Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1854-03-02
ONO LEGISLATURE.

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,. transacted in the Senate this forenoon tn,
blll hxlng the time Of holding courts in The
4th judicial circuit came back from The House
With amendments, which were agreed 70, and
il is now law.
The free bank bill was read in committee oI
the whole. and reported back, and referred 70 !
special committee
Mr.. Smith, Of Madison, moved to take nm
the resolution fixing the time for the election
OF the United States Senator. Agreed" and
mot agreed" over the hall The Lieut.. Gov.
e-nor put the question and il was lot.
Mr.. Follett, as chairman Of the special com.
nttee to whom that resolution was referred
notified the Senate that be had never been fur.
nished with copy Of it by the clerk. He bo-
ped the Senate would take this as a valid ex.
cuse why he had not reported it back Jetors
his time
II was suggested by an outsider that the
resolution had not yet been reported back
from I'm pom
The clerk plunged into pigeon hole, and
after diligent search, found the resolution. and
conveyed it to Mr.. Follett.
The Senator from Licking, after reading Il
remarked that inasmuch as il fixed the time
for going into an election on the 94th inst n
was possible the committee might bsye time
to consider, aud report upon il before thai
time. (The resolution was introduced about
the middle Of Jsnuary.l
HOUsE.-A bill to fix the time for holding
the Courts in the Sd Judicial District was
passed.
Mr.. Van Hook from the Standing Commit.
tee on Public Works made a report AGAINST
the proposition to sell the same to the bigbest
bidder. The report is lengthy and bases its
argument upon two propositions; Isl that thew
would not sell Tor sum that would be EQUIV.
tlent to The income TO be derived frotG these
wofks; Cd that if these works were in the
hands Of private companies, they might from
combinations with Railroad companies rut
up the price Of freight to the great detriment
of the producers of the State. 1t was stated {
that the average net receipts for the last tpn
years have been about $3.50, 900. and thew
think it will be at least equal to that sum dur.
ing the ensuing ten years I
Upon INQUIRY of Gen. Eckley, it was found t
hat the bill upon which the report purported ,
II" founded was yet in committee of The .
l.. 'nok was sure that the bill had +
lole. committee, but as the re, S
Mr.. Van L. q asked leave to with. II
en- referred to tn.
rd was against him Ii, ~anorted that
aw the report Agreed to- received
The Commlsvee Unu,i11on Tn ~ oonn;v 'ther 7,
er $lo,050 fees, yearly, and that
untv officers received enormous salaries IL
,ev recommended that the maximum OF fees In
ould be $4,000. In
A resolution asking an amendment OF the In
cited States Constitution, so that the Su- In
a,ro Court Judges shall be elected by the Tn
onle and hold their offices only eight years, In
! nassed almost unanimously, only five vo- In
s in the negative.
Tha Committee of the Whole debated the NJ.
note hill to organize Commission to re- NV
- the criminal practice, and prepare gen.
Il cr;m;nal code for the State. Several gen. nov
rnsn smoke at length on the subject. Messrs ~
'at ard Gurley adv ocated the bill, and Tat
aosrs Wakup and Burchard opposed it. In
- ant;re idea of codiication was pronounced act
Irmbug. failure, by Judge Burchard. He pa
ade an able speech anu ie'otl "a sha
an ottempted. lie said that every essential 'no
- ~ raature of the Code Napoleon was re. l
o,od hv the legislative assembly during the
elve years which followed its Srcatlon uhi IN by
- the reign of the Emperor, and that in all A
ses Of the kind, after few years, the law, ~.
RS and iudgec went to the decisions ana WI
actice of The Courts to find ous what was tne an'
" rather than to the Code. And soft would Gel
in Ohio. He said it would take many the
oars to find out what is the law under Inc adj
,de. now adopted for civil practice. The ~
;o;nal law is we'll understood by lawyers, erN
dges, aud justices Of the peace. The statute @ io1
known, and the forms necessary for proce- issl
nr,, are familiar. To disturb all this was to .or
Iroduce anarchy and confusion without any 80"
nod ,urposs. This tinkering with the laws "
I'd changing the modes of doing business was fun
4 wrong, and ought not to be encouraged RET
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