Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-03-24
sioner to enter into such Arrangement as
will cause at least temporary suspension Of
hostilities. n III
NJ Very truly yours, a'
Wv a JErrERsoN DAVIS.
THE OHIO LEGISLATURE.
w w. THURSDAY, March %, 1865.
SENATE.
MORNING SESSION.

The following bills were passed:
Senate bill to correct errors OF county
auditors In executing the act authorizing
county commissioners, township, trustees,
and city councils to levy, a tax for the pay
ment of bounties to volunteers, and to re-
| fund subscriptions made for that purpose,
passed March 2S 1864.
NSenate bill to enable the Board of Public
Works to relinquish the right OF the State
to certain lands on the margin OF Swan
creek, in the city of Toledo.
Senate bill to authorize the commissioners
of Hamilton county to refund money ad-
vanced for uniforming volunteer militia
companies. -i'-
House bill for the relief of William Reit-
zell, treasurer of Trumbull county. 81
House bill to authorize the council of
Sandusky City to issue bonds to dredge the
mouth of Sandusky Bay"
Mr.. Converse, from the Finance commit
tee, reported back Senate bill to authorize
the commissioners of Franklin county to
| levy Especial tax for bridge purposes, with
two amendments, which were agreed to,
and the bill was ordered to its third reading
tomorrow. Recess. t,~ H9rFn!f
s,'.- AFTERNOON SESSION. ~t%4d
The following bills were passed.
|
sioners to appropriate portion OF the
bridge fund to the rebuilding or repair OF
bridges owned by plank road companies,
7 House bill for the relief OF Ernest Grein-
er, Of Lucas county.
House bill to provide for the publication
of legal advertisements in daily newspa-
pers. This bill provides that in all eases
wherein publication of any notice or adj
vertisement is required by law. for any
number of consecutive weeks, such publica-
ton shall be sufficient, if made once a
week on the same day of each week for the
number of consecutive weeks required, in
daily newspaper, having in the. county IN
which such publication is required to be
made, circulation greater than the weekly
circulation of such newspaper.
Senate bill to repeal the act authorizing
an additional common pleas Judge for Cuya-
hoga county, passed April 10, 1856. L u
The Senate concurred in the House
amendments to the Senate bill regulating
the administration of trust estates. This
bill, now law, provides that every trustee
appointed in any will shall, before entering
upon the discharge of his duty, execute a
sufficient bond for the benefit of all persons
interested in the trust estate; but in cases
where the testator in his will has expressed
a wish that his trustee may not be required
to give bond, the Probate Court may, at Its
discretion, excuse the trustee from giving
bond, yet may, at any subsequent period,
on application of party interested, require
bond; and in cases where the trustee
shall fail to give the required bond in due
time, the court shall remove him.
The Senate agreed to the House amend
ments to the Senate bill amending the COM
mon school law. This bill, which is now a
law, makes provision for the formation OF
school districts out of territory belonging
to adjacent townships. 1t provides also
that the Boards of Education of each city,
village or township, shall make the neces-
sary provisions for continuing the schools
in their respective districts for at least
! twenty-four weeks in each year; and in case
of failure to make such provisions, the men,
bers of the board shall be individually re-
sponsible for all losses sustained by any
township or district by reason of such fail
ure, and shall be jointly and sevcrally liza
BILE.
House bill to amend section 2 of the act
relating to roads and highways, was amend
ed so as to exempt members OF the National
Guard from any road tax, and passed. Ad-
journed.