Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1889-02-15
OHIO LEGISLATURE.

panies doing business In Ohio to report annual
fy the details OF their business 10 the State In
suranee Commissioner and TO policy holders
The following resolution was offered; Request
ing Senators and Representatives. In Congress
10 enact n law authorizing the President OF tn,
United States to arbtrato matters OF difference
with Great Britain.
HoussEoniv iifty eight members were pros
ont when the House met this afternoon and M
nttempt was made TO pass bills OF ngcneral M
ture. The following bills were introduced; IL
give justices Of tho peace jurisdiction as nov
prevent lotorlng at tho polls Ut all elections;
authorizing Wansoon TO issue. bonds for school
amended March IL. IL & so as 10 provide. TIM,
Jurors OF circuit courts he commissioned by the
Goyernori oifcringa bounty of fifty cents for
red or gray fox scalps; cnlnrginE duties OF road
supervisors so that work may be done on priv
ate roads in Logan County---prsscd; establish
ing the weight OF bushol OF carrots or beots at
nifty pounds; authorizing trustees OF Salt Creek
township, Muskingum County TO assume duties
OF school trusteos-pnsscd; 10 authorize Port
Clinton, Ottawa County TO transfer $1,000 from
the police 10 the general revenue fInd-pussed;
TO provide for the inspection OF dressed beef
brought into The state by inspeGtoris Gppointed
Adams County TO construct two turnphes-
passed; TO prevent accidents hy compelling
railroad compasies to provide srfcty switches
where cars are left standing; to provide for the
incorporation OF livestock insurance Hssocia.
tions, aud to prevent such associations from
beginning business until applications Tor SlOUD
worth of business are on lo. a bill approprl'
nting s62l 3iO.ls to pay bonds msturng july j,
1888. ana interest thereon, was passed.
COLUMBUS, Jan. --SENATE-ConSider
of the constitutional amendments offered by the
joint committee was resumed this morning and
consumed nearly the entire scss on. The first
one to be considered has reference TO taxation
and amends Section OF Article XII of the Con-
sttution, md gives the General Assem- bly, COM
pete control OF the subject Of taxation, the
change made in the present article being that
of preilxing the following words; The q neral
Assembly shall proSi 10 for the raising OF rove
nue for the support Of q @ State and local gov
ernmcnts" Mr.. Towns md, chairman OF the
joint committee, said that many corporations
had accumulated great wealth, yet an immense
amount OF property escaped tn alton. this be-
ing true OF strcetrnroads, telephone, telegraph
and gas Companies and other corporations
Mossrs, Morrison Huffman and Massie spoke in
favor OF the proposition Tho latter said the
present system OF taxation was unjust TO the
poor or medium classes. Mr.. Kerr opposed the
amendment on the ground That IL would be
dangerous to remove all constitutional re.
straints. The amendment was finally adopted
by vote OF - TO II. The following bills were
passed; Authorizing Allancc. Stark County,
TO borrow money 10 pay liabilities: authorizing
Corning, Perry County to issue bonds to paw
dehcieneicJ; authorizing summit County to sell
land and erect 4 chidren's home; chnnging the
nan OF Grcenvllle Female Seminary, Licking
County. 10 GrceEvillo Female College and nu-
thorizing he granting OF literary degrees; au-
thorizing Warren. Trumbull County, to erect u
soldier monument, The follow ng bills were
introduced 10 amend section eight of an act
relating 10 the imprisonment of cOnvictS, so rs
TO permit the release on parole Of life prisoners
convicted OF murder in the first or second do
gree, after service ot twenty-five years, pro-
vided ch'prsoners have not been previously
convicted OF n felony; providing that officers
who have served in the National Guard for five
years. and rc-enior the service In the same
grade shall take rank from the date OF their
first commission; amending section 6oO
of the Revised Statutes to read rs follows:
"Whoeveri Is found in state Of intoxit alton
shallbc tined rot less than live dollars nor moro
than hfty or Imprisoned IN the counly Jail not
more than thirty days, orboth, at the discretion
of the court.N
HoUsE-Mr. Clarke. who championed the
cause OF the women when the Kennedy bill cS-
tending the right OF municipal suffrage was dis
cussed proposes to put the ballot in the hands
Of the women through n constitutional amend
ment, To accomplish this, he to-day offered
Joint resolution which provides that PROPOSE
tion shall be submitted TO the electors of this
State on the trst Monday In November 1850 to
amend Section Article V, of the Constitution
Of the State of Ohio so as to read MS follows:
Every citizen Of the Untod States OF the are OF
twenty one years VINO shall have been q resi-
dent OF this State one year, of the county thirty
daysRrd OF the election precinct twenty days
next preceding any election for State, county,
township and municipal officers. shall have the
qualifications of an elector and be entitled TO
vote at such elections. The amendment is made
To take effect D. gcember ], 1881 The following
nillswcre passed.: Providing for the construc'
authorizing Alliance. Stark County, to
issue bonds TO the amount of sl5,-
GO 10 pay ts'anding Indebtedness; pro,
throt gh other property shall keep up the limo
fences; pToyid n for tho appointment of pCr-
sonsIo serre in place tf county commissioner
provernents; to prov de that county trcnsurers
shall pay TO indi iont soldi r the relief granted
them, and a so providing that the commission
eTs OF the INDECENT fund mny grant nOn-losl'
dents relief in certain cases; TO authorize the
Council Of Youngstown to t'nnsier funds; TO
authorize luurlans Of imbeceS TO use per-
sonal estate ind unite with adjoining property
owners TO improve re'l es lato owned by the i'm
beclo; giving 10 o. GERS and members OF fire
- a
Spr ngflcld nl'l Callmbus twelve Gays leave Of
absence; increasing the saury of the supreme
judges from 1000 10 5000; authorizing Lee
tOnia, Columbana County, TO issue 5nOO0 in
hon IS fer water works purposes The Senate
defeated Mr.. Kennedy's House bll forbidding
superintendents of State institutions 10 enter
tain visitors outs idc of the nnmmcdiate family
Of the officers attendants and inmates
CoLUMBUs, Feb 6,-SESArE-The Albaugh
bill. providing for township supervisor OF the
public schools which was defeated in the Sixty
seventh General Assembly and introduced and
passed in the House last winter after meeting
with one or two defeats, was before the Senate
to-day and again lost by n vote OF II yeas 70 Il
nays. This puts un end 10 the measure so far
as the present session is concerned, Mr.. Ran
nells' bill, increasing the salary of the Supreme
Judges from $1,000 to 500 o u year, passed ON the
Eth. was reConsidcred to day on motion OF Mr.
Robertson. The following bills were passed:
Authorizing Ashland County to provide for de-
tcicncies; authorizing Seneca County to issue
bonds 10 reTlenish Tho bridge fund; authorizing
Bryan. Williams county, toiSSue tAOJ0 IN bonds
10 pay indebtedness; prescribing the size OF
produce barrels; prohibiting the employment OF
frcolabor in the Onio pnnittntiary: making rar
tiul appropriations for the Ia I three quarters OF
tho nscal year; providing that IN calling Jurors
anyof those suilimo c may bn used instead OF
the first twelve; empowering court referees to
punish TOR contempt: authorizing the contine-
ment OF girls between sixteen and eighteen
years OF age known rs 'rounlcrs' in the House
OF Refuge instead OF the workhOusc. Governor
Foraker sent the following appointments 10 the
Senate which were referred To appropriate
TlOm $ j Mercer
County. a trustee OF The Ohio State Unigersi.
"; Robert Mehuifey, trustee OF Institution for
Feeble Minded Youth; Leo Hirsch, Supervisor
OF Public Printing; John NJ. Doane, state Ii
brartan; French a Thornhill, trustee OF the
Girls lndustrill Home. and w S. Cappeller
Commissioner of Railroads and Telegraphs. The
following bills were introduced: Prov ding for
tan q lgAper month upon itinerant Doctors
deGu1ir,hg irnstges % sac lnsahe asyIums TO
authorizing the purchase OF eighty stand OF
rifles for the cadets of Xenia Soldiers and Sail.
ors' Orphans Home, at cost not to exceed
s55l; authorizing clerks of courts to serve sum
mons OF last known presidents OF corporations
when no other officer or agent can be found. The
Wallace bill, approprating hb.OO' TO purchase
n Governors Mansion, was defeated after q
long discussion, the voting being yeas 10 %
nays.
HousE-The House. after spending the fore
noon in considering and passing three local bills
except twenty minutes allowed senator Mack
in which TO explain his bill 10 provide for eX-
tending the lease of the Cincinnati Southern
rGilrOad-tQok up the Tryon road bill. The en-
tire afternoon was consumed in considering tho
MEASURE and at 4;a0 recess was taken before
u vote had been reached, in order to allow the
memlers time TO arrange for The Governors
reception. \ recess was then taken in honor OF
Ex-Governor Moves, who was present.
COLUMBUS, Feb. 7.--SEHATE-The Senate
spent several hours OF to-dnys session in dis
cu.sing Mr.. Coles bill TO pay each member OF
the Board Of Pardons un annual salary of 500.
After numerous amendments were offered and
rejected the senate finally compromised on 500
"a year, ard in this form the bill was passed.
Other bills Passed were as follows: Authorizing
assessors TO deduct from taxation all real estate
occupied by public roads or canals; providing
that railroads may be used as ward boundary
lines when practical; appropriating si7OO, ,Ssi.i5
for support of the common schools: to prevent
the waste OF natural gus by compelling the
filling aad plugging of abandoned wells;
making IT necessary to obtain the con
sent OF municipal councils before con.
s;ructlng railroad bridges over streets and
alleys; authorizing Bellyille, kichand County,
TO ransfer fu1 DIS from the sewer to the general
fund :, authorizing the mayors OF cities, towns
and villages to sOlemni2e marriages; authorl-
ing Springfield to issue $4,000 bonds TO buy
ground and build market house; authorizing