The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1882-02-16
OHIO LEGISLATURES.

COLUMBUS, Feb. 11.-Senate: Bills in
trOduced: By O'Hagan, giving probate
courts final jurisdiction in misdemean-
or cases; by Kinney, prescribing the di-
mensiOns of ballots.
House: Bills intTOduced: Rarey, pro-
viding for bureau Of information for
soldiers and sailors Orphans; Love,
compelling county surveyors to keep
better record of surveys; Allen, prOYid-
ing for the better improvement of high
ways; Drummer, requiring list of tax de-
linquencies tO'be published it two lead
ing newspapers of opposite politics.
House Bill of JOnet, of Delaware, passed,
comforting on the governor power to re
move officers appointed by him when
ever satisfied that such official is dis
honest, derelict or incompetent. Both
houses adjourned till Monday.
COLUMBUS, Feb. 13.-HOuse bills in
trOduced-By Scott, authorizing the
Auditor of State to prescribe a universal
system of bookkeeping to be adopted by
State refOrmatOTy institutions; by Welt
eel, authorizing the Governor to issue
commission cOnferring police powers
upon application to persons designated
by railroad companies, such persons to
give satisfactory bonds In the sum
of $500, and their commissions not to
continue to exceed three years; by
Cochran, for the appointment of ad-
ditiOnal common pleas the judges in
first subdivision of the fifth Judicial
district, comprising ClermOnt, Brown
and Adams counties; by Peel, abOlishing
the system of letting convict labor in
the penitentiaTy, and appointing a
board of directors having sole control of
convict labor, at salary of $4,000 per
year; by HOlhrOOke, for the better inn
prOvement of public highwaye. House
resOlutiOns-By Griener, authorizing
the commissioner of railroads and the
committee on railroad legislation to
visit the dilapidated depot at Somerset
and compel the president of the B. 81 o.
railroad to build a new depot.
COLUMBUS, Feb. 14.-HOuse: Bills in
trOduced-By Hadley, providing that
persons convicted of cutting timber be-
longing to another, or digging up and
carrying away young trees not his own,
shall be imprisoned in the penitentiary
not less than one or more than three
years; by WeitZel, regulating the duties
of railroad trustees; by BOwersOx, au-
thOriZing the council of cities and in
cOrpOrated villages to pass ordinances
providing a penalty for Obstructing
sidewalks,
STATE REDISTRICT1NG.
COLUMBUS, February t4.-In the SEN
ate to-day the matter of redistricting the
State for Congressional purposes came
up and was giving thorough airing.
Mr.. Strong called up his bill cOnstitut-
ing the Committees on Federal relations,
of the House and Senate joint COM
mittee to consider all matters pertain
ing to the redistricting of the State, and
also the prOpriety of adjOurning the
Legislature until some time in May or
June, the committee to be empowered to
sit in the meanwhile and agree upon an
arrangement of Congressional districts.
Colonel Coates Kinney approved of the
adoption of the resolution in vigorous
speel b. stating that the Committee on
Federal Relations of the Senate had not
been constructed with reference to do
ing this work; that its members were
nearly all from one section of the State,
and that a committee charged with the
| important work of arranging Congress
siOnal districts so as to do justice to all
sections of the State should be geogra.
| phically distributed. He thought there
was no need anyhow of adopting any
such resolutions; that the Legislature
would adjourn when it got ready, and
that if the State had not been redis
tricted at that time the Governor cOulC
call an extra session for the purpose O1
having that work done; that the arrange
ment of the Congressional districts
would be settled by a caucus of the Re
| publican members. The resolution was
finally laid on the table.