Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-03-02
OHIO LEofsLAruRg.
Proceedings or Both Branches OF tne
General Assembly.

1
| Columbus, Feb. 21.-Senate.-The
senate to-day adopted Mr.. Longs joint
resolution memoralizing congress to
build ship canal along the route of
the Miami and Erie canal from Toledo
to Cincinnati, also asking the building
Of a canal along the route of the Ohio
and Erie canal from Cleveland to Ma
rietta.
Bills passed: Authorizing the cleo
tion of am additional police court
Judge in Cleveland at April election;
TO provide for the organization and adj
mission of mutual companies to trans
act the business of inland transporta-
tion insurance, and to provide against
loss by burglary and robbery or at
tempt thereat; abolishing state board
of pardons, and creating board OF
pardon advisers, whose terms shall
end cotemporaneous with that of the
governor. Adjourned to 1880 Monday.
House.-Bills passed: To authorize
the county commissioners of Mercer
county 10 provide funds to replace
buildings destroyed by fire, purchase
additional land and improve the same
and make improvements on the Mer-
GER county fair grounds; to divide Pike
township, Stark county, into two cleo
tion precincts; amending an act relat-
ing to the compensation of county
officers of Tuscarawas county.
Columbus, Feb. 26.-Senate.-Bills
introduced: To provide that after
January 1, 1902, no teachers certifi-
cate shall be issued to any person who
has not passed satisfactory eXamina-
ton in rudiments of vocal music; au-
thorizing courts to suspend sentence
in cases where persons have been con-
victed of misdemeanors.
Bills passed: Extending to June !,
1900, time when railroads shall equip
cars with automatic couplers; author
izing trustees of county children's
homes to accept bequests; to provide
for listing all properties exempt from
taxation for the purpose of ascertain
ing the amount of such property in
Ohio.
House.-Petitions from thousands of
citizens, representing practically all
sections of state, asking for protection
of quail and other game were present.
ed. \ number of petitions against pas
sage of the bill limiting charges for
storage and transportation of oil in
pipe lines were also presented.
Mr.. Smith, of Delaware, offered n
joint resolution asking congress to
pass a per diem pension bill.
Columbus, Feb. 7.-Senate.-Bills
passed: Making the theft of bicycle
a penitentiary offense, the penalty be-
ing fixed at from one to three years
Imprisonment; doubling the penalty
for disturbing public meetings and
ipp to-, ~
trains; authorizing the board of school
examiners of Cincinnati to grant life
certificates to teachers; placing the
officials of Meigs county upon stated
salaries.
Bills introduced: Making it a mis-
demeanor for persons to solicit or sell
essays, compositions, orations, debates
to students in colleges and universi-
ties, the purpose being to encourage
self-reliance and honesty in these mat
ters; requiring county fair associa-
tions to file annual reports with coun-
ty commissioners of their transac-
tions, the same to be printed in two
newspapers of opposite politics; re-
quiring inter-urban and street railway
companies 10 file annual reports with
, the state railroad commissioner, and
| bringing such companies under the su-
pervision of this official, the same as
steam railroads.
House.-Bills passed: Fixing COM
pensaton of the county officials OF
Lawrence county as follows: Auditor
and sheriff Sl,70O each, probate judge,
treasurer and clerk $1,000 each, prose
cutor S1,10O, recorder $1,000, county
, commissioners $500 each, infirmary di-
rectors 5000; appropriating $61,0OO for
: salary and expenses of members OF
the legislature; increasing compensa-
: ton of decennial land appraisers in
Franklin county to SO per day. in To-
, ledo to S4 per day, and in townships
, of Lucas county to So per day.
The senate bill appropriating $4,000
to erect monuments to the memory oi
Ohio soldiers who participated in the
battle of Shiloh, in April, 1862, fur
nished n theme for patriotic speeches
Mr.. Thomas, of Huron, offered ar
amendment requiring that the money
appropriated, so far as practicable, bt
spent with Ohio people, but this was
: rejected and the bill passed.
Considerable time was consumed ir
discussing the bill requiring county
surveyors to keep up the plats ant
maps of all lots and lands in their re
spective counties. Mr.. Holiday at
tempted to wipe out the main feature
2 of the bill by an amendment, but this
e was rejected and further consideration
of the bill was postponed unit
: March 6.
S The elections committee has agreed
: to report without recommendation th
/ election bill which abolishes cit.
t boards and provides for the appoint
! ment of county boards by commits
sion without reference to the recon-