Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-02-06
OHIO LEGISLATURE.

OHIO IEGISLATuRE. Va
several importans Measures Pa.s IN.
House-,A Joint Resolution Favoring the
Nicaraugus Canal Enterprise Adopted
Roformatory installations to BIO Reformed.
Senate, January 27.--The session of the
Senate to-day was devoid of interest.
terest was transacted In the House to-day.
Among the bills introduced was one by
Mr.. Stillwel1, to amend section 2f31 OF the
Revised Statutes so as to compel the
payment of tax by persons and corpo-
rntions who loan money and take real es-
tate security, whether they reside within
or.out of the county or State, and thereby to
relieve the debtor from the payment OF tax
to greater extent than the interest he
has In the real estate.
Senate, January 2S.-A number of petit
tions were presented asking for the passage
of Mr.. Crowell's bill prohibiting the manu-
facture OF oleomargarine. Mr.. Williams
introduced Joint resolution authorizing
the Secretary of State to furnish the latest
editions OF the Revised Statutes to Judges
of the Common Pleas, Superior and District
Courts. The following bills were passed:
tain counties which have road districts to
condemn material for the purpose of keep
ing FREQ roads and turnpikes in repair;
House bill by Mr.. BOIL, ,appropriating $780,
600 to pay principal due of funded debt;
$2O0,670.S4 interest on Same, S266, ,425.61 for
the support of the public schools and ~, 100
expenses of Sinking Fund Commissioners.
Honse.-Mr. Crowell's Senate joint reso-
tion requesting Ohio's Senators and Repre-
sentatives in Congress TO vote for the
ratification of the treaty in reference to the
Nicaragua Canal was adoptedI.yyeas 6s,
keeping or visiting of opium joints was
passed. The bill provides that every per-
son who opens or maintains, to be resorted
to by other persons, any place where
opium or any of its preparations Is sold or
given away, to be smoked at snch place,
and any person who at such place sells or
gives away any opium or its said prepara-
tions to be there smoked or otherwise used,
and any person who visits or resorts to any
such place for the purpose of smoking opium
or its said preparations, shall be deemed
guilty OF misdemeanor and upon convic-
tion thereof shall be fined in any sum not
exceeding $500 and imprisoned not more
than three months or both" The House
also passed the bill of Mr.. Brown, of War
rem, to amend Section 5167 Revised Statutes,
County Clerk. The amendment is as fol-
lows: "But If any ballot so drawn shall
bear the name of n person who at the time
of such drawing Is known by the Clerk
to be deceased, or to have become nom
resident of the county, every such ball
Aop ohuii 10 uSbulOytu huu uHc Suuto
shall not be counted, and the. Clerk
shall continue such drawing until he shall
have drawn the required number of bal
lots, exclusive of those destroyed as afore-
said" Bills were also passed: Requiring
Infirmary Trustees to approve bills for ex-
Commissioners; also regulating the EN-.
ployment by railroads of persons affected
with color blindness or other defective
sight, and providing for examination by
occulists to be employed for that purpose.
Senate, January 29.-Most of the day
was spent in considering the Penitentiary
bill. The Piece-price bill of Mr.. Mooney,
which has passed the House, was taken up.
Mr.. Reed spoke in opposition to the bill and
offered a substitute, which provides that
the Board Of Managers advertise for bids
for the work of the convicts, either under
the piece-price plan or the old contract
system, providing that no contract shall
be let for less than seventy cents per day.
1t also reduces the Warden's salary from
$1,000 to 81 800 per year, unites the offices
of Secretary and Clerk, reducing the
say salary to and ,asr creates the sons new
of $1,000. The substitute was ordered
printed. Mr.. Wolcott introduced q bin
allowing County Commissioners and
City Councils to grant rights of way for
the extension of street railroads outside of
municipal corporations. Mr.. JONES' bill
ders on stores was postponed till March 20.
The House bill amending Section 2434 so as
to authorize municipal corporations, ex-
cept Cincinnati, to contract with corpora
tions or individuals for water supply after
submitting the question to vote of the
people, was passed. g.t.....
HOuse.-Mr. Roche's joint resolution re-
Questing the Ohio Senators and Represent
atives in Congress to support the Sumner
Postal Telegraph bill was taken up, and
after considerable discussion was lost by
vote of so yeas to % nays. The Poe School
Book bill was called up and after long de-
bate the previous question was ordered and
sustained and the bill lost yeas 80, nays
81. Mr.. Myers made a motion to reconsider
the vote, which finally prevailed, and fur.
ther consideration of the bill was postponed
until the Sd. A bill was passed amending
Section 1885, Revised Statutes, so that the
Legislature can canvass the vote for State
officers at any time in the month of jan
uary before the officers take their seats,
instead of on the first Monday of January,
as at present provided.
Senate, January 30.-The following
House bills of general interest were passed
by the Senate and became laws to-day:
Requiring County Commissioners before
they allow any claims for extra services to
1nfirmary Directors, to compel the Infirm-
ary Directors to first approve the same;
more clearly defining methods of practice
in Probate Courts; reducing the number of
voters in a ward necessary to divide ward
into more than one voting precinct from
500 to 100; authorizing city and village
councils to provide by ordinance for exam
lining, regulating and licensing stationary
engineers. Bills were also passed.: Pro-
viding for the manner of distributing costs
in the formation of special school districts; !;
requiring Boards of Education to repair
and keep up partition fences between
schools and adjacent property. Mr.. VOL
colt introduced bill repeating the Weitzell
street railroad law passed last winter and
re-enacting the law passed prior to 1888.
HOuse.-The vote by which the resolution
requesting Ohio Congressman to favor the
passage of the Sumner Postal Telegraph
bill was lost yesterday, was reconsidered.
announced as carried by vote of "a yeas,
81 nays. In the afternoon, Mr.. Bruce arose
to question of privilege, and stated that
he believed the vote on the resolution had
been falsified. Messrs. Peet and Lowen-
stein, he said, had not voted for the resolu-
tion but their names had been recorded in
she affirmative. The announcement created
considerable excitement on the floor,
and after an animated debate, in
which charges of crookedness aud
bribery were made, on motion of Mr.. Brun-
ner a committee of three was appointed to
investigate the matter and also to inquire
Into the charge that members of the House
had received Western Union telegraph
franks" Mr.. Ford's bill giving Probate
Judges power to terminate sentences OF
youths sent to the Reform Farm, was
passed after long discussion, as was also
Mr.. Finley's bill requiring railroad CON-
panies to put efficient spark arrestsrs on all
locomotive engines. A number of local
bills Of no general interest were also passed.
The word "news'' was not, as
many supposed, derived from the ad-
jective new, but from the fact that
many years ago 1t was customary to
put at the head of the periodical publ
cation of the day the initial letters o1