Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-02-08


: ~ Mr.. J0fNsoNA ASenorial Of III q
tfasteespi the Ohio University, asking that
The fund for the establishment Of an agri1
cultural college may be divided between
theItWO State Universitless Laid on the
table AID ordered to belpripted.
BY Mr.. CIST--From numerous citizens
OF Cincinnati, for Law to amend the pres
ent law relating to notaries public Refer
red to select committee-Mr. Cist.
ny BY ANtSAER --fsrom A citizens uot
Cleveland, for the passage of joint reso-
luton instfqetipg ouf Senators and request
Ing our Representatives in Congress to'v,ote
for the general bankrupt -bill.s Referred 70
the committee on Finance.
Leave Of absence, till Wednesday next
WAS granted to the I'd Assistant Clerk and
I'D Messrs. oren, Welsh and Worth, and m
9dSflnite leave to Messrs. Estill and Kramer.
y SECOND READINGS. a 40
Nine bills were read the second time and
appropriately referredy, or "
Various messages, transmitting bills and
h resolutions, were received from the Senate,
/ and laid before the House by the Speaker
r The request'of the Housefor committee
OF Conference on s. B 2l1, To amend the act
regulating the fees of sheriffs in civil and
criminal cases, was acceded to by the Sen
ate (which, had appOinted Messrs, May,
Harris and NnOwles such coplmittee) sT-
Messrs. Boynton, Follett and Lawrence
Were rs appointed P the cpm%aitt9ee Mite on the part
Mr.. BOYNToN reported from the COM
mittee on, Revision, that ithad found five
House bills and House amendmentsto S. B.
No. 259, correctly engrossed.
Il BILLS READ THE THIRD TIME,
ID A - = IA NJ
Guernsey-To amend the act to authorize
county commissioners, city councils aud
township trustees to levy q tax to refund
money borrowed or pledged for local boun-
ties, passed March 20, 1864.
On motion OF Mr., BOYNT0N, a, call OF
the House was ordered, and 65 members
answered to their names.
. The following memberswere found TO be
absent without leave: ~1A Az n @NN ~
.a Messrs. Barrett, Bronson, Cist, Denman,
Fitzgerald, Glover, Heller, Hoover, Larwill,
Lockwood, Masters, Rosencrans, Rutter,
Sawyer Swain and Young-16.
I Indefinite leave of absence was granted
to Messrs. Fitch and Hastings.
Communications were presented, as fol-
BY Mr.. HHTCHCO OCK-FromiB. A. AAd-
ans, of Geauga county, upon the subject
rnissioners. Referred to the committee on
Schools and School Lands.
BY Mr.. HITCHC0CK-From Joel. I.
Merriman, Of Geauga county, upon the
subject of earlier assessment of property
} for taxation. Referred to the committee
on Finance, ,,ta(ElUu 4ELsfEEE
III By Mr.; ;HITCHCOCK-Fro W. r. Greer,
of Lake county, upon the subject of amend
ling the law prohibiting stock from running
at 1 , large, e., Referredto the committee on On
II Mr.. PUTNAM. offered for adoption the
following: sSl 70 ss.a,siu .. Ina
G WHEREAS, Legislation tending to destroy
or decrease. the consumption of any of the
great staple products of the soil, under
mines the foundation Of commercial pros
perity, and is hurtful to the general good /;
and
WHEREAS, The present tax upon distilled
spirits, on account of its exorbitant char
acter, tempts the cupidity of the dishonest,
and incites the evasion of the law by Illicit
distillation, and operates to break down the
great manufactures of the, West, which
cannot pay the tax and compete with spirit
, which pays no tax, thereby throwing thou
sands Of operatives out Of employment, de-
, stroying home consumption and the best
market for our grain; compelling our farm
ers to ship their products hundreds of miles
over expensive lines to find purchaser /;
therefore be it ,-.......
p Resolued By the General Assembly, Of, the
State of Ohio, That the best Interests of
Ohio and the great West demand reduc-
ton of the existing tax on whisky, TO a
rate not to exceed one dollar un the gallon
manufactured HiIl n.l1sq lnr .d a4l.faI..
Resolved That the Governor be, and he IL
har NJ Tod m "a Nf 40
resolutions to our Representatives in Com
gress. ,a1 sF tgt.fl.g ~; d! rronag etH
On motion of Mr.. PUTNAM, the fesolu-
tions were laid on the table. \. rrs ,,',.
I Mr.. CLARK, Of Guernsey, from the COM
mittee of five to whom was referred the
petition of members of the bar and officers
of the Court of Guernsey county, for the
election of an additional judge in the 8th
Judicial District, &c, reported the same
back, with, -rrne gn0r .vss7 rra-sq-
, H. B. No. 419, by Mr.. CLARK, of Guern-
sey--To change the subdivision of the
Eighth Judicial District Of the State Of
Ohio, and to provide for the election of
an additional Judge for the first subdi-
vision. III, /. r'es +, ,.s
H.B. No. 400, by Mr.. PIATT-To au-
thorize the trustees of Harrison township,
Champaign county, 70 levy q Special tax,
3D. Ha A -
Messrs. Cist and Young appeared in the
Hall. H19 4'hb 70 ~ uy73b 1707q ''ap aia
On motion of Mr.. PUTNAM, further
proceedings under the call were dispensed
with. ss a4 Esn s,laiHIl' iee; 9ai moi
H.,B. No, 1856 authorizing the levy of a
tax to refund money pledged for local
bounties), was passed--yeas a. mays none,
S. b. No. 230, To amend the act concern
ing the relation of guardian and ward, was
read the third time and passed--yeas 54,
nays g. e7i o. tuo1d llsR s5iiiHI 30 rs 90
I s. b. No. 249, To authorize the commits
sioners of Ottawa county to levy a tax to
build bridge over Toussaint river, was
read a third time and passed-yeas 81,
: S. B. No. 2ss, by Mr.. HuRD, To provide
for the appointment Of Law Librarian of
the Supreme Court, was read the third time.
Mr.. GLOVER moved to amend so as to
make the salary of the Office 1880 instead
of $l.5O0, which was disagreed to. ra,l s.f
The bill was passed--yeas 60, nays 4.
On motion Of Mr.. BRUFF, resolution
was adopted requesting the Attorney Cen
eral to give an opinion to this House as to
the necessity, or otherwise, Of a vote BY
yeps and nays in the House upon agreeing
TO amendments made by the Senate to
House bills.0Jsj tIaqupf- lu. 9.pu 40 Ier. 11laI
Mr.. PIATT offered for adoption the fol-
lowing: ,,.a .i,,,,'s,, :. q .s.,4 =. I. w ~.
Resolued, By The General assembly Of the
State of Ohio, That the Ohio Military Claim
Agency at Washington City, and the same
institution In Columbus, Ohio, be aud are
hereby continued one year longer, for the
purpose OF winding up the business con-