Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1886-05-06
OHIO LEGISLATURES.

April 20-Senate-Bills introduced: Pro-
hibiting bankers and insurance agents from
serving on boards of equalization, amending
peremtory law of mandamus, making landlords
responsible Cor water rents.
House-House bill passed; Punising fraud
in sale of grain at high rates for seed, such as
Bohemian oats swindle by fine of $500; senate
bill making severe law ON criminal intimacy OF
school teachers apply to skating rink teachers.
April 2l-Senate-House bill passed: En-
powering villages to license peddlers: senate
bills: requiring property listed where decedent
died, requiring legislative authority for lease of
parts of public works.
Bill introduced: That county school exanIin-
ers shall not be candidates for Office or teachers
of private schools.
Hou.e-House bills passed: Prohibiting
idiots and children with fits from children 5
homes, making terms of fire insurance directors
FIVE years, fixing fees for certificates of incoI-
poration.
Both houses adopted resolution asking con-
gress to pension all ex-prisoners of war
April -Senate-House bills passed: Max
ing fees of justices jurors 81, meeting defcien-
cies, defining boundary between Logan and
Auglaize countless Senate bills: authorizing
auditors to correct errors in duplicate, for
changd of venire in Justices courts, making
term of solicitor at Cincinnati four years at
5000 per year, for discharge of teachers hold
ing state certificates, for punishment of those
disregarding health officers, fixing second Mon
day in September for county auditors to begin.
House-Report and testimony of Payne in
vestigation ordered printed in appendix OF
house journal.
House bills passed: Making the rights and
liabilities of husband and wife uniform.
Bill amending child-lsbor law defeated
April Observation-Disclosures of H. J.
Sharp, T. C. Hoover, D. h. Beckwith, Simon
P. Wise, j. D. Jones, 7. C. Miller and W. h.
Cratcher received from the governor as mem
bers of the state board of health confirmed, ex-
cept T. C. Hoover, who was rejected, but the
motion to reject was afterwards reconsidered
and the motion to confirm tabled.
House-Resolution offered for state tax com
mission of three members.
House bills passed: Empowering state live
stock commission to sppraise and kill animals
afflicted with contagious diseases, prohibiting
all less than Is years old in pool and billiard
rooms, affOrding fuller protection to minors,
allowing county treasurers no compensation
for disbursing city school funds.
April 2-Senate-Not in session.
to use surplus funds for buildings. river and
harbor improvements.
Bills introduced: Meeting deficiencies in
mine Inspectors report, for contract system at
the penitentiary, for collection Of tolls on those
avoiding the gates, requiring foreign insurance
companies to deposit securities with mortgages
on property in Ohio, making five years limit
for claims with county clerks, recognizing e1-
soldiers in civil offices.
April -Senate-Bills introduced: Author
izing laying of pipes for heating and steam
exempting regular saloons from law prohibit
ing liquor selling within two miles of fairs.
House bill passed: Authorizing mutual aid
associations to insure against tornadoes and
elect directors for three years.
House-Bils introduced: For annual invoice
of state institutions; extending time of turn
pike assessments in Belmont and Jefferson
counties, requiring payment of delinquent
bOunties to soldiers.