Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-03-23
OHIO LEGISLATURE.

March 14-Senate- Petitions received:
For the Brigham bill; for a State Epi-
leptic Asylum.
A number of local bills were passed.
Senate bill passed liking the second
Monday in January for the meeting of
the State Board of Agriculture.
Bills introduced: Compelling railroads
not stopping at crossings in grade to pro-
vide means of safety from collision; al
lowing parties interested to designate
the paper for advertising judicial aales.
House joint resolution asking the pal
don of Sergeant Mason was adopted.
Bills introduced: Appropriating $685.
900 for water works at the penitentiary;
for the election of one member of the
Columbus police board instead of the
Mayor.
House Resolution offered For COM
mittee of five on the proposed canal
abandonment.
Bills passed: Senate bill vesting title
of railroad rolling stock in the seller till
the purchase money is paid in full;
House bill giving pension of so cents
for owl scalps; House bill allowing
teachers certificates to be issued for one,
two, three and five years.
Resolution asking the President to
pardon Sergeant Mason was adopted.
March Decentralization present
ed: For State Epileptic Asylum; five
for the Smith Sunday bill; two for the
Brigham bill
The Deficiency appropriation bill was
passed.
House-Resolution reported: For an
investigating committee of on freight
Determinations by railroad.
The general Appropriation bill was
discussed and passed.
March 16.-Senate-Nine bills were
read the second time and referred to the
proper committees. 5ra
Bills passed: Allowing township trus-
tees to construct roadways to railroad
stations: Senate bill to authorize insur.
ance companies to establish by laws and
regulations for their own government:
House bill authorizing the transfer of
bounty funds to aid in the erection of
soldiers monuments and monumental
buildings; House bill making appropria-
tions for expenses of Ohio National
Guards while attending the obsequies of
the late President.
Bills introduced: To prevent any pub
lie officer travelling "free" on railroads !;
to oblige banks and bankers to report to
the Auditor of counties, showing their
tue condition in the beginning of May
of each year; to authorize the appoint
ment of commissioner of immigration
for the State of Ohio. -.
| The resolution to ascertain why DR.:
Brundage is retained at the Soldiers
and Sailors Orphans Home was refer.
red to the committee on that institution.
House-Mr. KOons introduced the bill
to provide for the appropriation of Sl0-
900 to purchase a statue of Gen. Garfield
to be presented by the State to Congress.
The bill to amend section 1892 of the
| Municipal Code, so as to regulate, re-
strain and prohibit all beer or porter
houses and places of habitual resort for
tipping or intemperance, known as the
McConnelsyille ordinance was put upon
its passage and lost-yeas 4S, nays 80.
The bill was re-committed to the Judi
ciary Committee.
Bill introduced: To protect wives
whose husbands desert them, by consid-
ering absence of three years the same as
death, when all the property shall revert
to the wife, and in case the husband,
after three years, returns, he cannot by
any process recover any portion Of the
estate SO reverted.
A resolution to adjourn April 9th at
s d. m., until February 9th, 1888, went
over under notice to discuss.
March 17.-Senate-Six members pres
ent, and adjourned till Tuesday. e..
House-Bill introduced: Subjecting
church property to action for indebted
ness. at,
Adjourned till Tuesday. ~ H 81