Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-04-30
On motion of Mr.. CALLEN, the Hous
took a recess.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
HOSPITAL BILL.

HOSPITAL BILL.
A message from the Senate announced
the concurrence of that body in the passage
of 81. B. No. 237, supplementary to an act
entitled an act to provide for the erection
of hospital at Cincinnati, with an amend
ment to strike out two and insert one hun
dred and fifty thousand dollars. The ques-
ton being on agreeing to the Senate
amendments.
Mr.. WOLF opposed the same..
Mr.. SKAATS replied to Mr.. Wolf
The House refused to agree to the amend
ments--yeas 81, nays 5S. 4i.y
The House agreed to Senate amendment
to ii. b. No. 337, to provide tor surveying
and plating certain lands in Hooking
county.
The House refused to recede from its
amendments to S. B. No. SO to authorize
the council of the incorporated village of
Washington G. H., Fayette county, Otio,
to improve the streets of said village, and
asked for committee of Conference.
FIRST READING. aE
S. B. No. ISL, to amend sections three,
| four and fifteen of an act entitled an act
regulating sales at auction, passed March
! 16, 1910. Read the first time.
Mr.. SHETLAND, FL. B. No. 3S2-To
amend an act authorizing the commission
ers of Madison county TO levy tax to
purchase additional grounds for the Agri-
cultural Society. Read the first and sec
ond times under suspension of the rules,
and referred TO MIR. SHETLAND.
JOINT RESOLUTION.
Mr.. BELVILLE offered the following
resolution, which was adopted-yeas So,
nays l6:
H. j. R. NO. 20.
| RESOLVED by the General Assembly of the
State of Ohio, That select joint committee
consisting of - members on the part OF
the Senate and two members on the part
of the House, be appointed, whose duty it
shall be to inquire into and report at the
adjourned session of the General Assembly
what damage has been sustained by Mr..
! Stiffin on account of the pollution by the
/ sewers of the Southern Ohio Lunatic Asy-
lum, of stream of water flowing through
his lands.
| THIRD READING.
Mr.. WALLING reported back S. B. No
| Sc, to repeal an act entitled an act to pro-
vide for the establishment of line OF
wharfing and dockage in navigable waters
in this State, passed March 20, 1867, recon-
mending its passage.
| The report was agreed to- and the bill or.
dered to be read third time now.
| Mr.. SINCLAIR offered a substitute to the
bill. pending its third reading.
| Mr.. WALLING spoke at some length In
favor OF the bill, and in opposition to the
substitute.
Mr.. POND defended the substitute, and
contended that the State had right tc
regulate the navigable waters of Ohio.
Mr.. POND then moved that the bill and
substitute be laid on the table and ordered
to be printed.
Mr.. LEWTON hoped the motion would
not prevail. He cited facts in conn ectior
with Toledo, to show that the substitute
would work badly, if incorporated in the
bill.
Mr.. WOLF spoke at some length agains
the substitute. and in favor of the bill.
Mr.. SINCLAIR defended his substitute
and replied to the objections OF Mr.. Lew
ton and others.
Mr.. HILL, of Erie, sent to the clerk.
desk certain communications from tn,
board of trade of Cleveland and Sandusky
on the subject of wharfage which were reaC
| and which asked that such wharfages b,
left to the control of the city councils.
Mr.. WALLING favored the repeal o
the present law, without regard to any fu
ture law on the subject. He further op
posed the substitute.
The House refused to lay the bill on tn,
table. a
The question was then upon agreeing t.
the substitute for the original bill TIL,
House refused to agree to the substitute
yeas 80. nays So.
The bill was then read the third time
and the question being on its passage, tn,
yeas and nays were called, and resulted
yeas 6S, nays "a. So the bill passed.