Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-02-20
OHIO LEGIsLAruRE.

FEB. observation-disclosures bills passed
Providing manner of serving writs on
firms: req during treasurers Of boards OF
education to submit annual reports; re-
quiring county recorders to keep up OFF,
cial abstracts where commissioners have
purchased such abstracts. Bills to regu-
late carriage and delivery of goods by ex-
press. companies was passed.
q HoaSe--Bills introduced: Providing
for payment of costs on convictions of
felony to empower county auditors to
assess. property missed by assessors.
House bflI-fixing a penalty for grave rob
Thing was discussed at length and refer
red; House bill to prevent compounding
felony passed. Petitions from various
i counties for temperance Legislation were
received. - 81 7i5ais-5.'.; s7i- .4i;i'
l8 FHB. Il. .-.Sendte-- Senate bill providing
for local option, containing the main sfea7
tures of the McConnelsyille ordinance,
was discussed and laid over. A bill was
| introduced; requiring five day s notice of
/ applicatiOnffor appointment as guardian
for an adult imbecile, Some other work
!, of local nature was accomplished. = -
HoatseAHo louise bills passed: Restoring
1.-THE old manner of dividing townships; ];
for the protection of 7the lbondsmen of in
j solvent guardians ito list property. of ice
dealers for taxation. Bills introduced !:
10 constitute the School Commissioner,
Secretary and'TfeasuFer of State a com
:. mission to. advertise for printing text
books for schools for the next FIVE wears /;
making a labor claim to the amount of
$3O6ia preferred claim in case of assign
hIInent3 to-reorganize 8h6 Ohio MALTA; ati-
thorizing5 a. married. woman to transfer
| her husbands life policy by a. quit claim
, deed. joint resolution asking Congress
toinerease certain pensions was adopted
FEB I3 --SeRdte-Sena6e bills passed;
ii To authorize justices of the peace to rem
Lder. Judgment on account of default of de
fendant, and affidavit being. made; pro
viGling for filing counter affidavits on mo.
} tions for IieHzitriaI; amending 1ienla Il
. include claims of material men for. con
sttuction :. of pixies prescribing rates -pl
State taxation ITO provide for substituting hg
, | rnortgaged premises. Joint resolution
+ was; passed. iappropriating $I00.for pur
o chasing coat of arms teibe PLACED owe
: the door to the Ohio room at the Wash
: ingtoh homestead at Mt. Vernon..
q House4Bills inEroduced:a Authorizing
! cities, counties, tewn ships and Village
. to levy taxes for special purposes ~ fap
J thoriZing probate judges to require bond
S of administrators equal to the amount o
i | property coming into their hands; con
r ferFing5 authority upon. the, boundar
: commissioners of Ohio and RennsyIyanl
to erect monuments proper to. mark tn
a boundary between the two States.
FEB. 15.-Sendt6-Bills introduced
= Making medical colleges liable in the sur
}. of s., 900 upon conviction of having. IN
+ lawful possession of dead bodies-th
If amount to 90 to the next of kin to the dc
4 i ceased; authorizing county auditors
pay the fees of witnesses before ,probat
courts.
: HouSe-A bill was introduced requirin
county treasufers to have column in IT
:, ceipts ruled giving the rate. per cent. {
q to xation. A resolution was introduce
,, and referred, asking an investigation inl
IF charges of discriminating in ffeigl
charges by certain railroad companies.
FEB. 17-SenGte-The committee On So
h diers' and Sailors Orphans home oil
Is tanned leave of absence to go to the K
. MIA Home. A resolution for inquirin
io into the cause of the burning of the x
MIA Soldiers and Sailors Orphans Hon
and the needs for the Institution in I'll
o present exigency was unanimousl
= adopted.
of House-The- Speaker announced Il
s. death of MS. Creamery member fro
W Fayette, and on motion committee {
: three was appointed to report suitable re
olutfons in the case. A joint resolutfc
n for a select committee to investigate tt
q burning of. the Soldiers and Sailor
:, Orphans Home at Xenia was adopted
5, Wright and Clough only dissentin
Bills introduced: Consolidating the sta
4d utes relating to townships; torepair los
es by fire at the, Soldiers. and Sailor
ld Orphans Home, Xenia, appropriate
of $75, 900 for the Home and 81, 600 loss
W. the female teachers; authorizing tt
~ Warden of the PenitenbiarY to. contra
- to furnish the city of Columbus gas at
US per thousand feet. Senate bill to allO
ut infirmary directors to institute procee
ings for draining infifmary farms W
passed. 5s Il