Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1861-04-06
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE.

/ Inc AgrlCulLufHl OOmmlttee.
| H. B. No. 44O, by Mr.. BROWNE, of Miami
TO authorize the trustees of Newbetry town
ship, in Miami county, to sue for certain mon
eys loaned by their predecessors to certain in
dividuals Judiciary.
H,B.gNos s423, by Mr. BALDWIN, from
select committee-Supplementa to the act
passed May 3, 1852, to provide for the organiza-
tion Of cities and Incorporated villages. NUM-
/ cipal Corporations. y. dYs
ii. B. No. 366, by Mr.. BALDWIN-Pre.
scribing the fees, county treesurers. Bill and
pending amendments referred to the Finance
Committees re EEINA1 @GG
| On recommendation Of Mr.. GARFIELD the
Cuyahoga river bill with petitions on the subject,
was referred to the Agricultural Committee,
/ The Senate took recess. -"es'aAAAp
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
aa.vu qyrTT SATURDAY, ,sApril 6,sls6l.
Prayer by Rev. Mr.. Grover.
H.B. 45S-To prevent frauds on Railroads,
was referred to the Judiciary committee;st sthe
committeeon Railroads having been discharged
| from the further consideration OF the ssme.d
On motion Of Mr.. BROWNE, Of Miami, H.
B $3.50 incorporate the Bank of.0hio, was
referred to the committee of the Whole.
! Mr.. WRIGHT, of Hamilton, presented the
remonstrance of Z. Masters and AZ others,
against the passageo the Milford Bridgebilt
Mr.. RODGERS presented the remonstrance
of H. B. Price aud 40 others, of Hamilton coun.
| ty, against the purchase of tho Agricultural
Fair Grounds, ,,s,,.,.b v.rs baA
| The House agreed to the Senate proposition
providing for settlement of the accounts Of
the State with the Ohio Life and Trust Com.
pany. E..sgg GFTE1A
S. b. 24l-To provide for, and regulating
street railroad companies-was read the fret
time and second time, and referred to the com.
mittee on Corporations other than Municipslsp'
B. B. 278-To amend the let section OF the
act for the protection of Fish-was read the
first time. yllErs7as esSess lis i9,fS t1iie'
s. B. 2S3-To provide for uniform standard
Of weights and measures was read the first
time ss.gsn Y~i,1ia 1nts1A E1ltiA
i On motion of Mr. SLUSSER, s. B. 22l-To
/ amend the law relating to printing public doc
uments-was taken from the table and set for
a third reading on Tuesday next.
i On motion of Mr.. STEDMAN, H. B. ...47-En.
abling juries to qualify their verdicts-was ia.
ken from the committee Of the. Whole, and sel
fora third reading on Tuesday next.
Mr.. FLAGG was excused from serving or
the committee to whom was referred H. B. 35s
i Relating to school libraries, and Mr.. Jonal
appointed in his place.
ditor Of State in relation to the sale of certain
lands Of the State, i'm Union county which wa,
ordered TO beprinted, andreferred to the commit
tee on Claims.
II. B. 470-To FIX the location Of the New
} Penitentiary, was read second time, and refer
RED to the committee on the Penitentiary.
The Judiciary committee reported back II.
464-To protect the interests Of turnpikes ant
Il plank roads, which was set fer third reading
on Tuesday next. W Y 2 ~ Ah@ ia
II The same committee reported back II d. 35t
-RelatiDg to possession of estates by courtesy
andrecommeDded its indefinite postponement
Mr.. BLAKEsLEE opposed this report, ant
, defended the bill, as proposing needed an(
, proper reform.
| The motion to indefinitely postpone wal
agreed to- ass ia CIV g, y 5sif.;s' y 30 e
The same committee reported back II. B. 22I
l-Relating to the sale of lottery tickets, and re
Z commended that 1t be Indefinitely postponed, OF
. which motion tho yeas and nays were demande
! and resulted-yeas 35, nays 40. So the motor
was disagreed TO.
i Mr.. HITCHCOCK then moved that the bill
be referred to select committee of five, whicl
, was agreed to--yeas 48, nays 25.
B The same committee reported back H. B
379-To repeal an act therein named-and re
, commended its indefinite postponement, wbicl
was agreed to.
The same committee reported back II. B
/ 459-To amend the law regulating the sale o
D poison, and recommendedits indefinite postpone
ment.
Mr.. SCOTT, Of Warren, explained that th,
bill was intended to punish the preparation o
poison with criminal intent, or poisoning food o.
water with such intent, even though no on,
be poisoned thereby, which ispot provided for Ii
tho present statute; and he could not see why
the committee reported as they did.
/ Mr.. ROBINSON explained, for the CON-
mittee, that they thought theibill would puuisl
, uncoDsummated crimes, and II left no room for
person commencing to commit a murder b,
|, poisoning, to repent and retrace his steps.
II Mr., BROWNE of Miami, defended the bill
oontendlDg that the essence of crime is the ma
licious Intent, and as when we punish crime, Law
. always measures the quality of 1t by the in
deserves punishment
Il Mr.. WOODS reiterated the reasons of Mr.
! Robinson, that IL made the crime to consist
those military steps of crime. which may be 70
traced, and the opportunity to retrace, which
should always be left open
!. Mr.. HILLS supported the bill, on the princi
plepresented By Mr.. Broynesa hopsd1hebil
, would pass - =
| Mr.. BLAKESLEE moved that the bill b,
. amended by making It apply to the preparing O
. poison for domestic animals.
! Mr.. TANNEYHILL hoped the bill wouls
pass. II he should find man putting poison
into his we'll, he would kill him as dead as Jo
nah q gourd on the sandy plains Of Nineveh. -
He had lexperiencsdi something Of The evils o
such poisoning in the city Of Washington, at th,
7, National Hotel. He would punish all sucl
wretches, without eparing men or women.
Mr.. KRUM favored the bill, and cited th,
: statute against having counterfeit money In pos
session as one In point, where the intent is eyi
: dentlymadet offenoss Heoppesed the amend
ment of Mr. Blakeslee. ss he thought IL would
defeat the bill. He moved to amend by strikini
out the words "prepare poison or" TIL,
J amendment Of SMr. Blakeslce was disagreed 10
|, The amendment OF Mr.. KRUM was adopt
ed.
H. Mr., DAVIS moved to, o,amend, rby,msking tn,
!. term OF punishment one Instead Of two years
I which was disagreed to.
u The vote was then called on the indefinite
y postponement, which resulted-yeas 25, nayl
Sc. ~ AfsH
The bill was then read third time, when n
was passed-yeas IS, nays 81.
!; Mr.. MON NAHAN N presented the petitions Of
! Capt John g. Hughes and six other officers Of
the militia Of Ohio, at Dayton. Also, of Capt
F. VAndeFers and oficers and members of the
Butler Guards. Also, Of Capt. James Fitz-
/ paxic. and officers and members of the High
land Guards. Also, Of Major p. .BosIop, .and
I members Of the Guthrie Greys, Of the city 81
Cincinnati. Also, OF Cant. Miller and officer,