Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-01-29
e Senate then adjourned.
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Prayer by Rev. Mr.. Welsh. .+
The CHAIR announced the. following az
The special committee for fixing the ratesl
Of lawful interest, as required by M. Sin
Sinclair. Ball, Hughes. of Butler, Parker,t
Parr, Cannon, and Hill, of Defiance. d1 i5-
...-... SENATE BILL.
Senate bill, supplementary to an act con-
cerning the relation of guardian and ward
was read the first time. ---ii 'o'l IN
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION. .it
Senate joint resolution, in relation to
American citizens, in which the concur
renee of the House was asked, was, takenl
up. read, and referred TO the standing COM
mittee on Federal Relations, with instruc-
tions to amend. i Z - o.. 1tiie , IL
PETITIONS. la's;llt! STR al
Mr.. MONOGRAM presented the petition
of G.. Ellis and 34iotber citizens of Cham
paign county, asking for tree trade in mon:
ey by contract, or by legaliZing 10 per
cent. on contracts, leaving the legal rate o.
6Tper cent. otherwise unchanged. Refer
red to the select committee OF, seven OH In
terest. Tf
d: Mr. COLEMAN presented the petition
OF F.. NJ. Davidson and so other citizens OF
Hamilton county, praying for the passag,i
of a law defining the relations of CARRIER
and consignees OF freights by steamboats,
Referred to committee on Manufacture.
and Commerce. s'fhe1.- ih ~ Tifso 1aG
Mr.. HILL, OF, Erie, presented the petia
tion of E.. B. Sadler and 81 other citizens
of Erie county, praying for an amendment
other game. Referred to Mr.. Hill. -
H. Also the petition OF r.. Alvord and Is
other citizens of Erie county. asking ,for
an amendment to the law relating to fish:
ing in Lake Erie. Referred to Mr.. Hfll.it
Mr.. ROBINSON presented the petition
of II. C. Carhart and, IA other citizens OF
Crawford county, PRAYING for a law fol
their stock to one hundred Thousand dol
lars. Referred to committee on Corpora,
tions other than Municipal. ,..,,-, 90
Mr.. FIELDING presented the mernoria'
Of Geo. Clancy, of Shelby county, which
was referred to the committed ON Schools
and School Lands. r. ...4,fr,. gf.t4.., ar .s-i4
Mr.. FIELDING said he was not in favor
of the sent ments of the memorial. But the
person presenting it was a conscientious
man, and ought to be heard. He WAS de-
fsirous the memorial should be referred to
the proper committee. ''''''.
/ Mr.. BGaMER presented the petition Of
ID. Richardson and i36 other citizens OF
Paulding county. praying for the passage
| of a law directing the construction of
bitches along the sides of the Miami and
Erie Canal, and culverts under said canal,
which shall drain the lands adjacent to
it. Referred to MIR. Bghmer. -; ,-,...,.
| Mr.. BALL presented. the petition of
Geo. c. Townsend and AZ other citizens OF
Muskingum county, in favor of the ap-
pointment ota State Naturalist. and Ente-
mologist. Referred to the committee on
Agriculture.
| Mr.. r.SINCLAIR presented the petition Of
A.. l.. Backus and 200 other citizens of To-
ledo, Ohio. praying for such a change in
the present interest laws as will authorize
ten per cent. on special agreements in
writing. Referred to the committee on
Interest l.-At 1' H-9ffGeiHHo9 -rTa
Mr.. DUNN presented the. petition of j.
Waldorf and 81 other citizens OF Morrow
county. praying for the appointment of a
State EntomolOgist. Referred to the COM
mittee on Agriculture. r rif 4.tl
l. b. Mr.. EAMES presented the remonstrance
of John Schaffer and liz other citizens OF
| MOI gan, Ashtabula county, against the
passage of any special act relieving A. C
Wilcox and Edward Bailey, treasurers OF
4 said township, or their sureties. Referred
to co Ommittee on Finance.
Also, the petition and statement OF Thos.
Butcher and 13 other citizens of the bor-
ough of Morgan, Ashtabula, county, in
reference to the loss of township moneys
by Edward Bailey and A. c. Wilcox
4 township treasurers of Morgan town.
ship. Referred to the committee on FL
nance. +. cri i.,ig1a-.- Il. -iri.. -s-tt
Mr.. SCOTT. of Hamilton, presented tht
petition of A. E. Chamberlain and 172 9th.
er citizens of Hamilton county, for the es.
tablishment of Reform School for girls
! Referred to the Committee on Reform
School and Idiotic Asylum. .-. 81:
4 MI INTRODUCTION OF BILLS. s--,.f.
Mr.. LEWTON-A bill to prohibit the
payment of certain claims until after the
appropriation b7 law of money for such
payment-read the irst time. s.,ahE
n tr o,,fh !,
stockholders of the Gallon Building Com
pany to reduce the amount of the capita
stock of the companyAread the first tim'
Mr.. HOWARD-A bill to change tn
4 subdivisions in the several judicial district
and to provide for the elect ion of an add
4 tional judge in the first subdivision -reat
the first time. 1' '5s!'.2 iifh3 i-i"
+ soa5' - COMMITTEE REPORTS. .e- Hf.w
!. Mr. NEWMAN, from the majority of th,
committee on Public Printing, to WHOM
House Joint Resolution was referred, In re
lation to printing 5000 copies of the Re
port of the Superintendent of the Stat
House, reported the same back, with til,
recommendation that, it be indefinitely
postponed.
Mr.. RUKENBRoD, from the minority
submitted hefollowiug report: Believing
:. the proposed report of the Superintendent
of the State House will contain records, in
cidents, and historical'fa that should b,
preserved, most of which are Of great, in
terest to the people of the State, who's
: House it is, and of which they have righ
) to be prOud, and that in the future thes
J statistics may be useful, and certainly con
r venient for reference, weiwould RECOMMEND
that the resolution be adopted, after 81
anne nding as to provide for the printing o
five thousand copies-one thousand for dis
tribution in the State Librarv-five hun
dred for the use OF the State House Super.
| IL, f>r fha- -
, State officers, and the balance tor the mem
bers OF the General Assembly. Gt
Mr.. RUKENBROD- moved to substitut,
, the minority res orG and proceeded to stat,
! his reasons for desiring the passage of the
resolution. He thought the report con
tained great deal Of information concern
, ing the new State Capitol. This ought t.
: be preserved. The State Capitol was un
equaled by any State House in the Union
and had nothing supeIior to it, eXcept, per
haps, the Capitol at Washington City. Fl
was extremely desirous that the history o
5 the building, shoulo be placed in the hand:
/ of the people. The cost was not excessive
being only about $3.50 for five Thousand
Z copies: = y - F.
MIR. DILWORTH had read the Superin
tendent's report, and thought it very inter
;; esting and useful. He was in favor o
adopting the majority report. In hi
opinion, it was document that would bt
well received by the people. 1t was ofter
called for, and there were no copies &c bt
had. -GrE -H .t ... -.. n--a.
MIR. CALLEN was not in favor of confin
ing the edition to few copies for the mem
bers and their favorites at home. He want
ed at least one million of copies printed 70
! distribution among the people, if the docu
! ment was such as stated.
Mr.. LEWTON was in favor of printin
the report, but did not think it was in suit
able form for publication. He did no
want large number printed unless the.
e could be fairly distributed among the peo
e pie. or a proper officer appointed to sci
n them, so that all desiring them could obtail
the number of copies desired.
e Mr.. KENNON was not in favor of print
: ing any document of that kind for circula