Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-04-06
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
MORNING SESSION. I'D 10"
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| HOUSE OE REPR ESENTATHVE
| '2H" MORNING SESSION. Oh =.
i Prayer by Rev. Mr.. Coulter.
The Journal was read and approved.
Mr.. HIBBS asked and obtained leave to
record his vote on s.. j.. r. No. 8 suffrage
resolution, |, and voted nay.
| Mr.. MYERS presented petitions from
citizens of Darke county, praying for the
repeal of the law giving the probate Judge
of Darke county criminal Jurisdiction. Re-
| ferred. -9i' '-5i s'..' - r
| Mr.. BRANCH asked and obtained leave
to record his vote on II. B. No. 34S, and
voted ave. .s:.ai "i..i l' f< T. ~ '''ih .'
| Mr.. BRUFF made report from the Joint
committee on Enrolment, and -.
| The SPEAKER pro tenn. then signed the
| bills as enrolled. ''''.''i
On motion of Mr.. GLOVER call of the
House was ordered, when rs members
answered to their names. t'H ii.it" -
| The following members were absent with
out ttleave: Messrs. Alexander. Coan. Cur
tis, -Eneell, EstiIl, Fitzgerald, Hanson, Hell
| lef, HenrickS, Hoover, Kessler, MontgOrn-
cry, Northway,' Nixon, Piatt, Putnam,
Sawyer. Stanton. Swain, Williams, Young
On motion Of Mr.. GLOVER, the Ser
geant-at-Arm was dispatched for absen-
tees. = ''4'tf '...i 20 = . " 1 ~ 5i1it- '
Messrs. Encell, williams, Nixon, Young,
Curtis, Greene; Coan, Kessler, HenriekS,
1 u
appeared within the bar, when = :.
| Proceedings under the call were dis
penSed with. '.i- - ''I- fqsr .'3-'i'f' r
Mr.. FOX made report from the COM
mittee on Revision. - ''- -t.A HE 81
Mr.. JOHNSON made report from the
committee on Revision. 81 - i. 40 .
Mr.iBANNING, from the committee on
Military Affairs, reported the following
resolution, and recommended its adoption,
! House Joint Resolution No. 144l:
WHEREAS, Information has been received
that many soldiers who had served faith
fully in the army of the United States dur
ing the war for he'SuppreSSiOn of the re-
beIlion, after the fighting was over, and
before they were discharged, returned
without leave TO their homes to visit their
families, from whom they had been long
separated, were marked as deSerterS upon
the rolls, and refused an honorable dis
fcharge; therefore, aii''- Z. r'." i-t..i
ResoEUed, By the General Assembly of the
State Of Ohio, That our Senators in Con-
gress be instructed and our Represents
tives requested to use their influence for
the passage of a law authorizing and re-
quiring the Secretary of War to issue hon
Orable discharges to all soldiers of the
Union army not charged with other mili-
tary crimes at the time OF such desertion,
who had served one year previous to the
surrender of Lee's'army of Northern Vir-
ginia, and who, after such surrender, re-
turned to their homes without leave and
were marked as deserters upon the mus
ter-Out rolls of their companies and regi-'
ments. s,,5 I'' d. t'ii 'e- s.i' f'' =
RESOLVED, That the Governor be and he is
hereby. requested to forward copy of this
resolution to the President of the United
States, and the Speaker of the House of
Representatives of the United States, and
to each of our Senators and Representa-
tives in Congress. at''ft 40 -.'i ...- - q 81
Do, lox1o
Bruff, Eripp and Piatt spoke in favor of the
resolution. 2T t.f-- .-s.i.."' -ti-
The resolution was then put to vote upon
its passage ga iI, 'I.'- 80
Pending the vote, Mr.. HUGHES, by
unanimous consent, explained his vote,
saying that he would be compelled to vote
against the resolution because it excluded
soldiers who had not served one year pre-
vious to the close of the war. mat p ii y II
The resolution was adopted-yeas "a, :
nays 2-Messrs. Hughes and McMarrell.
HI. B. No 273, by Mr.. GLOVER-To
amend the act of Feb. ~, 1861, entitled san
act further to provide for the government
of the LOngviewAsylum,a and amendatorY
and supplementary to an act entitled AM
act to constitute the county of Hamilton a
separate district for lunatic asylum pur-
poses. and to provide for the erection and
government of an asylum therein," was
read the third time. $50. 5 ir%-..i 81. -
bill. .y ...s. toa s-r .,igs., .--sr.- SIS
MIR. COAN moved to lay the bill on the
table. Agreed to. -:a ul, -!Elr-1.- 54.rdI
A message was received from the Senate,
announcing that it insist upon its amend
ment to the Honse amendment to S.J. r.
No. 3, and asking for a committee of con-
ference. 5tatHII ~--, -..' "f"1E 81 i
The request of the Senate was granted,
and ; .lii -.4s 4.i gy.g ~. Es- aGd
The SPEAKER appointed Messrs. Alex
ander, Glover and Shipley, the committee
on the part of the House. a. f.E rod
Mr.. NIXON moved that S. B. No. 273
[Longview Asylum bill be taken from the
table. Agreed to- -frd r-t Er-
Mr.. NIXON obtained the floor and re-
piled to Mr.. Glover. aT' ..., ga
A call of the House was ordered, when
81 members answered to their names.
The following members were absent
without leave: Messrs. Denman, FitZger-
aid, Henricks, Hoover, Patton, Piatt, Put
nam, Sawyer, Stanton, Williams aud Speak
er (sick). 55 G..# g. .."n,.-i.~ -..f
! The Sergeant-at-Arms was dispatched
after absentees.sa. z.j.,.-. --- ..fFy-f'
Mr.. Henricks appeared within the bar,
when, on motion, .lgo- "a7
Proceedings under the call were dis
pensed with. ..IL .l-N .e.EE .. y5 aJ
The bill was then put upon it's passage,
and lost-yeas 20, nays 81. gr1~ aa i.r-.
Mr.. HUGHES called up II. B. No. 2S3,
by Mr.. CASTOR, 10 amend the first and
second sections of an act entitled an act
prescribing the fees of comfy auditors.
passed May i. 1862 as amended April II
1865. [t1iveS auditors II cents for every
100 words for all recording, except In four
of the larger counties of the Stated ..s
Mr.. PENNLSTEN moved to amend as
follows: After the word 'thOusanu,n in
line 16, insert: 'and not less than 4.2O0n
linhahitants !. Also, after services" in
line 26, insert: land in counties having a.
population less than 1900 such male inhab-,
itants, the county commissioners are here
by authorized to make an allowance to
such auditor not exceeding $500 each year
in lieu Of the fees as allowed in counties
having population less than $4,000 and
not less than 1920 such male inhabitants.
The amendmentswerea agreed to, and the
bill passed-yeas 66, nays IL. ,gulaJ ss-.l Il
On motion of Mr.. NIXON, H. B. No.
5l7 was taken from the table. I'D
ste AFTERNOON SESSION. 2i TAB y
A call of the House was ordered, when
so members answered to their Names
The following members were absent
without'leave: 20
Messrs., Ault, Banning, Beer, Branch,
Bruff, Chase, Cist, Clark of Harrison, Cur
tis, Cusac, Dangler, Dresbach, Erskine,
Estill, Fitzgerald, Gordon, Headley. Hen
ricks, Jones, Larwell, Marshall Masters,
Nixon, Parks, Patton, Perrill, Pennisten,
Piatt, Read, Rhodes, Rosencrans, Rutter
Sawyer, Schneider, Sorber, Stanton, Swain.
Tafel, Thornhill, Tripp, and Wood. =
The Sergednt7at-- at--Arnis, was dispatched
onmotion Of Mr.. HITCHCOCK. the com
mittee of conference on S. j. r. No. 8 was
allowed to sit during the session of the
House.
Messrs. Nixon, Dangler, Bruff, Cist, Mas
tiers, Schneider, Rosencrans, Bloom, Head
ley, Dresbach, Erskine, Branch, Clark of