Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1879-02-21
THE OHIO LEGISLATURE.

idate and revise the laws relating to private
| corporations; to regulate the carriage and de
livery of goods by express companies.
HoUse-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 consolidat,
! the laws in relation to the fees of public Off
GERS; providing for the payment of the cost
In criminal cases out of the county in place o
the State Treasury. Bills passed Making Il
crime for a prosecuting witness TO receive
money to stop prosecution; authorizing
County Auditors TO sell or return books anC
statistics Of township assessors.
Senate, FEB. ia number of petitions wer,
presented asking for the passage of loca
option law. A bill was introduced to amend
the laws in regard to procedure in Probat,
Courts. The bill provides that five days. no
tlce OF intention to make application for
guardian for an imbecile adult shall be giver
before such application is made.
house.-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 il necessary, i'm the division OF
annexation of parts of townships, to have the
consent ol two-thirds Of the householders in
bub IOWusulp TO De DIVIDED, ana leaves II WIFI
the majority of the householders i'm the terri
tory affected. Billsintroduced: Giving claims
against assignors for labor preference ovel
other claims; to reorganiZe the Ohio militia
-authorizDg married woman to transfer q
policy on her husbands life by a quit claim
deed. M. Steedman' s Senate joint resolution,
asking Congress to increase the pension OF
manned soldiers to S36 per month, was adopted
Senate, Feb 13.-The bill to allow the invest.
ment 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 1ling of counter atfidavits 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 a special rate
OF taxation; to allow real estate to be sold on
foreclosure Of mortgage to be divided. The
bill to protect candidates from ipportunate
electors was read the third time and referred
to the Committee on Judiciary.
House.-Temperance petitions were received
from 2, 4O5 voters of Warren, Huron, Cler-
mont, Montgomery, Perry, Morgan, Union,
Fairfield, Portage, Clinton, Guernsey Madi-
son, Pickaway and Fulton Counties. asking
for the passage of Quinbys Local Option bin
or some laws relative to the sale of intoxicat-
ing 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 commission
ers or counties and the Trustees of townships
to submit to a vote of the people, without a
special act of the Legislature, the question of
issuing bonds and levying taxes for local i'm
proYements, for the purchase of hearses, fire
engines, apparatus, etc, for the building of
turnpikes or for purchasing the same and con-
verting them into free roads, or for the pay
ment 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 officers,
pending litigation; authorizing County Audi.
tors to sellreturn books and statistics of Town.
ship Assessors; providing for the closing OF
schools in districts where the average daily
attendance falls below eight. Bills intro
duced: Providing that County Treasurers,
when publishing rates of taxation, shall pub
lish simply the aggregate rates instead OF the
rates for each separate sum; providing that
advertisements for proposals for public
work shall include the entire work, as
well as the several parts thereof, and
IL the bidder for the whole is lower than
the aggregate of the bidders for the several
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
$1,000 per term deducting for each day ab-
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 retitions were
TArnGantaI nd -afa Pi11s fptr A
thorizing the impaneing of special iuries sup
pressing tramps, beggars and vagrants; to per-
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 per cent. divi-
dends; regulating the responsibilities of
agents, and making the misappropriation OF
money by agents larceny, and punishable as
such; to regulate the sale of trees, plants and
shrubs. The bill provides penalties for false
repre- entations on the part of nursery-men
in the sale of stocks. The committee through
which all bills are to pass to be investigated
and prepared for codifyiDg, instituted by the
late resolutions adopted by the Senate and
House, was announced as follows Senators
Forrest, SaltZgaber, Owens, jackson, OF Perry
Rowland, Curtis and Wilson, and Represent
atives Mauzer, Bloom, Achauer, Washburn
Mackey and Covert.
Senate, FEB. ia large number of peti,
tions were presented praying for the passage
of Mr.. Quinby's local option law. Bills intro
duced: Creating a special school district in
Blanchard, Hancock County; fixing the time
of holding an additional term of District Court
in Jackson County making persons or assO
Citations having possession of a human corpse
unlawfully obtained liable to fine to the
amount OF 5000 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 anC
rafa 10 ha D,fl Il.
Telegraphs: Whereas, 1t is charged that the
Standard Oil Company by obtaining specia
freight rates, has been enabled to monopolizC
the oil trade; and whereas, The granting OF
special rates to one company, thus discrimin
ating in rates against the dealers is prejudi
cial to the interests of consumers and il
against public policy; therefore, be it
ReS0tOed, BY the General Assembly of the
State of Ohio, That committee of three OF
the part of the Senate, and --o on the
part of the House, be appointed to investi
gate the matters of granting of special rates
by railroads; and they shall have power Il
send for persons and papers, and shall report
the facts to the General Assembly, with any
recommendations they may deem necessary tC
remedy the evils complained Of In the above
preamble.
HouSe.-Indehnite leave of absence wal
asked for and granted several members. Bill
introduced: Making 1t imperative upon
make their receipts to taxpayers that the ratI
of taxation may be readily seen and that frau(
may be easily detected; recognizing the
Board of Public Works of Cincinnati, making
the Mayor and City Solicitor members of thu
board e5 oBtciO, and cutting off the salaries oi
ten members. The Senate joint resolution
relative TO the Standard on Company wa
taken up and referred TO the Committee OF
Railroads and Telegraphs. The House thel
went into Committee of the Whole. to con
slider the laws from the codifying commission
relating to the Executive Department, ant
after short session arose and adjourned.
Senate, Feb. 17.-No business Of importanc
was transacted.
HOuse-The Speaker read dispatch from
Washington Court House announcing tn
death Of Michael T. Creamer, Representativ
| from Fayette County, which occurred Sunda
afternoon, Feb. 10. A committee of thre
was appointed to prepare suitable resolution
In relation TO the deceased Fourteen TEN
peranee petitions were presented and re
ferred. Bills introduced; To amend section
and 5 OF an act TO authorize and direct tn
Warden and Directors OF the Obi
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