Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-01-24
OHIO LEGISLATURE.

Require county commissioners In coun-
ties having towns of 10000 not county
seats, to advertise in newspapers of such
towns as well as county seats.
Bills passed: House bill for Children's
home in Harrison county; Senate bill to
authorize inspector of shops and facto-
ries to inspect public buildings.
Senators Rannells, Alexander, ,Sennett
Kerr, Carlin and Steuve appointed to Sc
lect committee to visit Toledo and in
vestigate feeling on pipeline bill
H0uze-Bills introduced: To reduce
premium on woodchuck scalps from u
to 10 cents; to inspect meats sold fol
food.
House bill appropriating $4,000 fol-
contingent expenses; Senate bill to sup
press bucket shops, ETC.; House bill to
require road supervisors to keep water
ways open; House bill to prohibit man.
ufacture or sale of adulterated wines.
JAN 16.-!SenGte- passed: House
bill appropriating $4,000 for contingent
expenses.
Mrs. Edith Youmans elected engross-
ing clerk. |!
Adjourned at II to allow agricultural
convention use of the hall.
HOuSe-BillS introduced: To prohibit
appointment of legislators to trustee
ships in public institutions; require
county commissioners to construct guard
rails at county bridges; appropriating
$1,700,S84.75 for support of common
schools; exempt from taxation encum-
numbered property to the extent of the
encumbrance; prohibit officers of public
institutions from keeping stock at the
expense of the State; authorize trustees
Kirkwood township. Belmont county, to
assume the duties of the school land
trustees; suppress lotteries and games
of chance; define qualifications of jurors
JAN. -SenGte-TOledO pipeline
bill discussed and passed.
HouSe-Bills passed: House bill tC
fine from S. to $500 and imprison &c
days witnesses refusing to testify before
referees in aid of execution; House bill
to require turnpikes to be cut down tc
grade prescribed by law; House bill to
compel foreign life insurance companies
to certify to the State Auditor the ag-
gregate of their policies for the purpose
of taxation.
JAN. -Senate-Bills introduced
| Prescribe a rate of taxation; retain
per cent. of debtors weekly wages fol
necessaries; authorize secret society in
surance companies to report to insur-
ance commissioner; to pay members OF
the board of pardons 5000 each an
nually.
Bill passed: Senate bill to compensate
township boards of education.
HOuse-Bills introduced: Require
consent of persons interested in proper
ty before building bridge abutments
prohibit discharge of refuse from distil-
leries into fishing streams; correct cleri-
cal omission in law.
Bills passed: Senate bill to amend
5437 and make sale of decedents' estates
subject to widows homestead.
Resolution adopted: To memorabilia
Congress for an appropriation to erect
on Lake Erie plan to propagate white
fish spawn.
Woman suffrage amendment discuss
ed and referred to Judiciary committee.
JAN. 19-Senate- in session.
HouSe-BilIs introduced: Authorize
State School Commissioner to draw
vouchers to pay school examiners; re-
peal law providing that but one member
of boards of school examiners shall be
taken from any one school; repeal act
requiring railroad companies to keep
bulletin boards at stations; provide that
agricultural societies, etc, may construct
sidewalks along public roads; tax COM
missions issued to persons holding pub
lie offices; for the inspection of all beef
for human consumption; giving Circuit
and Common Pleas Courts final juris-
diction in cases involving $500 or less
and 500 or less, respectively; provide
for the better collection of tolls on the
National road; close polls at 4 o'clock;
authorize land owners outside of muni-
cipal corporations to improve sidewalks
and ornament the roadway; amend sec
ton 6939 and forfeit to poor fund mon
ey or articles of value wagered on cleo
tions; authorize county commissioners
to purchase gravel and other material
for the improvement of roads other than
turnpikes; prescribing that tire on traf-
fic wagons between November Is and
May Is shall be not less than inches
wide and burden not not more than