Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-03-16

: Tor 1ncuraDle lunaClcS, OF more, IL HeceS-
sary. Let the light of christian civiliza
tion shine brighter and brighter in oul
glorious State.
III The Ohio. LegisIatuTe.. {
1z7s5z' 5 -a= FRIDAY, March 15, 1857
i. .,s;fide -; ar. .SENATEl9ihW tn0f1i0
esi5 jshTf MoRNINGi SESSION. e31hilos1s' y,
by SRey. E. r. Goodwin dSSi,!y S%!y
. The gooFnal Of satSasy5 was read and
Is On ginoti6n of oMro ARTiN, the sSsrd Sosrrde,
of laornin q Business was suspended, and
49, b! 1873 20 regulate and govern the Ohio
eRenitentiary, was taken from the table,
i THE question being on .aSreeelng to- !
House amendment liking the, minimum
= rates at which convict labor may be let,,a
sdt Mr.! MARTIN addressed the. Senator 1T
uopposiEioh to the mendmeht on the groupt
btiIat thesnlininiufl rates specified in the
lIdouse amendm would preYeht, the, let
a ting Of aiIafge port tiSn of the eanXiets. arc
that. the fixing OF any rates would BEL
Messrs? Bradbury, Hall and Wiiilettsrproiks, rris
-inlfavof ofsthe amen dment, and Messrs
Warner and Williamson agsinst it. IN nof1
10 The an1ehdfient was disagreed tor-yea!
10.nays Zl. 'as fOll6vs: f, .f,..,,, ,,1,
: YEAs-Messrs.B Bate man, Bra dbilrrv, Burt
Godfrey: Golden, iH9urd Justice, Wallipg
- n ESs,sGMessrs 81 Berry Brooks. II Brown
-Carlin, Cole, Coombs, Dpwdney Griswold
Hall, Harris, Hollister, Kellogg, Linn May
I Martini McFarJ and, Sadler., Savage, lib.
1 balls, Warner, llianson -21;,9 9h -, .,9tsg
!, 5nI a,i5 PETITIONS PRESENTED. s3zr1 iat
BY, Mr.. .BRADBURY--Peti of s. "A
Burnap and IA attorneys and other citizens
and officers of Meigs county. for an altera.
tion of ID and Sd subdivisions of the
seventh judicial district of Ohio. Refer
BY Mr., iCOLE-Petition Bofh j !GJ. Will
liams and 1l2 other citizens of Marion vii
lage, Marion county, for nact authorizing
the corporate authorities, of said village tC
aid in constructing certain turnpikes.I Re-
ferred to a, committee of one-Mr. Cole.
Reports were made by Messrs. GFiswold
from the committee on Revision and God
frey from the committee on Enrichment. %
5n,b BILLS READ A THIRD TINE.
S. B. 32l, To amend section / of an act
entitled an act Z" to abolish the tenth judi
cial district" passed May !, 1862. ,n s1s7.
The third reading of this bill was follow
ed by lengthy debate, in which Messrs.
Willett, Walker, Sadler, Tibbals, McFar-
land, Dowdney, Brown, Cole, Hall, Berry
and Linn participated. Finally, the furth-
er consideration of the bill was postponed
and made a special order for Tuesday next,
at 8 O'Clock p. NJ. ti'.' oy .t.5.s.g '.i{s s7aI
On motion of Mr.! WARNER, S. B. 35S.
To establish the Ohio Agricultural and
Mechanical College, was taken out of the
committee of the Whole and referred to
the committee on Agriculture. ,t.,ft,., {
The Senate then took recess. t,,.. Tc.-
-fGequl AFTERNOON SESSION, .,r,.fi ?. ,
Leave of absence Indefinitely was asked
and obtained tor Messrs., Berry and Wal
ling. Z'u' e.t.fTe.a7ii
House Joint resolution authorizing the
directors of the Penitentiary to suspend
the lettings of convict labor now pending
until the new Penitentiary bill is disposed
of, was agreed to-yeas IS, nays L. rf fr8
THIRD READING OF BILLS RESUMED.
S. B. 323, To authorize the Board of
Public Works topurchase so much of the
Upper or NATIONAL Road bridge at Zanes-
vile as is situated on the line of said Ma
tional road. .l.lsi j. I1 IeS - t.'..' -
The bill was read third time. .s1l,is 2;
Mr., WEST moved to refer the bill to a
select committee of one, with instructions
to amend by striking out SO much of the
second section as provides that the $4,000
which it is proposed that the State shall
paw for the bridge out of the general rev.
enue fund, shall be refunded out of the tolls
hereafter collected on the National road.
Linn made all elaborate speech
against the instructions and in favor of pur-
chase by, the State, and refunding the cost
from the tolls.
- WEST supported his amendment.
and referred to statistics to show that all
the tolls ,arisinggfrom the road are needed
to keepit in repair. sIri@..e +. za.sa,sA '
The question was further discussed by
Messrs. Tibbals, Bateman and others against
tte measure. offpurehase, and Messrs. War
ner. Hall; KELLOGG. and others in its favor.
n w 10
modified, at the suggestion Of Mr.. .Bateman,
so as to provide that the cost of the bridge
shall be refunded to the Treasury from tolls
to be collected on the bridge atpresent rates,
after which, the bridge shall be Free La Az
= Messrs. Walker and Martin furtherspoke
inytavor of the purchase, and Messrs. Cole
and Mcfarland against it. ~, gsusF .sli
The motion to refer with the Instructions,
was lost. EChtt fi-.i 80 - q tfs brs taItF
rEMr. LINN moved to refer the bill with
Instructions to amend so as to provide that
the Auditor of State shall issue bonds at
one, two, three four and five years; for four
thousand dollars each year, to make up the
purchase money; which was agreed to-. -.
The bill then passed:--yeas l9, nays 8, as
follows: .s, L. ssiss vlsfar, -nss ir,f
ID YEAS Messrs. Bradbury, Brooks, Brown,
Burt. Dowdney, Godfrey Golden, Hall,
Harris, Hurd, Justice, Kellogg, Linn. May,
Martin, Savage, Walker, Warner Williams
son-19. n ttil4fA yEl5tE, s..I .L4 4-,t ~
- ANAYs--Messrs. Bateman, Carlin, Cole,
Coombs, Griswold, Mcfarland. Sadler,; Tib-
balls, West-9. ,-,ea ri haH ,.5i eF r'7 ,.s'o T
| The Senate then took recess till to- NOR
row morning at 10 O'Clock; ~, ~
. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.. y
- MORNING SESSION. ..A ~ ST..
{ Prayer by Hon. Mr.. Welsh. .,..-.t
The Journal was read and approved. 81
Indefinite leave of absence was granted
to Mr.. Nash. one of the Assistant Clerks,
and to Mr.. Henricks. .Zye,,t.- ...z,sI s..
Z Mfr. COCHRAN made a report from the
Joint committee on Enrolment, and 1
The SPEAKER then signed the bills and
joint resolution as enrolled. 1at ~, .a,.,ss .-s&
: g Mr.. WELSH offered for adoption n. j. r.
No. 1872 as follows: s,ai-- -aa5,,
qResolued bg the General Assembly of the
State of Ohio, That the Directors of the
Ohio Penitentiary be directed to suspend
the letting of contracts for the convict la
Dor under their control until this General
Assembly shall have disposed of the SUBJ
stitute for Senate bill No. 198. rst .7s-,.
The resolution was adopted--yeas "a,
nays none. -t..5 s,s .a31 - q j. 7IL-.
& Mr.. HUGHES reported back, from Sc
lect committee, II. r. relative to employing
additional clerks for the House, and recon-
mended the adoption of the following sub
Stitute: sH l.s 10 *
Resozued, That the Clerk of the House is
authorized and directed to employ an as
sistant, rendered necessary by the accumu-
lation of business towards the close of the
session, and the Speaker is hereby au-
thorized to certify the compensation of
such assistant at the rate of three dollars
per day. l-f..r b7-..-s sa....E -e..
Agreed to. -#I...s. il 2ifa.g1,t.,, 1t,., 7'
PETITIONS AND CIRCUMSTANCES, r.
were presented as follows, and appropriate
ly referred: s1 n1ff
= By Mr.. HILL, of Defiance-From 16s
citizens of Paulding county, for the amend :
ment or repeal of an act passed Feb. 2,
1851, authorizing the levy of a tax to
build bridges across the Auglaize river in