The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1853-03-11
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C0lunBus, March 3:
H0utB, The bill sulhorising Tslieious %.
cielies to sell real estate, passed.
The consideration Of a number Of claims
for damages By pnbtic works Of The State,
was postponed tn next session.
The bill compelling railway companies to
ience IN their roads. was referred to d select
COMMITTEES.
SENATE, Seseral HOUSE bills o regulate IL.
dlcla proceedings, under the new code. were
reported back from the Judiciary Committee
and passed
The bill authorizing the Supreme Court to
hold special terms, was lost on its passage,
hDd ayote to reconsider was taken and car,
lied, when The bill was laid on the table.
ATTERNooE SESSION.
HousE. The House refused to agree to The
Senate BILL repeating the two hundred dol.
lar exemption clause of the tax bill.
The bill admitting H. WASHER to the bar,
finally passed.
The bill repeating the homestead exemp-
ton law, was postponed until next Janua-
~.
The school bill was discussed for some
time: On motion township high schools was
stricken out. No vote was taken before ad-
journmeut.
SESArE,-The bill supplementary to the
act providing for the creation and regulation
OF incorporated companies, was read the
third time and passed.
The bill repeating certain sections of the
charter Of the Columbus, Piqua and Indiana
Railway company was passed.
The bill for the reorganization of the State
Treasury was taken up. Adjourned.
MORNING SESSION.
COLUMBUS, March 5.
The bill 70 amend the fourteenth and nine
teenth sections oil the act for the punishment
Of crimes was passed.
The bill TO authoiize special terms of the
Supreme Court, passed.
The bill preliminary TO the sale OF all the
public works Of the State passed.
HousE--The bill defining the jurisdiction
and regulating the practice Of probate courts
passed.
The bill granting Justices Of the Peace
criminal jurisdiction, was read the thi,d
time.
During the reading of the latter bill, M.
h. Medary, Clerk Of the House, seized a
crutch belonging TO one Of the members, and
struck MIR, Barnum, the member from Cuya-
hoga county, severe blow on the h. ad
knocking him down on the floor. The diff.
Guilty originated out Of some remarks preyi.
ously made by Mr.. Barnum, rejecting on the
competency Of the clerk. Mr.. Medary was
arrested, and committee of Investigation
appointed.l
In the House yesterday afternoon, the Rail-
Z way Consolidation Bill was defeated and the
bill for forcible collection of bank taxes was
passed.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
SESATE-Ths bill providing sinking fond
Tor the payment of the interest and principal
OF the State debt, passed.
The committee of the Whole considered
the general calendar; but no definite action
was had, acd the attendance being small the
Senate adjourned.
HousE-The school bill passed the House
with several amendments.
The bill regulating descents and the distri-
button OF personal estates passed.
The vote by which the railway consolida-
tion bill was lost Yves reconsidered, and the
bill was referred to select committee.
The Investigation committee on the Me-
dary and Barnum case was in session all the
afternoon, and have not yet reported.