Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-01-06
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

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journed. ,a' ....H
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
MORNING SESSION.
At ten o'clock, the Speaker called the
House to order, and the session was opened
with prayer by Rev. NJ. FELTON,. The Jour-
nal of Yesterday was read, corrected, and
approved. .gl. ....F
The Speaker appointed the following
COMMITTEES on Enrolment: Messrs. North
way, Masters, Wiles, Williams, Furnass,
Heller, Hill; and on the joint committee on
Enrolment: Messrs. Cochran and Fitch.
Mr.. Thornhill asked and obtained leave
of absence until Wednesday next for Mr..
Kagy, on account Of sickness In his family.
Mr.. Chase presented petition for the
passage of law TO prohibit tribes of wan
dering Gipsies from occupying any town
in the State more than "a hours, which was
referred to the Judiciary committee, not
yet appointed. .
Mr.. Glover presented the memorial OF
Andrew Evans, contesting the seat of Mr.
Fitch, the Representative from Brown,
which was referred to the committee on
Privileges and Elections, not yet appointed.
Mr.. Follett's Dover bill was read the sec
ond time, and referred to the Judiciary
committee.
.. -....rr NEW BILLS. ....
Mr.. Thornhill introduced bill, which
was read the first time, To amend section
IA of an act directing the mode of trial in
criminal cases, passed March z, 1881, as
amended by an act passed March IA, 1862.
Under existing laws, the Court assigned
counsel to defend pauper criminals, but al
lows no fees; this bill allows fees for de-
e l. 1s,,a.
500 in any one case. ......
tr Mr.. Headley introduced bill, which was
read the first time, To repeal the Justices
Criminal Code.
Mr.. Clark, of Columbiana, introduced
bill, which was read the first time, To
amend section one of an act entitled IAN act
to authorize the establishment of lines OF
true meridian in the several counties OF the
State of Ohio" .- g..
.s REsoLUTIoNs. ...
Mr.. Hill offered the following preamble
and resolution, which were laid on the table
and ordered to be printed.
WHEREAS, That provision of the In
ternal Revenue law of the United States,
providing for the assessment and collection
of the internal revenue by Federal officers
(thus creating swarmsof tax gatherers and
collectors throughout the country, is who'll
ly unnecessary and is burdensome to the
people; and
WHEREAS, The necessities of the country
require the most rigid economy In the pub
lie expenditures; therefore, be it t
RESOLVED, By the General Assembly Of the
State of Ohio, That our Senators and Repre-
sentatives in Congress be requested to ex-
ert their influence in procuring an amend
ment to the Internal Revenue law so as to
permit and authorize the collection of the
internal revenue of the United States by the
local authorities of the several States in the
same manner as is now or may be provided
by law for the assessment and collection of
taxes in the respective States.
Mr.. Wiles offered a preamble and resolu-
tions, which were laid on the table and Or
dered to be printed. They request our
Congressman to urge through to final pas
sage, at the earliest practicable moment, an
amendment to the Constitution of the Unit
ed States, by striking out the first para
graph, 9th clause of the 9th section of the
LIST article of that document.
Mr.. Oberkline offered the following reso-
luton, which was referred to the committee
on Printing. rH
ResolUed, That there be printed for the
use of the members of the General Assem-
bly, 5000 extra copies of the Governors
Message and accompanying documents In
the English language, and 1900 In the Ger
man language.
Upon motion of Mr.. Clark, of Columbi-
ana, a committee was appointed to whom
the Governors Message was referred, with
a view to its appropriate reference to com
mittees Messrs. Clark, of Columbiana,
Bruff and Putnam were appointed that
committee. al tI
Mr.. Tripp offered a resolution, which
was adopted, ordering the Clerk to have
printed daily calendar, for the use Of the
members.
The House then took recess.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Mr.. Thornhill offered for adoption the
following resolutions, which were laid on
the table and ordered to be printed:
Resolved, By the General Assembly of the
State OF Ohio, That our Senators and Rep
in Congress be and they are
hereby requested to use their influence to
procure the passage of law by Con-
gress, giving to the soldiers who enlisted
or volunteered prior to the year 1863, one
hundred and sixty acres Of land each, or its
equivalent in money.
Resolved, That the Governor be requested
to forward copy of this resolution TO each
Of our Senators and Representatives in
Congress.
Mr, Lockwood offered for adoption the
following resolution:
ResolUed, That when this House adjourns
on Friday, January 13th, and on every
third Friday thereafter, it shall stand ad-
journed until the following Tuesday at two
and one half o'clock p. NJ. ils
Mr.. Hughes, OF Butler, moved to strike
out 'third Friday,n and insert second
which was lost.
Mr.. LockwOod's resolution was then
adopted.
Mr.. Wright introduced a bill, which was
read the first time. Amendatory of section
8 Of an act concerning Notaries Public and
Commissioners, and prescribing their du-
ties," passed March 13, 1856.
Mr.. Hitchcock, from the select commit-
tee on Rules, reported Rules for the gov