The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-03-17
COLUMBUS NOTES.

DR. GREENE's bill for an asylum for the epi-
leptic insane passed the House by vote Of
62 to 81.
SINCE their return from Washington men,
bers Of the Legislature seem disposed to get
down to business.
Chillicothe, with q capital of $2O, 900, has been
incorporated.
J. 8. LOWE, of Steubenville, has been ap-
pointed transcribing clerk in the Adjutant Gen
erals Office. Mr.. Lowe will remove his family
to Columbus about April 1.
In the House, the bill of Mr.. Allen, of Full
ton, amending the Adair Liquor Law SO that
to give ten days notice to . saloon-keeper not
to sell toher husband, was lost by note Of
Al to 45.
TIE Sandnsky, Ashland, Millersburg and
Straitsyille Railway Company, extending from
Straitsyille, Perry County, through Erie,
Muskingum counties, has been Incorporated
capital stock, 5000, 600; A. W. Hendry, A. O.
Wheeler, Ira T. Davis, David Coghlin and Geo.
W. Dane incorporators.
THE Cleveland, Delphos and st. Louis Rail-
road Company, beginning in the town of
Toledo, Delphos and Burlington Railroad, and
passing through the counties of Allen, Putnam,
Hancock, Seneca, Huron, Ashland, Medina and
Cuyahoga, terminating in the city Of Cleveland,
has been incorporated. The capital stock is
$50, 900. Jos. Bochmer, C. A. Evans, j. F.
Shane, Geo. F. Long and Alex. Shank are tho
incorporators.
Mr.. BARTON, of Wayne County, has intro
duced q railroad bill in the House which pro-
vides that no fictitious subscription to the cap
ital stock shall be received, nor shall the Board
of Directors issue stock to the purchasers of
the bonds, nor to contractors for the construc-
tion of the road, nor for any other purpose, at
q less rate than the par cash value for such
stock, and any directors, officers or agent Of
any railroad company within this State, who
shall be judged guilty within the meaning of
this section, shall be fined in any sum not less
than 800 nor more than 81, 900, and imprison-
ment in the Penitentiary not less than one or
more than ten years.
THE liquor question is monopolizing consid.
cradle attention. Among the BILLS under con-
sideration is that Of Mr.. Pond, in the Senate.
1t proposes to levy q heavy license on saloon
keepers. When q saloon-keeper's place of busi-
ness is located not within any village or city,
nor within one mile thereof, he will be required
topay license Of 800; when within a village
having population of less than 1000 by the
next preceding Federal census, or within one
mile thereof, 5000; when within any other
village or city, having apopulation of less than
10000 inhabitants, or within one mile thereof,
$500; when within any city Of the second class,
having population of II, 900 inhabitants, ol
more, or within two miles thereof, $3.50; and
when within any city Of the first class, OF
within two miles thereof, s4oO. This, however
was amended so that the tax should remain al
$3.50 in all cities Of the first class, and in al
other places, 800. The bill then being placed
on it's passage, was lost. A motion to recon.
slider was afterward carried, and Mr.. Pond il
yet hopeful of his measure.
THE House has passed DR.. Green's bill tc
| provide for securing site and the erection
thereon of a suitable building for an asylum
for the epileptic insane. 1t makes it the duty
of the Governor, with the. advice and conseni
of the Senate, to appoint Board Of five Com.
|. missioners to serve for two years, and whose
duty it shall be to select location and site fol
an asylum, with a capacity Of not less than COZ
| patients; the grounds must contain not lesi
than 200 acres. AS soon as the site is selected
the Commissioners shall proceed to erect tht
buildings at cost not exceeding $200, 900 thu
buildings to be of brick, plain and substantial
and the main building to be fre-proof. Ii
order to secure the best results in the construc
ton of the asylum, the Commissioners are EN-
powered to employ some skilled specialist in tn,
| treatment of the insane, and the appointment
of the asylum at . cmpensation not exceeding
| $4,000 year to act as Superintendent of Con
struction. Ono hundred thousand dollars i
now appropriated out Of the moneys in tn
State Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, Il
! carry out the provisions Of this art.