Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-03-06
OHIO LEGIsLATURE.

FEB t.2os--SS11uCe--A message was re-
ceived from the Governor appointing =.
Burns trustee of the Soldiers and Sail
ors' Orphans Home. Referred.
rs HoUSe-VaF petitions on temper
ance and school superintendency were
presented.
Feb 26.-Sendts Bills passed: House
bill amending the law so that land own
ers are not required to post notices to
trespassers: to protect the rights of sepul-
ture. Bills introduced: Requiring deeds
to be recorded as soon as signed enabling
plaintiffs to take Judgment as on default
for, such part of claims as are not put in
issue; exempting the paraphernalia OF Sc
cret societies from seizure from debt; reg
ulating the receiving, transportation and
delivery of grain by railroad corpora
tions. B. Burns appointment as Trus-
tee of the Soldiers and Sailors Home
was confirmed; and the appointment of
n. v. Kerr as State Librarian by the Gov
lternOr received. st,f 5i
House-A large number, of petitions
were presented, mostly ON temperance,
and one for the leasing Of the Hooking
canal to the Shawnee, Columbus and
/ Hooking Valley railroad. Bills intro
dueed TO authorize township trustees
to require additional bonds of township
! treasurers when existing bondsmen are
/ worthless; making the marshals of mu-
nicipal corporations street commissioners; :;
to prevent improper practices by attor-
neYs-at-law; giving the legatee of a will
the right to have the court put eOnstruc-
ton on the instrument. Senate bill pro-
viding that when real estate is ordered
sold at SheTiff's sale the court may order
| the Sheriff to subdiVide the same and sell
it in parts, was passed. A number of
bills were indefinitely postponed, and va
rfOus ones of a local nature only, passed.
Feb. SenGte-Bills passed: Au-
thorizing Bedford township, Cuyahoga
county, to transfer funds; creating a
Especial school district in Beaver township,
Green county; providing for the purity
of elections; authorizing officers of agri-
ricultral societies to make arrests. A
proposed amendment to the Constitution
to regulate salaries of county officers ac
eording to population of counties was
considered.
! Hoatse-BiIls passed: Giving the pro
bate court of Licking county Jurisdiction
, in mfsdemeanOr cases; making sales OF
execution optional instead of mandatory
, authorizing Cleveland to build an ar
, mOry. A bill to authorize municipal cor
; porations to impose tax on the sale o
spurious liquors, was lost on passage.
FEB. %. Senate--Resolutions for con
= stitutional amendment regulating tn
: terms Of Office of county officers wa
= adopted; also the resolution for a con
, stitutiOnal amendment to divide the Stat
+ into nine common pleas districts. Bill
. introduced: Reorganizing the Girls In
: dustrial Home. Bills passed: AuthOri
zing compromise with the defaultin
! Treasurer of Stark county; proVidin
. when a sentenced prisoner escaped,
! captured, he shall be resentenced; mai
= ing it an offense punishable by fine an
= imprisonment to eompOunda a felony, to al
: low proceedings to open streets and alley
,. to commence in common pleas eOur
4 Henry V. Kerr's appointment as State L
- brarian was confirmed.
Hottse-Bills passed: To increase til
pay of judges in Cuyahogo county; NAL
a ing appropriations for deficiencies whic
~ are payable out of the general reyenU
g fund; making appropriations for DEF
y ciencies quito the asylum fund. 3
to MARCH 1.-SenateL-A bill was fntrt
te duced for the better protection of mat
ip rial, men and contractors; a substitu
* for the bill now before the Senate on Il
a. subject of fare on sleeping cars was intr
duced, which reduces fare to about tw
IN thirds present charges.
to .House-Bills introduced: To preyel
I'd officers from creating debts by or on b
be half Of the State; to define liability al
se pleadings in criminal action for libel;
id abolish the Office of assistant law libra
ian; to provide that service, actual
Mt constructive, shall be made in prOba
he courts the same as in other civil actio
Id under certain conditions; to authori
ed SOulGy COudmISSlOilCTS 70 cOnSGEucJ 1T
he turnpike roads; tOlauthorize county auC
in tors to correct errors made in prepaRin
to the uupIicabes OF assessment notices, al
to with the approval of the county eOmm
h. siOners to repay money erroneOusly pa
be for taxes or mprovements-within thr
10 or four years; to fix pay of members
. the-Legislature at $5 per day, with q
or duction for each days absence, and lii
no iting the amount of per diem to $500 p
les year; to regulate public warehouses; !;
re- regulate the !ettIng OF CONVEX TABOR;
an forbid unqualified persons taking char
IT. of steam engines, and to authorize loo
lr- boards of steam engineers to issue cert
ad Gates of qualification to persons to act
al: engineers; to provide for depOsiti
! county funds with banking firms or Ct
en- pOfatlohss