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OHIO LEGISLATURE
April 20.

: SENArE--Mr. Williams of Coschocton, report
ed bill to authorize the purchase Of addition
al grounds 10 the Blind Asylum. Read the
first time.
Bill to authorize the sale of State lands near
the Mercer reservoir, was passed.
Bill to authorize the purchase of Geiger's
tables for the use of County Auditors, passed
20 to 10.
Mr.. Foote'S bill to establish house of cor
rection, &C., was read the third time and the
question being on its passage, Mr.. Atkinson
moved to postpone the bill till the first Mon
day in January 1856.
By a vote of IA to 10, the Senat refused to
postpone the bill Till Jan: sc. and on motion
it was referred to committee Of one, Mr.
Smith of Madison.
The bill to authorize the people of Noble
Co unity TO uote upon the question Of the reno
val Of their county seat, was reported back,
and was then passed, by a vote of 90 to 8.
Mr.. Smith reported back the bill for a school
for juvenile offenders with an amendment stri-
king out $4,000 and inserting $4,000 as an
appropriation FIR that purpose.
After some farther debate, the bill was pas.
-sed---yeas 10, nays 13.
Bill to create Board Of Commissioners on
claims against the State, was ordered to be
,engrosed.
Bill to abolish capital punishment was taken
up and debated at some length:
Upon the question of its passage, the vote
stood.--yeas Is, nays II.
Senate bill regulating the admission of attor-
neys DC, was taken up.
DR.. Townshend moved to amend so that the
bill would admit females as we'll as males to
the bar
HoUsE-The first thing in order was the vote
on the bill to prohibit the circulation of bank
bills of less denomination than FIVE dollars
The bill did not prohibit the banks of Ohio
from issuing bills of that sort but punished
the people for passing them.
The House refused to pass the bill--yea At
nays 81. M
Mr.. Mckenzie from the Finance committee
reported the long looked for general appropri-
alton bill. Tt was read at the clerk desk, aid
has gone to the printer.
Mr.. Bakers temperance Lbill was taken up,
and was debated at some length. Mr.. Down
iSe thought the. bill very uugrammatical and
loose in its phraseology DC.
Mr.. Baker replied with much spirit and made
some capital hits upon Mr.. Downing.
Mr.. Tyler also opposed the bill; when upon
the vole being taken, it pas lost-38 to 4O
Bill to amend the act for the purchase of
burying grounds was passed
Bill to allow twelve jurors in the Probate
Court, passed-71 to 2.
Mr.. Parrot reported back House bill l61 to
regulate railroads with sundry amendments.
A motion was made to reconsider the vote
on the tax bill. This motion was laid upon the
table.
The speaker laid before the House COM
munication from Mr.. Dimmock, asking an in
vesdgstiOn into certain charges against him by
the Ohio State journal. Laid on the table,
The Speaker laid before the House commu-
nication in relation to the Sinking Fund.
Mr.. Taylor Of Geauga rose to question o.
privilege in relation to an artice in the Ohio
State Journal about the penitsntiary investi.
gates.
Judge BurChard also rose to.a question of
privilege. He referred to the letter of Mr.
Fuller, Probate Judge Of Trumbull county, in
the State Democrat.
April 2i.
SENATE Bill to amend an act authorizing
the recording of town plats-passed.
Bill to regulate the admission of Attorneys,
&c.. was reported back by MI. FolIett.
The bihpassed, "a to 8. 1t makes an impor-
tant change. Any male person who is citizen
and who can pass an exam;gation, is to be