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charge of by receivers appointed by said Court, 

 and remained in their charge, awaiting the re- 

 sult of said suit, until the 15th of May, at which 

 time the General Assembly passed a joint reso- 

 lution requiring the Board of Public Works to 

 take charge of them in behalf of the State. 

 The management of the works, both under the 

 receivers and Board of Public Works, has been 

 satisfactory, and the works properly cared for, 

 showing them to be in fair average condi- 

 tion. The moneys collected have been as fol- 

 lows : 



By receivers, from December 1, 1877, to May 1, 

 1S7S $69,765 69 



By Board of Public Works, from May 1 to No- 

 vember 15, 1878 H2,T60 24 



$182,525 93 



To which add amount reported as collected by 

 lessees, from November 15 to December 1, 

 1S77..7 18,102 50 



Total collected for fiscal year $200,628 43 



The expenditures for all purposes from reve- 

 nues have been : 



Under receivers, from December 1, 1877, to May 

 15, 1678 : $46,298 93 



Under direction of Board of Public Works, from 

 May 15 to November 15, 1878 95,495 40 



Total expenses by Board of Public Works and 

 receivers, from December 1, 1877, to Novem- 

 ber 15, 1878 $141,794 3 



To which add amount reported as expended by 

 lessees, from November 15 to December 1, 

 1877 5,564 C4 



Total expenditures for fiscal year $147,858 97 



Balance to credit of works for fiscal year 



To which may be added for water rents due on 

 November 1, 1878, but uncollected at that date 



Net earnings 



15,709 12 



$08,97858 



The sixty-third General Assembly organized 

 on the 7th of January, with a Democratic ma- 

 jority in both the Senate and House, and con- 

 tinued in session until May 15th. During that 

 time over one hundred and fifty general laws 

 were passed, among them being a series of acts 

 reorganizing the several reformatory and be- 

 nevolent institutions of the State, so that their 

 control was placed in Democratic hands. 



Another act was the redistricting of the 

 State in advance of the regular redistribution 

 of Congressional seats following the census of 

 1880. The measure hung in the Legislature 

 for some time, but was finally adopted with 

 the following arrangement of districts : First 

 and Second Districts Hamilton County divi- 

 ded as before, with the Twentieth Ward in the 

 Second District. Third Butler, Montgomery, 

 and Warren. Fourth Clark, Champaign, 

 Greene, Logan, and Union. Fifth Preble, 

 Darke, Miami, Shelby, Auglaize, and Mercer. 

 Sixth Allen, Van Wert, Putnam, Paulding, 

 Defiance, Williams, Fulton, and Henry. Sev- 

 enthLucas, Wood, Hancock, Ottawa, and 

 Sandnsky. Eighth Crawford, Seneca, Wyan- 

 dot, Hardin, Marion, and Morrow. Ninth 

 Fayette, Franklin, Delaware, Madison, and 

 Pickaway. Tenth Fairfield, Gallia, Hocking, 

 Meigs, and Vinton. Eleventh Brown, Cler- 



mont, Adams, Clinton, and Highland. Twelfth 

 Jackson, Lawrence, Pike, Eos?, and Scioto. 

 Thirteenth Monroe, Morgan, Noble, Athens, 

 and Washington. Fourteenth Guernsey, Lick- 

 ing, Muskingum, and Perry. Fifteenth Rich- 

 land, Knox, Holmes, Coshocton, and Tuscara- 

 was. Sixteenth Ashland, Wayne, Portage, 

 and Stark. Seventeenth Erie, Huron, Lorain, 

 Medina, and Summit. Eighteenth Carroll, 

 Columbiana, Belmont, Jefferson, and Harrison. 

 Nineteenth Ash tabula, Lake, Geauga, Trum- 

 bull, and Mahoning. Twentieth Cuyahoga. 



During the early part of the session charges 

 were preferred against John O'Connor, a Rep- 

 resentative from Montgomery County, that he 

 was during the war a bounty-jumper, a de- 

 serter, and also a penitentiary convict for grand 

 larceny. The charges were denied, but proof 

 was furnished, and O'Connor at last admitted 

 their truth, but denied the power of the Legis- 

 lature to take action in the case. A resolution 

 declaring his seat vacant, and striking his name 

 from the rolls, was passed by a vote of 64 to 

 18 as the last act of the session. 



The State Convention of the Prohibition 

 party was held in Columbus, February 21st. 

 It put in nomination the following State ticket: 

 For Secretary of State, J. N. Robinson, of Me- 

 dina County; for Judge of the Supreme Court, 

 W. F. Ross, of Miami County; for member 

 of the Board of Public Works, Delmont Locke, 

 of Lawrence County. The platform adopted 

 expressed sympathy with all engaged in tem- 

 perance work, invited sympathy from men of 

 all parties, demanded total prohibition, aboli- 

 tion of official patronage, and election of all 

 civil officers by a direct vote; called for ap- 

 propriate labor for those confined in jails, de- 

 manded a law giving laborers first lien on prop- 

 erty for work done, against subsidies of land 

 to corporations, for laws to prevent stock and 

 grain gambling, the prevention of land monop- 

 oly, prohibition of labor by children under four- 

 teen years in mines and factories, abolition of 

 class legislation, equal suffrage and eligibility 

 to office without regard to sex, and repeal of 

 all laws against the civil rights of women, the 

 separation of the money of the Government 

 from all banking institutions, the Government 

 only to issue paper money subject to prompt 

 redemption in gold or silver, the issue of small 

 Government bonds interconvertible with paper 

 money, for stringent Sunday laws, for compul- 

 sory education, and for the reduction of official 

 salaries. 



On February 22d, a Convention of delegates 

 from the National, Workingmen's, Greenback, 

 and Labor Reform organizations was held in 

 Toledo, and the National party of the United 

 States organized. (See UNITED STATES.) 



The Republican State Convention was held 

 in Cincinnati, June 12th. The following ticket 

 was nominated : For Secretary of State, Melton 

 Barnes, of Guernsey County; for Judge of 

 Supreme Court, William Whije, of Clark Coun- 

 ty ; for Member of Board of Public Works, 



