Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1889-03-08
OHIO lEGIsLATURE.

HlnkluH lunU OuL tl,NNlsll, anu tllHI CGVVNN
had been paid out OF tho fund on July !, lsSs
in redemption OF temporary loans and In vi
olation OF tho Constitution and statutes o
Ohio, aud the commissioners OF the sinldp
fund were then called upon TO transmit 7
the House on or before the 2Sth day Of Fet
ruary, 1889, their official proceedings, or 81
much thereof as would cover and includ
the following transactions; Firs' Has an.
sum or sums of money beou paid out OF tn
sinking fund of this State since February 10
1885, for any purpose other than tho pay
ment Of principal and interest upon tho pub
lie funded debt of the State and interest ur
on the irreduciblo State dobti II so, how
much, when md for what purpose paid
Second--Hns any sum or sums OF money
been transferred from tho sinking fund I,
any other fund In the treasury, and II 80
how much, for what purpose and the datc o
such transient IThird--lfuny money was pnit
out of said sinking fund for the redemption
of any temporary loans, then for what pur
pose were said temporary lonns secured
md what was done with the money received
from said temporary loani Mr. Poormai
arose aud made speech saying that hC
wanted tho resolution adopted, but that h,
did not want the language rs to unconstitu
tionality OF the net to rcmnin in IL, as hi
thought tho action was all right: He nlst
wanted to give the sinking fund commits
sioners until March to reply. Tho rcsolu
tion was amended in accordance with hi,
suggestion and was then adopted. Tho gen
eral appropriation bill has been completed
The appropriations ms provided for In the
6ill VIII aggregate nearly - $4,000, Tht Tht
being twice as lnrge rs last year. The dc
ficiencies at the Soldiers Home and Orph
ans Homo alone are 100000. The Mansfield
intermediate pcnitontiary is not included II
the bill, owing to the failure of the trustee:
of that institution to iveinlormation asked
by the committee, upon which the appro
prlaton was to have been based.
SESATE-When the Senate met Mt foul
o'clock Mr., Ford moved n reconsideration
of the vote by which Mr.. Merriclis House
bill TO prohibit tho employment by trustees
or superintendents OF State institutions OF
relatives by blood or marriage was passed
The vote resulted Ia yeas and no nays. de
veloping the fact that quorum was moi
present, and the motion was declared lost,
The Senate then adjourned.
CoLuMRtts, Feb. 21.-SESATE-Mr. Coles
bill TO prevent the formation of trusts OF
combinations by incorporated or unincor.
poratcd companies came up Us special
order, and was amended so us TO provide
that charters of offending corporations shall
be revoked only after legal proceedings by
the Attorney General, and 1t is the duty OF
the Attorney General TO institute all nccos.
sary legal proceedings under the act. IL is
further amended that no charter shall be
granted TO any corporation proposing to
embrace under one charter any number of
corporations or companies, or association OF
persons. The discussion was stopped by Il
motion, which carried, to have the bill and
amendments printed and refer IL 10 q select
committee of nine, 10 report on March T.
The following bills were introduced: :
Amending section 6il6 authorizing probate
Judges TO demand bail for costs in all cases
where lands are sought to be appropriated;
authorizing Sidney, Shelby County, to Dor
row $4,000 to buy additional ground fol
cemetery; providing for tnlly-sheets on
which shall be counted rs straight tickets
those not Scratched without reading each
persons buried in abandoned cemeteries
shall be removed by the county when friends
are unable to do so. The afternoon was con
sumed in discussing the Mortley Two.Cent
Railroad Fare bill. II provides that all
railroads earning more than s., 900 per mile
shall carry passengers ut two cents per
mile.
HousE-The following bills were intro
duced: To amend Section 1867, Revised
Statutes. so as to provide that all legal I'D
vertising be published in papers OF opposite
politics; authorizing Noble County to issue
bonds in 50 600 and pay for improvements; ;
authorizing Ottawa County commissioners
TO transfer 5000 from inlirmary to building
fund-passcd; amending Section 6l0l au-
taorizing executors and administrators to
sell real estate at thrce-fourths of appraised
value; authorizing Ottawa, Putnam County,
TO issue bonds in S25,OOO for natural gas; au-
thorizing commissioners of Williams Coun-
ty TO issue 100000 additional bonds to com
plete court house; requiring township trus-
tees to report annually TO the superintendent
OF the children's home whether children in
dentured or adopted receive proper care and
education; supplementary TO chapter ., title
], part 4, TO punish dlsorderly conduct to
ward women by n fine of $500; curing de-
fects in the act to authorize Greenville to
issue bonds for natural gas and allow the
city to extend its authority outside the cor
porate limits; changing fish laws 50 as to
classify bays OF Lake Erie with lake itself,
regulating the size of nets and striking out
discrimination against gill nets, etc; re-
pealing net TO establish special school dis
trict in Osnuburg township, Stark County;
authorizing Cleveland TO issue bonds in
100000 to improve hnrbOr; authorizing COM
missioners of Henry County TO issue bonds
in S50,0O0 to redeem outstanding bonds
passed; amending Section 3lo5 OF the lien
law by striking out the two-year limit.
COLUMNS, Feb. %. S.-SESATE-When the
Senate convened this morning considera-
tion of the Mortley Two-Cent Railroad Fare
bill was resumed, nnd aft + an amendment
offered by Senator Alexander providing for
extending the privilege of issuing passes 10
the families of employees was adopted, tho
bill was placed upon its passage and lost
yeas 10, nays IL. The vote was as follows:
Yeas-Messrs. Adams, Alexander. Brad
dock, Glover, Kerr, Mehaifey, Morrison,
Mortley Robertson, Sinnett Stull, Taylor,
Townsend, Wallace, Zlmmerman-l5 Nays
-Messrs, Barrett, brown, Cole, Cowgirl,
Crook, Davis, Ford, Geyser Huffman, Muck,
Massie, Rannels, Ratubone, Richardson
Steuye-l5. Senator Taylor introduced two
bills, one OF which repeals the officers sal
ary bill for Cuyahoga County, passed last
winter, and the other provides for the com
pensation OF the officers by both fees and
salaries. The following bills were passed:
Authorizing Ironton 10 borrow S2O,0OO TO
build soldiers memorial hall; authorizing
Urichsville, Tuscarawas County, to issue
$1,000 bonds TO purchase iire supples; au.
thorizing trustees of Hubbard township.
Trumbull County, to borrow 81 800 TO build
soldiers monument; authorizing the
dredging OF Cuyahoga river; authorizing
the expenditure OF 5000 10 rebuild the
Willow street bridge in Cleveland, recently
destroyed by a steamboat running into it;
authorizing Washington County to transfer
5000 from the building to the general fund;
approprinting s0O,OJO 10 rebuild the laborG-
tory of the Ohio State University, recently
destroyed by fire; authorizing trustees of
Lafayette township, Coshocton County, 10
appropriate $1,000 to construct township
house; authorizing Madison township Rich
land County, TO borrow S25, 600 TO complete
memorial hall; authorizing counties of Car
roll, Stark and Columbiana TO change time
of holding election of common pleas Judges;
10 prevent the creation of deficiencies by
state otficers or trustees of public institu-
tions by making the expenditure of money
ln excess Of the amount appropriated pun
ishable by fine OF from $1,000 to 81 0OD; cx-
empiing from jury duty active and contrib
uting members of the National Guard of all
ages; providing that clerks of common
pleas courts shall keep duplicates of trial
docket and indexes for use of the court Off
GERS. Another two-cent passenger rate bill,
that OF Mr. BraddOck, was defeated late In
the afternoon by vote OF 10 yeas TO 10
nays. Messrs. Carlin aud Lindsey, who re-
fused TO vote on the Mortloy bill, were re-
corded in the negative, while Mr. Ford voted
In the affirmative. Mr.. Morrison introduced
bill 10 reorganize the municipal govern
ment OF Cleveland by ceutralizlng the
power and making the mayor the executive
head, with authority TO appoint the heads of
departments. Mr. Townsends bill iucrcas-
ing the numberof Supreme Judges from five
10 eight, extending the term TO eight years
and providing that the Supreme Court be di-
Vided into two divisions, was defeated
HousE-lhe first Of the series OF resolu-
tlons proposing amendments to the Consti-
tuition, which passed the Senate several
days ago, was considered In the House aud
adopted, after making slight amendment
In the clause prescribing the manner in
which the vote Of the people shall be taken.
The resolution provides for the submission
10 the electors OF the State ut the November