to county auditors their gross I
,e ceipts for taxation, instead of havil
le them reported from the general offic
m providing for an additional deputy Gle
A. for the supreme Court, to prevent partne
g. of prosecuting attorneys from defends
criminals.
10 Hoase--Bills introduced: Providil
s. that subscribers to stock of narrow-gau
p. railroads have five years to pay the SAN
I'd and making the subscription a lien
8. the property of the subscriber; limitiI
s. the time of physicians certificates, w
r. have attended one course of lectures,
DR. one years duration. Joint resolutio
I'd offered: Thanking the President a
IN Congress for the passage and signing
r. the Arrears Pension bill-adopte
1r against the repeal of the Resumption Il
of tabled, under notice of intention to d
DR. cuss. A portion of the day was spent
or Committee of the Whole on codifying t
G. public highway laws.
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