Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-02-02
OHIO LEGISLATURE.
20. s. journal, Summary

Jan. 24.-Senate-Bills introduced /:
Allowing infrmaries or pest houses To-
eated within or without corporation linn
its; authorizing Doylestown to levy a
tax to build town hall.
Petition received: From 200 persons,
asking for legislation to suppress grave
yard insurance.
House-Bills introduced: Providing
security for costs in divorce cases; sup
pressing "bucket shops" providing for
township boards of education; providing
that infirmary directors shall decide as
to the admission of paupers.
Bill passed: Rendering theft of S5
or more, after the first offense, punisha-
ble by Imprisonment in the PeDiten-
tiary.
Jan. -Senate-Petitions received
From voters of Somerset township, Bel
mont county, asking to have two voting
precincts.
Bills introduced: Providing that all
laws shall take effect the next day after
passage; authorizing free turnpikes in
Harrison county.
Bill reported: Authorizing children's
home in Meigs county.
House-Bills introduced: Authorizing
the issue of bonds by Ironton to pay ex-
penses of suppressing the smallpox
providing free medical attendance for
paupers not in infImaries; prohibiting
| fishing for traffic, except in Lake Erie
and the Mercer and Laramie reservoirs
allowing husband or wife to testify
against the other in a criminal case; fix
ing rates for switching cars from one
road to another; providing for the ex-
animation of mine bosses.
Bills passed: Giving probate courts of
Lawrence and Muskingum counties con-
current Jurisdiction with the common
pleas on all misdemeanors.
Resolution adopted: Asking the State
Board of Charities for certain informa-
tion as to the Reform farm and Toledo
House of Refuge.
Jan. 26.-Senate-Passed: House bill
for children's home in Meigs county ;
House bill making appropriations for
deficiencies.
Bill INTRODUCED: Providing for the con-
demnation of unfinished railroad beds.
House-Petition received: From city
of Columbus, asking authority to issue
100000 of water works bonds.
Bill passed: Prohibiting mayors
clerks from practicing before said
mayor.
Bills introduced: Giving mayors the
same criminal Jurisdiction as justices of
the peace; allowing infrmary directors
of Perry county to contract for medical
attendance for paupers with the lowest
bidders
Jan. 27.-Senate-Bill passed: Au-
thorizing the trustees of Salem town.
ship, Tuscarawas county, to transfer
certain funds.
Bills introduced: To allow the con-
struction of aroad to the Dayton pest
house; allowing the Commissioners of
Montgomery county to purchase the Fair
grounds in that county.
House-Bills introduced: Authorizing
a 100000 water works loan for Colum-
bus; making partial appropriations;
making railway passenger fare not more
than 21a cents per mile; grant
ing portion of the Miami canal to the
Cincinnati belt railroad; providing for
guardians for idiots, ETC., and for their
children; giving $50 per year salary and
expenses to members of the State Board
of Examiners.
Bills passed: atrhorizing council of
Niles to transfer $500 from the real
estate fund; regulating Fremont water
works.
Petition received: For State Beard
of Health.
Jan. 2S.-The Senate was not in ses-
sion.
House-Bills introduced: Preventing
the payment of a soldiers bounty the
second time in the same case; prescrib-
ing penalties for violation of the statute
by mutual insurance companies.
Jan. 30.-Senate- introduced:
Empowering the Insurance Superintend-
ent to commence proceedings against
any mutual insurance company violat-
ing the insurance laws.
House-Petitions received: From Per-
ry county, for payment of military
claims contracted during the war; from
Marion county, demonstrating against
the bill prohibiting the use of road
steam engines.
Bills introduced: Authorizing suits
for bounty brought without security for
costs authorizing the use of the tele-
phone for serving subpenas; providing
Imprisonment for life for insane mur-
derers; authorizing the election of an
additional judge in the Fifth judicial
district; fixing the compensation of pro-
bate judges.