Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1880-04-10
OHIO LEGISLATURE.

Senate, April bills passed: Relating to
Building Associations; House bill changing
the time of catching fish from May "a to Sep
tember 1; the General Appropriation bill. -
form Farm, Soldiers and Sailors Orphans
Home and the Athens Asylum; reorganizing
the penitentiary.
passed: Requiring the advertisement of land
sales in cases of execution in papers of general
circulation in the community where the
land is situated; making special pro-
visions for the listing. of real estate in
villages not Incorporated; providing for
the keeping of three poll books in the
election of Justices in cities and incorporated
villages; providing for the publication of petit
tions for the sale of land before the term of
court at which the order is asked for as well as
afterward; House bill imposing fine of from
$50 to 500 for each case of failure on the part
of an Assessor to administer oath to
p1ybtng Mheae eaahn of
trout except by angling: extending the
title of chattel mortgages from one
to two years; confirming exemptions to res
lowing Judges in habeas corpus cases to in
quire into causes of retention; permitting
cities of the second class to levy taxes for Ii
brary purposes; allowing widow to elect
within three months after any contest of
validity, whether to take under the will or the
law. A resolution was presented and unani-
mously adopted, that the General Assembly adj
iourn on April 18th to meet again on Tuesday,
January 4th, 1881. Adjourned until the 5th.
Hoalse.-A bill was passed prohibiting police
clerks from prosecuting or defending in police
courts. Bills Introduced: Amending the
Perkins penitentiary bill making it misde-
meanor to compound the fat of horses hog or
or offering to sell the same; providing
for the support of the soldiers and
sailors orphans outside of the Home at
Xenia; authorizing Assistant Prosecuting At
tnrDaVS 0ispharprp fbn Of
in certain cases; providing homes for the in
mates of the Reform School and Girls Indus
trial Home. Adjourned. -.
House, Apra ga bill Furnishing Probate
the transactionsof some business of minor Inn
pOrtanee adjourned until the 9th.
Senate, -4pra 6. "A message was received
from the House refusing to concur in the SEN
bill. Mr.. Beer moved that the Senate insist
on its amendments, which was agreed to,
and CoRfefeuee Committee was appointed
to confer with a Ike committee of the
ting secret benevolent societies to invest sur
plus funds; providing that .escheated estates
may be returned to legal heirs on proof of their
identity u IL. - -
House.-Bills were passed: Providing for the
refundlng OF the State debt; requiring proper
inclosure of schoolhouse lots and grounds A
Committee of ConferenceE ON the General Ap-
preparation bill was appointed.
Senate, Apgz IA bill was passed to create
the office of State Supervisor Of Oils, and to
abolish that Of State Inspector of Oils. The
committees report on the General Appropria
tion bill was agreed to. %ssz-s
House.-Bills introduced: Remedying defects
in laws relating to taxation of bank stocks in
accordance with the Governors reeommenda-
tion; remedying defects in laws relating to
bank taxation as to provide that rem
edy may be had for immediate taxes; pro-
viding that county fair grounds shall not
eseheat to the counties if no county fair is
held. The Conference Committees report on
the General Appropriation bill was adopted
with the exception of the appropriation to Long
view Asylum The bill appropriating $4,000
to the Ohio University was passed.