Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-02-01
The Ohio Legislature.
From o. 8. Journal Summary.


81 for docketing for trial and motion,
respectively, of original Supreme Court
cases.
Bills introduced: Providing that no
defect In proceedings creating a munl-
cipality shall render them invalid II
taxes have been paid on it as such; de
fining the duties Of city solicitors.
Petitions presented: For law for
the relief of laborers in the collection of
wages; for the abolition of the contract
labor system in the Penitentiary.
House-Joint resolution offered by
Mr.. Scott, for 4 constitutional amend
ment, giving the legislature power TO
license, restrict or prohibit the liquor
traffic, to impose a tax on persons enga-
ged therein, or to pass local option laws.
Mr.. Littler offered joint resolution
for q constitutional amendment pro-
hibiting lthe manufacture and sale of
spirituOus, malt, viRous or other liquors
as beverages, and giving the Legislature
power to enforce it, and to subject the
manufacture and traffic to special taxa
ton, require bonds, and impose other
conditions for its regulation and lImlta-
ton. Both were referted.
Passed: House bill to pay principal
and interest of the funded debt, interest
in the irreducible debt, and the Sinking
Fund Commissioners expenses.
Bills introduced: Subjecting palace
and drawing room cars to more exact
taxation; for the sale of the canal at
Cincinnati at the appraisement of the
Board of Public Works; establishing an
uniform form of policy for all insurance
companies in Ohio; specifying the class
from whom probate judges shall appoint
school examiners ;extending the grounds
for granting new trials; relieving sher-
ifs from giving bond in certain cases.
JAN. 24-Senate-A number of local
bills were passed, as was the Senate bill
to amend section S505, Revised Statutes,
by striking out the word white
Bills introduced: Amending several
sections referring to the supreme court ;
repeating the law that a certified copy
of deed shall be received as prima facie
evidence of the existence of such deed ;
amending procedure in condemnation
suits.
The conference committee on temper
ance amendments reported disagree
meut.
were agreed to, making read as follows:
"The power of the General Assembly
| to pass laws concerning the manufac-
ture and sale of intoxicating liquors
shall not be limited by any provision in
section 26 of article Z, or in section 2 OF
article II of the Constitution.
House-Passed: House bill giving in.
6rmary directors power to admit to in
frmaries without reference to the su.
perintsndent; House bill for joint con-
struction of bitches by two counties.
Resolution offered: For constitution.
al amendment for an intermediate cir
cult court.
The conference committee on temper
ance reported disagreement.
Bills introduced: General appropria
tion bill; imposing $500 fine for false
statements as to administering oaths.
JAN. 20 STANDARDIZATION received
Asking the repeal of the law prohibiting
attachments against non-residents.
Passed: Senate bill fixing the com
pensation of county commissioners
Senate bill appropriating 300 to each
cidental expenses; House bill providing
that administrators, etc., shall not be re-
quired to give security for costs in &C,
tions filed in the county in which they
are appointed; House bill requiring
county auditors to account to the State
Auditor for money received for tax pen.
alties; Senate bill allowing official court
stenographers.
Bill introduced: Prohibiting the kill
ing of deer for three years.
House-Bills introduced; Allowing
corporations to increase their capital
stock without giving thirty days notice
regulating the responsibility of inkeep-
ers providing for district work houses
established by joint boards of county
commissioners; providing that certiti'
Gates of incorporation shall be also filed
with county recorders; making guardi.
ans liable personally for debts when
they exceed their authority to contract
providing for better record in probate
courts, and for regulating the practice
of said courts as to administration -ei
estates and appointment of guardians
making it felony to change the name
of candidate on ballot except by the
person voting it. or at his request; re-
Quiring telephone companies included
on the list for auditors to return on theiI
receipts for taxation; for disposing OF
funds remaining unclaimed in the pro
bate court for six months.
| Passed: House bill for school house
inspectors.
JAN. -Senate-Petitions received
| For the abolition of the contract labor
system at the Penitentiary.
Bill introduced: Compelling owners
of real estate to build and maintain par
tition fences.
Resolution adopted: Calling on the
Supervisor of Public Printing to report
the cause of the apparent neglect of the
State printers to promptly furnish the
annual reports.
! Hnuse-The temperance resolution oi
Mr.. Jones was made the special order
for next Tuesday. All other joint reso
Ilutions on the temperance question were
referred to the Judiciary committee.
Joint resolution adopted: Approving
the action of Congress in increasing pen
sions of soldiers who lost a leg, arm
foot or hand in the service.
Passed: House bill prescribing the
mode of applying for pardOns, commu
tations of sentence, and reprieves, anC
providing for Board of Pardons.
| JAN. 29-Senate-Bills introduced
For State Board of Health; authoriZ
ing the State Board of Agriculture Il
fill all vacancies therein, and making the
Attorney General their legal counsel.
The debate on the Kinney temperance
amendment filled in the rest of the day
House-Bills introduced: Making tht
Ipenalty for rape castration, and impris
onmenL for life when the victim is un-
der twelve, extending the statute Of
limitation, and making a civil action
against a married woman the same a:
against a single woman; requiring coun
ty surveyors to have their records open
to inspection at all times; making the
I punishment for all kinds of rape i'm
prisonment for life; providing for {
commission in each county to select ar
uniform series of school books.
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