Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1856-03-06
OHIO .LEGISL AZURE

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minsl jurisdiction.
A number Of bills were read sec.
lond time.
Mr. Taylor Of Mahoning, introduced q
resolution to rescind the vote on the -reso.
luton heretofore passed refusing to adjourn
'or the purpose Of visiting Cincinnati on
the aad, and participating in the festivities
Of the occasion.
Mr.. Bundy called for the yeas and nays
on the adoption Of the resolution, and re-
suited yeas 30, nays 8 as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative were
Messrs. Baird, Beatty, Brand, Brown, Buck
land, Garfield, Converse, Grswold, Hardy,
Holmes, Marsh, Matthews, Musgrave Phelps,
Rush, Spencer, Taylor Of Mahoning, warIel
and Wirofd--2O.
Those who voted In negative were,
Messrs. Bundy, Burnett, Ca,tel, Hyer,
Kirk, LawJer, Lewis and Taylor of Geauga
-S.
This Senate then went into Committee
of the Whole on the Railroad Consota-
ton Bill.
The afternoon session was occupied by
the Senate in Committee of the whole on
Mr. Keley's tax law, and Mr.. Brozee's
Usury Bill.
SEKATE--Feb. 21.-Petitions: asking that
concurrent jurisdiction be conf ned to the
Probate Court; asking that the 22d Of
February be made a public holiday; asking
certain notifications IN the school law.
The Bill amending the y,sticos' act was
read second time.
A bill was introduced providing for The
registration of births, deaths and marriages
A resolution was offered to so change
the law of arrest as TO include the 22d OF
HoUsE.-Nothing Of special importance
was done in the House. A bill was re-
ported, providing for the election of Judges
of the Supreme Court, Court of Common
Pleas and Probate Court, taking them en-.
tiroly awey from other election, for the
purpose of freeing them from party ran
cour. The bill was indefinitely postponed
HoUsE.--Pettlons: asking for a change
in the laws relating to Agricultural 30
cieties; for change in the fees Of County
Surveyor; asking for a law to protect game
for an amendment to the school law; snsk
ing that proceedings in partition be trans.
ferred from the Common pleas to the Pro-
bate Court.
Bill TO protect school and meeting houses
taken up, and after some discussion was
laid uppn the table, and house adjourned.
A resolution was offered and adopted
II structng the Printing Committee to in
quire into the expediency of repeal the
present law providing for the publication oi
the General Laws in the newspapers, and
to report the probable cost ..of such publ.
cation to the State. This is revival oI
the old thing--"save .at the spgott, and
loss at the bung hole" The idea is we
presume to let ithe masses of the people
learn what the laws are after they have
violated them. and are airaigned before q
court of Justice. We do not think the
present Legislatureis so blind to the true
interests of the people as to repeal the only
sensible law in existence for the general
distribution of the laws.
A bill was introduced TO prevent evils
resulting from the use kof intoxicating II.
quors; q biz, on the subject OF frauds and
perjuries; a bill to prohibit the use of jals
in certain cases; to amend the act reguat-
ing the election Of State and County off.
GERS.
PETITIONS Fer the amendment of the
exemption laws allowing mechanics who
have no homestead, tools, &c, to tho value
Of $500, exempt from sale on execution;
for an increase of Judges salaries; to .aool-
ish the Office OF Superintendent Of Schools
and township 5oarGs pf education, ana au-
thcrizing trustees to employ teachers with
out, certificates; a remohstrance against the
alteration Of the school law; for the sup.
4 preston of Intemperance; on the subject oi
Normal Schools; for law compelling raj
-oad companies to fence their roads; FOR q
law providing that taxes be paid in the
several townships; fer an increase Of the
banking capital OF the Stale Bank; for a
change in the school law; q remenstrance
against change in the school law.
BILLS PAssEp:-The Bill repeating the
".mall note law" has passed both branches
REsoLurIoNs:-Mr. Ma tthews introduced
tho following resolu,ons:-
Resolved, BY The General Assembly Of II.
Stale Of Ohio, That the Congress OF the
United States is hereby requested to take
speedy and efficient steps towards the i'm
pIovement Of the Ohio River, by appropriaf
ting reasonable and sufficient sum o.
moned to aid in con structing canal around
the falls of the Ohio, upon the Indiana side.
Resolved, That the Senators and Repre-
sentatlves from this State, are hereby re-
quested TO submit these resolutions to their
respective branches of the National Leg isla-
ture, Adopted.
Afterwards concurrej in BY the Senate.
Mr.. Brown, from the committee on Fed
sral Relations. made the following report;
The undersigned, members of the COIN
mittee on Federal Relations, 10 whom was
referred the Kanzas resolutions of Vermont,
report the following preamble and recon-
mend the adoption OF the same.
WnERKAs, the original policy Of our
country contemplated no extension of slavery
beyond the limlts of the slave States, and
whereas experience has sufficiently proved
that every departure from that policy has
been productive Of evil and Of evil only,
and whereas the repeal of the slavery pro.
hibilion of the Missouri Compromise, the