The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-02-23
THE OHIO LEGISLATURE.
THE SENATE.

. IN, THE SENATE. -.e
The following bills were passed: House bill
to provide that any village, situate in town.
ship where the annual elections are held out
side of the limits of such village, the Council
of said village may fix the time for holding
such election for officers of such village on the
Saturday next preceding the first Monday IN
April; Senate bill to prevent irregularities and
errors in the several State Departments. Mr..
Hollingsworth, from the Committee ON Rail-
roads and Telegraphs, reported back Senate
bill, by Mr.. Brigham, to prevent unjust dis
elimination and extortion on the part of rail-
road companies, and for the establishment of a
Board of Railroad Commissioners and prescrib
ing their powers and duties, and recommended
its consideration by the Senate as Committee
of the Whole, which was agreed to.
Mr.. Kinney introduced bill amending Sec
ton 5437 Of the Code. relating to homestead
exemption for widows and orphans, SO that as
long as the widow or any unmarried minor
child resides thereon they shall be exempt.
Mr.. Conrads House bill, making partial ap-
preparations for the public institutions of the
State for the fiscal year ending February Is,
1888, was passed. House bill by Mr.. Sharp,
of Fairfield, regulating the sale and dstribu-
ton of the proceeds of railroads and for the
protection Of creditors thereof, was passed. A
number of local bills were introduced and sew
eral also were passed.
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from the widow of the late Senator Needham,
expressing her thanks for the kind considers
ton that had been extended to her by the
Senate in her great bereavement. A bill was
passed for the creation and regulation of Trust
Companies.
THE HOUSE.
Mr.. Peet introduced a bill to abolish the
system of letting the labor of prisoners to con-
tractors in the Ohio Penitentiary reduce the
number Of Directors of the Penitentiary from
five to three; authorized the purchase Of tools
and material and the employment by the State
of the prisoners at different trades, not more
than fifty to be employed at any time in any
branch Of labor that comes in competition with
free labor in the State each prisoner so en-
ployed to be entitled to share of his earnings,
not to exceed three dollars per month. Mr..
Licey introduced bill defining the duties Of
the stewards of the public institutions, provid-
ing that teachers shall be citizens of this State,
| and allowing the steward of the Institution for
Deaf and Dumb to solemnize marriages. Mr..
Paterson's House bill, preventing the killing of
| quail until the year 1885, passed. Mr..
bushel of tomatoes ffty-six pounds was also
| passed. ..-4
Bills were introduced to make stealing, or
conversion of stolen timber, a larceny to pro-
vide for the payment of travelling expenses
and clothing furnished to persons prior to their
admission as inmates to State Benevolent In
| stitutions to provide that in line or partition
| fences separating parcels of land owned by diff
ferent parties no wire fence shall be erected
without the written consent of all parties in
! terested; to provide that the right of way on
| the roadway of any railroad in process of con-
| struction shall be subject to appraisement and
taxation. The following bills were passed 4:
| House bill requiring land owners to fence
along public highways; authorizing Allen
u,ohr norE nfu To rr1afo fnxr
ship house. Mr.. Smiths House Bill, to amend
! the Stubbs law, SO as to prohibit the sale of
fermented liquors on Sunday, as well as all
other liquors, was read the third time. Mr..
Christmas New Years Day, the Fourth of
July, st. Patrick's Day, and Grounding Day
| was voted down. Mr.. Smith moved to amend
so as not to make the bill apply to regularly
constituted drug stores. Agreed to. A call OF
the House was ordered, and eighty members
answered to their names. The bill was lost on
passage-yeas 81, nays 21. "a
Mr.. vallandgham. from the select commit
tee, to whom the matter was referred, reported
back bill for the establishment of q State
Board Of Pardons, with recommendations from
the committee in favor of its passage. Mr.
Cooper introduced a bill to permit performances
of o decent character in regular theaters OF
Sunday. Bills were introduced requiring the
destruction Of thistles on public highways; te
regulate the laying out change Of width, Of
vacation of highways; making it penitentiary
offense to entice or place any female undel
eighteen years of age in house of iH-fame; tt
prevent throwing or placing any substance il
any stream, pond or lake to injure or defile tht
ice; providing license on trades, business
and professions in Cincinnati; to pre-
vent the using of screens by saloons
or places Of any kind where liquors are sold
Mr.. Smith moved to reconsider the vote
whereby his bill to close saloons on Sunday
was lost, which was agreed to. Mr.. Smitl
moved to amend the bill as to decrease tn
term of imprisonment for the violation of sait
law from twenty to ten days, which was agree,
| to. Mr.. Bloch moved to amend so as to pro
hibit the sale of milk on Sunday, which wa
disagreed to-Yeas 1, nays 70. Mr.. Hunting
ton moved to amend 80 as to prohibit the sal
Of apple sass, which was disagreed to. Mr.
Green, of Cuyahoga, moved the following
amendment: Providing that in municipa
corporations the right to sell malt and vinou
liquors on the first day of the week, commonl
called Sunday, shall be regulated by the Com
63 Mr.. Barger moved to amend the bill SO a
to make it an offense for opening place 70
tho purpose of selling liquors therein on Sun
day. Disagreed to. vote was then taken D.
the bill and it was passed-yeas 55, nays 2s
Mr.. Whites Senate bill, appropricting $1,000
for the repair Of the Miami and Ohio Canal il
Paulding County, was passed-yeas II, nays Il
Mr.. Metcalf's House bill, providing that whe
an heir or q devisee of deceased person is
necessary party, and his name and residenc
are unknown, proceedings may be had withou
naming him, and the Court or Judge thereo
shall make an order respecting the publicatio
of notice, was passed. Mr.. Vallandigham
| House bill, to legaize the sending OF notic'
| to indorsers of commercial paper by registere
letter in cities where the carrier system is
operation, was passed. Mr.. Devereux's Houl
BILL making the County Solicitor the legal AZ
wiser of the B Jard of Education in HamAto
County, was passed.
! Remonstrances against certain measures an
petitions for others we're numerously receive
and referred. Mr.. Rarey's anti-polygamy res
l luton was discussed, the preamble strckt
out, and the resolution adopted. The joil
. resolutions Of the last General Assembly we
|, adopted for this The bill to appoint q Poll
! Surgeon for Cincinnati (Which was lost the d,
! before) was reconsidered, and placed on fiji
A resolution was adopted, requesting the Boal
. of Public Works to furnish statistics in regal
l to the working of the Ohio canals. Amor
= the several bills introduced was one to abande
the canal in Cincinnati. for the purpose of co
structing the Belt Railroad; also, to regula
the compensation of City Solicitors also, s
nate bill for Second Assistant Prosecutir
Attorney in Hamilton County; also, Senate b
providing for the increase of capital stock
railroad to aid another in its construction.
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