Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1848-03-01
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sanding rules. I he 18th and 14.h rules =
rend MS follows: ~.,F - - 81.
'I3. When bills or joint resolutions nre \
enrolled. they shall be examined by joint
committee of two n ukers from each
House, 10 be oppointed standing commit
tee for that purpose, whose duty il shall be
to compare the enrolled willie the engross-
ed bills and resolutions pissed by the two
Houses, correct any clerical errors which
may be discovered, and report forthwith 70
their respective Houses. -, :
..f4. After cxaninn,ien and refoF. .ench
bill and joint resolution shall be signed by
their resi- rec,ive Houses; firstly the Speak
er ofs,he House OF Representatives, nnd
thensby the Spearer Of the Senat,. who.
shall fix the date thereto"
By these rules yon will perceive tlat
this bill was required Ito be examined by
a joint committee Of two members from
each House, TO be appointed standing Z
committee for that purpose This stand.
ing committee consisted oc Messrs. Byres,
Burns and Hastings, on the part Of tho,
Senate; and the rule requires two of them
70 examine each bill or resolution. The
rule also requires each bill to be reported :
correct in each House before signing l
am au horzed by Mr. Byers md Mr Burns
10 say that so far from having examined
| this blA il was not even shown 10 them. 1t
wns never reported by the commite in the
Senate as examined aud correct; for you
| have no Senate to which even ''lbe one
man. c ,uld have reportedit. i.
charge you, then, firm these documents.
| 1st. With having stolen or purluined
this bill from the Senate. ~. 1.
Cd. That while question wns pending
upon this bill, undecided by the Senate, at.
ter having stolen the bill, you had it en-
rolled without the knowledge of the Senate.
Sd. You signed this bill without its hay.
ing been legally examined BY this stand
iug committee. = 49,
4th. You signed it by stonlth, contrary
to the constitution and our stnnd ng rules.
5th charge you with having done oil
this, in order to make, by high-hnnded Tyr
amy, this bill a law, without its having
passed the Legislature. :
And now, sir r,in conclusion, say to you,
that the fifteen democratic Senators, who,
rather than see the constitution violated.
withdrew from their seats, when they shall
have been informed that the bill, which be-
fore was ral7able violation Of the consti-
tuition, has been by aant,er und still more
| dirk and damning violation, ,purloined from
this Senate, and removed from further ac-
, tion: and that this has been done 10 exiri-
! cate yourselves from u dilemma in which
your former folly and iniquily had placed
you, and that on your soul, you, who, be-
fore you left your constituents, was heard
TO s'cnll your God to witness that you would
not aid in tho passage ofany unfair nppor.
tionment bill, rests pre- e.ninent,y the con-
summation Of this infamous deed that, al.
, tho they have no longer constitution TO
prtec,; no longer any rules 10 proiecl them,
yet they have some local interests Of their
constituents 10 guard, which will call them
. to their seats
MI Speaker, we have done OUR DUTY.
We did it BOLDLY and FEARLEssLy; and
we are willing to answer to our constitu-
enls. The enemies Of law and order have
triumphcd. But they have done 1t by fraud
and trickery, such as should consgn them
to eternal infamy. The sin of reriured
guilt rests upon their souls, and Bile eding
constitution lies torn and tatiered ut their
feet The people will reward them accor-
ding to their merits.
HOUSE, Feb l9.-Mr Potter, in nccor.
dance with notice given yesterday, on be.
half Of himself aud others, presented the
; following:
+ PROTEST.
HOUSE, OF REPREsENTATIvEs,
Feb. Is, 1S4S.
The undersigned, members OF the House
Of Representatives Of the State of Ohio. sol.
emnly pro,es, against the action Of the
, House oil this day in the passage Of the fol-
t lowing resolutions: s- s..
/, "Re solred, 'Thnt,as touching the amend.
' ments of the House Of Representatives 10
v Senate bill No. 20, To fix and apportion
: the representation Of theti ieneral Assembly
3 of the State of Ohio, the House recedes
I from all its amendments to which the Sen.
, ate mad not agreed. and that the Senate be
, informed thereof foothwith." st3
t The undersigned assign as their reasons,
r the following: 81
!. The bill was not in the possession ofthe
House, but had been returned to the Sen.
, ate with message from the House that it
8 insisted upon the amendments it had been
! made with one exception, and from that a.
mendment the House receded. From the
, time that the bill and message had been sen.
to the Senate, no message had been return
} cd from that body by which this House
+, could know whether it had agreed or disa-
: greed to the amendments The House
{ could take no oction on said bill, whilst it
and the amendments pending in, and under
g consideration, in the Senate. There is no
: precedent in parliamentary history for the
: simultaneous consideration Of a proposition
a by the two Houses, which requires separate
, action Of each. That the mode adopted in
, this instance, to legislate and pass laws by
interchange of resolutions between the two
Houses, is subversive of order, Of estab-
: lished rules of law, and must lead to inter.
7 minable confusion, it was decided no Ion.
I ger ago than Saturday last in this House,
7 that motion to reconsider a vote on the
: passage Of the Senate bill No. 20, was not
D in order whllstthe bill was in the Senate,
4 and the House amendments undergoing dis
; cussion there, case prscisely similar to
It the present. A motoin 10 now made 10 re-.
J. cede from our amendments, which 10 only