Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1861-03-25

iooij Dy james Hnohanhn' !.
w. DENNIS0N, 1
WAsmscroS, March l6, 1911
To His Eresllsacy, fhs 0co9nor Sf ihS STATE Of
Ohio, Colnmbus.
SIR,--I- iransmit AN authenticated COPY Of o
joint resolution 10 amend the Constitution OF
the United States, adopted by Congress, and
approved, On the Cd Of March, 1861, by James
Buchanan. have the honor to be,
Your Excellepcy,s obedient servant,
:. ABRAHAM LING OLN. =
By the President; aTATE OHIO Ah
WILLIAM H. SEWARD, Secretary of State. .
JOINT RESOLUTION TO AMEND THE CONSTITUTION OF
THE UNITED sTATEs.a
Resolved, Byt Senate and House of Repre-
antatipes Of the United Siates Of America IN
CONGRESS Assembled, That the following article
be proposed 70 tho Legislatures Of the several
States as an am endment to the Constitution Of
the United States, which, when ratified by
three. tourths Of said Legislatures, shall be val
Id, to all intents and purposes, as part of the
said Constitution, viz;
ARTICLE XIII. No amendment shall be made
to the Constitution which will authorize or give
to Congress the power 70 abolish or interfere,
within any State, with the domestic institutions
thereof, including that Of persons held to labor
or service by the laws of said State.
tn WIN. PENNINGTON,
Speaker OF the House of Representatives.
JOHN G. BRECKENRIDGE,
, Vice President Of the United States,
.qT. And President Of the Senate. 4
Approved March 2, 1861.
JAMES BUCHANAN.
Mr.. SPRAGUE, on leave, presented new
bill: 10 ft'
s. B. No. 285-To authorize the establish.
ment, by County Commissioners, Of Homes for
Pauper Youth, which was read the frat time.
Mr.. ORR, from the select committee on that
subject, reported the following bill for the pro-
tection of fisheries in the Sandusky river:
SECTION !. Beitenacted By the General Asssn-
bly, Of the State Of Ohio, That each and every
owner of Q dam oSdams in existence at thepas
sage Of this act on the Sandusky river within
the counties OF Ssndusky, Seneca, Wyahdot
and Crawford, be, and hereby is, required to at
taoh, on or before the first day Of November,
one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, to
each and every dam 30 owned by him, a slope
suitable for the passage Of fsh in said stream
over such dam; and that each and every person
who shall, after the passage of this act, erect n
dam or dams on said stream, within the coun.
ties aforesaid, shall be required TO attach to
such dam, at the time the same is erected, such
slope, as 10 herein before provided for; and
such owners Of dams as aforesaid shall, at al
times, keep up, and in good repair, such slope
OF slopes as are herein required TO be erected.
SECTION 2. That each slope provided for IL
the first section Of this act shall be formed by
extending the same four feet In length for every
foot Of the dam In height, and at least twenty
zee. IN Wio.n. La4 -geEgE N3EInA
/ to comply with the provisions ofthis act, shall
be subject to penalty Of not more than two
hundred dollars, nor less than twenty dollarI
and costs Of suit, to be recovered In civil &C
ton in the name of the State Of Ohio, upon the
complaint Of any resident inhabltant of either oi
the counties mentioned in this act, before any
Court of competent Jurisdiction; and all sumi
10 recovered shall be applied to the use of Com
mon Schools within the county where the action
may be brought.
Ice SECTION A. That II any owner of any dam
shall suffer, or permit, any trap, or other OBJ
etruction, to remain In the slope slopes before
mentioned, to the hindrance of the free passage
\ Iot fish, he shall be taken and deemed to hay,
1 violated the provisions Of this act.
4 SECTION 5. That IL shall hereafter be the du
ty OF the prosecuting attorney of the severa
counties herein before mentioned, to prosecute
within bis own county, any violation Of this act
after having notice of such violation, by the af.
| hdavit Of legal voter Of the county in which
such dam 10 situated; and If any prosecuting at
torney shall neglect or refuae to discharge hi
duties under this act for q longer period than 81,
months after having received the required no
tice, he shall forfeit and pay for every such ne
glect or refusal, not more than fifty nor less thai
twenty dollars for the use Of common schools o
said county, to be recovered by civil action II
the name Of the State Of Ohio, before any Jus.
ties Of the Peace having Jurisdiction Of the case
SEcrIoN 6. That the act entitled can act Il
improve the fisheries on the Sandusky rive
within the counties Of Seneca and Sandusky, ,
thereto, passed March 10, l645, be and thl
same are hereby repealed.
SECTION 4. This act TO take effect from an(
after the fret day of November, eighteen hun
dred and sixty.one.
Mr.. STANLEY, from the committee on Fl.
nance, to whom was referred Senate Joint Reso-
luton No. l06-Relative to the payment of tn,
heirs of the late John c. Wright, reported ths
following resolution as substitute for the orig
inal resolution:
Rssolped, by fhs General Assembly Of Lhe State
of Ohio, That the Auditor of State is hereb,
directed to allow the assignee or represents
tives Of the late Hon. John c. Wright, the sam,
number OF days attendance as member Of the
Peace Conference, as is or has been allowed tc
the other members Of the same - JFEII
A On the passage Of which the yeas and nayi
we're demanded, and resulted-yeas Is, nays 9.
Mr.. LASKEY presented the memorial of VIM
Rock, Sem, asking for relief for damages oc-
casioned by the construction Of the Wabash ant
Erie Canal and Western Reserve and Maumet
Road, which was referred TO the committee OF
Claims. e-,yE.r -Etrr IgE SRS g
| Mr.. HARSH, from the majority of the stand
Ling committee on Claims, reported adyersel,
to the claim Of Charles B. Flood, and asked L
be discharged from the further consideration O.
/ the subject.
| Mr.. BREWER, from the minority of the sam,
committee, reported favorably to said claim ,ant
cited several eases TO justify it.a IIAd 5Eis1
The committee were discharged from tn,
| further consideration Of the subject.
| n, The Senate then went into committee Of th,
Whole, Mr.. ,Cuppy In the Chair, and resumed
the Consideration OF the general appropriation
| bill. Pending the consideration Of said bill
the committee rose and asked leave to sit again
l., Mr.. PARISH, from the committee on the
Penitentiary, reported back the memorial of A.
W.Ayres, which was laid on the table, and Or
dered to be printed.
The Senate then took recess. i -iAE7
tssIsi HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
- ~ MosDAr, March 25.
I Prayer by Rev. Mr.. Clapp.
d On motion Of Mr.. NIGH, II. B. 366-Relat,
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