Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-04-13

State of Ohio. That the said abandonment
of the north part of said basin ia approved
and confirmed. and all the right, title and
claim thereto on the part of the State for
public uses, acquired under the dedication
of Oct. 1st, in the year 1884, is hereby re-
leased to the parties owning the residuary
interests therein.
On motion OF Mr.. WOOD, the resolution
was referred to the committee on Turn
pixies.
Mr.. RUTTER moved to take from the
table 5. j. r. No 20-Relative to the an
nexation OF territory to towns and cities.
The House agreed.
Mr.. RUTTER moved to recommit the
bill with instructions to amend. The motion
was not agreed to.
Mr.. WARREN moved to recommit the
bill with instructions to amend the first
and third sections as to be in better gram
matical form, and at the same time to retain
the present Intention of said sections" Al
so section by striking out "one hundred
and inserting "forty-five." The House
refused.
On motion of Mr.. RUTTER, the bill was
laid on the table.
SOLDIERS TESTIMONIALS.
On motion of Mr.. MONOGRAM. H. j. R
No. SO, relative TO furnishing testimonials
to Ohio soldiers was taken from the table
MIR. BAKER moved to amend as follows
In line after the word "discharged," i'll
sert the word "white."
Mr.. MANN demanded the previous
question.
The demand for the previous question
was not sustained-yeas 26, nays 80.
The question was then on the adoption
of the amendmentOf Mr.. Baker.
Mr.. WOLF objected to incorporating thu
word white"
Mr.. BAKER sustained his amendment
MIR. LEE objected to the resolution be
cause it applied only to Ohio regiments
and said there were many worthy anC
brave Ohio soldiers III the regular army
who would be deprived of this testimonial
Mr.. LEWTON regarded the amend
ment as mean piece of prejudice agains
the colored soldier.
Mr.. LEErE was tired of dragging thu
negro into everything. He read from sta
tistics to show that nearly twenty thou
sand had been discharged from the army
for vagrancy and desertion. He wanted
the amendment to pass.
MIR. SCOTT, of Warren, denied that hi
party had brought the negro into this hal
during this session. Ifhe had been brough
in it was done by others.
Mr.. BELV1LLE moved to adjourn.
The yeas and nays were demanded. Th
House refused to adjourn-yeas 80, nays 3S
MIR. HUGHES, of Highland, moved Z
out all after the word "that" in sixth line
and insert 'justice requires and right de
mands that the soldier, their wives an
children should have the full amount tha
was raised by taxation for their benefi
and known as the Relief Fund, which wa
wrongfully applied by the Legislatures c
1866 and 1867 to the amount of the sum
1925 600, which went into the general rev
enue. as the party then in power had ex
hausted the funds in the treasury, and the
had this fund transferred from the soldie
and his family to replete an empty treas
ury.
The amendment was decided to be irrele
want.
The question again recurred on the adoI
tion OF Mr.. Bakers amendment. The yes
and nays were called and resulted-yes
26, nays 43. So the House refused to adol
the amendment.
Mr.. SCOTT, of Warren, moved to amen
by striking out the words, Tin an Ohio res
iment," in line 10, and insert after the wor
''Soldier." in line 9, the words ''from Ohio
Mr.. CALLEN moved that the House d
now adjourn. The yeas and nays wei
called and resulted-yeas 80, nays 80.
the Heuse adjourned.