Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-03-08
LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY.

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Increasing The powers of s,,ar;n4o,,i ,G,,t,,,.i
eii'S oi '-'i''-'I.'1 i''-i''' to compel insu-
'''-i.o Co,-- to publish notices in
tow no w. "o nts are located; % pre-
vent ",'+i--7 +iI-. o railroad tracks; to pro
vide i0' '-'> N-> of glass ballot boxes.
Senate bill To prevent the iEtrodCc-
ton of Texas fever among cattle.
Resolution offered: In favor of Cam
eron's pension service bill.
Ho,ise-Bills introduced: Cayahoga
county to erect Il soldiers monument,
supplementary and amendatory; TO pre-
vent deadheads from boarding at state
| Institutions; defining the manner in
which corporations shall consolidate;
against the use Of tobacco and gum in
/ the public schools of the State: for the
! better regulation of infrmarieS and jails:
/ against the employment of free labor in
the penitentiary: to prevent the waste Of
natural gas.
FEB -Sendte-Bills passed. Ser
ate bill for a commission to establish the
boundaries and lines Gf canals, basins
and other lands belonging to the state
and for an accurate survey Of the same:
Senate bill extending the powers of
boards of election; House bill providing
for township local OptioH-the bill was
So amended as to cut out the provision
that no liquor shall be sold within two
miles CT corporation or township which
has declared for local option.
Bills introduced: For service OF sum
mons upon partners in business; Geiln-
ing the powers OF courts TO require sacu-
rity from nOG-rcsidcnts.
H0pSe-Tha Pocrman bill for straight
liquor tax of $500 was defeated, recon
sidered, and made special order for
next Wednesday.
Bills introduced: The commissioners
of tie sinking fund to issue certificates
for the centennial exposition: Monroe
county to complete chi!dren's home.
|, Blu passed: Senate bill to define the
legal residence Of electors -EEh0 reside in
infrmaries.
MARCH 1.-SeRGie Bills passed: Sen
ate bill to aid the school commissioner
in getting out his report earlier: House
bill to admit challenged by a ma
jority Of the judges.
Several bills authorizing towns in the
northwest to develop natural gas were
defeated.
HOuSe-BiIls passed: House bill for
the abandonment of the Wabash and
Erie canal; House bill for scientific tenn
porance instruction in the public schools.
etc. The Senate amendment to town
skip local-option bill was concurred in,
and the bill is a law. The amendment
cut out the two-mile limit clause.
i. MARCH 2-SeRdte-B introduced:
To make fall election day a legal hOli-
day: amending the pharmacy law: pro-
tecting the creditors of insoiyent estates:
guardians to improve property Of im-
beetles by building: warehouses 10 sell
goods left for storage on certain condl-
ti0nS; regulating the duties of city and
village school examiners: d majority Of
township trustees to govern: to increase
the salary oc Lieutenant Governor from
$500 to $250G: for the protection Of
stallion keepers; amending the hTs-
band and wife law passed last yca"; life
insurance companies to pay an equita-
bic allowance on lapsed policies: Senate
bill, trustees of religious societies 20 be
elected for longer term than oHe year; f.
Senate bill for graded certificates to
teachers; House bill for the payment Of
the expenses of the board of control of /
the experiment station; Senate joint res
olution adopted, to submit to vote Of
the people constitutional amendment |
relative to local option.
House The genera! appropriation bill
was under consideration the greater part
of the day and slight increases were
made in a number of the items reported
by the committee.
House bill passed: Taking from mu-
nicipal corporations the power to open
or close saloons on Sunday-an amend
ment to the Dow law.
House joint resolution ad1P.e /: The
Of the Nenia home to re-
port the number of applicants for ad-
mission to the institution.
House joint resolution offered: For
the appointment of joint committee 70
the matter of cheaper rail
road fares and freights and TO reDor1 at
the next session.
MARCH 3.-SeEGte-B;itS introduced:
For the abandonment Of a portion OF the
Columbus feeder of the Ohio canal.
Houss-Bills introduced: Justices of
The peace to act in place of the mayor
in certain cities when the latter IS una
be to act: wife to have $500 in lieu cf
against railroad companies
employees to become mem
bers of any relief association; a state
school-bOok commission to be appointed
bv Governor: where town is located in
two counties, the business to be trans
acted in the county where the majority
Of voters reside.
Bill passed: House bill making arpro-
priations (gcneraD.
MARCH -SeR0te-HHls introduced.
Exempting prehistoric lands from Ia a
ton; putting certain cities upon n
same basis of limitation for taXati II
city councils to grade siC'-
walks: Steubenyi!le to build Il bridge
across the Ohio river.
Resolutions offered: FayCr.rg the
Mills bill for the disposition Of the sar-
plus.
House. Resolutions offered: Granting
The use of the hall OF the House for the
executive department, adopted; author
zing the adjutant general 10 furnish the
Grand Army encampment with the M
itia tents of the oncampment, adopted.
For adjournment March Is, adopted. It