The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1857-10-01

required, on which occasions the money il
the Treasury was to Be submitted to uciua
count.
But the great leading feOtnrc-thc lie o
the bill, which, of itself, wou!d have been ,
reform-was d section which prohibited The
Treasurer OF State, aud every officer charged
with the collection, saikceping, or disburse
ment of fpublic money, from Ioauing to, oI
depositing with banks, bankers, individuals
companies, or corporations, with or withou
interest, or under any pretence whateyer, o
frcm investing the same in any species o
property or merchandise, or falling to prompt
ly accounts for and pay over the public
funds when legullyrequired. All these act
were defined as acts of embezzlement, ant
made punishable by imprisonment in tn
penitsntiGry.
1t is unnecessary to follow the bill thro
all its stages; nor would the limits of thi.
letter allow it. Suffice it to say, that OF
Cd of March, 1853, the bill passed the Sen
ate by q vote of eighteen to twelve those
voting in the affirmative being all Demo.
Gratis; of those voting in the negative, six
were then know as Wings, two as FreesoI
ers, and four as Democrats, Senate Journal,
page 43l.] On Saturday, March l2, the
last working day Of the session, the bill was
returned from the House, having passed that
body, with several amendments, by dccid.
ed minority, the entire opposition voting, as
in the Senate, with a few Democrats, agains
the bill, but still enough Democrats votin-
for it to give The constitutional mi ,rity.-
The Senate refused TO agree to most Of the
amendments, and the bill was immediate y
returned to the House. On the evening o
the same day the bill was again returned tc
the Senate, with message that the House
"insists on its omeu dmcnts t. the bill, an'
asks committee Of conference" TIE re
quest of the House for committee of con
ference was grInted. The com:ai;tcc me,
Immediately, aud, after consultation, Ggrcet
On report, by which each House was tt
recedc from one or two amendments and The
balance were modified. lSenatc Jyurna!
page 6OO.1
BY this time the night had far advanced
and the Senate was thin A call Of the Sen
ate was had, ond ten members ascertainet
to be absent, and the balance of the sitting
was pretty we'll exhausted in motions to ad
journ, take u recess, send for ub3entecs, Y G
Finally vote was had on agreeing 70 the RI
port of the COm!niltce OF Conference, whir'
resulted-,yeas fourteen, nrys, eight. So Il
report, fniling to receive the cunstitulO" u
majority, eighteen vptcs) was disagreed to
The vote was, however rcconsidered, and lht
Senate, at q late hour adjourned until ont
O'Clock Monday mo ming. On Moud ~
morning, alter despotching scme ether buSi
ness. the question was again called up and
final vote had, which rcsul,ed-yeas four
teen, nays nine-as follows:
YEAs-M Mcssrs. Award, A'chison, Cra
dlebaugh, Ferguson, CilIett, E4l|, HcIbourn
Mack, Rex, Riddle, Smith, Taylor, Van
buskrk and Walkup-l4, all Democrats.
NAYS - Mcssrs. Barnett, Cor, Fudge
JOHNSTON. Moore, Pardee, RICE, RICH ant
WusoN-9. Wings 4, in italics; Demo
Gratis 4, in small caps; and Frecsojler l, il
Ronan.-[Scnate Journal, Pa,e COL
Thus ended the struggle of 1852 -'53.-
Had the four Democrats who voted in tn
negative on the final vote, voted with thei
Democratic colleagues, in favor Of agreen
to the report Of the Committee of Confer
ence it would have given the Constitutions
majority, (eightcen,) and the bin would hav
become law. The House of Represents
tiyes was in condition similar to tn, Ser
ate. A number of members had left fc
home, some Of them presuming that the bi
was safe; indeed, so general was the in
preston that it had passed, that the Obi
State Journal announced that it was law
But the Constitutional vote could not be OF
tanned, the House could not recede from i
amendments, rof the Senate agree by tn
constitutional mi i6rity; the entire opposition
with few Democrats, held the power
their own hands, and being determined
defeat the bill, they succeeded in accor
plishing their purpose; aud the time for
iournmcnt arrived, leaving tho bill thus j
complete. Il have not the Journals OF e.
House before me, and therefore, cannot 81;
the detail.) Here ends the record Of the
tion of the first Legislature under the ne
Constitution on this subject.
At the next election was again return
, to the Senate, and on its organization,
the partiality of my colleagues, was elect
o chairman of the Finance Committee, L
session commenced on the Cd of Janua
1854, und ON the 18th Of that month aga
: introduced the bill, which then took
j.. place on the calender as No. lS. The
q had its first and second readings, was ret
red to a committee of the whole ~Sena
!, considered, and on the 26th of January
e ported back, With slight amendments, q
e on my ny motion, referred to the Committee
. E;nonce On the 9Th of March it was
d ported back, with sundry amendm ents,
r made the special order Of the day for e'
!" day until disposed of. On the next do
.,I ii er,ll,.1bv vhte