M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1856-05-08
Speaker of the House of ofRepresentatiyes.
LESTER TAYLOR,
President of the Senate pro TEN.
April llth, 1866.

TNo. 1901 AN ACT
For the appointment Of three oint investiga-
ting committees defining tLelr powers
and prescribing their duties.
SECTION 1. BE IL eadcted By the Gener-
al. Assembly Of The Slate Of Ohio, That
Robert w. Taylor Of the Senate and Benla-
min f. Smith and John A. Sennett OF the
House of Representatives be and they are
hereby appointed a joint committee OF the
General Assembly, on Finance, whose duty
il shall be during the recess OF the General
Assembly to investigate all the transactions
of the public agents who now have or here
tolore have had the custody or disbursement
of the public monies, or any part thereof,
and to report at the adjourned session the
result of their investigations and the true
conditions of the finances oil the State.
SECTION 2. That Cornelius S. Hamilton
of the Senate and Paul Weatherby and John
A. Blair of the House of Representatives,, be,
and they are hereby appointed a joint COM
mittee of the General Assembly on the public
works whose duty ii shall be during the re-
cess of the General Assembly fully to inves-
tiqate all the transactions and expenditures
of the board of public works and make re-
port thereon at the adjourned session.
SECTION 8. That o. p. Brown of the
Senate and Silas lrion and Isaac Bayton OF
the House of representatives be and they are
hereby appointed a joint committee Of the
General Assembly on public institutions
and buildings, whose duty it shall be during
the recess of the General Assembly fully 10
investigate all the transactions and expen-
ditutes about the new State house, the PEN
itentiary, the three lunatic asylums, the
blind, and the deafand dumb asylums, and
to make report at the adjourned session Ui
the General Assembly.
Section 4. That each Of said commit
tees majority of whom shall be quorum
for the transaction of business, shall be au-
thorized to examine such Of the public offices
books and papers in the same as they may
severally deem necessary aud proper, and al
so to compel the attendance of persons anc
the production of books and papers.
SECTION 5. That each of said commit
tees are authorized to employ clerk or ac
countant if they find it necessary to apoin
one of their number chairman who is author
lied to administer oaths, to issue process
compel the attendance ol WITNESSES WHO
5 may be served by any sheriff, deputy sheriff
sergeant alarms, of either branch OF the Ger
eraI Assembly or other person appointed
} such committees.
SECTION 6. That each Of said commit
tees shall have all the powers of court c
record to punish by fine and imprisonmer
any person for disobedience to its process
| refusal to testify, OR other contempt of il
e authority,
Section Z. The sum Of fifteen hundre
e dollars is hereby appropriated 4o pay II
v current expenses incident to the execution
n this act, which shall be drawn by the chai
t men of said comm; ;ttees as required for thu
il purpose, upon the order of the auditor an
should any OF said committeeman, for an
reason, be unable to perform their duties VI
y der this act, the Governor shall then appoiI
! some other members OF the General Assem-
e bly to act in his place. This act shall taA
! effect from and after its passage,
e NH. VAN WORRIES,
I Sneaker of the House of Representatives.
! LESTER TAYLOR,
President of the Senate pro TEN.
: April 3, 1856.