The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-01-13
HOUSE.

On the 4th inst, Speaker Cowgirl called the
House to order at o'clock and Rev. r. G..
Hutchinson made the opening prayer. Upon
the call of the roll, 101 members responded to
their names. After the usual preliminary mat
ters and the reading of the Governors mes
sage, the following bills were introduced: Pro-
viding for the improvement of water-works;
empowering Justices of the Peace to collect
fees on collections made with due process Of
law.
Mr.. Reed, of Ross, moved that the constitu-
tional rule requiring bills to read on three diff
ferent days be suspended that the House bills
for second reading may be read by their titles
only, which was agreed to. Six bills were read
following:
WHEREAS, It is the conviction of large
number of citizens of Cincinnati and Hamilton
County that it would be for the best interests
Of Cincinnati that the Miami Canal between
Cumminsville and Broadway, or part thereof,
should be vacated, and the land occupied
thereby donated to the City Of Cincinnati for
public purposes; therefore,
Resolued, by the General Assembly Of Ohio,
That select committee of five of this General
on the part Of the House, with authority to
send for persons and papers, be appointed to
investigate the questi<h by proceeding to Gin
cinnati and obtaining testimony thereupon and
deciding what legislation, If any, should be
recommended ON this subject, and to report
their conclusions to this General Assembly At
the earliest practicable date.
Bills were introduced as follows: To enable
the Treasurer of Knox County to refund GER
tain taxes; to authorize the Board OF Education
of Napoleon, Henry County, TO issue bonds for
the redemption Of other bonds; to limit the
compensation Of Township Clerks to S4Oo; to
require the registration of regular physicians,
and compelling practitioners coming IfOm =,
by some medical college of this State before
registration. The qualifications of physicians
are not essentially changed.
Mr.. Groom introduced bill providing that
an attorney need not testify concerning COM
mI1nications made to him by his client in that
relation, nor his advice to his client; nor
physician concerning q communication made by
his patient in that relation, ETC., nor clergy
man or priest concerning confessions made to
him in his professional character; nor husband
nor wife, concerning any communication made,
nor an act done by either in the presence Of the
other during coyerture, unless third party is
present.
The Senators, preceded by their President,
Clerk, and Sergents-at-Arms appeared within
the Hall of the House, and were received by
the members standing. The time agreed to
for the counting of the votes cast October IL,
for State officers having arrived, the Clerk OF
the Senate called the roll of the Senators, and
thirty-four Senators responded to their names.
One hundred and three members of the
House were also present, whereupon the Presi-
dent of the Senate proceeded to count the votes
| The President of the Senate then announced
| the following us the vote:
For Secretary of State: Chas. Townsend,
962, ,O21, VIM. Lang, 344, ,016, Chas. A. Lloyd,
6,7S6, VIM. H. Doan, 2,S15. Chas. Townsend
| having received the largest number Of votes
cast, was declared elected Secretary of State for
the constitutional term Of two years from JAN
nary /, 1881.
The President then declared the Joint Con-
| vention adjourned sine die.
The following resolution was adopted:
'tResolued by the General Assembly Of the
| State of Ohio, That both Houses on the 18th
| day of January, 1881, at II a. m, proceed in
| the manner and form prescribed by an act Of
Congress, approved July Is, 1866, to elect q
person in place of General James A. Garfield,
as Senator in Congress from the State of Ohio
The following bills were introduced: To reg
ulate telegraph rates in the State by limiting
the rates at % cents between any two points In
the State; repeating the law allowing only one
teacher to be appointed on the Board of School
Examiners; to provide for the better conduct of
Public Schools in townships and village dis
tricts; to provide for deficiencies in the State
Common School Fund by anticipation of paw
ment thereof by drafts on County Treasurers:
making appropriations for the support of COM
mon schools. The Senate bill to prohibit pool
selling passed.