Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-03-23
OHIO LEGISLATURES.
(From the Ohio State Journal
FRIDAY, March 16, 1860

FRIDAY, March 16, 1860.
In the Senate a private memoria was pre-
sented and laid upon the tables of members in
favor of the location of the new penitentiary
at GAINESVILLE, q similar one being presented in
the House. Some five bills were read a sec
ond time and referred House messages were
disposed of. The President signed a number
of enrolled bills which had been signed by the
Speaker of the House. The Senate went into
Committee of the Whole, at an early hour, to
consider the general appropriation bill, which
took up the rest of the day.
The House opened its business with reports
of committees. Fourteen bills were reported
back, which the House ordered to be engross-
ed. and read a third time OF tomorrow, Mon
day and Tuesday. a bill was introduced pro-
viding for the leasing of the Public Works to
Messrs Nugent, Miller and Robinson. The
bills To encourage the killing of Wild cats
and foxes; For the appointment of guardians
for imbeciles and to emend section pa of the
civil code were indefinitely postponed. 4 bill
fixing the per diem, of members of the Legis-
lature at So, give rise to a spirited debate, at
the close of which it was laid on the table
A resolution proposing to submit the question
of color as applied to citizens, to the people
was laid on the table.
a bill was introduced to amend the Tenn
perance law. A bill was introduced to regu-
late freight tariff on railroads. The Senate
bill relative to sustaining prisoners in Hamil-
ton county was passed. Also the Senate bill
TO prevent bribery. The House took up the
Senate bill to limit and fix the fees of County
Auditors, and after a long discussion, refused
to pass it-yeas A, nays 40.
SATURDAY, March II.
| The committee of the whole Senate spent
the greater part of the day in the considera-
ton of the general appropriation bill. There
we're several petitions and second readings
A bill to provide for the purchase and distri-
button of Curwin's Revised Statues of Ohio
aud a bill making appropriation for the main
tenance and repair of the public works for
the fiscal year ending November Is, 1860,
were introduced, and read the first time. The
amendments of the committee Of the Whole
on the appropriation bill were agreed to.
In the House, the Senate bill fixing the sal
aries of County Auditors was reconsidered,
when the bill was referred to appropriate COM
mittees. Bills were passed To provide for a
tax to build bridges on Turipikes To amend
the City and Village incorporation act To
amend the School law in relation to examining
Teachers To enable Townships and Villages
to unite in establishing Cemeteries To amend
, the goth section of the Tax and assessment
law To amend the Akron School Law in re-
lation to Examiners TO amend the law to
provide for building an Arsenal For the re-
lief Of John Louck, of Greene county To re-
enact the 68th section of the city and village
Incorporation act To extend the time of pay
ing for section 16 in York township, Belmont
county. Numerous reports were made from
committees, and the bills reported back set for
third reading next week. Bills were introdu-
ced To provide for building embanknents to
keep ont high water; To amend the act provi-
ding for levying road taxes, and to provide for
the settlement of Supervisors of Roads. The
resolution of Mr.. Converse for examining the
the Sinking Fund was adopted-yeas -, nays