Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-01-26
LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY.

increasing the Dow tax on all liquors to
$500; amending the food and dairy law
Bills passed: H. B. providing for the
publication of volume 6, Geology OF
Ohio.
Joint resolution offered: Requesting
Senators and Representatives in Congress
to vote for the McCullOm bill.
House Bills introduced: To pay as
SCISSORS 50 per day; providing for the set
tlement of estates of deceased persons
in counties where the deceased did not
live; providing uniform system for the
control of schools; treasurers of school
districts to receive only per cent. of all
money handled by them; making partial
appropriations, $4,000; regulating par
tition of estates of deceased persons
giving copies of the Roster of Ohio Sol
diers to the Unions Veteran union;
amending the mining laws, three bills.
JAN. 1S.- Senate Bills introduced
Circuit courts to have original jurisdic-
ton in election contests for judicial and
and State officers; female patients to be
accompanied to asylums by attendants;
trustees, treasurers and constables to
years; for the study of physiology and
hygiene in the public schools; making
incurable insanity cause for divorce; reg
ulating the heating of railroad ears and
the prices for sleeping car berths; remit
ting care and keeping of outside poor to
township trustees; relative to the main
tnnannn M tnx h II,
trustees to build bridges where the cost
does not exceed $75; requiring railroad
companies to heat passenger cars by
other means than stoves; Judgment debt
Ors whose land has been sold to make
deposits with the clerk of the court.
House Bills introduced: Against gift
enterprises in connection with business;
amending the turnpike law; regulating
the practice before justices in certain
cases; making election day in November
a holiday; to prevent the consolidation
of corporations; for the teaching of hy-
giene in the public schools; banks to
make returns to auditors in April instead
of May; increasing the pay of guards at
the penitentiary to $75 per month; terms
y
amending the insurance laws; railroad
companies to use automatic cOuplers.
Bills passed: H. B. Tuscarawas coun-
ty to finish the insane department of the
county infrmary; H. B. amending the
election laws: II. B. for the abatement of
resorts for thieves; Mansfield to build a
city prison.
JAN. 20.-SeRGte- passed.: H. B.
Bellaire to transfer funds; 5. B. Circuit
and Common Pleas courts to appoint
their own constableS; H. b. teachers to
be examined in reference to qualifica-
tiOns to teach music and Latin; H. b.
prescribing a penalty for leasing proper
ty as resort for thieves.
Bills introduced: Restricting cities
and villages in cOndemning land outside
the corporation limits; making it manda-
tory on probate judges to require bonds
of executors where the will does not re-
quire it; prohibiting the deposit of waste
and Offal in rivers.
Resolution offered: To adjourn on
March 26.
Resolution adopted: H. J. R. request
ing Congress to oppose any reduction of
the wool tariff; II. ]. r. requesting Con-
gress to oppose the trade suggestions
in the Presidents message.
HOuse-Bills introduced: For more
rapid returns of elections to the Secreta-
ry of State; amending the law in regard
to interpretations; repeating the section
relative to cattle running at large; for
the establishment of local boards of
health; for the collection of certain
mortgage securities.
Bills passed: Permitting boards of
examiners in city districts of the second
class and village districts to grant GER
tificates to teach.
JAN. 21.-The Senate was in session
but few minutes Saturday and adjourn
ed to p. m. to-day. There was good
in the House which transact
ed some business and adjourned to 10
a. m. to-day. The partial appropriation
bill was passed without amendments. 1t
includes the salaries of State officials |
liked by law. Mr.. Haley introduced a
bill requiring railroads to adjust and I'LL
N frogs, switches and guard rails on the !
racks so as to prevent the feet of its |
employees from being caught therein. A |
penalty of from 500 to $1,000 is pre-
;cribed
The house also adopted Mr.. Strana-
lan's resolution for the appointment of
special committee to act with the san
tary committee of the board of health
md report on better system for venti-
ating the State-house.
JAN. %. Senate Bill introduced:
Relative to board of visitors at Xenia
Ome
Joint resolution offered: For COM
nittee to report on the necessary legisla-
ion relative to the Virginia Military
inds.
S. J. r. fayoring the arrears of pen
ions bill was adopted.
House Joint resolutions offered: Fav-
ring the Boothman bill amending the
ension laws; for law equalizing boun-
es to soldiers.
Bills introduced: Reducing the num-
er of examinations for teachers.
SELTZER WATER is new remedy for =
urns, discovered by New York drug $
ERIK, who thinks the carbOnic acid gas, d
ith which the water is impregnafcd is =
le chief agent for good. But simpler L
.medy, already well known, is common ;
ashing soda or baking soda bound on i
e wound and mOistcned with water. il
ere the remedial agent may be the y
me as in the use of seltzer water, the %
da forming, in connection with acids Il
the burned flesh, earbonic acid gas. G
may not be necessary TO add that C
,shing soda is known as sal soda and |
king soda as biearbonate of soda. II