Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1854-02-01
Ohio IerisIature.

In Senate, on yesterday, the bill fixing the times
OF holding the Courts Of Common Pleas in this,
the 9th Judicial District, was passed. As it has
to pass the ordeal of the House, where it may be
altered we will not loose time ana room in giving
synopsis Of it.
A resolution was adopted instructing the Ju-
dietary Committee to define more clearly the iu-
risdiction and mode of proceeding ON peace war
rants, and to determine if Probate Judges should,
in any case, try oenses without jury, and to de-
fine the number Of jurors required by the const-
tuition, &c.
The remainder OF the day was spent in com
mittee Of the whole, and on local business.
In the House, good days work was DONE
The majority of the Judiciary Committee report
ed that, in their opinion, the payment out of the
treasury of postage on documents distributed for
the benefit of the people, does not come under
the constitutional prohibition. The minority of
the committee, comprising, we believe, Messrs.
ONEILL and EcKLEY, submitted counter report.
Mr.. MACKENZIE introduced resolution which
contemplates the abolition of the life tenure of
the office of Judges of the U. s. Supreme Court
This is right. The obnoxious feature was orig
inally included as a compromise between monar-
chy and republicanism, and should be repealed,
now that popular government is no longer regard
ed as an experiment
The Erie resolutions received their guietus last
evening, by an emphatic vote, after the rejection
of Judge BURcHARD's substitute, by a small ma
jority. Several amendments, embodying mere
political truisms, were offered by Mr.. EcKLEY,
and others: but the House, regarding them as at
tempts to stave off the true issue, voted them
down.-State Democrat, JAM "a.
In Senate, yesterday, Mr.. WILLIAMS, Of Co.
shocton, who had been detained at home by Sc
we're indisposition, took his seat as a Senator.
Mr.. WRIGHT introduced series of resolutions
calling on the Board of Public Works for GER
tain information in regard to their expenditures.
In the debate which ensued thereon, it was sta
ted that the material part had already been an
swered by the Board, in communication to the
House, already published, and that the remainder,
consisting OF the items, &C., would require a
large clerical force to make it out, and vast ex-
penditure of money to print matter which would
not be of use to either branch or to the public
The resolutions were laid on the table.
Several bills of general nature were intro
duced.
In the House, Mr.. GILBERT introduced bill
that property derived through a. wife before or
during coverture, shall, upon the death of her
husband intestate, descend to her children, or if
without children be vested in herself
A motion is pending to reconsider the vote on
the Erie resolutions.
Mr.. LELAND has put project on foot, which
we think WILL if any thing can, relieve our State
and the whole West from the embarrassment
growing out of the proceedings of the Erie land
pirates We refer to the appointment Of COM
mittee to report what action is necessary to pro-
tect the public from the ruinous effects OF the
railroad policy of Pennsylvania. We trust such
rctaatory measures will be adopted as will make
that State hasten to retrace her steps.
An attempt was made to rescind the resolution
providing for full investigation of the affairs of
the Board of Public Works for the past ten years.
1t resulted in failure. Push on that ball!-
Slate Democrat, Jan. 26.