Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-05-13

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Mr.. MONOGRAM offered an amerd ner Z
proposing to repeal the act to which> this
Dill is amendatory. The House agreed and
the Dill was recommftted with Instructions,
to SO amend it. Mr.. McMorran was made
said committee. st1.--1-- : -
II. B. No. 3O4, Mr.. DENNIS-To amend
section two of an act entitled .sar ACT to
amend the fifth section of an act prescrib-
ing the rates OF taxation for State, county,
township, city and other purposes,n as
amended by an act passed April IA, 1868.
and further amended by an act passed
March 80, 1864 and to amend the second
| section of said entitled act as amended by,
an act passed March 80, 1854; passed April
2. 1855, was read the third time, and on mo-
e,on or 5Mr. Hughes, of Highland, laid on
q. B. No. 25s, Mr.. sAYLoR-To enable
come bodies corporate, was read the third
time, and,
On motion of Mr.. SAYLoR, indefinitely
postponed. there being already q law apDli-
cable to such associations. 20
Mr.. JOHNSON, on leave, reported back
;. =: NO. l75, amended as instructed. The
substitute was agreed to. =
Mr.. CRIST offered a substitute for the
substitute just sgreed to- &
Mr.. POND moved to amend the substi-
tute. -----
The question being on recommitting,
Win instructions to substitute Mr.. Crist's
substitute, as amended by Mr.. Ponds
amendment, for the substitute of MIR, john
son. the House disagreed. ia
: Ine question was then on the passage of
the bill as amended by Mr.. Johnson's sub
stlIute, upon which the yeas and nays were
calleu and resulted-yeas 4S, nays 27. So
i Es,F 9 STATISTICS. ---~a
On motion of Mr.. PENNISTEN, H. R..
n roIo of
of the Auditor of State in reference to the
payment of the interest and principal of
the State debt, in greenbacks legal tenders
and the losses sustained by such payments q,
to the persons holding the claims against
the State, was taken from the table.
Mr.. STEWART offered an amendment
proposing to require the legal State author
tiles to pay the public debt and interest in
gold and silver, as the only constitutional
currency of the country.
Mr.. SCOTT, of Warren, opposed the
adoption of the resolution at some length.
MIR. Mr.PENNISTEN advocated the adop-
, tion of his resolution, contending that it
called for proper information for the House
and the people. If that information can te
!, obtained, 1t WI. place repudiation where it
, properly belongs.
The House refused to agree to the amend
l ment Of MIR. Steward-yeas g. nays 81.
2 Mr.. McMORRAN moved to amend nv
! inserting in the body of the preamble, .it
{ not being any part OF his official duty" to
/ furnish such information.
Mr.. POND moved to strike out the pre-
e amble.
r Mr.. GORDON moved to indefinitely post
pone the resolution and amendments
t The house refused to postpone-yeas 80,
nays 40. - {2fF 15r7
The House refused to amend the pre-
f amble.
The question was then on striking out
E the preamble. The House refused to strike
, out-yeas 80. nays &c..
The question was then on the adoption
of the resolution. The resolution was
j adopted-yeas 80, nays 80.
The CHAIR appointed Messrs. Pennis-
ten, Garfield and CASTOR as the committee
contemplated In the foregoing resolution.
On motion of Mr.. POND, the House took
, recess till tomorrow morning, o'clock.