Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-03-19

The bill was read the third time, and the
yeas and nays being called, resulted-yeas
73, nays z. SO the bill passed.
II. B. No. 265. Mr.. ROUGH, from the Sc
Iect committee-To authorize the commits
sioners of Hardin county tolevy a tax
for the purpose of building q county iu-
firmary in said county, was read the third
time.
: Mr.. ROUGH explained the bill and urged
its passage. -, i
The yeas and nays were called, and re-
sulted-yeas 81, nays none. So the bill
passed.
H. B. No. 14G-Mr. SCOTT, of Warren-,
To amend section ten of an act entitled an
act for the organization of the. State Lii
brary, and to provide for the appointment
OF Librarian, passed January %, 1853, was
read third time, and recommitted to Mr..
Pond, with Instructions to amend.
Mr.. POND Immediately reported, the bill
back, amended as Instructed. The report
was agreed to. Ns
Mr.. EAMES moved to amend so as to
permit members to take the books home
for the purpose ofreading them. The House
agreed.
The question was then upon recommit-
ting with instructions to so amend the bill.
Mr.. THORNHILL was opposed to maxi
ing the State Library travelling one. The
books would be scattered, and thus the Lii
brary would become useless. sttiHiif1
Mr.. PENNISTEN thought no harm
would result from such law. s3ase b
Mr.. WARREN was opposed to such an
amendment.
Mr.. DILWoRTH thought the old law
was sufficient. 20 ~ ~ 81 7seIE3Hc
Mr.. SAVIOR favored the original bill.
Mr.. BAKER favored the idea OF deposit
ing the worth of the book before taking
it out.
Mr.. CALLEN moved to lay the bill and
rtr,rr mr. ~. -, - Al 49,
The House refused-yeas SO, nays 80.
Mr.. WOLF wanted the books out anon 9
the people.
Mr.. WARNKING favored the amend.
ment. 4H 81 is.-7af.
Mr.. HUGHES, of Butler, favored the
amendment.
The House refused to recommit on Mr.
Eames's amendment. So yEs ,Ts-st
Mr.. BALL moved to amend so as to per.
init only elected officers of the State an(
members of the Legislature to have the us,
of the books in the Library.
Mr.. HUGHES, of Butler, moved tc
/ amend the amendment SO as not to per
| init the books to be taken from the library
Mr.. CRIST favored Mr.. Hughes amend
| ment. t'+ t tat
The House refused to adopt Mr.. Hughes
[ amendment. 2
| The question was then upon agreeing +
| Mr.. Ball's amendment with instructions.
Inc yeas anu nays were calleQ anu re
| sulted-yeas 35, nays 40.
| So the House refused to recommit.
The yeas and nays were called upon tn
I passage OF the bill, and resulted-yeas "a
I nays 90.
I So the bill was lost H
Sub. for H. B. No. 10S, Mr.. BROOKE-T
| regulate the practice of dentistry in tn
/ State of Ohio, was read third time.
Mr.. BROOKE explained the object an,
necessity OF such legislation.
| The question being on the passage of tn
bill, the yeas and nays were called, and re
/ sulted-yeas 67, nays %. So the bill passed
TAXATION. --tt
/ In the remarks of Mr.. THOMPSON, o
Columbiana, on the bill to prevent person
| who invest their moneys in U. S. bond
/ just before the assessment to avoid taxa
| tlon, he referred to the way merchants ar
| taxed. He said "that merchants in esti
mating the average value of merchandis
on hand during the year, took the highes
and lowest amounts, adding them together
and dividing by two, to which they are re
quired to add their moneys and credits OF
hand. He wished a just system of taxation
adopted.
On motion of Mr.. THORNHILL, tn
House took recess till 10 o'clock A. M. to
morrow. M