Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-03-29
THE LEGISLATURE.
Proceedings of tho sixty-Ninth General
Assembly of Ohio.

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viots released from the Ohio penitentiary shall
be returned to the counties in which they were
convicted, unless they have before the expira-
tion OF sentence secured employment elsewhere.
vember to the list OF months In which cattle
may be shipped into the State, and providing
that, when cattle are killed for post.mortem ex.
animation ns to disease the Live Stock Com
mission shall pay for the cattle not to exceed
one.half OF their valuation II they are not dis
eased, Adjourned
House-At four o'clock this afternoon there
were just thirty eight members present-nine
Democrats and twenty.nine Republicans. Mr..
Hodge moved that the Committee on Municipal
Affairs be relieved from further consideration
of the Ryan Senate bill to amend the owen Sun.
day closing law and that II be referred to the
Committee on Temperance. The yeas and nays
were demanded and resuted-yeas 30, nays 8.
There being less than quorum voting the mo.
tion was declared lost and call OF tho House
demanded, when hfty.three members-0ve less
than quorum-auswered to their names. This
prevented any further business and the House
adjourned.
Senate, March is.-Mr Nichols introduced n
bill to provide that all local bills, except those
authorizing transfer OF funds or which provide
for the submission to vote OF the people OF the
proposition involved, shall. upon being intro.
duced in the Legislature. each be advertised in
two papers OF opposite politics in the county
affected, Other bills were introduced fol.
lows: To divide Independence township, Cuya.
hoga County, into two election precincts; au.
thorizing the Council of Mansfield to transfer
thorize the Council of Rendville Perry County,
to transfer funds; to repeal an act to divide
Pleasant township, Hancock County, into two
leection precincts; to divide Paris township,
Stark County, into three election precincts; to
require that prisoners In county jails shall be
kept separate from each other, when that is
practicable; requiring county commissioners to
furnish prisoners in county iails with fuel, bed
clothing, washing and nursing when required;
10 authorize municipal councils to condemn
property and raise or lower railroad tracks in
order to construct viaducts and otherwise make
highways over raiiroad tracks, etc, safe; to in
or ,ase the bounty for killing English spar
rows from ten to twenty cents dozen.
TO authorize the trustees of Liberty Blanchard
and Pleasant townships, Hancock County, to
levy tax to construed graveled or macada-
mized roads, pixies and highways Mr.. Morrison
introduced n bill to require every foreign build
Ing and loan association to deposit as surety
10000 in bonds and to provide for the appoint
ment by the Governor of three inspectors of
building and loan associations who shall receive
$500 year.
HOUse-A bill intended to reduce the price of
school textbooks was introduced by Represent.
alive Geyer this morning. The law now author.
lies boards of education to purchase school
books and furnish them to pupils at cost and
boards of education in twenty counties have
taken advantage OF this, and report lowering
by third Of the cost. Mr. Geyer's bill re.
quireS boards Of education to purchase school
books and school supplies and sell them to
school children at cost, with fifteen per cent.
added to cover the expense of transportation
and snle. Bills passed. To caeate special
district OF Pultney township and Bellaire City,
roads, authorizing Miamlsburg, Montgomery
County to issue $4,000 general improvement
bonds; authorizing the commissioners of Nor.
gan County TO issue Sl0,o0O additional bonds to
complete bridge across the Muskngum river
at Stockton; authorizing the board of edu.
cation of Cleveland to increase the levy for
school purposes to seven mills; authorizing
Cuyahoga Falls. Summit County. TO issue $1,000
in bonds for the purpose OF supplying system
of waterworSs authorizing the commissioners
OF Hardin County to transfer funds; to author
ize the trustees of Huron township, Erie County,
to issue IS 600 in bonds to develop natural gas
and oil; TO divide Napoleon township, Henry
County, into two election precincts; to divide
Marion township, Henry County, into two
election precincts to authorize Canal Dover,
Tuscarowas County. to issue 5000 in bonds TO
secure manufacturing establishments: author.
zing the commissioners OF Portage County to
purchase flags and poles for the several town
ships, out OF money accruing from the
interest on the bequest left for that
RGRosi nRR Ey ornn coGny to panser
800 from the general, salary and police funds;
authorizing Cleveland to issue slJ1,OOO in bonds
to improve Walworth run: TO provide for non
partisan Jury commission of four. to be ap.
pointed by the common pleas judges in Cuya.
hoga, Lucas, Hamilton and Franklin counties.
Bills introduced: Providing that. when land is
mortgaged the tax shall be cut down according
TO the magnitude OF the mortgage, thus pre-
venting taxation of both land and mortgage, for
all of which the property holders must pay in
the end; authorizing the commissioners of
Henry County to issue $4,000 in bonds to re-
deem outstanding court house bonds; to au-
thoriZe the Council of Hilliard. Franklin County.
to issue 500 in bonds for street improvements;
to detach certain land from the township of
Findlay and attach it to adjoining townships;
to amend Section 1893 so as 10 leave II optional
with auditor, probate Judge and county COM
missicners to publish legal advertisements in
papers outside OF county seat amending the law
so rs to proyi c that commissioners may" in
stead OF "shall" publish legal notices in Ger.
man papers; amending the law for government
OF the Girls Industrial Home by striking out
tne clause prohibiting the performance of work
for oitside parties by certain employees: appro''
IN NM fhn in11Nr ant nf
road leading from Delaware to the Girls In
du>trial Home Mr.. Parker, OF Cuyahoga, pre-.
sented the petition OF over 300 citizens of
Cleveland against the passage of the Griffin bill
10 compel the closing OF barber shops on
sunday. The petition was over sixty;
to the Committee on Municipal Corporations.
Mr.. Cutter presented the remonstrance of
Martha II. ElTel president of the Ohio Wo-
mans Suffrage Association, and 1900 other
women against the passage of the Ryan Senate
bill modifying the owen Sunday closing law.
Additional bills pissed were ns follows: Au
thorizing Newark; tp issue 800 900 in bonds with
which to purchase ground and encourage a
manufacturing establishment to locate there;
authorizing ManStieldlto issue S5O,0O0 bonds to
extend the waterworkS
Senate, March le.-The Senate pcssed Mr.. Nc
Maken's bill 70 prevent railroad accidents due
to the overworlSed condition of train men. The
bill which is now u law, provides rs follows
ANY company operating railroad over thirty
miles in length. inwho elor in part, within the
State, shall not permit oc require any conduc-
tor, engineer fireman or brakeman on any train
who have worked in their respective capacities
for twenty.four consecutyes hours, TO again be
required TO go on duty or perform any work un-
til they have had. at Lease eight hours rest
Twelve hours labor shall Constitute n days
work, and for every hour thkt any conductor
engineer, fireman, brakeman ot any train man
of u company who works undcC directions OF a
superior or at the request OF the company. he
shal be paid for said extra services in addition
to his per diem. Any company Which violates
or permits to be violated, any OF tbe provisions
Nf ftnnV. NfNara ,tf.NN, nyAnf
or employe who violates or permits to be VIC
lated any OF the provisions of the preceding
sections, shall be fined not less than one hun
dred dollars nor more than one hundred and
fifty dollars" Bills passed the Senate as fol.
lows: Providing for the election OF trustees OF
civil townships in Section l6, school lands on
tn first Monday in April; To authorize the con-
yevonce OF n, cemetery 70 Zion church
trustees, of New Berlin. Stark County;
to authorize the board of education
of tho Wadsworh special school dis.
trict in Medina County TO issue bonds for the
purpose of heating the district school building;
authorizing the trustees OF Thompson township,
Geauga County, TO transfer funds; making def.
mite the statutes and codifying the established