Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1866-02-22
Ohio Legislature.
HOUSE.

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the third time and passed
Mr.. Larwells House Bill, to regulate pro
ceedings at law against insurance companies,
50 as to allow suits to be brought against
them in the counties where policies are issued,
instead of requiring parties 10 60 TO the conn.
ties where the principal Offices are located,
was read the third time and passed
Mr. Harris S. B, to amend section one Of
an act supplementary to an act passed
iarch 2Sth. 1864, to authorize the count,
commissioners, trustees of any township, and
.ity council to levy tax for the payment OF
counties to volunteers, and TO refund sub
criptons made for that purpose" passed
Npril 9th, 1865 was read the third time and
passed.
Mr. Brooks S. B.. to provide for rrdeemine
the bills Of the Seneca County Bank, was read
he third time and passed.
SENATE.
Saturday, Feb 10th, lSG6.-On House bill
No. l0l, to amend the act for the relief OF
the families of soldiers and mariners, &C..
providing for retaining the fund for that pur
pose in the State Treasury for the present.
discussion sprang up which occupied most o,
the morning session. Mr. Martin moved that
its third reading and further consideration b,
postponed until the 10th inst In the discus
sion which followed this motion, Messrs Mar
tin, Williamson. Brown. Sadler, Wileti
Berry. Cole, Walling, Dowdney, Godfrey
Hollster. Mcfarland and Warner participn
ted. The discussion took the whole range OF
the policy fappropriating part of the relief
fund to the sinking fund, of dividing it among
the counties, and of holding it for the presen'
applicable to the purpose for which it wns
raised. The motion for postponcment inall.
prevaled-yeas 20. nays l3
Monday, Feb l2, lS66-Mr. Mcfarland
also reported on H. r. No g., to amend sec.
3l4 of the act to establish code of civil pro
cedure, recommending its passage. Bill
passed yeas ~, nays l.
The afternoon was entirely spent in cor.
mttee of the Whole, Mr. Hays in the Chair.
in further discussion of the bill codifiing thu
road laws, and the bill providing for payin;
nf damages sustained in the Morgan raid
| The former was reported hack with amend
ments, and referred to the committee o,
Roads and Highways, and the latter was re.
lerred to the committee on Military Affairs
HOUSE.
Mr.. Boynton's H. B., to punish the larccn,
the third time and passed.
On motion of Mr.. Hitchcock, the standing
Committee on Rctrenchment were instructed
to inquire into the possibility and expedienc,
Of dispensing with the office of the "Comms
,ioncrs of the Sinking Fund" in the city o;
New York of abolishing the Office of Comp
troller of State of dispensing with the Quar-.
termaster Generals Office; Of aholishing III,
office of military Claim Agent" of abolish.
ing the Sturgeon Generals Office and o!
reducing the clerical force in the Treasur,
aud other Departments of the State.
Mr.. Boynton introduced bill, which was
read the first time. prescribing the duties o!
Clerks and Sheriffs in carrying into executions
the senterce of Courts in cases OF murder in
the first degree
The House took recess
Wednesday, Feb. l4.-S. B. No. 5S, Sup
Elementary to an act to provide for locating
establishing, and constructing ditchcs drains
and water courses in townships Yeas 80
nays 3
| Mr.. Mcfarland, on leave. reported back
from tn, Judiciary committee the bill rela
tive to removing convicts in the Penitcntinry
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found, amended so as to confne its operation
to cases Of indictment for murder in the frs
degree Amendment agreed to, and the bill
read third time and passed-yeas 2S, nays T.
The special order for the hour--the con.
ST !eration of the resolution relative to the 10.
cation of an Agricultural College-was taken
up. The resolution is as follows: ....
Resoired DC, ] hat the purposes of the
act Of Congress apl roved July Cd, 1862, do
nating lands to the several States and Terri
tories which may provide colleges for the ben.
eft Of agriculture and the mechanical arts,
will be best served by the establishment Of a
single college, centrally located and easy Of
access, in which the leading object shall be,
without excluding other scientific and elias.
sical studies, and including military tactics,
to teach such branches OF learning as are re-
lated to agriculture and the mechanical arts
Mr. Warner moved the adoption of the res.
olution.
Mr.. Kellogg proposed to amend the resolu,
ton, substituting for the words centrally 10.
Gated" the phrase $50 rs to be alike accessi.
BILE from all parts of the State T..
The amendment was discussed and was
adopted ..... -..
| Mr. Hayden moved to insert the words ''for
the present after the word establishment" :"
in the resolution, which was agreed TO, and
the resolution, as thus amended, was adopted
yeas 80, nays 3.
HOUSE.
Senate bill, supplementary to an act en-
titled an act to amend an act entitled ON act
to provide for the organization of cities and
villages, passed March II, 1858. and the act
amendatory thereof, passed April 90, 1854,
was read the third time and passed. .
Senate bill, to amend an act entitled "sn
act to amend section of an act entitled an
act supplementary to an act entitled an act
to provide for the organization of cities and
incorporated villages, passed april l3, 1865,
was passed
Senate bill, to amend sections 10 and 81,
and for the repeal Of section 49, Of an act
concerning the relations of guardian and
ward was read the third time aud passed
Senate amendments to H. B., to prevent
the killing of wild deer between Janua-v lst
and October lst, we're agreed to, the i'll be-
came q law .a
| Tuesday, Feb, l3.-Mr. Martini on leave,
introduced bill to increase the salary of the
State Librarian 10 81 500 Read the first
time. and printing dispensed with. .