The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-03-29
GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
sixty Ninth Session.

/ animals by order Of the Live Stock Commits
sion: providing for the return OF convicts 10
the counties where convicted unless they have
secured employment elsewhere; defining erred
Its" in listing property TO mean and include the
excess OF ones personal property not exemp,
| from taxation over legal bona fde debts. Mr..
O'Dowd's bill abolishng the Cincinnati Board
OF Aldermen was read tue second time and re
| forred to the Judiciary Committee. Mr.. Gold
| rick's Hamilton ripper was read the scrond
time and efcrrod.
HOusE.-Met and adjourned until tomorrow,
owing 10 no quorum.
COLUMBUS, March 1S.-SENATE.- intro
duced: To advertise the introduction of local
bills except TO transfer funds and where the
proposition Is to be submitted to q vote; TO
amend the building association law. Bills pass
ed; II. B. to transfer funds in Union Township,
Miami County; to define the duties OF water
works trus tees of Lima; for $4,000 additional
bridge bonds at Stockbrdge, Morgan County;
s. i. to isolate jail prisoners; authorize com
missioners to contract for food, etc, for pris-
oncrs giving twenty cents q dozen bounty for
killing English sparrows.
HousB. Bills introduced: 100000 redemp.
tion bonds in Henry County; to abandon the
Hooking canal from Carroll to Lockbournc; to
tax mortgages; to print notices OF election in
two papers of opposite politics; to substitute
"organize" for substitute in Section 1854; TO
give the keeper of jack lien upon the get OF
the same for one year; school-booll bill; TO
strike out the clause preventing girls OF the In
dustrial Home from taking in outside work.
Bills passed: H. b., loaning the credit of Clcve-
land for $l5O.OO0 to sewer district and to open
a1trcet; to give the commissioners of Fairfield
County possession of Il road leading from Lam
caster; for $4,000 Improvement bonds ut Canal
Dover; to authorize the Walnut Township
Gallia County, board of education to employ a
German teacher; to authorize the township
trustees of Portage County to purchase flags;
for $1,000 board OF education bonds to pay those
outstanding at Washington O. H.; for $4,000
general improvement bonds Mt Miamsburg:
for seven mills additional school levy at Cleve-
land: authorizing Cuyahoga Falls, Summit
County, to vote on Il proposition for $4,000
watcr-worlis bonds; for S6,5DO natural gas
bonds in Huron Township, Erie County; for
non partisan jury commission of four in Humil.
ton Cuyahoga, Franklin and Lucas Counties;
Tor $1,000 to extend the Mansfield water-works
system; for $50, 600 bonds to encourage manu-
featuring at Newark.
COLUMBUS, March 17.-SE NATE. Bills intro
duced: Providing that where husband or
wife becomes insane the other can dispose of
property acquired after insanity took form;
board OF appraisers for telegraph and express
companies. Bills passed: II. Bs. to prohibit
railroad companies from requiring employees to
work more than twelve consecutive hours: To
make more definite the law relating to estates
of deceased partners; to elect trustees in civil
townships, under section 16, first Monday in
May instead of April. S. Bs., TO make report
of committee investigating a county treasurer
prima facic evidence in court; to fcillc Chattcl
mortgages o prevent party of the first part
from testifying in agreement made with an
agent of the party OF the second part after the
agent is dead unless the agreement is made in
the presence OF u third party; TO give prosccut-
ing attorneys extra compensation in certain
cases; preventing u debtor about to assign from
preferences in favor OF relatives or friends;
for an asylum for epilcptic insane; providing
thmt where property is sold ON foreclosure :he
order of sale shall be title TO purchaser; to au-
thorize guardians to lease real estate of wards
for oil or gas permitting order of partition with
in year after death unless personal estate is
sufficient to pay debts.
HOUsE--Bills introduced: To relieve exec.
utors and administrators from responsibility
for unclaimed money; to compel electric light
companies in Cincinnati to put wires UNDER
ground; TO provide that where party offers
evidence of conversation, admissions or acts of
an agent of an opposite party, the latter may
testify concerning the authority OF such party;
to amend the township road law by giving au
thorty to local roads TO cemeteries 10 amend
Section of the Dow law, so that in townships
the money shall be paid 10 the township fund
ms in corporations; TO pay trustees OF County
Childrens' Homes three dollars day; author
izng Supreme Court Clerk TO appoint two
deputies: TO prevent employment by railroads
q
burdens to be hauled on public roads; to value
real estate every five years; to authorize coun-
Cils and commissioners to transfer funds not
exceeding $1,000 without an act of the Legisa-
ture fixing She compensation of county, city
and State boards of Equalization for 1899; re-
lease mortgaged securities given by guardian
TO "A minor in case final settlement is made
before minor attnns his majority; repeal
township local option laws. a number of bills
of n local nature were passed.
CoLUMBUs March 20.--SENATE.- Bills intro
duccd: For an equitable distribution of offices
TO Democrats; to give the Cleveland mayor the
veto power etc antitrust bill, preventing cor
porations from delcgating their powers; TO ar
rest, etc. cocaine opium eaters, etc; to amend
the burglary law; to amend tho law relating TO
publication of the list OF insurance companies.
Bills passed: II. B. TO authorize the Governor
10 execute deed for lands IN Belmont County;
to abolish the Columbus board Of health; abol-
ishing the Hamilton board Of public affairs; TO
provide that where yacasces in Offices of town
ship clerks and trCHSurerA occur they shall not
be llllcd until the next election; to apply the
education law to special school dis
tricts; 10 give city solicitors power TO man.
damus city officials; to make an order of sale
title to property sold in execution; 10 give the
use of school-houses for literary and other en-
authorizing banks other than
to elect more than three directors; to
Columbus into wards; for board OF
pubic aHulrs TOT lOlcuO' hWcuuHB lne INV re-
latng TO administrators accounts.
HousE-Bis passed: S. B. to allow town
ship trustees in Wayne County TO employ physi.
clans to attend poor. IL b. TO make 1t COM
pulsory on the part OF the Speaker TO deduct -
n day for abscnteeism; for $50 600 street i'm
provcment bonds for Wooster.
COLUMBUS March 81 i.-SENATE.-5ills intro
duced: To make it misdcmeanor, punishable
by imprisonment to desert within five years "a
wife welded to compromise bastardy. Bills
passed: ii. B for tire bonds AT Xcnia; to pre-.
vent the deposit OF filth, garbarge, etc. in pub
lie highways for town hall at Crdersvi!le,
Auglaize County; S. b TO incorporate live stock
insurance companies; TO require foreign insur-
ance companies TO deposit 100000 in securities
with the State Treasurer and provide for the
appointment of the inspectors: to require the
Cleveland council to make Il detailed report of
needed appropriations by the first week of each
fiscal year: reducing the fees of the Cleveland
building inspector from 5000 TO 81, 900; compel
all insurance companies organized under the
old constitution to report to the Insurance
Commissioner. to tax collateral inheritancas
and Dequcsts.
HOusE-Bills passed. $. B. to authorize
Pomeroy to vote on IS 900 railroad bonds; II. Il.
for Columbus to vote on 100000 Armory bonds;
to establish an agricultural society in Mont
gomery County; for two voting precincts in
Benton Township, Paulding County.
The Democrats of Crawford, Marion
and Wyandot Counties have nominated
Hon. Allen Smalley for comm an pleas,
Judge.
A GERMAN carp, weighing sixteen
and threequarter pounds, was. caught in
the Miami nj YER near DAYTON