Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-01-17

JAN. S-SeR0te- Convened in adjourn,
ed session. Governors message read
Adjourned to 10 An
House. Convened in adjourned ses-
sion.
: Bills introduced: To authorize NUM-
cipal corporations to license hawkers
ETC., in certain cases; to punish sOdomy;
require railroad companies to use au-
tomato couplers on freight cars; prevent
blacklisting of discharged employees; pre-
venting assignees from giving cognOvit
judgments and defeating workingmen' S
claims
! Governors message read.
| JAN. 9.-Sendte-Bills introduced:
To provide for the return of discharg-
ed convicts to the county from which
they came: to compel justices of the
peace to determine cases where culpritS
plead guilty.
HOuSe-Bills introduced: Providing
that minors under II shall not be en-
ployed in shops, factories and mines; for
the appointment of a commission to
compile series of textbooks; amend
ing food adulteration law; to compen-
safe land owners for property appropri-
ated by supervisors; regulate heating of
passenger ears; change method of elect
ing officers in joint stock companies;
regulate by taxation use Of fishing nets
in Lake Erie and reservoirs of the State.
JAN. 10.-Senate- passed: Senate
bill relating to the right to remove par
tition fence.
Albaugh school bill postponed two
weeks.
House-Bills passed: House bill to
prevent trustees of public institutions
from employing relatives; House bill to
authorize labor StatiStician to enter shops
and factories and gather statistics;
House bill to authorize common pleas
clerks to index suits and judgments.
House bill to regulate telephone rates
discussed and lost by vote of 55 to 36.
JAN. 1.-SeBGte-B introduced:
Subject to reserves of life insurance
companies to taxation; authorize i'm
prisonment of girls under Is years of age
to Cincinnati reformatory; establish and
maintain executive mansion; renew
chattel mortgages.
HouSe-Bills passed: House bill to au-
thorize lease of 4th floor Bellaire school
building; House bill to appOrtion be-
tween counties cost of common ditch;
limit number of those entertained free
of cost at public institutions; House bill
to authorize use of school houses for en-
tertainments.
The Senate was not in session on Sat
urday. In the House there was but a
slim attendance, and the road question
occupied its attention.
JAN. 14.-SenHte-BillS intrOGuC d:
For compensation to prosecutors in
counties where Probate courts have
criminal Jurisdiction; for increased com
pensation to prosecutors; to widen side
walks along county roads; to appoint
stenographers for grand jury rooms.
HOuse-Bills introduced: To appoint
a clerk to county commissioners; au-
thorize prosecuting attorneys and their
assistants to testify before grand jurieS;
require corporations to keep a record of
their business; require probate court pa
pers in inquest cases; divide certain
counties into road districts; amend law
of pleading; make railrLad companies
liable for damages in injury cases re-
sulting from negligence; authorize part |
nership to sue or be sued by partnership |
name; cage bears for travelling exhibi- |
ton; to prevent trusts; compel children
under IA to attend school; protect me-
chanics and operators in shops and fac
tories.