[House Joint Resolution No. 109.] JOINT RESOLUTION Assenting to the purpose of an act of congress for increased appropriations for agricultural experiment stations, and providing for the control and expenditure of such appropriations. WHEREAS, The congress of the United States of America has passed an act, approved March sixteenth, nineteen hundred and six, to provide for an increased annual appropriation for the agricultural experiment stations established under the provisions of an act of congress, approved March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven; therefore, Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio: That assent is hereby given to the purposes of said act of congress, approved March sixteenth, nineteen hundred and six, and that the moneys thereby appropriated to the state of Ohio be expended and controlled by the board of control of the Ohio agricultural experiment station, in conformity with the regulations prescribed by said act of congress. WHEREAS, The joint committee of the seventy-seventh general assembly of Ohio, appointed under Senate Joint Resolution No. 62 to investigate newspaper charges against the Ohio penitentiary finds that its powers are limited to the examination of such charges, and that it lacks the power to make that full and complete investigation of penitentiary management that is necessary to suggest proper remedial legislation. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio: That said joint committee as heretofore appointed, be and is hereby authorized and directed to make an investigation of the Ohio penitentiary in all its departments, and to give consideration to the general subject of penitentiary management, discipline and convict employment; to procure or send for all reports, recommendations, or other papers relating to said subjects; to send for or to subpoena any or all persons having information in regard to any of said subjects and in its discretion to afford a full opportunity to any and all persons interested in the said subjects, to appear and be heard before it; and, Be it further resolved, That said committee be and is hereby authorized to sit at such times and places as it deems proper, to employ such counsel, stenographers, and to incur such expenses as it may deem necessary for the purpose of making a thorough and complete investigation, and for suggesting remedial legislation relating to prison management, discipline, convict employment and the substitution for the present contract labor system, the public use labor system, or penitentiary form system; and, Be it further resolved, That said committee be directed to complete its hearing and investigation on or before July 1st, 1908, and to file a report of its findings, recommendations and suggested remedial legislation with the governor of Ohio, on or before August 1st, 1908, and that said report be published, and a copy of the same be furnished to each member of the seventy-eighth general assembly. Relative to printing 300 copies of report of select committee appointed under House Joint Resolution No. 79. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio: That three hundred copies of the report of the select committee appointed under House Joint Resolution No. 79 be printed for the use of the general assembly. FREEMAN T. EAGLESON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Relative to admission to the hall of the house on the occasion of the address by Hon. J. B. Foraker. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio: That the following rules for admission to the hall of house of representatives on the occasion of the address of Hon. J. B. Foraker, April 22nd, 1908, be observed: First-Admission upon the floor of the house shall be only in accordance with the house rule for regular sessions, except that heads and chief clerks of state departments shall be admitted. Second-Admission to the galleries shall be by card only, the number of cards issued shall equal the number of seats and no more. Onequarter of the cards for gallery seats of each of the three galleries shall be given to the president of the senate for the use of the members of the senate and three-quarters shall be given to the speaker of the house for the use of the members of the house. Inviting Senator Joseph B. Foraker to address the general assembly. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio: That Senator Joseph B. Foraker is hereby invited to address the 77th general assembly on Wednesday, April 22nd, 1908, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon in the hall of the house of representatives on the proposed primary election law as embodied in House Bill No. 720. JOSEPH D. CHAMBERLAIN, Speaker pro tem. of the House of Representatives. WHEREAS, By S. J. R. No. 86, Senator Joseph B. Foraker was invited to address the general assembly on Wednesday, April 22, on proposed primary election legislation; and on communicating with him it has been learned that it will be inconvenient for him to accept such invitation on the 22nd, but that he probably could visit the general assembly on April 23rd; therefore, Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio: That Senator Foraker is hereby cordially invited to address the general assembly on Thursday, April 23rd, 1908, at 10 o'clock a. m., in the hall of the house of representatives on such subject as he may desire. JOSEPH D. CHAMBERLAIN, Speaker pro tem. of the House of Representatives. Providing for a commission to recommend measures to prevent the pollution of the Ohio river, and requesting the legislatures of the states of Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Indiana and Kentucky to co-operate by appointing similar commissions. WHEREAS, The Ohio river is known to be polluted by the sewage and other deleterious waste matters from municipalities in the states of Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Indiana and Kentucky; and WHEREAS, Many communities in each of said states depend, and must necessarily continue to depend, upon the Ohio river as their only source of public water supply; and WHEREAS, The pollution of said river has already reached the point where the health of the inhabitants of Ohio river cities and towns is seriously jeopardized thereby; and WHEREAS, Such pollution must inevitably increase unless proper measures to prevent it are promptly taken; and WHEREAS, The protection of the Ohio river against dangerous contamination is possible only by the joint action of the legislatures of the several states affected thereby; therefore Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio: That the governor of the state of Ohio appoint a commission of three persons, who shall serve without compensation, but whose actual and necessary expenses shall be paid, said commission to investigate the condition of the Ohio river, as regards its pollution, and report to the governor with recommendations for such legislative action as they may deem wise and necessary. That the governor of the state of Ohio request the governors of the states of Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Indiana and Kentucky to appoint a similar commission for their respective states to confer and act with the Ohio commission, and with one another, to the end that a plan may be recommended whereby the several states interested may jointly protect the Ohio river against sewage and other pollution. Provided that no expense shall be incurred unless one or more of the states invited to participate in this investigation shall appoint a commission for that purpose, and provided further that all disbursements shall be under the control, and subject to the approval of the governor. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio: That when the senate and house of representatives adjourn on May 1st, 1908, it be to meet May 9th, 1908, at 10 o'clock a. m.; and that the 77th general assembly second regular session, adjourn sine die on May 9th, 1908, at 4 o'clock p. m. FREEMAN T. EAGLESON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Adopted April 30, 1908. JAMES M. WILLIAMS, President of the Senate. 42 [Senate Joint Resolution No. 72.] Authorizing the state printer to print 3,000 copies of the report of the inspector of the Ohio Co-operative Topographic Survey. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio: That the state printer is hereby authorized and directed to print, as soon as practicable, three thousand copies of the report of the inspector of the Ohio co-operative topographic survey, comprising that information hitherto gathered by the survey and not published in map form, and covering the work of the survey from its inception to January 1, 1908, and that such copies be bound in English buckram, in accordance with the recommendation of the state supervisor of public printing. That when said report is printed and bound, as aforesaid, the following disposition and distribution shall be made thereof: To each member of the seventy-seventh general assembly, five (5) copies; to the state library, for exchange, one hundred (100) copies; to the governor or his representative on said survey, one hundred (100) copies; and the remaining copies shall be deposited with the secretary of state for future distribution; pro |