Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-04-23
ONO LEGISLATURE.

passed; Allowing the county commissioners
Of certain counties TO use a portion of the
turnpike fund for the improvement Of streets
inside corporations; respecting the rendering
of DEGREES or judgments against the rep
Tesentatives of a deceased person; allow
ing companies incorporated before the
new code to organize under the law in force at
the time Of its organization; amending the
law relating TO safety heaters for railroad cars;
Rpproprating money to establish fish hatchery
at Sandusky; appropriating $4,000 from canal
revenues for repair and replacement OF locks
on the Erie Canal.
House.-The following bills were passed :
Prohibiting the running at large OF swine after
March 1st providing for transferring of pau
pers to the county Of legal settlement; proyi-
ding for the keeping up OF general indexes OF
County Recorders aud directing the same TO
be paid from the county treasury; providing
for the completion of State roads and free
turnpikes; providing for the assessment OF
lands not abutting on roads for road improve
ments; to prevent wholesale reinsurance with
out the consent Of the assured; providing thst
Councilmen be punished for receiving bribes ;
allowing the Court of Common Pleas to have
jurisdiction in writs Of mandamus; reor-
ganiEing the State Board Of Charl-
ties; authorizing the Governor to re-
move for corruption any officer ap-
pointed by him; allowing three friends Of eau
didates to. be present in room where votes
are being counted. The following bills were
introduced Requiring the County sealer to
test weights and measures and mark them
with the county seal, in localities where com.
plant is made Adinr~ned.
Senate, Apra 14-The following bills were
introduced: Changing the rate of levy foI
railroad purposes from three TO six per cent.
repeating the law authorizing the in
corporation Of building associations. Bills
passed. House bill providing compensation
for members Of city, county and State Boards
OF Equalization In appraisement of real estate
for 1850; making drill exercise at the State
University compulsory.
Hottse.-The following bills were passed
Providing that the Probate Judges cita-
tion shall be made to the widow of a
deceased testator, granting her one years
time TO choose whether she will take the
provision of the will or take her legal
share of his personal property; providing for
evidence in the correction of errors in the re-
cording OF conveyances; providing for the set
ting aside OF q homestead for the widow Of
a decedent, which shall be exempt from
sale to pay the debts of deceased, and as long
as the minor child lives, though the widow
die; disposinng of any unappropriated funds in
the State Treasury, by crediting it to the
general revenue fund, and respecting
the duty of the Auditor in case any
warrant has been irregularly issued
TO give City Councils the control OF
wharfs and docks on all navigable rivers. Mr..
Marsh, from the Committee on Federal Rela-
ernor, Adjutant-Generala and Attorney-Gene
al to settle with the United States for any wal
claims due the State. The rules were sus-
pended, and the bill read the third time and
passed. Adjourned.
Senate, april ia message was received
from the Governor making the following ap
pointments as trustees of the Cleveland Asy
lum for the insane: James Barnett (Rep.) oi
Cleveland, for one year; William NJ. Beebet
lRep.) OF Summit County, for two years
Henry NJ. Mussey Dem.) of Lorair
younty, for three years; Jabez W.. Fitcl
(Dem.) of Cleveland, for four years; Sidney
5. Warner (Rep.) Of Lorain County, for five
years. Referred to the Committee on Benevo
lent Institutions. The following bill:
were passed: Relating to the reinsuring
OF risks in insurance companies; relating tC
the assessment Of estimated expenses made by
County Commissioners; providing that the eX
elusive right of way along railroads shall moi
be granted to telegraph companies; providing
that paupers shall be removed to the
counties to which they belong; prohibiting
he further incorporation of building assOcia
ions; providing for the punishment OF Judges
Of election who do not admit candidates OF
friends to the room where votes are counted
| giving Common Pleas Courts jurisdiction il
cases Of writs of mandamus.
HouSe.-The following bills were passed
Providing for the reports of Road Commits
,ioners; authorizing County Commissioner
proyement OF streets in corporate limits
liking the statutes Of limitations tC
those holding equitable titles of lands against
| those holding legal titles Bills introduced
| Prescribing rules for the better management
| of building and loan associations; providing
how exceptions can be taken in petitions o.
error and in relation to Justices of the Peace
signing bills Of exceptions; providing for the
removal of trustees when guardians are ap
| pointed.
Senate, Apra 16.--The following bills wer
passed: Providing for the relief Of disable,
dremen in cities of the second grade, frs
| class; preventing swine from running at largs
! The aNpe int nents of The Governor, reported Of
the 18th, were conf med.
HotSe-The following bills were passed
| Providing that, in case OF an assessment 70
| street Improvement in cities Of the first class
the tax shall not exceed twenty-five per centun
| of the value of such land as set dow
in the tax duplicate; providing for the surrer
der of unclaimed or unidentified bodies, burie
at public expense, to the medical professio
| for dissection; to authorize aud require tn
| payment of bounties to volunteer soldiers
making the same provision for the improve
ment Of plank roads as is already made for tn
improvement Of turnpikes.
Senate, April 17.-After an hour spent il
reading the Journal, the House bill increasing
the mileage of Sherifis to eight cents mil
each way was taken up aud passed. A fe'
messages from the House were disposed OF
when the Senate adjourned until Tuesday
January 4, 1881.
Ho,lse.-Very little business was done and
few minutes after eight o'clock the Speake
declared the House of Representatives ad
journed until Tuesday January 4, 1881.