Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1889-03-22

uoneu by county commisSioncrsi providing
that ground in abandoned cemeteries shall
DO sold by the township trustees, and IL un-
claimed for fvo years tho proceeds shall be
given TO some religious society to be desig.
nntcd by tho township trustees; providing
for tho establishing of security In corpor-
ntions for the purpose OF giving security on
the bond of persons having such TO givo, as
required by law; providing that boards of
education shall provide school books for chill
urcn whose parents arc unable to purchase
them, nnd that the money for such books
shall be taken out OF any fund
Columns, March IL i-SENATE--Tho Sen
ate discussed and amended the Davis bill
reorganiA;ng tho railrond commissioners
department. The bill provides for tho ap-
pointmcnt by the Governor of commission
OF three persons to taltc tho place and per-
form the duties of the present railroad com
missioner They VIII receive $1,000 year.
Tho following bills wcro introduced: Au-
thorlzing the commissioners of Franklin
County TO issue $4,000 additional bonds for
building bridge over tho Ocntaugy river;
authorizing WoOdslicld, Monroe County. TO
borrow e. 700 and Join with Center town
ship In the erection OF u town and township
hall; providing that the weight OF n busho
Of corn in tic ear shall bo sxty.sX pounds;
providing That the law prohibiting tho sale
OF liquor within certain distance OF an ay
! ricullurn fair shn,l not apply to regularly
established saloons that have heCn running
! for six months or more; authorizing Camp
! Creek township. Pike County, and Morton
township, Scioto County, to dissolve joint
school district. The following bills were
passed Giving justices of tho peace,
| m1yorsnnd judges of police courts final jur.
| isdiction in cases of violation of tho semi
| monthly wage payment law; reducing tho
] bounty on ground hog scalps from twenty
| TO fifteen cents; authorizing township irus-
| tees TO purchase copies OF the Revised Stat
/ utcs for themselves and justices Of the
| Tcncc; providing for an equal distribution
| of Watcr ronts for all cities In the State cx
| ccpt Cincinnati and Cleveland; authorizing
/ Clcrmont County TO construct free turn
| pixies; providing for the transfer of the
! Western Reserve and Maumoe State road In
| trust to the city OF Fremont; dividing
Union township, Fayottc County, into two |
election precincts; extending tho time al |
| lowed for building soldiers memorial |
structure in PickawaY County; authorizing |
| Shelield township, Portage County, to |
transfer funds; requiring pawnbrokCrs TO |
report cnch day mt noon TO the mayor the |
articles they have purchased since the pre-
ceding day; providing iineof not less than |
five nor moro than fifty dollars for the nc- !
ccptancc of n bribc by n juror in Justices
court; limiting to six months the time for n /
new trial or an appeal. Mr., Richardson
offered q resolution requesting the Board of |
Public Works to furnish to the Senate com
p|cto information ms 10 the receipts and ex-
penditures of the board from 1850 to 1884.
The resolution was adopted.
Consideration of the proposed
constitutional amendment providing for leg
long debate followed. The proposition was
opposed by the Hamilton and Cuyahoga
County members, but received general sup
port from other prrts of the State. II would
be impossible to divide those counties into
districts and not pave tho way for polit.
cal division in the delegation Mr. Saylin,
of Huron, made one of the best arguments
of tho dny in favor of tho resolution, con-
tending that it was unfair to give voterin
Hamilton County nine times the represent
tive power of voters in other counties II
was due TO the people that they be allowed
10 select their representatives by districts,
that all may have equal power. MessrS.
Clarke, HartpenCe and Ruwins spoke In Op.
position. Colonel Poormun asserted that,
unless the resolution was adopted, seven
teen counties in the State would be without
representation after the next census. This
would be the case unless the increase in
population was over twenty per cent. Re
ferriug to the attitude of the Hamilton and
CuyahOga delegations on the propositions,
Colonel POOrman said that no difference
from what county he came, he would never
cast vote to disfranChise seventeen
counties of his State. The resolution was
lost, receiving G2 affirmative votes, 60 being
necessary. Mr.. gin introduced u bill in
structing the Canal Commission TO complete
the surveys and plats aud proceed TO sell the
Ohio Hooking and Walhonding canals and
all canal beds, reservoirs and feeders, under
the law of last winter providing for the sale
of the Pauding reservoir A bill by Mr..
Spencer, passed by tho House, authorizes
the auditor OF Wood County to publish the
delinquent tax list, he having failed to com
ply with the law in that respect. Other bills
passed were as follows: Mr. Browns bill
to prevent discrimination by life insurance ,
companies against persons of color; author
izing building associations TO increase orde- |
crease the full value of their shares and to ,
decrease their capital stock; providing for ,
the forfeiture to the ecclesiastical body hav-
ing authority, of money derived from the
salc OF church property If not claimed with
in ten years,
CoLuMBus March l5.-SENArE-Mr Sny-
dcr's bill authorizing boards of educa-
tiOn TO purchase school books direct from
tho publishers or dealers. at the lowest
prices, passed the Senate to-day. IL will, !
the author says, reduce the cost of the books /
from thirty-three TO fifty per cent. of the !
price now charged by retailers. 1t also pro-
vides that the boards shall sell the books to I
school children at co t price, or give them ,
free of cost, as they may determine. The !.
text books shall not be changed oftenerthan
once in five years, unless by consent OF | {
of all the members OF the
board. The following bills were introduced: .
Providing that the public works of the
State shall be divided into three districts 1
and that each district shall be personally
superintended by "A member of the Board of
Public Works; directing the Governor and
Secretary of state to convey to Orlando c.
Brown, of Columbus, the property at Iberia i
known as the Working Home for the Blind,
II Will be conducted properly for two years; 1
Shelby, Richlnnd County, to is i
sue 50 OJO bonds for natural gas purposes; I
authorizing the board of education of ALI
ancc, Stark County, to borrow 50 900 and .
build n school house; authorizing the trus
tees of Bromley township, Harrison Coun- |
ty, to invest funds derived from the sale of ,
railroad stock for agricultural purposes;
that guardian or trustee, after
selling real estate on order of court shall :
divide the surplus of the sale as the prop
erty would have been distributed. The fol- ,
lowing bills were passed. Requiring clerks
of courts and probate judges to certify plats
of partition in partition cases TO the county | {
providing for the protection of
pedestrians passing under railroad bridges
when the same are constructed over streets;
the village of New Straitsviile, ,
Perry County, to transfer funds; authoriz-
ing township trustees 10 sell abandoned
church property and property used for pub
lie purposes; providing that all railroad i
in Ohio shall pay the State one dollar for
every mile of railroad; authorizing the
State Board of Agriculture TO borrow s5o,-
0O0 and pay debts, the bonds issued TO be
in sums OF 5000 annually; au-
the village of Columbiana to pur- ,
chase an electric light or gas plant; requir-
ing the Secretary of State toprovide copy |
of tho Revised Statutes to the Commission
er of Common Schools; authorizing Center
township and Wood-held village, Monroe
County, TO unite in building a town hall;
for the disposition of criminals ,
under the hnbtual criminal act
and providing for placing their names on
the Indictment and commitment papers; au-
thorizlng Wapakoncta school district, Au- ,
gluize County, TO issue $500 in bonds 10
build school house.
HoUsE-Thc House, for the first time dur ,
ing the session, suspended the rules and as
a consequence succeeded in disposing of q
large amount of business, passing several
bills and defeating number. Among those
lost was one to provide ugninst accidents in
shops and factories by making IL unlawful
TO adjust shafting or betting or repair or
clean machinery while in motion: also the
bill to permit the employment of stcnog
raphers In grand jury rooms, and the one
for the protection of employees and to pre-
pence to require physicians to register with
county recorders. The following bills were
passed; 10 amend Section 4917 OF the Re
vscd Statutes by providing that when