The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-06-26
OHIO LEGISLATURE.


of Dayton, which was referred to the Com.
mittee ON Municipal Corporations, and Mr.
Klinper's bill to increase ethe,compeusation
OF Ward Assessors and their assistants IN
Hamilton County, which was referred to
the Senators from Hamilton County.
Governor Bishop sent in the nomination of
John McSweeny, of Wooster. to-. be Q. Trus.
tee. of the Girls Industrial Home. The
nomination was referred to the COMMITTEES
on Girls industrial Home. The House
heldtwo short inconsequential sessions, at
which no bills were introduced and none
atten pied TO be passed. The bill, intro
dueed by Representative Worlev, OF Srark
County, to appropriate two Thousand five
hundred d0ilars to buy portraits of Abra-
am Lincoln and Charles Summer, was in
definitely postponed. ssHH1 Sff8 81 81.
In the Senate. uue II, the House bill of
Mr. Sullivan,of Miami, to provide for the
maintenance of ChiIdren's Home in
Miami County, was passed. The Commit. !;
tee ON Military Affairs reported back
suhstitnte for the s. j. r. appointiBg an
agent for the collectiea of claims, of the
State of Ohio against4-th Uaited States.
laid OF, the t sble--yeas. IA; nays. IS.
che Senate concufred in the House amend
mants to establish q, branch of the Deaf and
Dumb Asylum at Cincinnati. The report
of the Conference Committee on the bill for I
the publication of the code was laid on the,
table. The House bill for deepening the
channelTof Big Beaver River was passed.
The Senate refused, by a vote of IL eas 20
15 q iys, to confirm the nomination of j H.
Wade as trustee of the Cleveland Asylum
for the Insane, vice Lieutenant. Governor
Fitch......In the House. Mr.. Ovens Senate
bill, relating to the letting of c,.ntracts for
public work. was laid on the table. Mr..
Alexander's II. j. r. 1874, authorizing the
B ard ofaiPubiic ssWorkss to sa limit
20 nf Il
vision OF the canals to sthe2 revenusai
derived therefrom1 was indefinitely post
poned. Mr.. Booths House bill to refund
certai n money refained by the Trustees of
the Asylum, for the, Blind out, of the
yeroentage due to Boone'& Field, contfaet-
tors, was ioat-zyeasS 37;; nay 9, 40. i ,1.5s.a a
: In the Senate. June 1s,.S. J, R.r9s by Mr..
.Steedman, allowing Mr.. Clough, as agent of
the State in the collection Of laims'against
the general government, was sfaken from the
table. 2Amended so as to reduce the. COM
pensation twenty per cent. and not to ex-
ceed' $S0O0e. aiPAssed 1.-THE Senate, scon-l
irnied che appointment OF; John McSweeny,
ofaW ooster, Wayne County, as Trustee OF
the Girls Industrial School sH.J. R. .12l,
I Lucas County Insare Asyltm, was adopted.
|x.lsI ID the House, S.sJ. Be 97, roviding for
the adjustment between the State of Ohio
and the lessees of @the Public Works,
Mr.. Foster moved to lay on the table and
print in advance of other matter. Disagreed
TO-. The resolution was then indefnitely
postponed. 81. B. 984. byy Mr. Wales, to
exempt the funds Of the Indiana Yearly
Meeting of friends from taxation, was
passed On motion of Mr.. White a fesolu-
tion was ssadopted without dissent to author
ize the Adjutant General to employ q COM
petent person to take chargeeof and keep
in repair the Confederate graveyard, four
miles west of the city, at an amount not to-
exceed twenty dollars. Baa o Hsz4as szsl i,
a. In the Senate, June 49,. H.FJ. B.. 1856. by.
Mr.; White, authorizing the Adjutant Cen
graveyard near Columbus, was, on motion
| Of Mr.. Richards, referred to the COMMITTEES
I, on. FederaI Relations. & lNr.3 Wales's House
bill to exempt from taxation the benevolent
fund of the Indiana early Meeting of
| Friends was passed. In the House, the
Committee on Finance reported as q sub.
stitute TO Mr. Il Hafris's H. J.aR.g IS, q bill
;sppropriating one, thousand dollars to
] assist IN the construction of an enlban kment
for a bridge across the Laramie Reservoir
in. Shelby Comfy, sPassed-yeas, So /;
nays, "a Mr.. Poe offered q Joint reso-
luIion, auth orizing the Governor to estab-
lish a board Of three COMMISSIONERS, con-
sistina of one practical mechanic and two
actually engaged in manufactu ring, to
inquire into the System of labor Sent TO
Ethe table under a motion to discuss. Mr..
| Cowgirl offered resolution to adopt the
work entitled, rs The National u Gasrdsman; 2,
by Capt F Phistener, late Captain, of the
Governors Guard as the legal text book for
/ the use and government of the O. N g., ON
guard and kindred duties. Referred to the
Committee on Military Affairs.
| In the Senate, June 20, Senate rule So,
preventing reconsideration of question
4 Two, d ays after it had been disposed of, was
suspended by twO-thirds vote. for the
| purpose of reconsidenne House sn betituta 10
tae Senate Printing Bill. While the discus.
4 sion vas in progress the Senate took a rectss.
! leveland, to be State Inspector OF Oils. to
1 fill the. .unex xpifed term of f. w. Green, de-
ceased. Referred to the, Goeymittee on
Man utactures and ComnaAfce.....I the
House, Mr.. ,owgill's H. j. R.. adopting
Cap. Phistoner's book, entitled " the Ma
tioDaI Guardsman," as text book for the
+ ON. g., was adopted. s. J. r., rela ing TO
the appointment of Mr.. Clough as agent to
| settle ciaims of the State against the general
e ,vernment, was lost-yeas, 27; nays, 40.
4 The majority of Co mmittee on Finance
liz Messrs. Alexa ad-r, iGroschner, Rust of
Ross Hitchcock, Ogleyes. and Carpenter)
1 reported against the paymentof Form IF q
sssh o'I Of slseo Gso9ls for ns.ns
Asylum The - minority report,
signed by Messrs. Booth, yancleaf
| and Levering, recommend the payment OF
| 60, thousand dollars. The report OF tn
I majority was agreed to. Mr. Poe's q. J. r.
No. 8, requesting Senators and Represents
4 tives in Congress to use treir infasnce to
reduce the salary of the President of the
1 United States to twenty-five thousand dol
lars, was passed. sss k8a e-sstagxs
sp In the Senate, June 81, Mr.. Blooms
House bill to provide for the printing and
distributionsof the codified laws was passed.
The House Joint resolution authorizing the
release of q mortgage held by the State
against 8. s, Rickly, upon his paying to the
State $4,000, was adopted. The Senate reao-
luton 10 allow the Clerk 81 500 for record-
ling the Senate journal was adopted.
The usual resolutions of thanks to every.
body we're offered and adopted. MIR. John.
4 st6n introduced q bill to prevent the selling
i or loaning of any firearms to any minol
under fifteen years old, by making the same
4 a. snisdemeanor, punishable by hne no,
exc eeding 500. Mr.. Cowgill's Honse
! Joint resolution adopting q textbook FOL
The National Guards. was adopted -. -:
: In tho House, Mr.. Ssxtfo moved to recon
i slider the vote by which the Lord. bin to
reotganixe the Police and Fire Department.
Of CinciunaH was lost On passage which
twasa agreed to. After some discussion, the
bill was voted on, and again lost. Tnt
the House, bill providing for the
printing Of the coaified laws. y Mr.. Marsf
E & feted, 3, joint resolution proyiding fol
| a sine de Adjournment of the General As
fsehbiy Monday, June 2s. This bronehton
talehgthy discussion, in which all kinds o
EXCUSES were urged for remaining, tn
objection being thar there was no certainty
z as To when the bill would be enrolled. The
4 resolution was tabled. Mr.. Booth submitted
thelfollowing report of the select committes
! Of Eve appointed under resolution No. 50
by lfr. Norton Jas follows g Resolved. Tina
II q COMMITTEES of five be appointed *
: investfgate the charges made upon the hool
Of This House, that the Trussees of the Gin
tcinnati Southern Railroad had Improperly
luse6 money to carry their required iegisla
tios through, the LegislstrIs Of keItuesy|