wishes in the German language. The aggregate amount 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. N. H. VAN VORHES, Speaker of the House of Representatives. President pro tem. of the Senate. Adopted February 15, 1873. JOINT RESOLUTION Relative to furnishing paper. Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the Secretary of State be and he is hereby authorized to purchase a sufficient quantity of super royal paper to provide fly-leaves for volume one of the final Report of the Geological Survey, and that the same be paid for out of the appropriation for stationery and blank books, including printing papers and articles necessary for the General Assembly and public offices in the State House. N. H. VAN VORHES, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Adopted February 26, 1873. JOINT RESOLUTION Providing for the payment of the members of the Finance and Benevolent Committees of the House and Senate for services growing out of the burning of the Northern Ohio Lunatic Asylum. WHEREAS, On the - day of October, A.D. 1872, the Finance Committees and Committees on Benevolent Institutions of the two Houses of the General Assembly were requested by Governor E. F. Noyes to meet with him in conference, at the Northern Ohio Lunatic Asylum, as to what should be done to aid in rebuilding said asylum and to make provision. for the accommodation of the unfortunate inmates who were so suddenly left without suitable accommodations by the burning of said Asylum; and, WHEREAS, There is no provision of law for paying the members of said committees for the time thus employed, who attended said meeting as aforesaid requested; therefore, Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Chio, That the members of the General Assembly composing said committees who were in attend ance as aforesaid be and the same are allowed the same per diem and expenses actually incurred, whilst in attendance at said meeting, as is allowed to members of the General Assembly, and the presiding officers of the Senate and House of Representatives be and they are hereby authorized to draw their warrants on the treasury for the sums of money severally due the members of said committees. N. H. VAN VORHES, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Passed February 27, 1873. President of the Senate. JOINT RESOLUTION Directing the Governor to execute and deliver to one Thomas Dugan a deed for certain real estate. WHEREAS, Under the authority conferred upon the Attorney General by joint resolution of the General Assembly adopted January 28, 1869, (O. L., Vol. 66, p. 414), the Attorney General has settled with Thomas Dugan, and fixed the amount which said Thomas Dugan ought to pay, in addition to what he has already paid for the interest of the State in said real estate, the sum of five hundred dollars: now, therefore, Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That so soon as said Thomas Dugan shall pay to the Attorney General said sum of five hundred dollars, the Governor of the State is hereby directed to execute and deliver to said Thomas Dugan a good and sufficient deed conveying to said Thomas Dugan all and singular the interest of the State in said real estate. CHARLES H. BABCOCK, Speaker pro tem. of the House of Representatives. Adopted March 10, 1873. JOINT RESOLUTION Providing for an examination and report in reference to the State dam across the Miami river, at Troy. WHEREAS, For several years past, there has been a large deficiency of water in the Miami and Erie canal, requisite for navigation; and WHEREAS, It is alleged that by the repair of the State dam across the Miami river, at Troy, constructed for the purpose of supplying what is known as Dye's mill-race, (but which is, and ever since 1846, has been adopted and used by the State of Ohio as part of its public works,) a very largely increased volume of water will be passed into the canal; therefore be it Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the acting commissioner of the Board of Public Works for the Miami and Erie canal, in connection with the resident engineer, be required to make an examination of said dam and race way, and report to the General Assembly at its present session, as to the benefits likely to result to the State and the lessees of the public works from improving the same, and as to what repairs are necessary, and the probable cost thereof. N. H. VAN VORHES, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Adopted March 14, 1873. President of the Senate. JOINT RESOLUTION Relating to the printing and binding of the report of Ohio Horticultural Society. Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the Supervisor of State Printing be and he is hereby instructed to cause five hundred copies of the repor of the Ohio Horticultural Society for the year 1872, to be printed and bound separate from the agricultural report in pamphlet form, for the use of the members of said society. N. H. VAN VORHES, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Passed March 17, 1873. President of the Senate. JOINT RESOLUTION Relative to the purchase of paper for the final report of the Geological Survey. Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the Secretary of State be and is hereby authorized to purchase in the market a sufficient quantity of paper of a suitable quality, for printing part second of volume first of the final Report of the Geological Survey, and pay for the same out of the appropriation for stationery and blank-books including printing paper, and articles necessary for the General Assembly and public offices in the State House. N. H. VAN VORHES, Speaker of the House of Representatives. President pro tem. of the Senate. Adopted March 28, 1873. JOINT RESOLUTION Authorizing the Governor to appoint commissioners to attend the In ternational Exposition at Vienna, Austria. Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the Gover nor of the State of be and he is hereby authorized to appoint seven commissioners to attend as representatives of the State of Ohio, the International Exposition to be opened during the summer of 1873, at Vienna, Austria, and said commissioners shall serve without compensation from or expense to the State. N. H. VAN VORHES, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Passed April 12, 1873. JOINT RESOLUTION Relative to the removal of the remains of the Hou. James W. Lathrop. WHEREAS, Hen. James W. Lathrop, a member of the House of Rep resentatives from Stark county, died in this city on the 31st of January, 1828, while in the discharge of his official duty, and was buried in the North Graveyard of Columbus; and WHEREAS, Said burying ground has ceased to be used for burial purposes, and is about to be appropriated to other uses; therefore Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That a committee of two on the part of the House and one on the part of the Senate be appointed to superintend the removal of the remains of said deceased to Canton, Stark county, and that the expenses incidental to the removal and re interment be defrayed out of the contingent tund of the General Assembly. N. H. VAN VORHES, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLAN T. BRINSMADE, President pro tem. of the Senate. Adopted April 16, 1873. JOINT RESOLUTION Relative to the removal and interment of the remains of the Hon. James Sargeant. WHEREAS, James Sargent, a member of the House of Representatives of the State of Ohio from Clermont county, died in this city on the 15th day of February, 1844, while in the discharge of his official duties; and WHEREAS, Said James Sargent was buried in the North grave yard of Columbus, Ohio, which is now in a ruinous condition; therefore be it Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That a committee of two on the part of the house and one on the part of the senate, be appointed to take charge of and remove the body of said Sargent, together with the monument, to in Clermont county, and to superintend the interment of the same, and that the expense of the same be paid by the State of Ohio. CHARLES H. BABCOCK. Speaker pro tem. of the House of Representatives. Adopted April 17, 1873. President pro tem. of the Senate. JOINT RESOLUTION Providing for the admission of Cyrus Doudell into the State Reform School. WHEREAS, Cyrus Doudell, of Jefferson county, Ohio, has been sen tenced to the state penitentiary for the offense of grand larceny, by the court of common pleas of said county; and WHEREAS, The judge, who pronounced the sentence, expressed his desire that the sentence should be modified to confinement in the State Reform School, but was unable to make such modification of the sentence in consequence of the said Cyrus Doudell being eighteen years of age; and WHEREAS, The prosecuting attorney, who appeared for the state in the case, with a number of the jurors, to whom the case was tried, and a large part of the bar of the county, have all expressed the desire that said Doudell might be cared for in the State Reform School, as manifestly in the interest of humanity as well as moral reform; 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 warraut for the transfer of the said Cyrus Doudell from the Ohio penitentiary to the State Reform School, there to be held and treated under the laws and regulations of said institutions; provided, the governor shall have power to remand the said Cyrus Doudell 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 State Reform School shall be estimated as a part of the time for which said Cyrus Doudell was sentenced. N. H. VAN VORHES, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Adopted April 18, 1873. President of the Senate. JOINT RESOLUTION Relating to the disposition of a certain number of copies of the Report of the Secretary of State for 1872. Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the secretary of state be and he is hereby authorized to retain, from the number of addi |