Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-03-15
The Ohio Legislature.
From o 8. Journal Summary.

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misdemeanors, in fifty-one counties.
Bills introduced: Imposing penalty
of fine not over $3.50, Or one to three
months imprisonment, Ur both, for
using violence toward policeman, or
for falsely pretending to be policeman; !;
to prevent frauds in school enumera-
tinns; increasing the salary of the Sec
retary of the State Board of Charities
to $4,000.
The afternoon session was take up
with the report of the Tax Revision
Commission.
House The committee on Printing
reported the numbef of copies of State
reports to be printed.
Pa sed: Senate bill allowing ditch
contra tor to be paid interest on the
amount due him, when he has to wait
for tax collections; Senate bill giving
jurors in justices courts 81 per day !;
Senate bill compelling the bu lding of
line fences between farms.
MARCH L STANDARDIZATION present
ed For the care of epileptic insane; for
the bill abolishing the convict labor sys-
TEN.
Passed: House bill providing for re-
turns of marriage by bannS aS well as
by license; House bill. giving courts
power 10 enforce assessments for street
improvements where there is irregulari-
ty in the assessment.
Bills introduced: Proving rules for
the entrance of children into the State
Institutions; fixing the aggregate levy
in tue State institution; fixing the ag-
gregate levy in the cities of the third
grade, first class, at Is mills.
HouSe-Bills introduced: Appropria-
ting $4,000 for expenses of Board of
Public Works; TO protect fish in the
streams and reservoirs of the State; to
reduce the Stale tax and general revenue
fund S325.000.
Passed: The deficiency appropriation
bill; Senate bill to regulate the tax levy
for road and bridge purposes; Senate
bill to regulate the tax levy for road
and bridge purposes Senate bill giving
additional salary to Franklin county
judges who have served continuously
for ten years.
MARCH s-S-nate-Several petitions
were presented for local bills.
Passed: House bill repeating section
1909, relating to railroad stock; H. b.
amending the law regarding mine maps.
Joint resolution was adopted authori-
zing the State to contract for keeping
bows at the Toledo House of Refuge.
House-The Kinney temperance reso-
luton was the special order. A number
of amendments were voted down, and
the original measure was finally amend
ed by two propositions. The first
gives the General Assembly power to
levy special taxes on the liquor traffic,
and makes it its duty to provide against
its evils. The second is strict prohib
itory measure. The Kinney resolution,
as amended, then passed yeas IS, nays
25-tvo Republicans voting against and
four Democrats for il. The resolution
now provides for full legislative control,
with the power to pass local option
laws; for a special tax, and for prGhibi-
tion.
Passed: House bill providing that
county, municipal and other bonds shall
be sold to the highest bidder after three
weeks consecutive advertisement.
MARCH -senate-Passed: Senate
bill requiring a record kept in the Gov
ernor's Office of transfers of all persons
Home or Insane Asylums, of removals
from one asylum to the other, and Of all
restorations; S. B. amending the acci-
dent insurance law; House resolution
for commission to report on the coal
screening system; Senate resolution for
a smoke consumer on the State House.
Honse Passed: Senate bill prohibit
ing the killing of deer before October
l5, 1885. and thereafter from October Is
to November 20; II. B. giving trustees
of children's homes authority to provide
inmates with permanent homes; II. b.
appropriating about $4,000 for expens-
rs of the canals to Feb. l; II. b. giving
the Governor power to suspend or re-
move his appointees; H. B. providing
that school lands may be defended from
seizure by corporations; ii. B. allowing
secret ahd benevolent societies to elect
three instead Of five trustees; H. B. al
lowing appeals from probate to common
pleas courts; II. B. requiring married
women doing business in their own
names to brig suit within certain
number of years, the same as other per
sons; Ii. b. amending section 4194, le.a-
tive to the record of deeds.
The Senate amendment to the resolu-
tion for commission to examine into
the coal screen system of the State.
Bills introduced: Fixing the pay of
members of the General Assembly at
81, 1000 per bienniel term, rohibiting
members from using railway passes, tel
egraph franks, etc.-with deduction
of SO for each days absence unexcused
by the House, and cutting off all allow.
snces for stationery, books, postage, etc.
amending the law regulating admission
to insane asylums: allowing married
women to bring suits in their WI
names; providing for vacation of town
lots outside the corporate limits on two
weeks notice; allowing the condemna
tion and use by another company OF
railway road bed not used for five years
placing inlirmaries under the coHtrol OF
county commissioners, and abulishing
the office of infimary directors; prevent.
ing any change in joint school districts
for three years after formation.
Resolution offered: Thanking Senator
Pendleton, and the Ohio Representatives
who voted against any reduction in the
wool tariff.
MARCH II Senate-Passed: House
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bills to authorize commissioners-of Lo
gan county to levy additional tax; to
require boards of health to make semi.
annual inspections of school buildings
to authorize trustees of Washington to-,
Belmont county, to transfer certain
| funds; to authorize trustees Of Steuben.
Vile to levy tax for support of the
poor; Senate bills: Authorizing location
of school house sites in subdistricts.
House-Petitions: For passage Of the
Love bill from Ross. Wood, Union, Guy
ahoga, Ottawa, Trumbull, Lucas, Lick
ing and Hrrrison counties.
Bills introduced: To authorize Cleve.
lond to issue bonds for street and via
duct; extending the Jurisdiction of JUS
tices of the peace so as to dispose of all
offenses less than felonies; authorizing
the appointment of a justice of the peace