Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1854-03-01


SATURDAY, Feb. 18th.
In Senate, on yesterday, numelo GUS petitions
we're presented, asking the Legislature to pass
law requiring all contracts Tor prison labor to be
let to the highest bidder. Mr.. LAWRENCE intro
duced a resolution, accompanied by a lot Of
''UhereqSeS," in favor eff selling the National
Road, or donating it to the counties through which
it passes, and on which he predcated set speech,
interspersed with charges against the democratic
party. The resolutions, and the preamble, when
the speech was finished, were referred 10 the
committee on Public Works.
A large number Of bills were reported back
from select aud standing committees, which were
appropriately disposed of. After the calendar in
committee of the whole had been gone through
with, Mr.. Foot, in view of the fact that business
had been much expedited by the Senate ADJOURN
ing over on yesterday, in order to give committee
the entire afternoon to work, and as there was
still large number of bills pending before the
different standing and select committees, he would
again move to adjourn, in order to give another
afternoon for the same purpose, so as to expedite
business The motion was agreed to,
TUESDAY, Feb. 2Ist-
In Senate, on yesterday, 1t Gov. MYERS being
confined to his room by indispositiun, Judge LEE
of RichIund, was chosen President pro tempore. =
Mr.. WRIGHT introduced some resolutions, with
seven "whereases," in relation to slavery, COM
promises, etc. which were ordered to be printed
The balance of the forenoon was taken up with
the usual routine of mendng, perfecting and
passing bills. In the afternoon, the bill to dis
courage the passing Of small notes was under
consideration, and was debated at length, without
definite action being had
The House was ndustriously engaged in ma
turing bills in committee of the whole, &C., &c
Several new bills were also introduced In the
afternoon, an animated discussion arose upon the
subject of amending the Constitution. The SUBJ
ject was laid on the table by adjournment.
"WEDNESDAY, Feb 22d
! In Senate, on yesterday quite an animated de-
bate sprung up on the motion to indefinitely post.
pone bill to authorize Savings Fund Societies
to lend their capital on the same terms as individ-
uals, during which the conduct of several of
these institutions. which had dwindled into mere
broker shops, and acted as tenders to Banks, were
severely arraigned. The bill was indefinitely
postponed. ...
The militia bill was read the second time, and
the afternoon session was mostly spent in Com
mittee of the Whole in considering its provisions.
1t consists of 70 sections, and covers 43 pages Of
a printed bill.
In the House, the bill to allow executors and
administrators to administer oaths in certain ca
local character. ...
Mr.. Brown introduced bill regulating agen.
cies of foreign insurance ompanes-requring
the certificate of the Auditor o. State that such
companies have deposited, in the State in which
they may be located, first class securities to the
amount of 100000
( Judge BIRcHARD has introduced bill to trans
fer the trial of miner offenses from the Probate
Court to that Of Common Pleas. Judge BIR-
cHARD claims that this will relieve the people OF
a tax by no means inconsderable in the aggre-
gate. and we think his position well taken.
The resolution som the Senate, relative to
amending the constitution, was Immediately post
poned Yesterday, after an animated discussion.
r"F THURSDAY, Feb, 23d
The Senate on yesterday, passed tn forenoon
mainly in Committee Of the Whole ON the mill
tia and other Lills. At the eld of the forenoon
session, Mr.. SMITH, of Madison offered resolu-
tion recting the fact that it was the birthday Of
WASHINGTON, and asking. an adjournment of the
Senate until to-day, which was agreed to.
In the House, the following bills were passed:
The bill introduced by Mr.. BRowN, recognizing
Police Courts; Senate bill regulating the fees
of sherif1s and coroners; and the court bill for
the I'd judicial district.
| The bill to dispense with proof of the execu-
ton of deeds and other instruments of writing in
certain cases, was indefinitely postponed; sufi-
ciept legal provision on the subject being already
in existence,
| A protracted and animated debate was had on
the resolution to adjourn sine die on the Goth of
March A preliminary motion to table the reso-
luton was negatived by vote of nearly four to
one; while upon the final vote, the names Of on
ly tWepty-eight out Of seventy-nine were record
ed in favor of the resolution. The readeE would
naturally infer from this that far at least as the
debate was concerned, those opposed to fixing. at
present, the day for final adjournment, had deci-
dedy the best of the argument: whice was con-
fessedy the fact. Resolutions of the above
character smack very strongly of, ;Buncombe,
albeit we have every reason to believe that in
this instance, Dr. SoMERs, the mover of the res
olution, acted in good faith. .t' l.sl. .,.0' -..a
We sincerely hope the work may be conclu-
ded by the goth March, but it were wiser to pro-
long the session even beyond that time, than to
infct hasty and il-edvised measures upon the
people. Under the old Wing regime, with but
| little to do aside from the incorporation of rag
mills and grave-yards three months was consd.
cred remarkably short session. Yet now, witt
an entirely new system of organic law to perfect
short sessions are all the rage with our Whis
1 friends, and any number of important measures
can be hurried through hit or miss. Consistency
i thou art jewel! , t..,.y
! Mr. CRoss has introduced bill supplementary
to the act concerning divorce and alimony, ma k
ing incurable insanity a cause for divorce.-th
fact to be determined by commission. ~, ,,,.
The Agricultural Committee have reported
bill providing for the printing and distribution o
the reports Of the State Board Of Agriculture
the Board to govern the distribution for the mos
part, q, Vi aa-,ig,.r & .51555 y5l. .tle. I'll, !. ,gn
i Notwithstanding the somewhat lengthy discus
sion, yesterday was decidedly working day.
FRIDAY, Feb. Gath.
" In Senate, yesterday, the bill fixing the times q
j of holding the Courts Of Common Pleas in Ham
ilton county, was passed, Horse bill making ap
J propratons in part, for the year 1884, was ais
passed. The consideration of Senate bill fo
Cths reorganization of the Militia, in Commtte
of the Whole, was completed, and the bill wa
referred to its appropriate committee, XIV
Mr.. LAwRENcE introduced Q bill providing 70
! the publication of laws and legislative document