Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-02-17
THE OHIO LEGISLATURE
THURSDAY, Feb. 1e, 1865.
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| MORNING SESSION.
Prayer by Rev. A. G. Byers.
! The following bills were passed:
Senate bill to regulate the reviving OF
judgments before justices of the peace.
House bill to authorize guardians to lease
the real estate of their wards in certain
cases.
House bill to provide for the commence
meat of the terms of district and common
pleas courts. s 49,
On the petition of citizens of Goshen
township, Champaign county, asking that
.ne act of March 10, 1854, to suppress the
sale of Intoxicating liquors upon the days
of election, may be so amended as to make
its provisions applicable to all the days
| of the year.
Mr.. Gunckel, from the Judiciary commit
tee, submitted report which was adopted.
The report states that, in the opinion of
the committee, it would be ineXpedient to
grant the prayer of the petitioners. The
old actof May /. 1864, II enforced, would
close every drinking housein the State, and
provide effectually against the evils result
ing from the sale of spirituous liquors.
But it is in advance of public opinion, and,
therefore, not generally enforced. The new
act, applying to election days only, was
heartily approved by the people all over the
State, and everywhere enforced with the
most gratifying results. The committee
express a fear that to make its provisions
| applicable to all days of the year would
make it, like too many other laws on the
same subject, dead letter on the statute
| book.
But the petitioners asked, that if their re-
| quest were not granted absolutely, 1T should
| be made conditional on vote of the peo-
pie in each city, village, &c.; or If the law
| could not be made general, that it should
be made to apply to their particular village
only. Neither, say the committee, can be
| granted. Both are prohibited by Sec. rs
of Art. III of the Constitution, which de-
clares that all laws of general nature shall
have uniform operation throughout the
State, nor shall any act, except such as re-
lates to public SC lOols, be passed to take eff
feet upon the approval of any other author
ity<than the General Assembly
A message was received from the Cover
nor, transmitting the annual report of the
Commissioner of Statistics, which was re-
ferred to the Printing committee. Recess.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Nearly the whole of the session wasspent
in committee of the Whole on several bills.
Mr.. Converse introduced bill supple
mentary to the act to authorize the county
commissioners, trustees of townships and
of bounties to volunteers, and to refund
subscriptions made for that purpose, passed
March rs, 1864. u5gsa
The bill provides that in all cases where
the city council of any city shall offer
bounties to volunteers under any law of
this State, they shall have power topay said
bounties to any person or persons, who may
have advanced said bounties under the call
of December 10, 1854, or any future call of
the President for volunteers, whether said
bounties may have been advanced before
or after the passage of the ordinance offer
ing such bounty; SO that the bounties in
shall not exceed the bounties
allowed by the laws of this State. @
Mr.. Converse moved a suspension OF the
rules, so that the bill might be read the sec
ond and third time, in order to be put up
on its passage, which was agreed to. The
bill, after some discussion, was passed by
the following vote: a5r4
.YEAs-Messrs. Bates, Converse, Cranor,
Curtis, Eggleston, Gass, Gunckel, Hart,
Howells, Jamison, Lang, Loudon, Magin-
mis-, Martin, Mckenzie, O'Connor, Patton,
Stanbery, Stanton, West, Wickham, Will
lett, Williamson and Wilson-2.
Mr.. Connell alone voted in the negative.
Adjourned.