Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-04-11
The Ohio Legislature.

In the SENATE, on Friday, April lOsh, Mr..
Psrrill presenteda q communication from Gen.
Cooper, relative to paroled Union soldiers,
which was laid on the table and ordered to be
placed in the Appendix to the Senate Journal
Mr.. O'Connor presented the remonstrance Of
D. B. Parks, John Hupp. and one hundred
others, citizens of Enoch township, Noble
county, against the passage Of law establish
ing high school In said township. Mr.. Eg-
gletton introduced bill, which was read the
first time, To authorize the Board of Trustees
Of the Commercial Hospital Of the city of Gin
cinnati to establish pest house In Hamilton
county The constitl sional rule was then sus-
pended, and the bill was read the second and
third times, and passed. The following addl-
tional bills were passed: House bill, To au-
thorize the inhabitants Of Wellington to borrow
money to build school house; A bill to pun.
ish an attempt to commit arson; House bill,
Relating TO the regulation and support of
common schools in the city OF Cleve-
land, passed March 18th, 1859; House
bill, Making appropriations for the year 1858;
House bill, For the relief Of J. B. H. Bradshaw,
Treasurer of Muskingum county; Senate bill,
To amend an act prescribing the fees of Coun-
ty Auditors, passed May lat, 1862; Senate bill
To provide for the use of the jail in the town
of Piketon, Pike county; House bill, To amend
sections Al and 45 of the act entitled an act to
provide for the uniform government and better
regulation of the Lunaiic Asylums Of the State
and care of idiots and lnsane, passed April Z,
| 1856; House bill, For the relief Of Elizabeth
Eniz; Fixing Che compensation of members of
the General Assembly at $3.50 session
A resolution was adopted, authorizing the
Secretary of State to furnish the Board of Ag-
rioulture with stationery. A resolution was
adopted, which the House afterward agreed
to, Relative to the contribution by the Iatri =
otc ladies of Ohio, of clothing. hospital ssores,
and other comforts for Union soldiers. Another
resolution was adopted, which the House con-
Cured in, authorizing the Governor to remove
the bodies of deceased soldiers to Green Lawn
Cemetery.
The Senate adjourned.
In the HOUSE, Messrs. Odlin, Cook and
Smythe, were appointed c committee to wait
upon George D Prentice, who was known to be
in the city, and invite him to seat within the
bar of the Hall of Representa- during his
stay here.
The following bills were passed: House bill,
To authorize the local directors of sub-district
No, 2, in Fairfield township, Columbians ooun-
ty, to erect school house in said district; SEN
ate bill, To amend an act entitled an act pre-
scribing the rates of taxation for State, county,
township, city, and other purposes, passed April
80, 1862; To provide for the sale Of school
lands belonging to fractional township seven,
north, of range ten, east, in the county of Lu-
cas-; Senate bill, To provide more effectually
for the defense of the State against invasion
placing $500, 900 In the hands Of the Governor,
TO be used whenever he deems it necessary for
purposes Of defense; House bill, For the relief
of. Elizabeth Entz, the widow of squirrel
Hunter" of Greene county, who was killed on
his way to Cincinnati when thst city was threat
ened by the rebels.
Senate bill, To increase the fees of county
Tressurers, failei to pass, lacking but two
votes.
In the afternoon, Senate joint resolution, cub
mitting an amendment to the Constitution pro-
viding for annual sessions of the General As
sembly, and annual elections Of Representa-
tives and bi. ennial elections of Senators, was
indefinitely postponed. nG
The House spent nearly the entire afternoon
considering the amended Militia bill passed by
the Senate-and then took recess until ~
O'Clock in the evening.
EVENING SEss1oE.-The House was occupied
during most of the evening on the Militia bill
Some of the pending amendments were adopt
ed, while others were voted down. The bill
was finally ordered to be read the third time on
Saturday, April 11sh. Several other bills were
reported back from select committees, and Or
dered to their third reading on the same day.
Mr.. Scott moved to take from the table House
bill, To save the State some twelve hundred
dollars year for indexing the Legislative
journals, in order to have it put upon its passage
as soon as possible. The motion was voted
down. -I
j The following gentlemen voted to take up
the bill, and, of course, are in favor of this re.
trenchment measure:
Messrs. Auit, Bates, Bsyard, Clarke, Con.
verse, Dresel, Fee of Brown, Harsh, Hills,
Krum, Resmy, Schell, Scott, Silver, Wsllar,
Warner, Wells-l7. l5.tp.
Those who voted for keeping the bill on the
table were: ~ @ ..stsa
Messrs. Blocker, Bradbury, Cook, Cory, Dick
man. Ferrill. GIesaner, Griswold, Gunsaulus,
Hixson, Holden, Howard, Howe, Huston, Keck,
Keyser of Noble, Means, Montgomery, Myers,
Mcclellan, McGill, Norris, Olds, Pierce,
Reisinger, Robb, Roberts, Rockwell, Sayler,
SteWaat, Tiffany, Titus, Uhl, Vance, West,
Winsns, Woodbury., Speaker (Hubbell) )-3s.
After the House adjourned, there was a very
general desire expressed on the part of mem
bers, to hear speech from the "Immortal ].
N. Free," who was present. He was conducted
to the Speakers desk, and was Justify cheered,
when he proceeded TO address the House. Our
duties made for US to leave soon after
he had commenced speaking. Weare, therefore,
unable to report what he said, or to write about
the impression he must have made upon the
Iepialatofs whom he addressed. They SCENE 4