The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1866-02-08

refused to do their duty, in order to
hide the true facts from the peo-
pie, in order to retain power by
corrupt means. The erpOse in the
telegram to the Enquirer, arriving,
as it did, in the midst of the debate,
gave the conspirators to know that
the facts were known, and then,
and not until then, they were par
tally admitted to be true.
Mr.. Glover, of Scioto, the first
moment he could get a chance I'M
der the rules to do so, presented
the following bill, which, before its
presentation, he had had printed
and numbered in the exact ORDER:
A bill to amend section four of
an act passed April 6, 1866, entitled
Gan act for the relief of the fami-
lies of soldiers and marines in the
State and United States service,
and of those who have died or been
disabled in service. 20. L. 81, p.
'S1.)
SECTION 1. BE it enacted By the
General assembly Of the State Of
OhiO, That section four of said act
Of April 6, 1865, be amended so as
to read as follows, to wit:
Sec. i. That two-fifths of the
amount collected under the provis-
ions Of this act shall be paid into
the State Treasury, to the credit of
the sinking fund, and the 4 same is
hereby appropriated to the pay
ment Of the principal of the public
debt Of the State, and one-twentieth
of the amount collected under the
provisions of this act shall be paid
into the State Treasury, to the
credit of general revenue and the
remainder Of the funds collected
under the provisions of this act
shall be apportioned by the Au-
ditor Of State to the several coun-
ties, according to the enumeration
and returns made to him by the
several county auditors, of the ne
cessitous persons in the families of
the soldiers and marines of said
counties, respectively, and pay over
the same to the county treasurers,
at their semi-annual settlements
with the State. O.
Sec 2. That section fonr Of said
act of April 6, 1865, be, and the
same is hereby repealed.
SEC. 3. This act shall take effect
and be in force from and after Its
passage.
Mr.. Nixon moved that the rule
be suspended and the bill be read
E second time now.
Mr.. Follett thought this hasty
action. Five weeks had elapsed
since the Legislature met, and this
proposition was made in the Au.
ditor's Report, but no action was
had until this morning, when
printed bill comes into the House,
before it is presented, and the
constitutional rule asked TO be suS-
pended in order to pass it. This
fund thus sought to be swallowed
up was raised for the purpose of
relieving the widows and orphans
of soldiers, many Of whom still
need relief in the different counties
Of the State.
There is no pressing necessity
thus to rob the widow and the or
phan of the fund thus raised by the
people of Ohio to sustain them in
the hour Of their poverty and their
need, and unless a pressing neces-
sity exists to save the honor of the
State, he, for one, would not vote to
suspend the rule and to pass this
bill in such hot haste without re-
Election, when it is to rob the
widow and the orphan and the sol
diers of money raised for their
benefit. The fund was raised for
this specific purpose, and the Cons
titution says all money shall be ex-
pended for the purpose for which it
was raised by taxation, and he, Mr..
F., was not willing to violate the
Constitution in this respect.
Mr.. Glover and Mr.. Lockwood
replied, each denying that there
existed any defalcation or absolute
necessity for this bill, except to
prevent the Soldiers Relief Fund
from being paid out, instead of
being transferred TO the Sinking
Fund.
Mr.. McMorran (Rep.) of Cham
paign, was not in favor of this bill.
He was opposed to touching this
fund-it was a sacred fund, raised
for the relief of soldiers and their
families-and he was determinedly
opposed to its passage, and was in
favor ofits indefinite postponement.
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