The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1870-04-27

an adjournment. At three o'clock
the nominations had not been confirm.
ed. Senator Jones spoke one hour
on the Cardiff Giant with emmense
effect. The Senate. continued in
session until five o'clock Sunday
morning, when the necessary Adolf
ton majority having been secured,
the nominations of the Governor
were confirmed, except that of Mr..
.tGrove fordS State House Superintend-
ant, whose name was rejected, and
that of {. w. Ridgway. of Columbus,
was substituted and confirmed. "A,
about half past FIVE the Senate ad.
/. journcd until Monday fn!an exhausted
and demoralized condition.
BUSINESS TRANSACTED. =
The Senate. on Saturday, confirmed
the Governors nomination of John
r. Bucktel, of Summit county, for
trustee of Agricultural College from
the eighteenth, or Cleveland Con,
gressional District-haying. previous
~ confirmed the nominations of trust
ees from the other districts. y.-
The invitation to visit Washington
city over the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad and its connections, was &C
copied by Il vote of % yeas to nays.
The House joint resolution author
izing the Governor to receive p'apo.
sails for land and buildings for the
Girls Reform School. was adoptcds
The Senate vote to authorize the
Commissioners OF Franklin county
to build bridge across the .Scioto
river, was postponed till the. second
"Wednesday, and the House bill for
~codiication Of existing laws on the
subject of bitches, drains and wafer
courses, till the third Wednesday in
January next.
The Senate passed the following
bills: House bill to vest in township
trustees the same powers i'll the Greg
ton and construction of bitches,
drains and water courses as are now
vested in county commissioner;
House bill amending section Z of the
liquor law, so as to subject the reil
property where Intoxicating liquOts
are sold in violation OF law to all the
damages consequent upon such sale
provided the owner of the property
had toreknowledge of such unlawful
selling. ..,. 80.
The following nominations were
sent to the Senate by the Governor:
For members of the Soldiers and
Sailors Orphans Home-Jas. Barnet
of Cuyahoga county, for five years;
J. Warren Keller, of Clark, for the
same term Benjamin F; Coates, OF
Sc:oto, for iour years; RalIh Il:
Buckland, of Sandusky, for the same
term; Barnabus Burns, of Richland
for three years, Naming +. Force: Of
Hamilton county, for two years /;
Jno. s. jones, OF Delaware for one
year. -,
For Trustees of. the Central Luna
nc Asylum-Philip NJ. Wagenshuls,'
of Fairfield, vice Henry Wilson, de-
ceased. :
For Superintendent of State House
john IL, Grove, Of FranklL coun-
ty.
The Senate agreed to the House
amendments to the Senate bill for
the purchase Of tire Sullivan farm for
the site Of the new Central Asylum
Building. These amendments among
other things, make it 4 CONDITION prec
edent TO the purchase of. 4 new site
that the old one shall be sold at a
price not less than 500, QUO. The
Senate also concurred in the House
amendments to the Senate bill con-
ferring the right to vote on the in
mates OF the National Soldiers Asy-
Ium at Dayton One OF these amend
ments requires a years residence in
the State. The Senate passed the
following bills: House bill. 10 au-
thorize the trustees of Green township.
Shelby county, 10 pay certain moneys
TO the former trustees of said town.
ship, for which the latter became re-
sponsibie on account of the township;
House bill 10 require County COM
missicners to provide night ~watcbnlen
for county treasures; House bill, TO
authorize a Judge. before whom au i'll.
dictment is tried to fix the c~ompensa
ton of the counsel assigned tor The de
Tense ; House bill, making the width
Of the national road, when forming
part of a street, conform to the width
of the street; House bill, to require the
Trustees of Greenfield township, Gail
liza county, to levy q TAX TO pay local
bounties; House bill, authorizing the
Commissioners of Jefferson county to
the channel OF stream OF wa
ter in certain cases; House bill, au-
orizing the Commissioners Of Wood
to levy q tax TO purchase AND
improve. fair grounds; House bill, to
authorize the Trustees Of Jefferson
township, Brown county, to levy ajax
to pay money borrowed to procure
volunteers; House bill, to authorize
the Board of Education and Trustees
of Liverpool township, Medina coun-
to levy a lax to build Il schuoi nIl
township house; House bill, to author
ize the construction of a toll road
from Columbus 10 St. Mary's Semi.
a distance of less than thee
House bill, providing that
under an arrangement between the
county commissioners and the pliqies
interested, turnpike roads may sbe
in the same manner as if
the act of February 16, 1870, amend,
ing the county turnpike road law had
not been passed; Hease bill to itjf
thorize stock yard companies. Ills
A strenuous efort was made on the
part of The friends of the country
railroad bill, ("Grifith bi!l") to have
the bill taken up ali put upon its
passage, but under the rulings of the
Chair (Mr. Potts the attempt proved
abortive.
The Senate held an evening sess-