Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-04-05
THE LEGISLATURE.
Proceedings of tho sixty-Ninth General
KEY .H Assembly of Ohin M

ncted beyond the approval of the journal, the
The following bill was Introduced; 10 author.
ize the village of New Philadelphia Tuscnrawas
County; to borrow $4,000 for the purchase OF ad.
adjourned,
Houss-The House had fair attendance when
~ met az Iour p m, but II required more than
an hour to read the journal and very little be.
yond that was accomplished. A number OF re-.
monstrnnoes aga INST the passage OF the RYAN
Senate bill modifying the Owen Sunday closing
law were presented. These came from citizens
OF Lorain, Trumbull, Lawrence, Morgan Wood
and other counties. Bills introduced: To au.
thorize the trustees of the Soldiers and Sailors
Orphans Home to employ re sident physician ;
to authorize East Palestine, Coumbinna Coun.
ty, to issue bonds for fire department purposes
-passed; authorizing the board of education
OF Redwood Clermont County, to levy d special
tax to repair school house -passed provid.
as taas banks lanors in maSs addition to the
October. shall at the request Of the Auditor of
State mako three other reports. at such times
district in Washington township. Frantlin
County, and Jerome township Huron County /;
amending the law to establish a manual train.
ing school Mt Columbus by doing away with the
approval of the tax commission; to authorize
the Council of Columbus to issue $50 900 in
bonds for bridge over the railropd tracks at
Park street; 10 authorize the school board OF
Arch1bald, Fulton County 10 issue bonds for q
school house-passed; to authorize the trustees
ot Gorham township Fulton County, to increase
the levy for road purposes-passed: amending
Section C3j0 by providing for the sale by as.
signees of perishabe goods without advertising
for four weeks; for the relief of certain persons
in Defiance County whose lands were overiown
by reason OF insutficiency of drains made by
the State before disposing of the swamps and
appropriating sl,5OO for the purpose.
Senate, March 25-Mr Morison's bill to per.
NIT surety companies to do business In Ohio
was defeated. Bills passed as follows: To au.
thorize the village Of Genoa. Ottawa County, to
transfer funds; TO authorize the village OF
Milan, Erie County, to transfer funds: to au
thorize the commissioners of Putin Bay Otta-
wa County, to transfer funds; to divide Lees
burg township, Union County, into two election
precincts; establishing road district in Cham.
paign County; to divide Newport township,
Washington County, into two election precincts;
to authorize the village Of Monroevine to trans.
fer funds. Bills were introduced as follows:
Providing that the expense of burying friend
less dead shall be paid by the county inirmary
directors out of the poor fund; to increase the
salaries of each common pleas Judge in Cuya-
hoga County from $4,000 to $500 annually; au.
thorizing the electors OF Wooster to vote on n
proposition to bond the city to tho amount of
100000 to build railroad sixteen miles long,
connecting with the N. Y, p. & O. railroad at
Burbank; to authorize Wellsvile to borrow
the Council Of WensSfle to transfer ST sF1te 81 COO to
the fire fund; to give to the Governor authority
to appoint soldiers and sailors commissions
now appointed by the common pleas courts.
Rouss-The call OF the roll OF counties for the
introduction of bills was continued this morn.
ing and the following were presented, some be-
Ing passed under suspension of the rules:
Amending Section $50 so that exceptions to in.
sufficiency of evidence may be taken in cases OF
forctble entry and detainer: to prevent savings
banks from engaging in fire insurance business;
to authorize Oberlin College to dispose OF aban.
doned church propery-passed; to authorize
Oberin. Lorain County, to issue $4,000 bonds TO
extend the waterworks system-passed; author
lZng the commissioners of Marion County to
transfer So 900 from the surplus building fund to
the general county fund, and s8 900 from the
surplus bridge fund to the general county fund
passed; providing that the hearing of o case
in which the p' esiding Judge has an interest
may be transferred to another Judge on the afii-
davit OF either interested party; authorizing
tho commissioners of MONTGOMERY County to
issue S20,00o IN bonds to build bridge over the
Great Miami-passed; dividing jackson town
passed; defining the term workshops and
factories" as used in the law prohibiting the
employment of children appropriating 1864, 355
to meet deficiencies; giving to Cincinnati Board
of Public Improvements authority to grant
electric light. telegraph and telephone com
pauics the right to put their wires under ground;
amending Section 4732 by striking out the word
Canada" so that the law will apply TO the cut
ting OF the common thistle; exempting thirty
acres in each quarter section from taxation
provided il be kept as forest, and constituting
the commissioners Of each county n forestry
commission; TO prohibit the appointment of any
person resident of u county in which is located
penal or benevolent institution from being a
tru tee; to authorize courts ordering real estate
sold on forec'o-ur TO sell same on payments
not extending beyond two yelrs; amending the
homestead law by granting additional rights to
decedents family in case homestead has been
Crawford County, to issue $4,000 bonds for
st CT improvements-passed to REQUIRE school
directors u keep local school buildings in re-
pair; to repeal the act authorizing Brooklyn,
school house; to authorize the mete
sorologieai bureau at the State Univers-
The General Appropriation bill was reported
back with amendments and laid over till the
afterroon session. Soon after reconvenlng
message from the Senate notifying the House
of the passage of Mr.. Monnot's i'll to authorize
the mayor of Springfield to appoint commits
sion to redisirict the city Into wards was read.
Amendments were inserted by the Senate to
make the bill local in its nature, but the House
refused to concur in the amendments. Mr.. Nc
, Grew. OF Springfield derounced the the o blll as a
tho Republicans held the city by the use OF
money a said that 1t was the council who
took from the people the right to look after
their own business. He branded the statement
that Democrats s had elected the mayor OF that
city with money as false and said that Mr.. Nc
Grew knew it to be false VIII n he made the
statement. Mr.. McGrew said the charge OF the
Use OF Doodle was not confined to any one party.
lie desired to call attention to the fact that the
gentleman from S ark (Monnot) stood by one
OF the Senatorial candidates, but for what pur-
pose he knew not Monnot sprang to his feet
and said: Does the member me?n to say got
anything? II SO. wish TO brand b i'm as an In
famous liar" Mr.. McGrew disclaimed having
made any such remarks. The Senate amend
mcnts were not concurred in and the House re-
sumcd consideration ofthe General Appropria
tion bill. Mr. Benfer moved to amend the bill
by cutting down the appropriation for the Ohio
National Guard encampment from $4,000 to
$4,000. A compromise was effected by making
the amount S30O0) Mr.. Robeson offered an
amendment to appropriate $4,000 for the Miami
and Erie canal, in addition to its earnings.
Pending this amendment, the House adjourned.
Sfnate, March 90. The only general bill passed
was Mr. Grifiin's House bill making it misde-
mcanor for a man to desert family dependent
on him for support and recting courts to place
dc!endants convicted under this act under bond
TO support their families. Other bills were
n ssed as follows: To authorize the city OF
wurk to borrow $4,000 to construct n sewer
in the eastern part OF the city; to authorize the
village OF Miamisburg, Montgomery County, to
borrow $4,000 for street improvements; TO au-
thoriZe the village OF Logan, Hooking County,
TO borrow 5000 for natural gas purposes; to au-
thor.ze the board OF education of Washington
G. H., Fayette County, to extend the time for
the payment of its bonded indebtedness; TO au-
thori2e the village OF Elyria to transfer funds;
to authorize the purchase and erection of flag
poles and flag raising implements for the
Mcintosh flags by the trustees of the several
townships OF Portage County: to authorize the
commissioners of Pike County to levy tax for
general county purposes. The following nomi-
nations were received from the Governor and
properly referred: John Blythe, OF Crawford
County, trustee OF the Working Home for the
Bind for the term ending the first Monday in
Atnri md of of Mar,n fr.,,,t