Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1841-02-02
THE STANDARD.
eEoReErowN, FEBRUARY 3, ly4I.
LEGISLATIVE.

until next session.
SECRETARY OF STATE.-on the 2Olh
ult. Mr.. Bissell introduced into the Sen
ate joint resolution, 10 elect Secreta-
ry Of State; laid on the table. Ii is said
the hotels at Columbus are pretty well
stocked with candidates for this Office
The present incumbent holds his office
until the end Of the session.
CoURTs OF COMMON PLEAS. MIR. Tay-
lOr, from the select committee 10 which
was referred the bill fixing the times Of
holding the Courts OF Common Pleas,
reported back the bill with amendments,
which we're agreed to, and the bill passed.
PRINTING BILLS. On the 2ist, the Sc.
nate passed resolution making it the
duty of their Clerk TO send copy Of the
imprinted bills Of the House to the State
Printer, to have them printed, unless 9TH
erwise ordered by the Senate.
RED OAK SEMrNARY.-The bill TO in
corporate this institution came before the
Senate on the 2lst, and caused consider
able debate. Among its sirOnges ST OpPO.
nenls was Mr. Green, whig Senator from
Plckaway. The bill was again discussed
ON the 23d; and was not yet disposed OF
on the 26tb. the date Of our latest news
from Columbus.
On the 23d, the House passed the fol-
lowing bills;-A bill to amend the act
for the support and better regulation OF
common schools, and 10 create perma'
nenily The Office Of Superintendent. A
bill fixing the time Of holding the Supreme
Court. A bill 10 authorize county CON
missioners to vacste paris of State roads
in certain cases.
THE BANK BILL is before the House,
and is The special order for every after
noon until i, gels out Of committee Of the
whole. Il appears from The debates tha
the banks have been duly consulted before
The bill was introduced; and il has beer
so framed az to lei in as branches most al
The institutions Of the State which have
unlawfully exercised banking powers, anC
which have flooded the State with dePre
ciated paper. Every amendment Offered
by a democrat, however reasonable and
Just il may be, is voted down by The whg
mainry. Mr.. BrOugh moved TO so amend
that instead Of nine commissioners ap'
pointed by the Governor 10 examine into
the condition Of fPresent banks before theil
admission as branches, the Board oI
Bank Commissioners should perfnrm thai
duty. The motion was lost. Mr.. Wood
then moved so to amend IS 10 confer the
appointment of the nine commissioners
upon the Legislature, instead Of the Gov
ernOr; which was also lost. Mr.. Brough
moved to amend the 9TH section by in
serling after the word incorporated
the words "as such" He said that un'
der lis section as II now stood, any two
or three individuals, in any town in the
State, who had clubbed themselves TO-
gether for the purpose Of making shin
plasters, might he allowed to transfer
their stock to the State Bank. There
were institutions" in the State, not in
corporated as hanks, which had issued
shinplasiers and swindled the communl'
y; aud such, he thought, should be ex'
cluded The motion was lost
PUBLIC PRINTING. In the House, On
the 25th, Mr.. Cla'ke, Chairman Of the
committee on printing. made a report re-
Viving the charges preferred against the
State Printer last winter, Afer The re-
port was read, M. Clarke introduced a
bill To prvide for he State printing after
the FIRST Of April next Mr.. Brough, :
member Of Tie same committee, charged
Mr.. Clarke with having drawn up the re-
port without the knowledge Of The rest o.
the committee; they had been kept IL
ignorance Df the affair until three or fOHl
days before tho report was in'rod"ced.-
Nj. CLARK did not, ii appeaS) deny the
charge. II was supposed that he hat
been several weeks drawing up The report
or What do wing members Of the LIE