JOINT RESOLUTION Relative to the printing of a pamphlet containing rules, lists of committees, &c., of the General Assembly. Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That twelve hundred copies of the rules for the government of the senate and house, together with the joint rules, the appointments upon standing committees of both houses, the appointments upon joint standing committees, a list of names of officers and members of both houses, with the post-office address of each, be printed in convenient pamphlet form, for the use of the members of the general assembly. A. J. CUNNINGHAM, Speaker of the House of Representatives. J. C. LEE, Adopted January 26, 1870. President of the Senate. JOINT RESOLUTION Relative to the appointment of a joint committee to prepare rules for the government of the General Assembly. Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That a committee of two on the part of the senate, and three on the part of the house, be appointed to prepare and report joint rules for the government of the two houses. A. J. CUNNINGHAM, Speaker of the House of Representatives. J. C. LEE, Adopted January 14, 1870. President of the Senate. JOINT RESOLUTION Relative to the adoption of rules for the government of the General Assembly. Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the joint rules of the fifty-eighth general assembly of Ohio, for the government of the two branches thereof, be adopted by this general assembly until otherwise ordered. Adopted January 14, 1870. A. J. CUNNINGHAM, Speaker of the House of Representatives. J. C. LEE, President of the Senate. JOINT RESOLUTION Relative to the death of Ex-Governor Trimble. WHEREAS, General Allen Trimble Ex-Governor of this state, departed this life on the 3d inst., at his residence in Hillsboro, Highland county, Ohio, full of years and full of honors; therefore, Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That out of respect to his memory, virtue and distinguished services, rendered to this state and nation, that this general assembly do hereby direct the Su perintendent of the State House, to lower the flags on the State House to half-mast, and that they so remain until sunset on Saturday evening, the 5th instant. A. J. CUNNINGHAM, Speaker of the House of Representatives. J. C. LEE, Adopted February 16, 1870. President of the Senate. JOINT RESOLUTION Providing for changes and repairs in and about the State House. Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the superintendent of the state house, be directed to place a large fire-place and grate at the north end of the hall of the house of representatives, with the necessary finish, forthwith; and that he be further directed to employ the necessary labor, and procure the required material, to cleanse and renovate the interior walls, avenues and chambers in the foundation rooms of this building, and thoroughly whitewash the same immediately, the same being done under the supervision and advice of the committee on public buildings of the two houses. Adopted February 16, 1870. A. J. CUNNINGHAM. Speaker of the House of Representatives, J. C. LEE, President of the Senate. JOINT RESOLUTION Requesting the senators and representatives in congress of this state to secure the passage of a law granting liberal pensions to surviving soldiers, and the widows of deceased soldiers, of the war of 1812. Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That our representatives in congress be requested and our senators be instructed to use their influence in securing the passage, at an early day, of a general law granting liberal pensions to the surviving soldiers, and the widows of deceased soldiers, of the war of 1812. Resolved, That the governor of the state be requested to forward a copy of the foregoing resolution to each of our senators and representatives in the congress of the United States. A. J. CUNNINGHAM, Speaker of the House of Representatives. J. C. LEE, Adopted February 24, 1870. President of the Senate. JOINT RESOLUTION Authorizing the transfer of Stanley Gilbert from the Ohio Penitentiary to the State Reform School. WHEREAS, Stanley Gilbert, a lad 16 years and 3 months of age, was, on the 11th of February, A. D. 1870, at the court of common pleas within the county of Madison, convicted of the crime of burglary, and sentenced to one year's imprisonment in the Ohio Penitentiary, and WHEREAS, The judge of said court sitting on the trial of said Gilbert, and the prosecuting attorney of said county, have each in a letter to the governor, recommended that said Gilbert be removed to the state reform farm, therefore, be it Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the governor be and he is hereby authorized to issue his warrant for the transfer of the said Stanley Gilbert from the Ohio Penitentiary to the State Reform School, there to be held and treated, so far as practicable, under the laws and regulations of said institution: Provided, the governor shall have power to remand said Stanley Gilbert to the penitentiary at any time when he may be satisfied that he is incorrigible, and the public good so requires; and the time spent at the said reform farm shall be estimated as a part of the time for which said Gilbert was sentenced. A. J. CUNNINGHAM, Speaker of the House of Representatives. J. C. LEE, Adopted February 24, 1870. President of the Senate. JOINT RESOLUTION Requiring all committees of the General Assembly, to make itemized accounts of all expenses incurred by them respectively, in the discharge of their duties. Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That all committees of this General Assembly be and the same are hereby respectively required to make accurately itemized accounts, which shall be signed by said committees, of any and all expenses incurred by them, respectively, in the discharge of their duties; which accounts shall be presented to the standing committee on claims of the house or senate, as the case may be, for examination and approval, and that the auditor of state be and he is hereby 11-LAWS. instructed to disallow and reject any and all claims for expenses so incurred, unless the same shall have been approved by the proper committee on claims, as aforesaid. A. J. CUNNINGHAM, Speaker of the House of Representatives. J. C. LEE, Adopted March 1, 1870. President of the Senate. JOINT RESOLUTION Providing for another fire-place in the Hall of Representatives. WHEREAS, The grate recently set in the north wall of the hall of the House of Representatives is a success, therefore Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the standing committee on public buildings be and are hereby instructed to have a similar grate placed in the south wall of the same hall as early as possible. A. J. CUNNINGHAM, Speaker of the House of Representatives. J. C. LEE, Adopted March 1, 1870. President of the Senate. JOINT RESOLUTION Relative to printing and binding certain reports. Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That there be printed in English, of the annual and statistical report of the Secretary of State, twenty-seven hundred copies, to be bound together; that five thousand copies of the statistical report be printed and bound separately; that there be printed in German, and bound together, fifteen hundred copies of said annual and statistical report; that there be printed in German one thousand copies of the statistical report, to be bound separately. All the binding herein authorized to be in brochure. One hundred of each of the German documents for the Secretary of State, and one hundred for the State Library, and the balance for the General Assembly. J. R. COCKERILL, Speaker pro tem. of the House of Representatives. Adopted February 17th, 1870. JOINT RESOLUTION Authorizing and requesting the Governor to secure certain property belonging to the State. Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the Governor of Ohio be and he is hereby authorized and requested to take such measures as he may deem necessary to protect and secure the property of the state in the hydrostatic pumps and their connections, &c., in the hands of chief and district inspectors, under the late act providing for the inspection of steam boilers, passed May 7, 1869. Relative to the sale of the Agricultural College scrip. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That a committee of three on the part of the Senate and five on the part of the House of Representatives, be appointed to make inquiries in reference to the disposition of the Agricultural College grant; the amount of any and all sales of the scrip, with the names of all purchasers, and the investments of the fund coming from the same. J. R. COCKERILL, Speaker pro tem. of the House of Representatives. Adopted February 10th, 1870. JOINT RESOLUTION Directing certain repairs to be made to the State House. WHEREAS, The committee on state buildings find, on examination, that the roof of the State House is leaking in numerous places, the copper plating having given way, or become separated in certain portions of the roof to such extent as to leave a great many openings through which water passes, to the great damage of the building; and the committee are of the opinion that a large portion of the surface, where repairs are most needed, can be best repaired by the use of plastic slate, and that other portions can be best repaired by the use of copper plate; and WHEREAS, The committee also find that a considerable part of the floor of the open courts, and of the outside terraces of the State House, is in need of repairs, the seams of said floor having become so open as to permit water to pass through, to the damage of the building, and such things as are contained within; and the committee are of the opinion that said floors can be best repaired by removing a part of the cement from the seams therein, and cementing the same anew; therefore, Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the Superintendent of the State House be instructed to proceed without delay, under the direction of the committees on public buildings of the two houses, to have the said roof repaired as above recommended, and that he proceed to have said floors repaired, as herein recommended, at a cost not to exceed (in all) $1,200. J. R. COCKERILL, Speaker pro tem. of the House of Representatives. Adopted February 8th, 1870. |