[Senate Joint Resolution No. 11.] JOINT RESOLUTION Relative to recommending to congress a government inspection of pork in certaine cases. WHEREAS, American pork has been excluded from the markets of France and Germany, for nearly four years, thereby causing great loss to the hog raisers of Ohio, and other states; and WHEREAS, The alleged reason for such exclusion (the diseased condition of American pork) we believe to be without foundation in fact; therefore, Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That we would recommend to our members of Congress a system of government inspection of meats exported to foreign countries, that will prohibit the exportation of all meats not in a healthy condition, or such other legislation either retaliatory or otherwise, as may be necessary to remove the restrictions now placed by France and Germany upon American pork. Resolved, further, That the governor be requested to forward to each of our senators and representatives in Congress a copy of these resolutions. Providing for 2000 copies of the report of the United States commissioners of agri culture on the condition of Ohio forestry. 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 print and bind in pamphlet form, for the use of the general assembly, 2,000 copies of the report of the United States commission of agriculture on the condition of Ohio forestry, said 2,000 copies to contain lithographed copies of diagrams accompanying said report. L. A. BRUNNER, Speaker pro tem. of the House of Representatives. Adopted February 5, 1884. JOHN G. WARWICK, President of the Senate. [House Joint Resolution No. 17.] JOINT RESOLUTION Relative to paying employes who assisted officers of this assembly. Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That there be paid to the following named persons for services rendered to the present officers of this House at the opening of the session, as follows, to wit: D. J. Edwards, twenty-five dollars ($25); J. S. Tyler, twenty-five dollars ($25); Israel Underwood, twenty-five dollars ($25); Abram Moore, twenty-five dollars ($25); John R. Malloy, fifty dollars ($50); C. C. Wheeler, twenty-five dollars ($25). And the speaker of the House is hereby authorized to certify said amounts to each of said persons, payable from the appropriations for the Legislature. L. A. BRUNNER, Speaker pro tem. of the House of Representatives. Adopted February 5, 1884. President of the Senate. [House Joint Resolution No. 19.] JOINT RESOLUTION Relative to printing extra copies of House Bill No. 121. Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the supervisor of public printing be directed to have printed for the use of the members of the house and senate, five hundred extra copies of House Bill No. 121, authorizing the burial of the body of any honorably discharged ex-union soldier, sailor or marine of this state, who shall hereafter die without leaving means sufficient to defray funeral expenses. A. D. MARSH, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Adopted February 14, 1884. [House Joint Resolution No. 18.] JOINT RESOLUTION Relative to Thomas E. Lamping, insane. WHEREAS, Fred. A. Lamping, a resident of Washington county, Ohio, petitions this general assembly in behalf of his son, Dr. Thomas E. Lamping, also a resident of Washington county, Ohio, who removed from Kentucky to said county a few weeks ago, and has since become violently insane, and in need of the care and restraint which can only be secured in an asylum; and WHEREAS, Said Dr. Thomas E. Lamping, by leaving the state of Kentucky, has lost the benefit of a residence there, and cannot be received into any of the institutions of that state; and WHEREAS, Under the statutes now in force, said Dr. Thomas E. Lamping is not eligible for admission to any asylum of this state, for the reason that he is not a legal resident of this state; and WHEREAS, The sheriff of Washington county telegraphs to this body that said Lamping is now confined in Washington county jail and that it is a deplorable case, and his parents are wholly unable to give him private treatment, having no means to do so; therefore, be it Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the said Dr. Thomas E. Lamping, having been adjudged insane by the probate court of Washington county, upon the certificates of two physicians, the superintendent of the Athens Asylum for the Insane be and is hereby authorized and required to receive said Dr. Thomas E. Lamping into said institution for treatment, and if said patient recovers return or deliver him to the proper authorities of Washington county. A. D. MARSH, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Adopted February 14, 1884. [House Joint Resolution No. 20.] JOINT RESOLUTION Relative to railroads from Marquette and Ontonagon to state line. WHEREAS, June 3d, 1856, Congress made a grant of land to the state of Michigan to aid in constructing two railroads, one from Marquette to the Wisconsin state line, and another from Ontonagan to same point; said grant on condition that the roads should be built within ten years, or the land revert to the United States; and WHEREAS, Congress, by joint resolution, approved July 5th, 1862, changed the route of first named road granting lands therefor, thus abandoning one of original lines, and along the other no road has ever been built; and WHEREAS, Relinquishments were made by the state in due form to the lands along both the original lines, after ten years limitation had expired, and the state had relinquished as above stated, the land department treated the land as other public land and sold them as such, receiving pay therefor, over 800,000 acres of the same being sold, large quantities being owned by citizens of Ohio, said lands being rich in mineral, agricultural and lumber products; and WHEREAS, It being recently discovered that all these titles granted by the government are endangered; therefore, be it Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That our senators and representatives in Congress be and are hereby requested to vote for and to use all honorable means to secure the passage of "Senate Bill 691, to confirm and declare legal the acts of certain officers of the United States." And that the governor be requested to forward copies of this resolution to the presiding officer of each House of Congress, and to each of the senators and representatives in Congress from Ohio. A. D. MARSH, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Adopted February 14, 1884. President of the Senate. [Senate Joint Resolution No. 22.] JOINT RESOLUTION Requesting senators and representatives in congress to secure pensions for survivors of prisons of the south during the late rebellion. WHEREAS, Many Union soldiers, prisoners of war, were confined in Libby, Andersonville, and other southern prisons during the late war of the rebellion, and by reason of said imprisonment and the consequent sufferings entailed thereby, the general health and constitutional vitality of those who survived said imprisonment was so impaired as to bring on a premature breaking down of general health and of the vital powers; and WHEREAS, It is but simple justice to those deserving and patriotic men, that their strong claims to the sympathy of the country should receive such recognition as their merit, suffering and patriotic services demand; therefore, be it Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That our senators and representatives in Congress from the state of Ohio are hereby requested to use their influence in the Congress of the United States to procure the passage of an act granting pensions to those surviving soldiers, prisoners of war confined in southern prisons as above recited. Resolved, further, That the governor be and he is hereby requested to transmit to each of our senators and members in Congress a copy of these resolutions. A. D. MARSH, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Adopted February 14, 1884. President of the Senate. [Senate Joint Resolution No. 17.] JOINT RESOLUTION Relative to the printing of four thousand (4000) extra copies of the circular and catalogue of the Ohio state university. Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That there be printed and bound four thousand (4,000) extra copies of that portion of the annual report of the trustees of the Ohio state university, known as the "Circular and Catalogue," and that said copies shall be distributed by the trustees and faculty of said university. A. D. MARSH, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Adopted February 15, 1884. President of the Senate. [Senate Joint Resolution No. 18.] JOINT RESOLUTION Requesting senators and representatives in congress to vote for an increase of pensions in certain cases. WHEREAS, Federal soldiers and sailors of the late war who lost one eye in the service, only receive a pension of four dollars per month, which is unjust when compared with pensions allowed for other disabilities; and WHEREAS, A bill is now pending in the House of Representatives of the United States providing for the increase of such pensions from four to eighteen dollars per month; therefore, be it Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That our senators and representatives in Congress be and are hereby requested to vote for such bill and said increase, and to use all honorable means to secure the passage thereof, and that the governor of Ohio be requested to forward copies of this resolution to the presiding officer of each House of Congress, and to each of the senators and representatives from Ohio. L. A. BRUNNER, Speaker pro tem. of the House of Representatives. "President pro tem. of the Senate. Adopted February 21, 1884. [Senate Joint Resolution No. 19.] JOINT RESOLUTION Requesting senators and representatives in congress to urge the passage of a law for the equalization of bounties. WHEREAS, A great irregularity exists among the Union soldiers of the late war, in the amount of bounties they received; and WHEREAS, The present condition of our revenues render it easy for our government to do justice by its brave defenders; therefore, Resolved, That it is the sense of this general assembly that Congress should, at its earliest opportunity, pass a law equalizing the bounties of Union soldiers. |