American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1859-01-20
OHIO LEGIsLATnRE

JANUARY tl.-In the Senate, bill relating
to taxes for school purposes in the town Of
Akron, authorisiug levy of three and a
half mills, and cotfning its provisions to
that town. was passed. The bill from the
House authorizing the issue of preferred
stock for the extension Of The Cincinnati.
Wilmington and ZtEesyilIe Railroad was
passed. The Senate also passed bill 10
amend section 36of an act providing for
the punish ment cfciimes, passed March7,
1885, which reads "That il any rerson
shall counsel. abet or procue any other per.
son TO commit any Of the offences BY this
act msd criminal. on conviction thereofe
shall be imprisoned in the Penitentiary and
kcpt at hard labor for any time betwasn
tbe respective periods for which the prin-
oipal offender could ba. imprisona;" and
where the principal offender is punishsbls
with death or Imprisonment for life a like
punishment be inflicted ON such counselor,
alder and abettor.
The President OF the Senate annouHced
the following select committee of seven tC
revise the tax law Messrs. Phelps. Hatch
Tay lor, Llngdon, Buikland, Garfield and
Wescott, The Senate was engaged ia
Committee of the Whole on House bill tC
provide for locating, establishing and con
structing drains. ditches and water courses
which elected considerable discussion. ant
was eventually referred to select Commit
tee Of five-Messrs. Phelps, BudR land
Wes,ott, Henkle, Wigans. ,..,
Mr. Hatch today introduced an impor
tant bill, to provide for the renewal aud t,
regulate the final paymen Of the funded
debt OF the State.
In the House to-day the principal sub
feet of discussion was bill to grant Jus
tices commissions on collections that d
not come TO judgment,
JAN.l4,--ln the Senate yesterday a pc
tition was presented forrths repeal of th
ten per cent. intrest law. A bill was in
troduce1 supplementary to The act for Ii
encouragement of agriculture, anb anothe
supplementary to the act for the supper
Of illegiiimats children, The Senate bill t
prevent parties TO suits from testifying il
their own tehalf, was after an elaborat
discussion, and very able speeches agains
it by Messrs. Henkle. Garfield and Taylo
Iinde6oatelp postponed. Mr.. Winans' bi
relative to the CONTINENT Of us prison
ors in the jails OF the state is to come u
on the, Goth inst.
! In the House the Perry County bill pass
ed, 81 to so, and has been read the frs
and second time in the Senate. A resolu
tfon ordering the dscontipuance OF 1abo
or expense on the Stale House was PASSED
aud the Senate whefeit was referred.
d CotUMBus, JAN. l3.--Eps. Con-: At,
meeting ofthe Bar held here to night, wit
II. II. Hunter iu thu Chair, aud Henry
Noble as cecretafy, the following resolu
tions were passed: te-..s ID .H
RESOLVED, That, IN Common with ou
brethren Of the Bar, we would be highl
grati6ed to procure marble bust of Thos
Ewing to be deposited in sach place {
the seat of government as may heteafle
be selected, that with that vi W, Messrs
A G. Thurman, l. w. Andrews and r
p. L. Barber be appointed committee
confer with L. d. Jones, the sculptor, and
under such arrangements rs to them sba
seem proper, procure such bust. to reques
Mr.. Ewing to sit for the same. atr
4 ResotUed That the Bar, generally ARE iov
ted to co opperte in carrying out the pul
pose Of the above resolutions.