Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-01-16
OHIO LEGISLATURE.
Adjourned Session of tho sixty-ffth Con-
crai Acknowledgements Senate Bills
introduced.

OHIO LEGISLATURE.
| Adjourned Session of tho sixty-fifth Con
crai Asscmbiy--Important Senate Bills
| introduced.
| COLUMBUS, January 6.-Sendte. The
adjourned session of the Sixty fifth Gem
eral Assembly met to-day. Soon after the
Senate was called to order tho Governors
message was read aud ordered printed.
| Several bills were introduced, among which
was one by Mr.. Pruden, making laborers
preferred creditors In case of the assign
nent of employees. Messrs. Williams,
O'Brien and Mickey offered Joint resolu-
tions abolishing October elections. Ad-
| journed.
Uousc,-Speaker Marsh called the House
| to order and, after prayer by Rev. Mr.,
Haylesworth, made a short address ex-
tending n cordial greeting to the members,
and expressing the hope that too much
legislation would be avoided. A message
was sent TO the Senate informing that body
| that the House was ready for business,
n lter which the Governors message was
read. Mr.. Myers introduced joint reso
luton requesting our Representatives in
| Congress to vote for and endeavor to secure
| the passage of Senator Miller's hill provid-
| ing Tor the General Government paying to
each State the amount of money raised in
each state by direct taxation in 1861. The
amount which Ohio will get from the
INublDnul puNtIuliltub uHtleI bulS,
the Miller bill become n law, is
about. Sl,5OO,OOo. Among the bills
| introduced were the following.
Making it msdemeanor TO keep or visit
an opium joint and providing fine not to
exceed 500 or imprisonment not to exceed
| three months; to give the County Prosecu-
| tor voice in the choice of an official stem
| ographer in criminal cases; making bribery
at primary elections or in conventions a
felony, punishable by from two to five
years imprisonment in the Penitentiary.
Senate, January 7.-Mr. Ely introduced
| bill providing for general registry law:
The bill provides that persons authorized
| by law to act as Judges of election in wards
and townships shall serve as n Board OF
| Registry. They shall meet on Tuesday,
four weeks preceding any general election,
and make list of persons qualified to act
as electors in the election precinct of which
they are Judges. A register of electors is
also to be made for all special or municipal
| elections. The list is to be alphabetically
| arranged, giving the street and number
of the residence of the elector. Within two
DAYS after the list is completed a copy OF
| it must be filed with the Town or Town
| ship Clerk where the election is to be
| held and another copy is to be carefully pre-
| served by one of the Judges for use on cleo
| tion day and for revision or correction. A
| copy is also to be publicly posted in some
conspicuous place where the last election
was held so that any elector may make a
| copy of it if he 50 desires. The session of
the Board shall be open and all complaints
of persons. applying for registration
| shall be heard and decided. The
Judges are authorized to administer
oaths and perform other duties usu-
| ally required of Judges of Election. A bill
was introduced by Mr.. Pruden prohibiting
| keeping of saloons open all night and inn
| poses n fine of 500 and Imprisonment for
| selling liquor or other intoxicants between
l all I,t.-
| morning. Druggists are exempted from this
| provision and may sell liquor at night for
medicinal purposes. Among other bills of
| general interest introduced were the fol-
| lowing Assessing fine of $40 for vio-
| lating the police regulations of railroads
amending Section $40 so that n petition
\ for assignment of dover may be filed in
| any county where the property is situated
| abolishing the October election in Presi-
Dental years; authorizing County Com
| missioners to erect asylums for idiots and
| lunatics who can not be admitted to the
regular institutions. Adjourned.
| House. Mr.. Fierce offered joint resou
| tion providing for submitting to the people
| Constitutional amendment providing fol
| a license on the liquor traffic of not less
than $50 nor more than 500 per year. Mr.
| Weldy offered a resolution submitting /
| Constitutional amendment abolishing the
October elections. Senator Welchs bill per
| mitting miners or other laborers employed
| by a corporation organized for the purpose
| of mining, to begin suit for wages for labol
| against the corporation in any county
| where such labor was performed, withou
| regard to whether the office of the corpora
| tion is in such county or not, was passed
| Adjourned.
Senate, January S.-Mr. Ely introduced
| his bill for the organization of loan asso
Citations to lend money to poor people ol
collateral security at low rates of interest
tTa1, L. \
| ing the insurance laws SO that foreign fir
insurance companies doing business in Obi
must deposit with the State COMMISSIONS
bonds and mortgages upon property in thi
State to secure policy-holders. Severa
unimportant local bills were introduced am
referred, and without accomplishing muc
in the way of business the Senate ad
journed.
HouSe.-Bills We're passed: Authorizing
trustees of cemeteries to sell lands whe
they have more than is necessary for cen
tetery purposes: authorizing the GoyCrno
to send juvenile offenders sentenced to tn
Penitentiary to the Reform Farm withou
the prisoner first having been taken to th
Penitentiary; fixing the contents of
bushel of charcoal ut 2,1lS cubic inches
Adjourned.
Senate, January 9.-Among the more i'm
portant bills introduced in the Senate to
day was one by Mr.. Ely, abolishing sep
arate schools for colored children AM
repeating the inhibition against the inter
marriage of blacks and whites. Also on
by Mr.. Dickinson, amending Section 40 S
that members of the Legislature will re
ceive $4,000 per year salary, without per
quisites or mileage, and imposing n fine o
$40 for absence without leave. The Hous
amendments to Senator Welch's bill
authorizing employees of mining companie
to bring suit for wages in county wher
labor is performed, were concurred in an
the bill is now law.
| HOuse.-Mr. Greiner introduced pream
bic aud resolution relating to the Hooking
Valley mining troubles, requesting tn
Governor of the State to invite the con
tending parties to an arbitration and tina
there be n committee of three to serve a
arbitrators, one of whom shall be selecte
| by the mine operators, one by the Obi
| Miners Association, and this committee o
| two shall select the third arbitrator. Nh
Farrar presented joint resolution re
questing Congress to amend the Ma
tional banking laws so as to max
felony of the conversion by Presidents o
Cashiers of National banks of funds to thei
| own use or to other than legitimate banking
| channels: referred to Committee on Fedora
| Relations. A petition for the abolishmen
of the October election was presented
| signed by Senator Sherman, Governo
| Hoadly, all the eX-Governors except MI
Hayes, the State officers, Supreme Judge
| and several thousand others. Mr.. Turne
introduced bill providing for the retur
| of jurors by township trustees and council
| men only every third year, and that tn
| clerk furnish them with printed list.
| large number of other bills were introduced
| few of which were of general interest. Ad
| ionrned.
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