Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-02-18
OHIO LEGISLATURE.
Ohio State Journal Summary.

FEB. -Senate-Bill introduced: Te
add insanity as grounds for divorce.
House-Bills introduced: Requiring
all railroads over forty miles in length
to heat cars by steam and prohibiting
the use of car stoves; amending section
6596 so as to prohibit cases being ap
pealed from Justices court unless the
Judgment is over $50 instead of $50 a:
heretofore; giving county boards Of
election discriminating powers in the
division of election precincts; providing
that an action for partition of real estate
may be brought in the probate court as
well as in the common pleas court
amending existing statutes so as to en-
able probate judges to cancel mortgages
in proceedings to sell lands by admin
istrators; providing for the establish,
ment of libraries in towns and cities OF
population from 5000 to 10000
amending section 1864 so as to make il
unlawful to catch or have in his pos.
session any fish during the spawning
season between September and March;
amending section $50 SO as to exempt
all persons over 20 years of age from
jury duty.
FEB. 9.-Sendte- introduced: To
amend the law relative to extending the
time for signing bills of exception.
House-Bills introduced: Repeating
the law providing for the appointment
of tax inquisitors; amending the law
relating to the assignment of dowers so
commissioners must appraise land at
the cash rental value; preventing dis
elimination against employees because
they happen to belong to labor organi-
cations and making the discharge of
employees for such reason a misde-
meanor; amending the statutes so as
to provide that all mortgages given
within three months previous to an as
signment shall be null and void and the
property thus mortgaged shall be turned
over to the creditors; amending section
3247 so that corporations organized for
purposes other than profit may have in
their bylaws provision for the election
of president directly by the members;
providing for the punishment for mali
cious shooting of cattle while the same
are tresspassing; amending the ballot
law by exempting from its provisions
township and school elections except in
cities and villages divided into wards;
requiring that applicants for leadership
shall be examined in addition to peda-
gogical branches upon matters of gen.
eral knowledge and information; au-
thorizing and directing the erection of a
State House and appropriating $1,000
600 to pay for the same.
Bills passed: House bills, amending
section 4705, Revised Statutes, so that
county commissioners may pay all or
part of costs in appeal cases from de-
cision of township trustee or commits
sioners, except where appellant fails to
recover a sum equal to the damages
awarded; adding the Union Veteran
Legion, Women's Relief corps, and
Ladies' circle of the Grand Army of the
Republic to the section making it un-
lawful for an unauthorized person to
wear the emblem of the order; providing
that owners of stations may enforce
liens on colts before any justice of the
peace where property is found; providing
that notice of passage of improvement
and ordinances shall be the
same as summons served in civil cases;
for the graduation from the
public schools.