Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-02-14
Ohio Legislature.

Thursday, Feb. 13, 1858.
SENATE.
MORNING SESSION..
Prayer by Rev. DIR. Scott, of the NJ. E.
Church. <N
PETITIONS PRESENTED.
By Mr.. CON ANT-From 10 attorneys of
Portage county, for an extra judge in the
second subdivision of the ninth judicial
district. Referred to Messrs. Woodwork,
Brooks, Potts, Burrows and Conant, as a
select1committee.
| By Mr.. BROOKS-From AZ citizens of
Jefferson county, for free trade in money.
Referred to the Finance committee.
By Mr.. WINNER-From As citizens of
Darke county, for free trade in money, or
ten per cent. interest on contract. Same
reference.
| By Mr.. HALL-From As citizens of Lu-
cas- county, for the same object. Same ref
erence.
By the same-From 63 citizens of Toledo
against the repeal of the law authorizing
the establishment OF dock and harbor lines.
Referred to the committee on Public
Works.
| By the same-Four other remonstrances
of the same tenor from citizens of Toledo,
together with a similar remonstrance from
the City Council of Toledo. Same. refer
ence. .7,..
Bv Mr.. LAWRENCE-From 80 citizens
of Guernsey county, for the repeal of the
road laws passed at the last session. Re-
ferred to the committee on Roads and High
ways.
By the same-From 81 citizens of Guern-
sey county, against the repeal OF the act to
authorize county commissioners to con-
struct roads on petition of resident land
owners along and adjacent to the line OF
| said road. Same ference.
Ey Mr.. CAMPBELL-From 81 citizens
OF Warren county, for the repeal OF the
"Stock law" Referred to the committee
on Agriculture.
By Mr.. REX--From - citizens of Wayne
county, for the passage of the bill prescib-
ing the duties OF county auditor. Referred
to the Finance committee.
SECOND READING.
Eight Senate bills were read the second
time and referred.
Mr.. HUTCHESON'S bill to provide for
the encouragement of immigration to the
State of Ohio, was referred to Messrs.
Hutcheson, Hall, Linn, Biggs and Dickey,
as a select committee. .5.
| Mr.. HUTCHESON'S bill for the appoint
ment of gas inspectors by city and town
councils, and to abolish the office of State
Gas Inspector, was referred to Messrs.
Hutcheson. Dangler and Kenney, as a Sc
| lect committee.
| The other bills were referred to the COM
mittee OF the Whole or to standing COM
mittees.
BILLS INTRODUCED AND READ THE FIRST
! Go TIME.
By Mr.. GOLDEN-To provide for fill
ing petitions in error in the Supreme Court.
By Mr.. JONES-To provide for the pay
ment of claims growing out of the militia
ry expedition of John Morgan in the State
of Obio n 1S62
By Mr.. KES5LER-To authorize the
City Council of Cincinnati to issue bonds
for waterworks purposes.
By Mr.. BERRY-To amend section one
of the act to provide for the division of
townships into election precincts, passed
March 4, 1858.
POSTPONED.
The House bill to quiet the title to GER
tain church property in the town OF Eaton,
Preble county, &C., was, on the recon-
mendation of the Judiciary committee, in
definitely postponed.
ADJOURNMENT IN CRIMINAL CASES BEFORE
JUSTICES.
Mr.. .STAMBAUGH, from the majority
of the Judiciary committee, reported back
Senate bill to amend section22, of the act
of March "a, 1887, defining the powers
and duties of justices of the peace and
constables in criminal cases, and recon-
Mr.. KEIFER, from the same committee,
made report, recommending the passage
of the bill after the adoption of two amend
menJs-the most material of which was the
second amendment containing a proviso
that the prosecution should be entitled to
continuance for any reasonable length of
time upon good cause shown, in any case
where the accused should give BAIL.
: The first amendment was agreed to.
The merits of the bill and the proposed
amendment were discussed at length by
Messrs. Stambaugh and Keifer.
The vote upon the second amendment
was as follows:
YEAs-Messrs. Carter, Dickey, Emmitt,
Hall, Jones, Keifer, Kessler, Kramer, Law
renee, Linn. May, Potts, Simmons-13.
NAYs-Messrs. Berry, Biggs, Campbell,
Conant. Dowdney, Evans, Godfrey, Girls
void, Hutcheson, Kenney, Rex, Scribner,
Stambaugh. Terrence, Winner, Woodwork,
Yeoman-17.
So the amendment was not agreed to.
The bill was then read the third time
and passed, by the following vote:
Campbell, Conant. Corey, DOwdney. Evans,
Godfrey. Jones, Kenney, Linn, May, Rex,
Scribner, Simmons, Stambaugh, Wood
worth and Yeoman-19.
NAYs-Messrs. Carter, Dickey, Emmitt,
Griswold. Hall, Hutcheson, Keifer, Kessler,
Kramer, Lawrence, Potts, Terrence and
Winner-l3.
onmotion of Mr.. SIMMONS, the Senate
took recess.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
ELECTION OF AN ADDITIONAL JUDGE.
Mr.. KEIFER. from the Judiciary COM
mittee, reported back the Senate bill to au-
thorize the election of an additional Judge
i'm the third subdivision of the Fifth Judi
aio frin Af q ioc Of
Franklin, Pickaway and Madison. the cleo
tion to take place on the first Monday in
April next.
rne Dill was read the third time, and the
question being on its passage,
Mr.. HUTCHINSON said the population
of this third subdivision had increased from
the time when the judicial district was
formed, in 1851, from about 10000 to nearly
100 600. The increase of capital had more
than kept pace with the increase of popula-
Uion. In the county of Franklin, it had be-
come impossible for one Judge to attend to
the business in it and in the other two
counties in the subdivision. During the
war, owing to the decrease of business, the
Superior Court OF Franklin county was
abolished by the Legislature. Since the
war the judicial business in the county had
increased three-fold. There would be a
necessity, should this bill fail, of having a
Common Pleas Judg1 for Franklin county
alone.
The vote was taken and the bill was
passed-yeas 80, nays none.
THE DOG LAW.
Mr.. SCRIBNER, from the judiciary
committee, reported back the House bill to
amend the act to restrain 6ogs from running
| at large at night and for the protection OF
sheep, passed April 4, 1866, a1d recon-
mended the passage of substitute, which
was agreed to, and ordered to be read the
| third time tomorrow.
AGRICULTURAL REPORT.
Mr.. EVANS, from the committee on Ag-
riculture, reported back the Senate joint
resolution relative to printing the reports
of the State Board of Agriculture for the