Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-03-24
OHIO LEGISL AZURE.
From o. 8. Journal. I

From D. s. Journal
MARCH 15.-Senate-Billsi introduced: !:
To aid in the production of iron by pro-
yiding for an analysis of ores; to regu-
late the manner of making reports by
county auditors; to prescribe the man
ner of advertising forfeited lands.
Bills passed: House bill relating to
the admission Of patients into asylums
for insane; II. B. to limit the number of
public documents to be printed; H. B.
relating to contracts for paper to the
State; Senate bill requiring county COM
miSsiJners to report condition of mfr
maries.
House-Bills introduced: to amend
the free turnpike law; to transfer to the
Cincinnati Union Railway Company the
Miami and Erie canal lying within the
limits of Cincinnati; supplemental to
the act relating to soldiers monuments.
Bill passed: H. B. requiring clerks of
courts to index records.
MARCH 16-SenaUe-Billsp passed: Pro-
viding for the daily printing of the jour
mails of the two houses providing for an
assistant Mine inspector; to scalp wood
chucks in Erie county; transferring the
Lawrence county dog tax fund; winding
up the Office of Register of Virginia Mil
itary Lands at Mansfield.
Bills introduced: Defining the man.
ner of organizing Cincinnati boards of
aldermen; making the Code consistent
concerning the printing nf the journals
of the House and Senate.
House-Bills passed: For leasing or
selling the Cincinnati Southern rail-
way; making appropriations for the
the State Institutions; permitting New
ark to indulge in machine shops; max
ing it penal o1ense for executors or
guardians to fail to account for the
moneys of heirs or wards when the same
is due.
MARCH 17--Senate-Billsi introduced &:
To provide for extra pay for judges and
clerks of election where members of
boards of education are voted for on
separate ticket; to fix salary of captain
of night watch at the Penitentirry.
Bills passed: S. B. to allow Board of
State Charities to employ additional
force; S. B. to compel township trustees
to build roadway to the residence of
any citizen; H. B. to amend the Sunday
law (Stubbs bilD III. b. to authorize New
Philadelphia to build glass works.
House-Bills introduced: To make ap-
preparations for public institutions.
Bills passed: HI. B. authorizing trans
fer of surplus dog tax in Champaign
county; S. b. to prohibit fishing in any
of the waters of Ohio except with hook
and line; S. B. to provide for machine
shops at Dayton; Fl. B. to authorize
commissioners of public printing to re-
ject bids in certain cases.
MARCH 1S-Senate-Bills passed
Senate bill to increase the salaries of the
treasurers of Franklin, Montgomery and
Lucas counties; II. B. to appropriate
$4,000 for the Improvement of the Ohio
University at Athens; H. B. making
general the law for inspection of build
ings.
House-Bills passed: H. B. to pay a
premium for killing hawks; II. B. rela-
ting to renewal of certificates of teach
ers; s. B. relating TO indexing records
81. B. relating to clothing, ETC.. for prs
oners in Jail; Fl. E. for the better secu-
ring of State statistics; 81. B. making the
stealing of timber felony; S. B. rela-
ting to limited partnerships.
MARCH 19-Senate-Billsi introduced l.:
To authorize the drawing of special ju-
RES in the presence of litigants; to re-
quire the expenses of calling out the mi
litia to be paid by the county requiring
such service.
Bill passed: II. B. making appropria-
tions for State institutions.
House-Bills introduced: Relating to
transfer of persons from the Penitentia-
ry to reform farm; to provide against
neglect on the part of husbands and
fathers; to better enable the Commits
sioner of RAILROADS to gather informa-
tion, and to yrevent unjust discrimina-
tion in freight and passenger rates; to
provide against double taxation ia cer-
tain cases.
Bills passed: S. B. relating to water
works at Lancaster; II. B. authorizing
the Board of Public Works to fix the
rate of tolls on canals.
MARCH 21-Senate-No business
transacted.
House-Bills introduced: To provide
for special jury in criminal cases; to i'll
validate legal advertisements printed in
Sunday papers to regulate leaves of alb
sence in houses of refuge and correction
to authorize the revocation of powers
of attorneys to sell real estate.
Bills passed: II. B. to require supervi-
sors of roads to give bond; S. B. requir-
ing superintendents of asylums to give
notice of death of patient; S. B.to amend
the law relating to habeas corpus.