Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-03-16
March 10

in Noble county. The last of these bills is
No. 232. Sundry bills were ordered to be en-
crossed.
SATURDAY, March 10.
In the Senate the second readings cmbrac-
cd two House bills. A bill fixing the per
diem of Members of the Legislature at 81 for
the first - days, and nothing after, was read
a first and second time and referred. After
the disposition of the reports of committees.
the Senate passed a bill making appropria-
tions fer the sinking fund and temporary loan,
for 1850. A bill to provide for the purchase.
and distribution of Swans Revised Statutes,
was read a first and second time. The Senate
discussed the bill to provide for a geological
survey at some length, and then postponed it
till January 1861. The President presented
to the Scrate a package of printed lists of the
Tennessee Legislature. The Senate passed
bilS-To further define and punish the crime
Of arson To provide for the purchase and
distribution of Swan ard CutchieId's Revised
Statutes, and To amend Sec. 6 of the Assign
ment Law. The Senate refused to adopt the.
resolution relative to the claims of William
Raino, for German printing. a bill was in
troduced supplementary to the act for contest
ing the vote on the removal of a county scat.
In the House, a memorial was presented by
Messrs. Neugent, Henry Miller and \. l..
Robinson proposing to lease the Public
Works. Nine other memorials were present
ed an! referred. y bill was introduced, to
provide Of $3.50 per year and the present rate
of mileage for members Of the Legislature;
also a bill to amend the charter of Cincinnati
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Senate bills were read the first time. The
Speaker appointed Messrs. Parr, Robinson
and Tannyhill the committee on the part of
the House to examine the Treasurer's and Au-
ditur's books. Twelve bills were read a sec
ond time and referred. The Senate bill for
the sale of certain eschcated lands in Harri-
son county was passed. The House was very
thin in the afternoon. and no bills could be
passed. A few reports were made and the
bill for the protection of fish and fisheries was
indefinitely postponed. Messrs. Andrews,
Slusser and Nigh were appointed a commit
tee to visit the Reform School Farm. Most
OF the a~fter1oon was taken up in a resolution
to provide for a inquiry into the application of
$I6,33O.90 to repair the canal in June, 1858,
which belonged to the Sinking fund. This is
the sum which the last Legislature refused to
provide for, under the pretense that it was
used in violation of law, though it was admit
ted on all hands to have been honestly used in
saving the canal from ruin. The resolution
went on the table by adjournment.
WEDNESDAY,. March IA.
In the Serate there were three bills read the
second time and referred. Bills were intro
,J1ooG . To proUiAo fnr tho op1arrapop% IF fbo
Penitentiary For the erection of a new Pen
~itentiary TO fix the location of the new Pen
i~tcntiary To prevent collisions on Railroads !
Securing to married women, whose husbands
are Incorporate, personal property exempt
from execution To change the time of hold
ing the Court of Common Pleas of Wood
county-which was also passed; also a similar
bill-which was introduced and passed-to
change the summer term of the Court of Com
mon Pleas of Fulton county also to amend
sect. 2 of the Act of March 10, 1860, reguIa-
ting the publication of the Ohio Reports
was also adopted. A bill to amend the
Subtreasury law was passed. Numerous mes
were received from the House and acted
upon. The greater part of the day was con-
sidcred and discussed in committee of the
Whole.
In the Houre. only two memorials were pre-
this morning. Ten bills were read a
second time and disposed of. Six bills were
To extend the time for paying
certain school lands in York township,
county For the enlargement of the
Penitcntiary 70 authorize the Clernont Coun
ty Commissioners to borrow monney 70 au-
Lhorize the Licking County Commissioners to
borrow money for Intirmary purposes To
the kind of building for certain parts
Of Cincinnati and to amend the so-called ON
nibus bill for Cincinnati, The bill to pay vol
lnteer companies for taking care of arms was
-econsidered and passed The bill to amend
The charter of the Neville Institute in Colum-
Diana, was passed also the bill to provide for
The final trial of minor criminal cases before
Justices of the Peace also, to prevent an
overchargc of land tax in certain cases also
10 limit the cost of transporting %conyicts to
The Penitentiary also to provide for the cree
lion of foot bridges over streams also for the
better Improvement of highways. The bill to
allow juries in capital cases to qualify their
proposition of Messrs. Nugent, Miller and
Robinson, to lease the Public Works, was re-
erred to the committee on Public Works.
Mr.. Ceilings reported upon the claim of Ste
,hen Edmunds, recommending the Board of
Public Works to examine his claim and set
lie it if right. A bill in relation to examiners
lnder the Akron school act, was introduced ]
nd read three times and then referred. The
Dill to re-organize the Board of Public Works
vas taken IN. and after a discussion of some