of soldiers who died in the service, second; such children of soldiers who have died since the wir; third, such children of soldiers still living but who are permanently disabled; and, fourth, those who are children of soldiers not enumerated above; and whether any children are in said home who are not children of soldiers and sailors who served in the late civil war, and if so the reason for their admission, and of what counties they were residents at the time of such admission. Resolved, That here after the annual report of said tsustees shall contain all the information desired in these resolutions. JAMES E. NEAL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Adopted March 3, 1879. [House Joint Resolution No. 91.] JOINT RESOLUTION, Providing for the treatment and restraint of James King. WHEREAS, On the 16th day of February, 1878, James King was found in the town of Wooster, Wayne county, Ohio, wandering around bare. headed and barefooted, and poorly clad, lab ring under a violent attack of insanity. He was taken by the proper authority to the infirmary, and has been there ever since. His condition is such that he has to be kept in close confinement. We advertised him in the county papers, and made every effort to find where he belongs or where he came from, but failed; therefore, Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the superintendent of the Cleveland Hospital for the Insine b and he is hereby instructed to receive said James King for treatment and restraint. JAMES E NEAL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JABEZ W. FITCH, President of the Senate. Adopted March 4, 1879. [Senate Joint Resolution No. 80.] JOINT RESOLUTION For the relief of the commissioners of Jefferson county. WHEREAS, The sheriff of Jefferson county, Ohio, by virtue of a warrant issued by the governor, transferred one Homer Carl, convicted of grand larceny, in the co irt of common pleas of said county of Jefferson, to the reform school; and, WHEREAS, The said sheriff, by oversight of the technicalities of the law, did not report with the prisoner to the warden of the penitentiary, thereby depriving the auditor of state of the authority to reimburse said county for the costs of prosecution and transportation of said prisoner; therefore, Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the costs of the prosecution and transportation of said Homer Carl be paid as now provided by law in cases of convictions for felony. JAMES E. NEAL. Speaker of the House of Representatives. Adopted March 7, 1879. [House Joint Resolution No. 90.] JOINT RESOLUTION Authorizing the governor to give deed for certain lots. WHEREAS, Leander Rawson, acting agent of the board of public works, on the 27th day of August, A.D. 1835, sold to E. and G. W. Adams the following described pieces or parcels of land situate in Muskingum county, Ohio, to wit: Lois numbered two (2), three (3), eight (8), eleven (11), thirteen (13), fifteen (15), and lot marked "A," of Adams Mills, for the sum of three hundred dollars; and, WHEREAS. The said E. & G. W. Adams have fully complied with the terms of said sale, and are now in possession of said lands under said purchase, and entitled to a proper deed of conveyance therefor; and WHEREAS, The said E. Adams (now deceased) devised all his right, title, and interest in and to said lands to the said E. W. Adams; now, therefore, Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the governor of the state be and he is hereby authorized to execute and deliver to the said G. W. Adams. a good and sufficient deed, conveying to the said G. W. Adams, in fee simple, all and singular, the interest of the state in and to the said lots above described: Provided, upon examination by the auditor of state, he shall find that the payments for the same have been completed according to the original contract. JAMES E. NEAL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Adopted March 8, 1879. [Senate Joint Resolution No. 83.] JOINT RESOLUTION Authorizing the adjutant-general to employ a guard for state arsenal. Be it rsolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That in view of the recent and frequent attempts in this city to destroy property by incendiary fires, and the exposed and unprotected condition of our state arsenal, that the adjutant-general of Ohio is hereby authorized and in structed to employ a guard, to be paid at a rate not exceeding fifty dollars per month, for two months only, for night service. JAMES E. NEAL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Adopted March 12, 1879. [Senate Joint Resolution No. 69.] JOINT RESOLUTION Providing for the printing and binding of additional copies of the secretary of state's report, for distribution among the members. Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That there be printed, and bound in muslin in the usual manner, sixteen thousand copies of the secretary of state's report for the year 1878, for the use of, and to be equally distributed to the members of the present general assembly. To determine what number of such reports a e to be printed in German, it shall be the duty of the secretary of state to ascertain from each member of this general assembly what number of the copies he is entitled to receive, he wishes in the German language. The aggregate number so determined shall be the number authorized to be printed in German, and they shall be distributed accordingly, and in the manner that each member may indicate to the secretary of state: provided, that in the printing of the copies herein provided for, there shall be no charge for composition. JAMES E. NEAL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Adopted March 21, 1879. President of the Senate. [House Joint Resolution No. 106.] JOINT RESOLUTION Directing the admission of Henry D. Ward to Athens Asylum for Insane. WHEREAS, Henry D. Ward in December last was found by the marshal of Ironton, Lawrence county, in a destitute and demented condition, and was lodged in the county jail until the 12th of March, 1877, when he was taken before the judge of probate and ajudged [adjudged] insane; it is believed he is a non-resident of the state, but there is no means of determining where he has a legal residence; he can give no satisfactory account of himself; he is now in the county infirmary, and being a young man, and in apparent good health, he should be removed to said asylum for treatment; therefore, Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the officers of the Athens insane asylum, at Athens, be and they are hereby authorized and directed to receive said Henry D. Ward into said institution. JAMES E. NEAL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Passed March 27, 1879. JOINT RESOLUTION Authorizing the governor to execute a deed to John Ford, assignee of William Moore. WHEREAS, It appears from evidence on file in the office of the auditor of state, that on the 16th day of February, 1836, William Moore, of Darke county, O, entered a tract of canal land, at Piqua, being part and parcel of the land granted to the state by the general government, to aid in the construction of the canals authorized by law, viz, the south east quarter of the south-west quarter of section 3, township 9, range 3 east, in Darke county, Ohio, but received a certificate from the receiver, and a deed from the governor, dated May 2, 1836, describing his said purchase as the south-west quarter of the south-east quarter of said section, which said last described tract of land was never the property of the state, but had been entered as congress land, by Christian Harshey, June 16, 1832; and WHEREAS, The said William Moore in good faith entered upon the said south east quarter of south west quarter and made improvements, and sold the same; therefore, Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the governor of Ohio is hereby directed to make a deed conveying the said south-east quarter of south-west quarter of section 3, township 9, range 3 east, Darke county, Ohio, t› John Ford, the legal representative of the said William Moore (now deceased), and the present owner of the land: Provided, however, that the said John Ford shall first make and deliver to the state of Ohio, duly recorded, a quit-claim deed to said second described premises JAMES E. NEAL, Passed March 27, 1879. [Substitute for House Joint Resolution No. 103.] JOINT RESOLUTION For the relief of Wm. T. Woolery and Andrew Driess. WHEREAS, William T. Woolere and Andrew Driess, late guards in the Ohio penitentiary, were each crippled and disabled by having one hand drawn into a machine whil: attending their duties as guards; and WHEREAS, By reason of such accident they were dropped from the pay rolls respectively, Wm. T. Woolery for forty-one days, and Andrew Driess twenty-five days; therefore, Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the directors of the Ohio penitentiary be and they are hereby directed to restore William T. Woolery on the pay-rolls for the time lost by reason of said disability, viz., forty-one days, and Andrew Driess twenty five days; also provide for payment of physician's bill in each case, not exceeding twenty dollars. JAMES E. NEAL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JABEZ W. FITCH, Passed April 2, 1879. President of the Senate. [House Joint Resolution No. 80.] JOINT RESOLUTION As to a survey of land for ditch between Mercer county reservoir and Cranberry prairie. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the chief engineer of the public works be and is hereby directed to proceed without delay to make a survey between the Mercer county reservoir and Cranberry prairie, in the southern part of Mercer county, for the purpose of ascertaining the practicability and probable cost of the construction of a ditch between said reservoir and prairie, with the view of draining said marsh, and affording a full supply of water for said reservoir; and that he report thereon to this general assembly at the earliest day practicable. Resolved further, That the cost of such survey be paid by the board of public works, from any money applicable to the maintenance and repair of the canals. JAMES E NEAL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JAMES W. OWENS, President pro tem of the Senate. Passed April 3, 1879. [Senate Joint Resolution No. 67.] JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to the constitution of Ohio. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio (three fifths of all the members elected to each house concurring therein), That a proposition to amend the constitution of the state of Ohio be submitte i to the electors of the state, on the second Tuesday of October, A.D. 1879, as follows, to wit: That sections three and five of article four, entitled "judicial," be amended so as to be and read as follows: SECTION 3. The state shall be divided into nine common pleas districts, of which the county of Hamilton shall constitute one, which districts shall be of compact territory, bounded by county lines, and said districts, other than said county of Hamilton, shall, without division of counties, be further divided into sub divisions, in each of which, and in said county of Hamilton, there shall be elected by the electors thereof, respectively, at least one judge of the court of common pleas for the district, and residing therein. Courts of common pleas shall be held by one or more of these judges in every county of the district, as often as may be provided by law, and more than one court or sitting thereof may be held at the same time in each distict. |