Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-02-27
OHIO LEGISLATURE. L
,om O. s Journal Summary

From o. S. Journal Summary
FEB. 17.-Sendte-B introduced:
Doing away with the requirement that
judges must sign bills of exceptions;
make publication equivalent to service
of summons.
HOuse-Bills introduced: Extend lein
law to animals boarded at livery stables;
provide that Mayor must appoint Col
umbus board of elections; establish uni
form time throughout the State; making
unlawful, unless advertised, granting of
municipal franchises; taking contested
election cases from Senate and putting
them in Judiciary; State to pay convicts
having children to support so cents a
day; making it misdemeanor, punish
able by one to three years Imprisonment,
for man to desert his family; common
pleas judges to appoint boards of visitors
to county penal and benevolent institu-
tions.
| FEB. 1S.-Senate- introduced:
Pay clerks and judges of election $3.50
per day when votes in townships exceed
200; pay township clerks $25 per year;
requiring prosecuting attorneys to draw
in legal form contracts made by county
commissioners.
Resolution adopted: Asking Congress
to appropriate to improve the Cumber-
land river; authorizing adjutant general
to furnish camp equipment and inspect
camp Sons of Veterans.
Appointments of State Librarian Sib-
ley, Rev. J. C. Hutsinpiller trustee
Athens asylum, and John G. Entrekin
trustee Columbus asylum not confirmed
House-Bills passed: Define residence
inmates Trumbull county infrmary.
Representative Blair of Adams un-
seated.
FEB. 19.-Sendte-B introduced:
To regulate telephone rates; to remedy
defects in titles to reality.
Several nominations by Governor
Foraker not confirmed.
HOuSe-Bills introduced: Extend time
for shooting wild duck to April Is; au-
thorize Governor to execute deeds for
government lands in Belmont county;
take so cents from delinquent tax to pay
for advertising: to redistrict State; en-
force mechanics lein on personal prop
erty; prevent physicians from contract
ing with inhrmary directors for attend
ing poor of more than two townships;
authorize marshals to appoint their own
assistant; change legal rate of interest
from 6 to per cent, and on contracts
from 8 to 6; double punishment for re-
peated misdemeanOr; authorize probate
judges to remove guardians of insane,
ETC., when ward removes from county;
pay $1,000 for capture Blinky Morgan.
Bills passed: H. Bs. redistrict Spring
field into wards; board of public improve
ments for Cincinnati; grade salaries
township trustees in counties having
cities of the third grade, second class:
provide that guardians cannot through
cOllusiOn with heirs change descent of
realty by converting it into personality.
FEB. 0.-SeYaate-Bills introduced:
Two to modify the Owen Sunday law
by allowing Cincinnati saloons to remain
open from to II P. NJ. and reducing the
penalty for violation; regulate electric
light companies; vest ownership of game
in land owners and give them power to
arrest trespassers.
Bills passed: II. Bs. require two thirds
majority council to pass ordinance for
issue of bonds; appropriating $508,647,-
SO to pay principal and interest on pub
ic debt, interest on irreducible debt and
expenses of sinking fund commissions;
remit 50 road tax to persons maintaining
public watering troughs; increase bond of
Secretary of State from $4,000 to $780,
300; legalize payment of $1,000 reward
for capture of Blinky Morgan; S. Bs.
not more than two memhsrs of village
boards of health shall be physicians; au-
,horize township trustees to contract
with physicians fortreatment of poor.
F. NJ. Marriott confirmed manager
penitentiary
HOase-ResOlution adopted: S. J. r.
20 authorize the adjutant general to fur
lish camp equipment and inspect Sons
If Veterans camp.
Representative Peterson of Adams
county sworn in.
FEB. 1.-Senata-BillS introduced:
Limit amount county commissioners
nay compound for or release to $1,000;
provide that report of official examiners
If county treasurers shall be prima facie
in court; recognizing peni-
entiary; require insurance companies
claiming exemption under old consti-
utiOn to make reports to insurance COM
provide that there shall be no
after two insurance assess
nents have been paid.
Bills passed: II. b. turnpikes in jeff
rson county; authorize collection of tolls
n Bellaire and Wegee turnpike.
HOuse-POlitical skirmish over redis-
ricting bill, and adjournment.