The Ohio star. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1830-1854, 1853-02-16
OHIO LEGISLATURE.

In the Senate on the 10th, the bill to provide
for the publication Of the general laws in news
papers. was referred 10 tie Committee on Print
ing. Several other bills were referred. The
bill to provide for the collection Of interest on
cash bills after judgment or decree. was lost,
yeas Q. nays IL. Bills TO authorize the incor-
poration of cemetery companies; TO amend the
charter of the Cincinnati Orphan Asylum; and
TO defae the mode of laying out and establish
ing State roads, were passed. A bill to author
ize the REIMBURSEMENT Of turnpike roads 10 the
counties they pass through, was introduced by
Mr.. Pardee. Resolutions were adopted asking
information from the Board of Sinking Fund
Commissioners in regard 10 their New York
Agency, The expenses Of the old and the new
arrangement; and calling upon the Auditor and
Treasurer of Safe to report the condition oe
the Stale finances the pas: year, and for esi-
males Of public expenditures for the ensuing
year.
In the House, the bill to provide for the pub
fieation Of documents in The German language
was passed, yeas SO, nuys7. After discussion
The bill making appropriations In part Tor 1888
and for deficiencies in Quartermaster- Generals
department for 1852, was passed, yeas Sd, nays
l6. The bill 10 amend the lax law, striking out
The 5000 exemption clause was read The third
ine Mr.. Damon moved 10 amend the amend
slent by striking out $50 and inserting 100; Lost,
yeas Is, nays 60. After several unsuccessful
motions to amend. the bill was passed, yeas 60.
nayss. The bill for the suppression Of in'em
perance was read the third lime. We qaoie
from the Journal:
Mr.. Ward, Of Crawford, moved the previous
question. Losl-yeas 80, nays 46.
Mr.. Wi,hrow moved to amend SO that liquor
might be sold for camphor and vinegar. Lost.
Mr.. Shelabarger moved TO amend so ns tc
forbid the seizure and destruction Of Ohio wines
and cider, unless offered at retail, or foreign Ii
quors in the hands of an importer, willie in the
casks or vessels in which they were imported.
Agreed to.
Mr.. Durand moved to commit the bill 10 Sc
lsc. committee of three, with instructions 10 re-
port it back on Saturday. Lost-yeas 25 nays
Sc.
A call OF the House was Lad. and 81 members
were present.
The House refused 10 excuse Messrs. Ges
and Beckel, and did excuse Messrs. Huichins
and Newburgh, the other absent members being
away on leave.
Mr.. Hughes said that whatever his private
opinion might be in relation TO the bill under
consideration, il was not called for at this time
inasmnch as he considered himself instructed oy
the delegates representing his county in the
State Temperance Convention. These instruc
tions were as follows; Vote against any bill
that is not. in its operations as efectual as The
Maine Liquor Law. If this bill under consid
Grafton would be ns efTectual as the Maine Liq
our Law, then (ifl obeyed Instructions should
vote for it; but, Mr.. Speaker, such is not the
bill before Us. This bill allows the manufac
turing of ardent spirits, and only seeks to pre-
vent the drinking. Is this the Maine Liquo
Lav1 Certainly not, Again, Mr.. Speaker,
think the propositon monstrpss one, to ALLOW
the manufacturing, and the. privilege Of shiPpin
to other States for sale what We prohibit ia ou
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