The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1854-02-16
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OHIO LEGISLATURE.

! 1lce OF the introduction Of bill for til,
reorganization of the Penitentiary.
Mr.. Wright introduced the following
resolution which was adopted:
Resolped, That the Standing Committe,
on the Library are hereby instructed to re
! port to the Senate the following informa
ton: l.I saea
! l.. Whether the State Library now is
and has been during the past year, KEEP
in good condition and proper order.
2. Whether any and if so, what chan
ges should be adopted with regard to tn,
management of said Library. ad
Mr.. Riblett gave notice of the introduc
ton Of a bill, relative to the fees of Sher
ifs before Probate Judges in crimina
cases. .-
-a HoUsE.-The questions being on tht
motion to indefinitely postpone the bill Civ
ing the control of the national road to the
counties through which it passes, the same
was taken, and resulted-yeas 55, nays s
So the bill was indefinitely postponed
Mr. Brown, ON leave, introduced a bill
toproyided for the incorporation of ave-
nue. companies, which was read a first
time. .aaa s 7s.s fsa
Mr.. Ross, ON leave, introduced bill to
transfer the power OF issuing marriage IL
censes from the Probate Court to the of
fee of the Clerk of the Court of Common
Pleas, which was read first time.
On motion of Mr.. Walkup, the House
resolveved itself into Committee of the
Whole, Mr.. Downing in the chair, and
considered the following bills; e
l. House billN IS, to amend the 158th
section of the Justices Code.
The amendment proposed, is to except
from stay on execution, judgments obtain
ed by common laborers or journeymen
mechanics for the price and value of labor
by them performed. aa
This bill gave rise to much debate in
committee, on a motion to strike out all
after the enacting clause, which finally
prevailed. ....-..r.-.
On motion, the committee rose and re-
ported said bill back. @
The question before the House then be-
ing on agreeing to the action of the COM
mittee, on motion of Mr. O'Neil, the bill
was laid on the table. ea
The House adjourned.
SENATE, Feb. THE bill supplement
tary to the act for the better management
of orphan asylums, was read third time,
and passed. Year 26, Nays 0.
Mr.. Findlay, from the committee on
Retrenchment reported against reducing
the wages of Members of the General AS
sembly, for the reason, principally, that
their wages are low enough, after deduc-
ting the amountof their own postage, as well
as that of their constituents, on documents
sent to them. The report was agreed to,
and the committee discharged from thefur-
ther consideration of the subject.
HoUsE.-On motion of Van Hook, the mes
sage of the Governor relative to two new
Lunatic Asylums, was taken up, and re-
ferred to the committee on Public Build
ings.
Mr.. Scott offered resolution authori-
zing the Secretary of State to distribute
the copies Of Curwen's Revised Statutes
among the several counties of the State,
except 800 copies, to be left in the State
Library for the use of the General Assem-
bly,. Referred to the Committee on the
Library.
On motion of Mr. Mckenzie, his reso-
lutions relative to the election of United
States Judges by the people for the term
of eight years, were taken up and referred
to the committee on the Judiciary.
SENATE, Feb. 8.-Senate bill providing
for the election of Sheriffs and Coroners,
and fixing the terms of their Office, was
read third time and passed-yeas 90,
nays O.
Mr.. Jewett, from the committee to
whom was referred Senate bill I'd dis
pense with proof of the execution of
deeds, negotiable instruments, &C., /
the same back with sundry
which were agreed to; and
the question being upon its passage, the
yeas and nays were called, and resulted
yeas 90, nays /. So the bill passed.
Mr.. Jewett offered the following, which
was adopted:
Resolved, That the standing Committee
on Finance be instructed to inquire into the
expediency of providing by law for the
publication, from time to time, of an ac-
curate and detailed statement of the re-
ceipts and expenditures of the public
the several amounts paid, to
whom, and on what account, and to report
by bill Or otherwise.
On motion of Mr. McCauslin, Senate
bill providing for the appointment of COM
missioners to revise the Criminal Code of
Ohio, was taken up and passed-yeas %. |