Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1880-03-11
OHIO LEGISLATURE.

H0uSe.-Ihe following bills were introduce
J and referred; Providing for the election q
seven additional Judges of the Supreme Cour
on the second Tuesday Of October, 1880, an,
that they shall hold District Court for fou
months IN each year as may be determined
by the Supreme Court providing for the pay
ment OF decennial county and city boards O
equalization; providing that IN village schoo
districts situate in townships where tn
spring annual elections are held outside O
said village the school elections shall be he'll
on the Saturday next preceding the first Mon
day in April; authorizing the Governor to re
move, by and with the advice and consent o.
the Senate, all officers that are appointed BY
him, for negligence, inefIlclency and corrup
tion. Mr.. Marsh called up his resolution
calling upon the Committee on Temperance
to report the number of petitions asking fol
the passage of local option law, but after
considerable dlibustering the motion was laid
on the table. Adjourned.
Senate, Mdreh Bills passed: Regulating
the distribution of receipts from licenses au,
thorizing the imposition of penalty of both
fine and imprisonment in cases Of conviction
under the liquor laws. Bills introduced: Au
therizing the removal of State officers for i'm
proper conduct; allowing the taking of
Judgments before justice on afiida-
| Wit; to enable associations for building
hotels to become Incorporated; authorizing
incorporated companies to hold property In
this State and beyond the limits thereof, and
also to invest money in United States stocks
and bonds Of solvent corporations The resos
luton asking the Ohio delegation to vote for
the measure removing the tariff on printing
paper was lost.
HOuSe.-Bllls introduced: Regulating the
leasing Of water privileges along the canals
6y the Board OF Public Works; to provide for
the establishment and erection of an addi-
tional institution for the deaf and dumb; pro-
Vtding that witnesses may claim the amount
OF their fees at the time of service of the
subpoena; repeating the section of the liquor
laws requiring the service Of notice; author
lzlng the transfer of county funds in aid of
soldiers monuments; authorizing the trans
fer OF the State prisoners at the Toledo Re-
formatory to the Reform Farm and making
appropriation for the same. Bills passed:
Amending the road law so as to make the
time for working out the road tax in counties
having graVeled roads a month later; Senate
Dill providing that township trustees must
place polls at the most convenient place for
all voters of the township.
Senate, MGrGh 4.-The following bills were
introduced: Repeating the sections of the
Revised Statutes requiring railroads to use
stoves so made that the fire will be eXtin-
guished by oVerturning; authorizing certain
townships in Noble County to build rail-
road and lease or operate the same
The following bills were passed: Re-
organizing the Penitentiary; restoring
the law of 1867 requiring counties to
pay bounties due soldiers in the late war; al |
lowing trustees of Children's Homes to de-
posit funds; repeating the act requiring the |
publication of delinquent personal taxes
relations Of landlord and tenant; |
allowing boards Of equalization to notify de-
llnquent taxpayers by mail onagent; limiting |
the time for bringing actions for damages for |
personal injuries not resulting in death to
one year after the injury is received; author
zlng the appointment Of women as trustees
Of Children's Homes The bill requiring the
advertisements Of Sheriff's sales in the town
ships wherein the property is located If a pa
per OF general circulation Is published there
n, was lost, but was finally reconsidered and
aid on the table,
HoUse,--Petitions were presented from TO-
'l5 citizens OF various sections Of the State
or local option legislation. The following
,tlls were introduced and referred: To pro-
'ide that decennial boards of equalization
nay summon before them District Assessors
o give testimony In cases of dispute; en-
covering the directors of sub-school
.istricts to purchase apparatus for use in
chools; giving further protection to sheep
iiSlO O@elhS JuS baA OH uogsi anu giving COLI
tables power to collect delinquent taxes or
Ill dogs; empowering the several cities of the l,
tate to give additional compensation to real
state appraisers for the year 1880. Bills
,ere passed: Making 240 ems OF nonpareil
ype square In legal advertisng providing
gainst trapping of game and trespassing.
IT. Bloom offered a resolution, which was
dopted, to allow the Auditor of State to en-
10y some competent person to complete the
9cords of Virginia military lands.
Senate, March 5,--On motion of Mr.. Pringle
he vote whereby the Entrekin bounty bill
assed the day before was reconsidered. Bills
assed: Vesting Jurisdiction in minor crimi-
al cases in.the Probate Courts of Guernsey, !
erry, TuscaraWas and Knox Counties. Ad-
,urned until the Sth.
HONSe.-The following bills were reintroduced:
the contract system at the pepi-
military; empowering administrators to ad-
linister oaths in cases Of claims against an
'tate without compensation. Bills passed:
reventing the sale of liquors by itlnerant \
'nders within four miles Of harvest home
stiVals; providing that the reports of all
ate Institutions be submitted by the 10th of
9bruary.
Senate, March 6.--The following bills were
troduced; Authorizing certain incorpo-
ted villages to build railroads and to lease a
operate the same; apprOpriating money
sued BY the city of Gallipolis and the coun- Z
OF Gallia to prevent the spreading of vel I
" fever through the State. Adjourned un.
the Sth.
introduced: Making It the
ty OF township clerks to provide o safe re-
ptacle for ballot boxes; imposing fine of
I'm $40 to $500 for the manufacture of i'm
re butter; changing the present statute ~
gulating the fees OF county officers so as to
re Recorders fees for printed words in
nted blanks for deeds. A number Of bills
re read the second time and the House then
innrned.