Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-02-19
OHIOLEGISLATURE.
O. S. Journal Summary.

o. s Journal Summary.
FEB. I0.-Senate- Bills passed: House
bills, recurring witnesses to appear In
court and produce wills with original
signatures; providing for keeping rec
ords of railroad assessments by county
auditors.
House-Bills introduced: Providing
that in case loser of any wager fails for
six months TO prosecute the winner, any
person may sue and recover the whole
amount, the money to 60 to the school
fund; empowering road commissioners
to change location of county roads;
allowing commissioners when, in their
opinion, compensation of county officers
is excessive to make an additional re-
duction of 10 per cent. in fees; TO abate
as a nuisance any saloon where liquor
is sold in violation of the law; compel
gas or light companies to furnish
products to any person without discrim-
ination and regulating the same; pro-
viding that no person shall be eligible as
a member of council who is a member
of or interested in any water, gas or
electric light company; amending fifth
law so as to permit the catching of bass
between June Is and April following.
Bills passed: Requiring owners OF
stock dying from contagious disease to
bury or burn the same; appropriating
moneys for support of common schools
and to pay interest and principal and
public debt; providing that municipal
tiles shall pay for service of judges and
clerks at municipal elections.
FEB. -Senate-Bills introduced:
Abolishing canal commission and pro-
vide for board who shall sell or lease all
canal properties; harmonizing sections
2797 and 2742, upon which Rawlin's bill
is based; changing name of intermediate
penitentiary to Ohio State reformatory;
providing for graded schools in all town
ships of State.
Bills passed: House bills amending
sections 3340 and 334l so that railroads
can charge only 81 per car for switching;
authorizing Uhrichsville to issue Sl3-
500 for railroad shops; authorizing town
ship trustees to provide revised statutes
for justices of peace.
House Bills passed: House bill ap-
propriating $25,000 to build an Ohio
cottage for INDECENT widows of soldiers
of the late war at the National Woman's
Relief home at Madison, Lake county;
appropriating money to pay the members
of state board of equalization and canal
commission.
Resolutions adopted: Requesting the
government to make surveys of the Ohio
Miami and Erie canals and prepare an
estimate for ship canals.
FEB. IL. -Senate-House bill requir-
ing all live stock insurance companies
to have paid-up capital stock of $780,
600. Bills introduced: Amending the
present law relating to the exemption of
creditors so that they are reduced; re-
ducing salary secretary of the board of
managers of the penitentiary from $500
to $1,000, and increasing salary of the
Superintendent of the kitchen from $500
to Sl200; to repeal the Tryon road law;
amending exemption law so that If 1t be
made to appear by the affidavit of
creditor that a claim on which judgment
is sought is for work or labor or for
necessaries, only 10 per cent. of the
wages shall be exempt from attachment
or garnishee.
House-Bills passed: Senate bills,
making it misdemeanor for any person
to maliciously interfere with meters of
gas companies; authorizing guardians
of imbeciles to mortgage the real estate
of wards to pay judgments against the
estates; providing for the settlement OF
arbitrated claims in the probate instead
of common pleas court; fixing penalty
for breaking into hen, dog, boat and
sugar-houses.