Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1847-01-06
Ohio Legislature.

Ohio Legislature.
u SENATE.-Dec. 23.-A communication
was read by the Clerk from the Secretary
of State in relation to the printing of the
Senate, containing corr espondence be.
between the Secretary of State and the At.
torney General, on the subject of the reso.
lutions giving the printing of the Senate to
Mr.. Medary.
| Mr.. Ewing moved that the papers be re-
ferred to the committee on Public Printing.
Mr. Eckley moved to amend so as to lay
the papers on the table in order to be
printed.
! The motion to lay on the table was lost.
Mr. Eckley moved to refer the resolu-
ton to the committee on the Judiciary,
which was lost.
The question being on recommitting was
carried, yeas II, nays l6.
Mr.. Edgerton offered a resolution author
izing the Clerk of the Senate to purchase
paper for the printing of the Senate, and to
keep correct accounts and vouchers of the
expenses, to be audited by the Speaker, as
sisted by two practical printers,a at the close
of the session. r
The resolution was adopted by yeas II,
nays l6.
A resolution requiring the Clerk of the
Senate to deliver all reports and documents
that may be ordered to be printed for the
use of the Senate, and which enter into the
volume Of Public Documents, to the printer
who may have contracted with the Secre.
tary ofState for the printing of Public Doc
uments, was adopted.
HOUSE OF REP.-Dec. 23.-The bill
providing for the election of the Board of
Public works by the people was read in
committee of the whole and recommtted.
Petitions were presented in relation to
local matters; also, several on the license
question, for the repeal of the black laws,
on the subject of annexation, &c.
SENATE. 24.-Mr. Goddard re-.
ported back the bill to protect purchasers
at tax sales with amendments, which was
laid on the table to be printed.
Mr.. King called up the bill to amend the
act passed March 81, 1s45, purporting to
levy tax upon all property in the State ac.
cording to its true value. This bill pro-
vides that all bank capital and capital in.
vested in the purchase of State stock shall
be taxed as other property.
On the presentation of the bill to the
Senate, Mr.. Eckley moved to amend by
the insertion of an additional section, ex-
empting from taxation certain articles of
property therein enumerated; on the adop-
ton of WHICH the yeas and nays were cali
ed, and resulted, yeas %, nays 5. So the
amendment was agreed 10.
The question was then put on the amend
ment, and division of the House being
called for, resulted,yeas l6, nays II. Lost.
Mr.. johnson moved to amend by the in
sertion of an additional section, providing
that banks and other joint stock companies
shall not be taxed under this tax law when
they are taxed by their charters, unless the
directors and stockholders shall consent.
MIR. Spindler said that if this rule had
been carried out, the lands of the town.
ships of Ohio, which were appraised in
their state of nature, could never have been
changed. But now gentlemen were un.
willing to apply the same rule to banks
which they then applied to the people. He
should vote against the amendment. The
amendment was lost, yeas II, nays II.
Mr. johnson moved to strike out the
committee amendments and insert an a.
mendment which he sent to the chair.
Mr. johnson made some remarks in SUD.
port his amendment, in which he said
that if this question were debated all the
session the result would be the same, as it
was understood that the democrats and
wings differ upon this question. The wings
believe that the legislature have no power
to tax banks without their consent. and the
democrats that they have.
MIR Utter called for division of the cues.
ton. The question then turned on striking
ing the amendments ofthe committee, which
was decided, yeas Is, nays Is.
Mr. Perkins offered the following as Sec
ton 10: all claims or demands for proper-
ty sold, which are of more than six months
standing, shallsbe considered credits SUBJ
ject to taxation; subject however to the pro.
visions of the 18th section ofthe act here
by amended,
The amendment was agreed to, making
it the duty of the county auditors and an.
pralsers to make out list of the improved
lots or surveys Of land, also list of the
unlmproved lots or surveys in their respec- :