Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-03-16
THE OHIO LEGISLATURE.
WEDNESDAY,, March 15, 1865.
SENATE.
MORNING SESSION.


Prayer by Rev. ID. A. Randall.
The following bills were passed:
House bill TO repeal the act to incorporate
Bishops Fraternal Calvlnistic Baptist SEM
mary.
Senate bill to amend section Ia of the act
to authorize and regulate limited partner
ships.
House bill to provide for the election and
qualification of the Clerk of the Supreme
Court, prescribing his duties and fixing his
compensation.
Senate bill for the relief of William
HYATT. late treasurer of Liberty township,
Knox county.
Senate bill supplementary to the act for
the punishment of certain ofienses therein
named passed March IL, 1867, being bill
for the protection of trees and shrubbery.
House bill TO fix the rates of toll of turn
pike and plankrOad companies, allowing
them to increase their tolls.
Senate bill to prohibit the erection of
certain buildings and factories for offensive
uses and TO abate nuisances near the Benev-
olent Institutions of the State, or, as the
title was amended, to prevent the carrying
on of certain branches of trade In the vicini-
ty of the Benevolent Institutions. This bill
prohibits the carrying on of the business OF
slaughtering, tanning, tallow chandlerlDg,
or of manufacturing glue, soap, starch,
or other articles productive wholesome
or noxious odor within one mile of any of
the Benevolent Institutions, under penal
ty OF not more than $500 nor less than 500.
The act is to be given in special charge to
the grand jury at each term OF the court OF
Common Pleas.
The House bill, commonly known as the
| "skimmed milk BILL" was amended and
| passed. The vote stood
YEAs- Messrs. Bates, Devin, Gass,
Gunckel, Hall, Hart, Howells, Humphrey
| vile, Loudon, Martin, Mckenzie, Newton,
Stanbery, Stanton, Stevenson, West Wick
ham, Williamson and Wilson-l0.
NAYs-Messrs. Jamison, Lang and OCon-
nor-3.
Mr.. O'Connor moved to amend the title so
as to read as follows: IAN act to punish
the widows of soldiers for retaining half
pint of strippings' to use as cream for rye
coffee,n which was not agreed to. The
title was then amended so as TO read-"an
act to punish the adulteration of milk and
cheese" Recess.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The greater part of the session was pass
ed in discussing the House bill, abolishing
the Superior Court of Franklin county,
which was at length passed by the following
vote:
YEAs-Messrs. Bates, Curtis, Devin, Gass,
Hall, Howard, Howells, Humphreyville,
Jamison, Loudon, Martin, Mckenzie, New
ton, Patton, Stanbery, Stanton, Stevenson,
West, Wickham, Williamson and Wilson
| 81.
NAYs-Messrs. Connell, Converse, Hart,
Lang, O'Connor and Willett-6.
This BILL which is now passed into law,
takes effect on the first day of April next,
Or in other words, abolishes the Superior
Court OF Franklin county from and after
that date, and transfers its records, papers
and unfinished business to the Court of
Common Pleas of that county.
Mr.. West offered Joint resolution for
the amendment of section of article l5 of
the State Constitution, providing that un-
less the General Assembly shall establish a
printing bureau, and provide for the public
printing in the Deaf and Dumb Asylum,
such printing shall be let, by contract, to
the lowest responsible bidder. The resolu-
tion was laid on the table and ordered to be
printed.
The House joint resolution for sine die
adjournment on the 18th of March, was
amended by striking out "16th" and insert
ing "30th." The resolution as amended was
adopted.
Recess till ten o'clock tomorrow morn
ing.