Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-03-11
OHIO LEGusLATURE.
suihmary, Of Yesterday. Proceedings.

| SUMMARY Of Yesterdays Proceedings.
In the Senate, Thursday, the following
new bills were introduced: To authorize the
Board of Commissioners of Fayette county
| to levy a special tax for county purposes;
By Mr.. Stanberry, To amend the act pro-
viding for the organization Of cities so as to
allow COuncilmen in cities of the second
class to receive compensation for their SER
vices; To authorize railroad companies to
build branches from the termini of road
to road in another county.
Mr.. O'Connor made an able minority
report from the committee on Benevolent
Institutions on the subject of and in opp0-
sition to the bill to provide for the erection
of a new asylum for idiots. The bill for
that purpose was discussed until noon, and
by vote of the Senate wasso far endorsed
as to indicate its final passage.
The House resolution relative to an ad-
journment from the Both of March to the
second Tuesday of December, was amended
SO as to fix the adjourned session on the first
Tuesday of January. 1865, and then pass ed.
The afternoon in the Senate was devoted
to discussion Of the general appropriation
bill. Upon the subject Of the Governors
contingent fund and motion to strike out
100000 and insert $4,000. Mr.. Lang,
from the committee appointed to examine
the detailed statement of Governor Tod's
expenditure of his contingent fund, stated
that from what he had seen of those expen-
ditures it was the most wasteful, useless and
extravagant throwing away of money that
he ever heard of. 1t was Just as well to
throw away that amount Of money as to
give It to the Governor as contingent
fund, to be expended as Governor Tod had
expended his fund. n eH.
Senator Connell also condemned Gov.
Tod's useless expenditure of money In going
to gettysburg with a11fain of favOrities, al
though he thought the Governor had been
led into it by his excess of zeal for the good
of the soldier. zla lH rs
The amendment to reduce the contingent
fund to S50,O00 waslost, when the committee
of the Whole and the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,. r
In the House, among many other ,peti-
tions, Mr.. Fielding presented one praying
for law to authorize the Board Of Public
Works to build bridge across the Laramie
reservoir in Shelby county, which was re-
ierred.
The House bill, To authorize the Commits
sioners of Noble county to erect an. mfr
mary, was passed.
The bill, 10 abolish the Superior Courts
of Franklin and Montgomery counties, was
amended and ordered to be ecgr0ssed and
read the third time Friday. sriE
A report from the Superintendent Of the
Central Ohio Lunatic Asylum, in response
to resolution of inquiry by what author
| ity certain expensive improvements had
been made i'm that institution, was laid be-
| fore the House. The Superintendent says
lsthat the work was undertaken partly by
legislative authority and partly by the aii-
thority Of imperative necessity; and that
the money expended was derived partly
| from the Government for keeping insane
soldiers, and partly from the State Of West
Virginia, which sent number of patients
to this city and paid the officers Of the Asy-
| lum for their keeping. The report was re-
ferred to the committee on Benevolent In
stitutions, with instructions to investigate
and report. M slo l