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

subject. Referred to the committee on
Roads and Highways.
Mr.. THOMPSON. of Columbiana coun-
ty, presented the petition of Uria Thomas
and sixIy-one other citizens of Columbiana
cour ty, praying for an amendment to the
road law. Referred to the committee on
Roads and Highways.z-sezs-.s7- 7-5-z's-.,sszsi..
Mr.. ACKER presented the petition of
w. NJ. Bowen and so other citizens of Hook
Ing county praying for. r.theyemploymento of
State Naturalist or Entomologist. Re-
ferred to committee on Agriculture.
THIRD READING.
House bill to amend an act to abolish the
tenth judicial district, passed May l, 1862
and to create an additional judgeship in
and for the fourth subdivision OF the third
judicial district of the State of Ohio. was
read the third time and recommitted to a
special committee of one-Mr. Warren
with instructions to amend. as. F. E
House bill relating to roads and high
ways, supervisors and their duties was
taken up, and after sundry amendments,
the House took recess.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The House again resumed the considera-
tion of the bill relating to roads and high
ways, and after further amending the bill,
it was ordered to be engrossed, and read
the third time Tomorrow.
BILL PASSED.
| House bill to authorize the COMMISSION
| ers of Muskingum county to build certain
| bridges therein named. was read the third
time, and passed-yeas SO, nays none.
REPORT.
Mr.. WARREN, from a select committe,
| to whom was referred House bill No. 90
relating to an, additional judgeship in tn,
fourth subdivision OF the Third Judicial
District of Ohio, with Instructions t.
amend, reported the same back; anu tn,
question being upon agreeing to tn,
amendments, es
Mr.. SHERWIN moved to lay the bill
and pending amendments on the table
| The motion was lost.
The amendment reported by the select
committee was agreed to.
Pending the passage of the bill, Mr.
LEWTON requested further Information
concerning its necessity. ~
Mr.. HILL, of Defiance, said that since
the districting of that subdivision the pop
ulation had more than quadrupled. There
are six counties in that district, and it wa.
impossible for one judge to do all the bust
ness. This bill creates an additional Judge
so that there would be three counties to
the Judge. AS it now is, Judge has to si
about eleven months in the year. Tn.
business of the district cannot be transact
ed by single Judge.
courts of that district cannot be transacted
as it now is. The business of the courts is
very far behind at the present time. And
by putting Marion county in the neigbor-
ing district it will make the new districi
about right, and accomplish what is
needed.
MIR. HORD was opposed to the new
Judge arrangement. Judge Conklin hat
informed him that, although his work wa
hard. yet he could accomplish it. Thi,
was creating an additional expense; and h.
thought there was no need of that addi-
tional expense upon the taxpayers.
The yeas and nays, on the passage of tn,
bill, were demanded. ordered, and resulted
yeas 70, nays IA. So the bill passed.
JOINT RESOLUTION.
Mr.. PARR, of Licking, offered the fol
lowing as a substitute to House resolution
No. 70, in relation to locating new Lu
natic Asylum at Athens-offered yester
day:
WHEREAS, The third section of an act en-
titled an act to provide for the erection O
an additional Lunatic Asylum, passed April
l3, 1867. vol. Ga, page I33, Ohio laws, pro
vides that the trustees of said asylum shall
submit to some competent architect state
ment of the dimensions, arrangement anG
plan of said aylum and of all buildings and
other improvements NECESSARY to the per-
feet utility of said asylum, and also a state
ment of the several kinds and descriptions
of materials which shall be used in the sew
eral parts of said improvement, and shall
produce to be executed by said architect
such drafts, descriptions, plans, estimates
and profiles of all such proposed buildings
and improvement OF grounds as will enable
estimates to be made therefrom of all costs
of all parts OF said work and materials, anG
said trustees shall, at least four weeks be-
fore the time of securing bids herein pro
vided for, place copies of such drafts, des-
criptiOns, plans, estimates and protiles in
the Office of Secretary OF State; and ri
WHEREAS, The Trustees of said Institu-
tiOn have failed fully to comply with the
provisions of the above recited act; there
fore,
Resolred By the General Assembly of the
State of Ohio, That committee of three on
the part of the House and - on the part
ofthe Senate be appointed, with authority
to send for persons and papers and to ex
anime witnesses under oath; and the chair
man or any member of said committee j,
authorized to administer oaths or affirrEa
tions to said witnesses; and it shall be tn.
duty of said committee to make report t.
this General Assembly
l. Whether there existed at the time OF
the pretended location of the Southeastern
Lunatic AsS lum full Board of Directors
of said Institution.
z. w utGucT an UucIuUoTS vi Sdlu bOdTt
have examined the various sites offered
and considered the various propositions
made by citizens of Ohio prior to said loca-
ton.
8. Whether the proposed site, where loea-
ted, is Il healthy and convenient location.
a. Whether the title, if any, to the land
of the present site for sai1 institution
legal and bonafide, and whether any dona
tions were considered ir making such loca-
tion.
And be TT tnrthet resolued, That the trus
tees of said institution be and they ar,
hereby required to suspend ali operations
in regard TO contracts, or in any way con.
nected with the institution until further
action of the General Assembly in regard
to said matter, and that the trustees be no.
tilted of the passage OF this resolution.
Mr.. SCOTT, of Warren, moved to strik,
out the resolution of the substitute, and in
sert the following:
Resolued, That the committee of the Sem
ate and House on Benevolent Institution,
be directed to investigate the transaction.
OF the trustees appointed to locate the new
LunatIc Asylum; also, the eligibility oil
Athens as site tor said Asylum, and re-
port at their earliest convenience, and said
committee are hereby authoriz d to send
for persons and papers, and examine wit
nesses in said investigation.
Mr.. BUELL. said he would explain his
connection with the resolution heretofore
offered. The gentleman from Athens had
alluded to him yesterday as having held
certain conversations concerning the erec-
ton of the new Lunatic Asylum at Athens.
He thought he had right to be heard on
this question as we'll as the gentleman from
Athens. He was of opinion that if little
more scrutiny had been had in the matter
heretofore, a few hundred thousand dol
lars might have been saved to the State.
He could charge that the selection OF
that location had not been fairly made; that
the site selected was unhealthy and insult
able for such all institution. Ifthese things
were true, it was but right that all work
on that building should be suspended till it
eau be ascertained whether the title to the
ground is good. and whether the other