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The Cincinnati Daily Star
Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio
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On April 30 in Columbus, the Ohio Senate conducted no important business. In the House, they announced the death of Representative O.P. Nichols from Summit County, appointed a committee for resolutions, non-concurred on Senate adjournment amendments, passed local bills, introduced a Cincinnati tax levy bill which passed, lost a salary fix bill, and passed an amended bill for transcribing muster rolls and soldiers' tombstones.
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COLUMBUS, April 30.—No business of any importance was transacted in the Senate.
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Mr. Blake, of Portage County, announced the death of Hon. O. P. Nichols, Representative from Summit County, and moved the appointment of a committee to draft suitable resolutions on the life and services of the deceased, and to report these and such other appropriate action as might seem proper. Agreed to.
The Chair appointed as that committee Messrs. Blake, Williams and Holloway.
The Senate amendments to the adjournment resolutions were non-concurred in and a Committee of Conference appointed on the part of the House.
Several local bills were passed.
Notice was given of the intention to introduce resolutions compensating employees of the House for extra services.
Mr. Dirr introduced a bill authorizing the levy of a special tax of fifteen-one-hundredths of a mill in three years, five-one-hundredths each year by the City of Cincinnati to complete the Cincinnati City Infirmary and procure steam heating apparatus. Read the first time, and the second and third times under a suspension of the rules, and placed on to-day's calendar.
A bill to fix the salaries of members of the Legislature at $500 a year was lost.
Mr. McLain's bill to provide for transcribing the muster rolls of Ohio regiments now in the Adjutant General's office was taken from the table.
Mr. Nigh moved to amend by inserting the text of Converse's bill of last Saturday appropriating $1,000 for erecting tombstones on soldiers' graves in Greenlawn Cemetery. The amendment was adopted and bill passed.
The Senate refused to grant the Conference an adjournment, as asked.
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Columbus, Ohio
Event Date
April 30
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death of hon. o. p. nichols; appointment of committee for resolutions; non-concurrence on adjournment amendments; passage of several local bills; introduction and passage of cincinnati tax levy bill; loss of legislature salary bill; passage of amended bill for muster rolls transcription and $1,000 appropriation for soldiers' tombstones; senate refusal of conference adjournment.
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The Ohio Senate transacted no important business. In the House, Mr. Blake announced the death of Representative Hon. O. P. Nichols from Summit County and moved for a committee to draft resolutions, which was agreed to with Messrs. Blake, Williams, and Holloway appointed. The House non-concurred in Senate amendments to adjournment resolutions and appointed a conference committee. Several local bills passed. Notice given for resolutions compensating House employees. Mr. Dirr's bill for Cincinnati special tax levy to complete infirmary and procure steam heating passed under suspension of rules. Bill to fix legislators' salaries at $500 lost. Mr. McLain's bill for transcribing muster rolls taken from table, amended by Mr. Nigh to include Converse's appropriation for tombstones in Greenlawn Cemetery, and passed. Senate refused conference adjournment.