The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-03-06
OHIO LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS

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FEBRUARY 25.-y ySrnate-A communica.
tion was read from the Governor nomina-
ting Barnabas Burns, of Richland County,
as Trustee of the Soldiers and Sailors Or
phans' Home, for term of five years. Re-
ferred to the Committee on the Home.
House-Petitions were presented praying
for county school supervision; for passage
of Quinby's Local Option Bill. The
Speaker laid before the House report from
the Auditor of State, showing balance of
all appropriations for every department of
the public Institutions, etc., and all other
funds remaining in the State Treasury on
February 18th, and on motion of Mr..
Alexander the report was laid on the table
and ordered printed.
FEBRUARY 26.-Senatc-Mr. Jackson's
bill to protect the rights of sepulture was
passed. 1t provides that any person, as.
sociation, or company, having unlawful
possession of the corpse of any deceased
person, shall be jointly and severally liable,
with other persons, associations, and COM
panies that have, or have had, unlawful pos
session of such corpse, in damages not ex.
,ceeding $1,000, to be recovered at the suit of
the personal representatives of the deceased
in any court of competent jurisdiction, for
the benefit of the next of kin. The COM
mittee on the Soldiers and Sailors Orphan
Home recommended amendments to the
House joint resolution, requiring the
Superintendent of the Home to report
the names and residence of the children
in the institution, by adding that the
report designate, first, such as are children
of soldiers who died in the service; second,
such children of soldiers who have died
since the war; third, such children of SOL
90. go. - ,,L, f1r-
disabled; and fourth, of those not enumer.
ated above. Adopted. The appointment
of Hon. Barnabas Burns as Trustee
of Soldiers and Sailors Orphans
Home was confirmed. The Governors
nomination of Henry V. Kerr, of Fayette
County, as State Librarian, was referred to
the Committee on Library. House---Mr.
Cowgirl, of Champaign, offered resolutions
in opposition to the Chinese bill, recently
passed in Congress. Mr.. Dodds moved to
lay on the table. Mr.. Bloom gave
notice of an intention to discuss. Mr..
Cowgirl moved to suspend the rules to per-
NIT the resolutions to be discussed now.
The majority, however, were not prepared
motion was disagreed to by a vote of
twenty.eight yeas to forty.three nays, a
party vote. The resolutions were accord
ingly tabled.
FEBRUARY 27.--Ssnate-Local Option pc.
titions were presented. Mr.. Seitz's S. B. No.
221, supplemental to the act to preserve the
purity of elections, came up on its third
reading, and was carried by a vote of
% to 4. Mr.. Stokes's Senate bill
to give the Directors Of Agricultural
societies power to make arrests was passed.
Mr.. Dungan's s. ]. r. proposing a constitu.
tional amendment, establishing the rate of
salaries for county officials according to
population, was taken up, and pending the
discussion, the Senate adjonrned..H House
Bills were passed. Mr.. Owens's s. B. to
give the Probate Court jurisdiction con.
current with the Court of Common Pleas
IN all misdemeanors in the follow.
ing counties: Cuyahoga, Lake, Lucas,
Montgomery, Erie, Richland, Scioto,
Meigs, Henry, Belmont, Stark, Ottawa,
Vert, Darke, Wyandot, Coshocton, Defiance,
Portage, Clermont, Carroll, Gallia, Hooking,
Brown, Lorain, Columbiana, Madison, Clin.
ton, Shelby, Geauga, Mahoning, Jefferson,
Monroe, and Licking; Mr.. Curtiss's Senate
bill authorizing the city of Cleveland
| to build an armory by popular
vote; bill providing for the better regula
| tion of sales on execution and orders oi
sale. Mr.. Dodds' bill authorizing cities Of
the first class to levy tax on the sale of in
toxicating liquors, was amended by extend
ing the provisions to villages and cities
and was lost on the passage by vote o.
a to A.
FEBRUARY % --.Senate--Mr Owens's joir
resolution extending the term of township
officers to three years was adopted. Bill
were passed: Making it an ofense punish
able by fine and imprisonment fer any per
| 30 ry1 a1A L..
six per cent. interest shall be assessed OF
delinquent property on the tax duplicate
on the year afier such property becomes
delinquent. Mr.. Steadman offered 8. j. r
No. 70, requesting our Senators and Repre-
sentatives in Congress to use their influence
to procure the passage of an efficient income
tax, and to deny the Secretary of the Treas
ury all further power to borrow money
Laid on the table and ordered printed. .
House--Bills were passed: Mr.. Poe's bill tc
reduce the salaries OF Judges in Cuyahogs
County; Mr.. Williams's bill to extend the
/ street improvement law to villages of five
thousand Inhabitants; Mr.. Alexander's De
fciency Bill. Mr.. Sullivan, of Hamilton
County, introduced bill to preyentany per
SON from managing steam boiler, engine
or apparatus in cities of the first-class wht
does not possess a certificate from an in
corporated association of qualified loca
steam engineers. The House concurred il
the Senate amendments to Mr.. Mccoy
H.. r. No. So, requesting the Trustees o
the Soldiers and Sailors Home to furnisl
certain information. A motion to re
consider the vote whereby Mr.. Dodd'
Liquor Tax Bill was lost was carried, an,
the bill was referred back to the author.
MARCH 1.-Sendts..-Bills were introduced
To SO amend the general law for tn
protection of contractors and materia
men as to give the material men a lien; t.
\ prohibit pool-selling on horse-races an,
other games, under penalty of not NOR
than 81 900 fine and not more than on
years Imprisonment in the county Jail. ..
House-Certain amendments modifying tn
Rowland Insurance Bill were presented an
made the special order for Wednesda
morning. Among bills introduced, on
} by Mr.. Dalzell provides for paying member
of the General Assembly a maxium {
$500 year, and deduct SIS day from tn
absentees.