them the courtesies of the state of Ohio, and ascertain and aid in carrying out their wishes, and entertain and provide for them while here. The committee are directed to invite the delegation to the privileges of the floors of the two houses. JAMES E. NEAL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Adopted May 22, 1879. [Senate Joint Resolution No. 94.] JOINT RESOLUTION Allowing the surviving members of the 46th O. V. V. I. to have the temporary use of certain flags. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the surviv ing members of the 46th Ohio veteran volunteer infantry be and they are hereby authorized to have to use at their reunion to be held at Van Wert, Ohio, on the 9th and 10th of September, 1879, the flag of the 30th Louisiana regiment, captured by said 46th regiment, and also all other flags and colors formerly belonging to said 46th regiment. The adjutantgeneral is directed to deliver said flags to the order of Colonel Isaac N. Alexander, to be used for such purpose and then returned. JAMES E. NEAL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JABEZ W. FITCH, Adopted May 23, 1879. President of the Senate. [House Joint Resolution No. 128.] JOINT RESOLUTION Requesting the secretary of state to return the enrolled copy of House Bill No. 894. WHEREAS, An error has been discovered in the enrollment of House Bill No. 894, by Mr. Alexander, "making appropriations for the fiscal year 1879, and the first quarter of the fiscal year 1880, payable out of the asylum fund; therefore, Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the secretary of state is hereby directed to return the same to the chairman of the joint committee on enrollment for correction. JAMES E. NEAL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. President pro tem. of the Senate. Adopted June 9, 1879. [House Joint Resolution No 89.] JOINT RESOLUTION As to draining certain basins in Auglaize county, Ohio. WHEREAS, By reason of the situation of the Miami canal at the village of New Bremen, Auglaize county, Ohio, there exists in said village two large basins of stagnant water, generating disease to the inhabitants and injuring the neighboring property; and, WHEREAS, Said basins can be drained by the construction of two culverts under said canal, thereby carrying off the water in the original course to a creek on the west side of the canal; and, WHEREAS, There was appropriated by the General Assembly, on May 13, 1878, the sum of thirty thousand dollars to be used for the improvement and repairs of the canals, ten thousand dollars of which remains unexpended; therefore, Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the board of public works are hereby instructed to build two culverts to drain said basins, at an expense not to exceed twenty-five hundred dollars, to be paid from said unexpended balance. The whole of any remainder of the expense for completing said culverts to be paid by the citizens of the locality. JAMES E. NEAL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Adopted June 7, 1879. President of the Senate. [House Joint Resolution No. 124.] JOINT RESOLUTION Directing the treasurer to turn over safe in his office to the warden of the Ohio Penitentiary. WHEREAS, The safe now in use at the Ohio penitentiary is insufficient for the use of same; and, WHEREAS, There is a safe now in the state treasury which is not used; therefore, be it Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the treasurer of state is hereby directed to turn said safe over to the warden of the penitentiary for the use of said institution. Adopted June 5, 1879. JAMES E. NEAL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. President of the Senate. [House Joint Resolution No. 120.] JOINT RESOLUTION Relating to binding the secretary of state's report in muslin. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the supervisor of public printing be and is hereby directed to have all the copies of secretary of state's report for 1878 bound in muslin. JAMES E. NEAL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Adopted June 5, 1879. President of the Senate. Senate Joint Resolution No. 95.] JOINT RESOLUTION Requesting secretary of state to return Senate Bill No. 300. WHEREAS, It appears from the journals of the house and senate a mistake was made in engrossing senate bill No. 300, passed March 12, 1879, now on file in the office of the secretary of state, and printed on page 33 of the volume of laws of the present session; therefore, be it Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the secretary of state be and he is hereby requested and authorized to return said act to this general assembly for the purpose of having the same correctly enrolled; and the secretary is requested to have changed, if practicable, the print of said act in the annual volume to correspond with the correct enrollment. JAMES E. NEAL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Adopted May 24, 1879. [Senate Joint Resolution No. 82.] JOINT RESOLUTION Directing the supervisor of public printing to omit certain reports from the forthcoming volume of executive documents. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the supervisor of public printing be and he is hereby directed to omit from the volumes of executive documents to be published, the report of the secretary of state, the report of the commissioner of common schools, and the report of the railroad commissioner. JAMES E. NEAL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JABEZ W. FITCH, Adopted June 12, 1879. ' President of the Senate. [Senate Joint Resolution No. 73.] JOINT RESOLUTION Relating to the military record of Gustavus S. Grate. WHEREAS, Gustavus S. Grate enlisted as a private soldier in company G, 31st regiment O. V. I. during the war of the rebellion, and served therein as such soldier until he was honorably discharged; and, WHEREAS, By some mistake he is marked on the muster-out roll of said company on file in the office of the adjutant-general of the state of Ohio as a deserter from said company at camp Dick Robinson, in Kentucky, on January 2d, 1862; therefore, Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the adjutantgeneral be directed to correct said mistake by a proper entry on said rolls, canceling the entry of desertion, and that be forward a copy of this resolution to the adjutant-general of the United States for proper correction on the records of the service of said soldier at Washington city. JAMES E. NEAL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Adopted June 5, 1879. President of the Senate. [Senate Joint Resolution No. 96.] JOINT RESOLUTION Authorizing the secretary of state to return H. B. No. 94 to clerk of house of representatives. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That H B. No. 894, now on file in the office of the secretary of state be returned to the clerk of the house of representatives for correct enrollment, and that the secretary of state is hereby authorized to deliver said act to said clerk as soon as possible. JAMES E. NEAL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Adopted May 30, 1879. [Senate Joint Resolution No. 9.] JOINT RESOLUTION Providing for the printing of three thousand copies of the fish commissioners' report of 1878. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That three thousand copies of the report of the fish commissioners of Ohio for 1878 be printed in pamphlet form, five hundred copies for the use of the fish commissioners, and the remainder to be distributed among the members of the general assembly. JAMES E. NEAL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Adopted May 31, 1879. [Substitute for Senate Joint Resolution No. 72.] JOINT RESOLUTION As to payment of money for certain purposes to Mrs. Elizabeth Lytle Broadwell, of Mt. Vernon Ladies' Association. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the one hundred dollars appropriated by the act passed May 22, A. D 1879, making appropriations for the fiscal year 1879, for the purpose of placing the state coat of arms over door of the room assigned to the state of Ohio in the Mt. Vernon mansion, formerly belonging to general and president George Washington, and now belonging to the Mt. Vernon ladies' association, be and the same is hereby authorized to be paid to Mrs. Elizabeth Lytle Broadwell, the vice-regent of said association for the state of Ohio, or to her successor, for the purpose in said act named. JAMES E. NEAL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JABEZ W. FITCH, Adopted June 14, 1879. President of the Senate. [House Joint Resolution No. 96.] JOINT RESOLUTION Authorizing the librarian to extend privileges of state library to officers of U. S. signal station at Columbus, Ohio. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the librarian be authorized to extend the privileges of the state library to the chief officer in charge of the U. S. signal service station at Columbus. JAMES E. NEAL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Adopted June 18, 1879. President of the Senate. [Senate Joint Resolution No. 92.] JOINT RESOLUTION Directing the printing of school laws. Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the supervisor of public printing be and is hereby instructed to have printed, and bound in muslin, twenty-five thousand (25,000) copies of the school laws of 1879, with such notes and decisions by the commissioner of common schools as that officer may deem necessary, with a reference to each section of the law so explained by said commissioner. Five thousand (5,000) copies for the use of the commissioner of common schools, and five thousand (5,000) copies to the members of the general assembly, and the remainder to be distributed by the secretary of state to the county auditors of the several counties of the state, in proportion to their population to be further distributed by said auditors as follows: One copy to the clerk, and one to the treasurer of each township; one copy to the clerk of each school district and sub-district; one copy to each prosecuting attorney and probate judge, and one copy to the clerk of each board of school examiners. The copies distributed through the county auditor to be preserved by their several recipients, and handed over to their respective successors in office. Adopted June 12, 1879. JAMES E. NEAL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. President of the Senate. |