Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-04-02
Ohio LegisIature.

In Gle CenutS Ou cuHceudy3 aPih pC-
sitions were presented as follows by Mr..
Woodwork, from citizens of Youngstown,
for authority to the council of THAI city to
levy special tax to establish fire depart
ment; by Mr.. May, for the annexation Of
the fractional townships of Troy and Perry
in Morrow county to Richland county to
which they formerly belonged; by the
same, for modification of the statute in
relation to billiard tables where the same
are hired for pastime, or the exhibition OF
mechanical skill; by Mr.. Emmitt, protes-
ting against turnpike and plank road COM
panies having power to take timber, grav-
el, stone or other material without consent
of the owners by Mr.. Kessler, for the cre-
alton of fire marshal in cities of the first
class, to make investigation as to the causes
of fires in such cities.
The Senate passed the following bills
Mr.. Torrence's Senate bill subjecting to a
penalty of five dollars any person purpose
ly emitting or evading the payment of
street railroad fare; Senate bill to provide
for the examination of Morgan raid claims
not heretofore acted upon; House bill re-
quiring assessors to make return OF
the United States and State bonds,
legal tender notes, &C., held by
any person, bank or other corporation not
subject to taxation, and the names of the
holders of the same; House bill for the in
corporation of union depots; Mr.. Sher-
wins House bill, relating to the repair OF
turnpikes and plank roads; House bill pre-
scribing the duties of directors, commits
sioners, trustees, &C., in erecting, altering
or improving State institutions; House bill
to authorize the commissioners of Brown
county to levy tax to build jail.
The Senate adopted resolution offered
by Mr.. Berry, calling upon the Commits
sioner of Common Schools to inform the
Senate why an abstract of his report is
published in the Cincinnati Gazette prior to
its transmission to the General Assembly
Chief Justice Chase and the Inn.
peachers.
In the regular Associated dispatches, the
public were yesterday informed that the
Managers of impeachment objected to
Chief Justice CHASE ruling out certain ev-
idence, and claimed that he had no right to
decide upon questions of law or on the ad-
instability OF evidence, and that by his
casting vote the Court of impeachment
retired for consultation. that they remain
ed in consultation three hours and twenty
minutes, when they returned to the Senate
Chamber with the seventh rule so amended
as to give the Chief Justice the right
claimed by him. What transpired in Sc
cret session is thus related by the special of
the Cincinnati Gazette:
The debate of the Senate in secret session
lasted three hours, and was in some re-
spects of heated character. Mr.. Chase
defended his position in two speeches. He
was opposed by Messrs. Conkling, Thayer,
Howard, Drake, Cameron and Conness, and
upheld by Edwards, Sherman, Williams,
Buckalew, johnson, Bayard, Davis and
Henderson. though the latter held that lie
Fad no right to vote, under any circum-
stances. The vote most directly bearing
on the question, was on two points made by
Mr.. Sumner. First, that MIR. Chase had no
right to vote and, second, that he had no
right to announce any decisions, except
those of the Senate. Upon these the vote
stood-yeas %, nays 26. Mr.. Ferry finally
proposed to amend the rule covering the
whole matter, so as to make it exactly as
reported by the committee which first
drafted the rules to govern the trial, and
this was passed by 81 to 10. 1t allows the
Chief Justice to decide all questions of law,
unless the Senate decide them by vote of
the Senate, and also allows the Chief ustice
to put questions at once to vote.
Hurrah Tor the Chief Justice. He's yet
ahead of sthe hounds