The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1854-02-22
Ohio LEGISLATURE.

In Senate, on Monday, Feb. l3, Mr..
Davis moved reconsideration OF the vote
by which the bill submitting the removal
Of the county seat of Noble county to the
voters of said county was lost, on which
question an interesting discussion sprung
up, in which Messrs. Townshend, Jewett,
Follett and Sinclair took part.
Mr.. Latin moved to lay Mr.. Davis mo-
ton on the table; which was disagreed to
yeas II, nays 12.
The question then being on MIR. Davis
motion to reconsider, it was lost.
Mr.. Sinclair presented the following ad-
mirable petition from the citizens of Mon
roe county:
ITO the honorable the General Assembly:
We have noticed with regret that some
persons have petitioned your honorable
body for repeal of portions Of the school
law.
lnasmuch as great care was taken by
Mr.. Rice, the origina ator OF the bill, and
by ::.he last General Assembly, in perfect
ing this law, we would submit that ii
might not be changed until the changes
are suggested by experience. Further
more, we believe the act to be as nearly
perfect as possible.
Therefore, the undersigned, citizens Of
Monroe county, Ohio, pray your honorable
body that no change whatever be made in
the present school law"
On motion Of Mr.. Sinclair, the petition
was referred to the Committee on Schools
and School Lands.
The resolution Of the House in favor oil
removal OF the United States Mint from
Philadelphia to New York. and in favor
| OF branch Mint at Cincinnati, was re.
ferred to the Committee on Federal Rela.
tions.
Mr.. Atkinson introduced preamble
and resolution, calling on the Trustees Of
the new Lunatic Asylums, to inform the
Senate why it was that said Asylums were
commenced, when the law expressly for.
bids their commencement, unless they
could be completed in all their parts fol
ditional appropriation of $4,000, in or.
der to furnish them with heating apparat
US, &c. The resolution was agreed to.
The remainder Of the day was spent in
Committee Of the Whole, and in the con.
sideration of various bills.
In the House, after the presentation o
about the usual number of petitions, and
the passage of the court bill for the third
district, and another bill of local char
acter, the Committee on Public Works sub
mitted q report on the bill providing fol
the sale Of the public works of the State
recommending its indefinite postponemen
the people having never petitioned fol
such sale, and therefore being, it is pre-
sumed, against surrendering the control o
the works. The committee allude to the
diminished revenue as the result Of thu
very great reduction Of tolls. to which the
State was driven by railroad competition
and the increased expenditures are salts
factorlly accounted for in the re-construc
F,ion Of many Of the works, which wer'
origin ally anything but substantial in thei
character. The report is quite volumin
Gus.
Upon the objection being raised tina
the bill had not taken its regular course
through Committee of the Whole, the re
port was withdrawn.
The resolution in favor Of abolshing th'
life tenure in the Office of Judge in the U
S. Supreme Court, and making the judge
elective by the people, was adopted witt
great unanimity.
The bill to provide for Commission t.
revise the criminal practice and codif!
the criminal laws of the State, was de
bated at great length in Committee OF tn
Whole, where it still remains.
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