The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1853-01-14
Ohio Legislature.

ee+ COLUMBUS, Jan. 5. /
i HoUss.--The bill authorizing the Count
i Commissioners to,sppfove the bonds of Shel
ifs, Coruners and Recorders, passed.
n The bill authorizing the sale OF State lam
to actual settlrts, seventy-fise per cent be
ilow ths apprais d value, passed. eial
The bill abolisning the Office Of TOWNSHIP
Trustees in Cincinnati, sfter the Goth Of mex
March, passed
i Mr. Ward introduced a bill 10 abandon
| the Warren county canal. aa
i A resolution was adopted, cslling upol
I the Auditor for information in regard to th
Indebtedness TO the State Of the North Amer
iesn Tiust Company.
SENATE.@-The Committee Of the Who'll
further discussed and completed the bill con
iI-0srning divorce and alimony, and reported j
back 10 tbe Senate. An hnendms at. max
ling insanity cause Of divorce was lost b,
10 nays to yeas.
sls,6.. AFTERNOON SESSION.. ysJ
! HousE.--The ehtire session was spent il
discussing resolution 10 grant the use of the
Hall this evening for a Temperance lecture
The resolution was finally adopted.
SENATE.--The resolution to adjourn sine
die was taken up and referred to select com.
mittee OF three, consisting Of Messrs.. Par.
dee, Smith and French.
The bill to re- organize the State Treasury
was considered in Committee Of the Whole,
but without coming to any conclusion the
committee arose.
| COLUMBUS, Jan. 6--MoRNrNG SESSION.
SENATE.--Mr. Riddle reported back the bill
to transfer certain business from the Com
mercial and Supefior Courts at Cincinnati,
to the Courtof Common Pleas of Hamilton
County, with amendments. which were
agreed to, and the bill was ordered to third
reading Tomorrow
The bill for the incorporation OF town
ships as referred to the Judiciary Commit
tee, with instructions to divide the several
subjects treated of into separate bills accord
ing To the constitution.
The bill granting land to the Hudelberry
College was discussed, but nothing in regard
TO it concluded on.
HousE,-The bills fixing the times of the
courts il the fourth district, passed.
The rest Of the session was spent in dis
cussing the atnendments'to the insurance bilL
The amendment allowing county bonds to
be deposited as security, was agreed to.
AFTERNOON SESSION. HoUsE:---The in
sprance bill was discussed all the afternoon,
and was finally laid on the table temporarily.
Adjourned.
SENATE.--The bill concerning divorce and
alimony, passed--Yeas Is, nays 6.
The bill to re-organize the State Treasury,
was discussed in Committee of the Whole,
but'no resolution was come to.
The House bill TO fix the times of the
Court.of Pleas in the fourth Judicial Circuit
was read The first time. Adjourned.
fl n ~, w CoLvMBus, jan q.
MORNING SESSION.
HoUsE-A resolution was adopted fixing
the number Peoples Of reports of the be-
nevolent institutions to be printed.
Several bills were reported back from the
Standing committees.
The bill TO prevent the unauthorized ap-
preparation Of property by corporations, was
discussed at great length by Messrs. Houk,
Gest, Beckei and Means; but without com.
ing to vote The House took a recess.
SENATE--A bill to repeal the act dividing
Anderson township, in Hamilton county,
into two election precincts, was introduced
by Mr.. Armstrong, and read the first time.
The committee of the whole considered
several bills, but came to no resolution
The bill fixing the times of holding the
Court Of Common Pleas, in the eighth Judi
ciOl district, passed, when the Senate ad
joumed till Monday.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
HoosE-A motion to indefinitely post
pone the bill, 10 prevent the unauthorized
appropriation of private property, was lost
and the bill was committed TO the committee
on orporailons--w when the House adjourned
over till Monday. m
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