Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-03-23
MONDAY. March I9

In the Senate, five petitions were presented
and referred. The Senate read FIVE bills a Sc
co1d time and referred thcm.f The Senate pass
ed bills To extend the time of payment for
school section lG, in York township, in Bel
mont county; Supplementary to the school
law OF l847 Making appropriations for the
year 1860, and the first quarter Of 1861. The
Democratic members of the Senate entered
their protest upon the journal against the pass
age of the appropriation making good the Sl6,-
220, oyerdrawn from the Sinking Fund, 10 re-
pair the canals in 1858, because they alleged
+ that the oyerdraft was in violation of the con-
s~titution and the law.
The following bill was introduced and read
a first, second and third time and passed-To
amend the 18th section of the act prescribing
the duties of the Board of Commissioners of
the Library Fund. The Senate discussed at
length the bill to provide for the final payment
and redemption Of the Public Funded Debt of
the State, and passed it. The House Joint
Resolution relative to the claim of 5. Doyle,
was agreed to. A motion, in the House, to
reconsider the bill to repeal the act establish
ing the Idiot Asylum was disagreed to. Me
MORALS of the citizens of Bridgeport and
Martinsville was presented to the House and
read also, a memorial against restricting cat
tie from running at large. These bills were
read q second time and referred.
The House passed bills: Further p~rescrib-
ing the duties of the Hamilton County Com
missioners To amend the law relating to Re
plevin; To punish making fraudulent insurance
of goods, in transjtu; and to authorize the re-
cording of chattle mortgages in Hamilton
county. The House refused to pass the bill
for the relief Of Edward Clayton, treasurer of
jackson township, Noble county. Bills we're
introduced To amend section [ of chapter 6
of the School Act of 1917 ; To amend the
City Incorporating Act and to authorize a
special tax in Madison township, Sandusky
county. Sundry bills were reported from COM
mittees, ordered to be engrossed and read a
third time. Two reports were made from the
committee on Il pro rata railroad freight tariff,
which were ordered to be printed. The APP
preparation bill was read ID first and second
time, and referred. A report in favor of the
claim of A. P. Miller was disagreed to. Spe-
cial reports were received from the Board of
Public Works, the Penitentiary, and the Asy-
lum for Idiots. The House passed the bills
authorizing Eaton in Preble and Hamilton in
Butler counties to borrow money.
TUESDAY, March 20.
In the Senate a large number of messages
were received from the House, when numer-
Gus bills were read the first time. Several
bills were read a second time and REFEREED
The Senate reconsidered and passed the bill de-
filming the jurisdiction of the Probate Court in
Clinton and Shelby counties, etc. The follow
ing bills were also passed Supplementary to
an act of February Is, 1881, relating to jul
rors Supplementary to the act authorizing a
contest in cases where the removal of seat of
justice in a county, which has been submit
ted to a vote of the electors a bill making
appropriations for the Public Works of 1860
and the first quarter 1861 ; and to authorize
the Village of Fremont to purchase the site
of Fort Stephenson. Bills were introduced
Supplementary to the act of March 20, 1860,
relative to the power of the Supreme Court.
The committee to examine the Treasury and
Auditors books made their report.
In the House but two memorials were pre-
scented this morning. -Four bills were read a
second time, and referred. A Senate bill Civ
ing precedence to certain quo warranto pro-
ceedings in the Supreme Court, was discussed
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ize the Commissioner of Clermont county to
borrow money was passed. Also a bill giving
to struck juries the same fees as to regular ju-
ries. The House refused to pass the bill to
repeal the act to prevent swine from running,
at large. A long bill remodeling the temper
ance laws was read a third time and ordered
to be reprinted. A bill amending section "a,
90, 81, 80, Al, AZ, and 30 of the general tax
law was postponed till next session. The
House refused to pass II bill requiring all bank
ers to pay out and receive notes of specie pay
ing banks at par also the bill authorizing the
School Board Of the village of Columb;ana to
borrow money. The House passed bills For
the protection of Church property To extend
the time of paying for section l6, township Z,
range 8, in Noble county To erect the city
of Hamilton into a separate township For
the enlargement of the Pcnitentiary To pro-
tect wool-growers more efIectually against
dogs and to tax stations of non-reeidentse-'