Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1879-02-06
OHIO LEGISLATURE. e.
From Ohio State Journal.

JAN. 28-Sendte-A bill was intro
duced to suppress tramps. Several
bills were passed, and various ones
read a second time. and the time set
for considering them.
House Bills passed: To authorize
the Sinking Fund commissioners to
invest surplus funds in United States
bonds; Senate bill making it optional
with county commissioners to adver-
tise for contracts to furnish plats OF
lands assessed for valuation, amended
SO the law will expire in 1879.
Bills introduced: Directing sheriffs
sales, of $500, to be printed in Ger
man newspaper, if there is one with l50
circulation in the county; amending
the ditch law, authorizing cOmmi5
sioners to extend the ditch beyond the
limits petitioned for; to regulate the
fees of attorneys at law; amending the
school law, enabling teacher to bring
suit against the sub district trustees for
breach of contract; to regulate the
practice of medicine; providing for the
examination OF township, village and
school district treasures.
The bill making the Bible a text
book in the common schools, after con-
siderable discussion, was lost on its
passage.
JAN. 29-.Sendte-Bills passed: House
bill to punish persons for shooting al
or throwing stones at railroad trains;
House bill authorizing the incOrpOra-
ton of associations for reelaiIning men
and women from intemperance and
vice; Senate bill repeating the Onjec-
tiOnable clause of the law reorganizing
the Soldiers and Sailors Orphans
Home; Senate bill for taxing deeds ta>
ken as security on land sales; Senate
bill regulating contracts for insuring
buildings.
Bills introduced: Fixing six per cent
as the law ful rate of interest anu forbid
ding special contracts; appropristing
$l0,0 900 to pay John Porter for barge
destroyed in the Ohio river during the
yellow fever rage last summer.
House unimportant bills
were indefinitely postponed, among
them, two amending the dog law.
Bill introduced; To establish State
Board of Health and Charities; to
abolish Sunday performances, such as
theatricalS, base bali games, ETC., ETC.;
for examination of insurance cOmpa-
MES; to punish embezzling by public
officials; for incorporation of soldiers
union associations, compelling convey
sncers OF real estate TO furnish abstracts |
of titles; to reorganiZe the Soldiers and |
Sailors Orphans Home; to compel
commissioners to keen in au-
ditoIs' offices a general index of their
journals and road records; revising the
statutes regarding definitions and gen.
erfl provisions.
JAN. 0-iSeRate-Bills introdueed:
it embezzlement for admins
traitors, ETC., to appropriate funds col
lected by them belonging to those en-
ployed by them; TO provide for the sale
Of property of incorporated companies
OD execution.
House Bills introduced: Prescribing
the rate of State tsxes; appropriating
funds to pay for tenls for the National
Guard; extending the time for work
ing out road tax To October 10.
House bills to fix fees of attorneys at
aw was declared dead, the House hav-
ng refused TO engfoSs II.
House bill regarding the construction
1f public buildings was passed.
A large number of bills were acted
IN and indefinitely postponed.
FEB 1-Setdte-The Senate was not
o session.
HouSe-A joint resolution was offered S
constitutional amendment
making the term of township officers {
hree years. Bill introduced: Allow. {
ng savings associations to reduce their
apitsl stock. !
FEB. 3-iSeuGte-This body was moi E
q session. q
HOuSe-One local bill was introduced s
nd several were read the second time. I
70 quorum present. S