which is of vital importance to the people of all classes, and especially the laboring classes. Resolved, That we urge upon our representatives in congress such individual and concerted action in behalf of the measure as will be in harmony on their part with the spirit of these resolutions. Resolved, That the governor be requested to forward a copy of these resolutions to each of our senators and members of congress. L. A. BRUNNER, Speaker pro tem. of the House of Representatives. Adopted April 10, 1884. President of the Senate. [House Joint Resolution No. 54.] JOINT RESOLUTION In reference to the appointment of a joint committee to investigate damages caused by a breach in Walhonding canal. WHEREAS, John Hogle, John Wagner and John G. Frederick, of Coshocton county, have each presented claims to a joint meeting of the committee of finance of the senate and house of representatives against the state for damages sustained by them to their lands and crops situated on the Walhonding canal in the vicinity of what is known as the Six-mile dam across the Walhonding river in Coshocton county, by reason of a wash and overflow of water over and across their lands, caused by a breach in the Walhonding canal and the erection and continuance by the state of a dam across the Walhonding river; AND WHEREAS, At a joint meeting of the finance committee of the senate and house of representatives, a sub-committee, consisting of two of the senate and three of the house of representatives, was appointed to view the premises and examine and ascertain the cause of the damages complained of and the extent thereof and report the same to said joint committee; AND WHEREAS, Said sub-committee, on the 11th day of March, A. D. 1884, examined said premises, and report that they had not time or opportunity to determine the cause of the damages complained of or the extent thereof, and that it will require more time than can be given to that subject by a committee during the session of the legislature, and that it will be necessary to take testimony to determine the merits of said claims and the amount thereof; therefore, Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That said committee, consisting of two members on the part of the senate and three members on the part of the house of representatives, be appointed to ascertain, first, whether there is a legal liability on part of the state, and if so, then said committee report to this general assembly, at its adjourned session, whether any of said claimants have sustained any damage to the lands or crops by reason of a breach in said canal and a failure of the state to keep the same in repair or the erection and continuance of said dam by the state, or, if any damages were sustained by the claimants, what was the cause thereof; what amount of money, if any, should be paid to each of said claimants for damages sustained by them; and that for the purposes herein required, said committee shall have power to take testimony and to send for persons and papers, and to meet at a time and place to be fixed by said committee, and report to the adjourned session of the general assembly. L. A. BRUNNER, Speaker pro tem. of the House of Representatives. Adopted April 10, 1884. President of the Senate. [House Joint Resolution No. 43.] JOINT RESOLUTION Requesting our senators and representatives to vote for and urge the passage of Senate Bill No. 11 and House Bill No. 1189. WHEREAS, There has been introduced in the United States senate, Bill No. 11, and in the house of representatives, Bill No. 1189, asking for pensioning of prisoners of war who were confined in confederate military prisons during the late war; therefore, Resolved, That our senators and representatives in congress be and are hereby requested to vote for and urge the passage of the same at the earliest practical moment, and that the governor forward a copy of this resolution to each of our senators and representatives in Washington. L. A. BRUNNER, Speaker pro tem. of the House of Representatives. Adopted April 11, 1884. President of the Senate. [Senate Joint Resolution No. 56.] JOINT RESOLUTION Relative to appointing a committee to visit the secretary of the navy of the U. S., to procure means for the return of the body of J. A. McGahan to his native home. WHEREAS, The representatives of the press of the state of Ohio, and the citizens of this state generally desire that an effort be made to have the remains of the distinguished Ohio citizen, J. A. McGahan, brought to his native country; therefore, be it Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That a committee of four be appointed, to consist of the president of the senate, or the president pro tem. of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, or the speaker pro tem. of the house of representatives, Hon. John O'Neill and Hon. H. C. Greiner, to visit the secretary of the navy at Washington, and request that a war vessel be ordered to Constantinople to return. said remains. L. A. BRUNNER, Speaker pro tem. of the House of Representatives. JOHN G. WARWICK, Adopted April 12, 1884. President of the Senate. [Senate Joint Resolution No. 57.] JOINT RESOLUTION Instructing the clerks of the house and senate to have published a list of the bills pending at the commencement of the adjourned session. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the clerks of the house and senate, respectively, be and they are hereby required to make out a list of all the bills pending in the respective bodies at the close of the session, noting the stage in which such said bills appear upon the journals; and that they cause to be published three hundred copies of said list for the use of the general assembly, to be laid upon. the tables of mebers at the commencement of the adjourned session. A. D. MARSH, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Adopted April 12, 1884. President of the Senate. [House Joint Resolution No. 57.] JOINT RESOLUTION Relative to adjournment. Resolved, That the present session of the 66th general assembly adjourn on Monday, April 14th, at 9 o'clock A.M., to meet again Tuesday, January 6th, 1885, at 3 o'clock P.M. L. A. BRUNNER, Speaker pro tem. of the House of Representatives. Adopted April 11, 1884. President of the Senate. [House Joint Resolution No. 62.] JOINT RESOLUTION Directing the supervisor of public printing to bind together the copies authorized under H. J. R.'s Nos. 14 and 56. WE HEREAS, By H. J. R. No. 14, the publication of 2000 copies of the report on the forests of Ohio, prepared under the direction of the U. S. commissioner of agriculture, has been ordered by the legislature for distribution in the state; and WHEREAS, BY H. J. R. No. 56, 10,000 copies of the Ohio state forestry association have been ordered for the same purpose; and WHEREAS, The two reports are strictly germain, and will be more serviceable when bound together than separately; therefore, be it Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the supervisor of public printing is hereby directed to increase the number of the first report named to 5000 copies, and to reduce the number of the second report named to 5000 copies, and to bind the two reports together. Resolved, That the distribution of the combined report be made on the same basis as is provided in H. J. R. No. 56, and that said H. J. R.'s Nos. 56 and 14 are hereby rescinded. A. D. MARSH, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Adopted April 14, 1884. President of the Senate. [House Joint Resolution No. 64] JOINT RESOLUTION Providing for the appointment of a committee to investigate the Cincinnati election, etc. Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That a joint committee of five, to consist of three on the part of the house and two on the part of the senate, be appointed, with authority, to act after the legisla ture adjourns for the purpose of investigating the election held in the city of Cincinnati, and make such inquiry as the public good may demand into the several departments of government of said city, past and present, and said committee shall have all the powers conveyed by law, upon the adoption of this resolution, and the expenses of said investigation by this committee shall be paid out of the legislative committee fund of the senate and house upon the order of the committee, countersigned by the president of the senate and speaker of the house. Further, said committee is empowered to employ a stenographer to take and preserve a full report of their proceedings. A. D. MARSH, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Adopted April 14, 1884. [House Joint Resolution No. 63.] JOINT RESOLUTION Requesting the secretary of state to have all laws and amendments thereto affecting criminal proceedings, certified to at once, etc. WHEREAS, At the present session of the general assembly of the state of Ohio, many changes have been made in the laws relating to criminals; and WHEREAS, Many of the courts of common pleas will have to try criminals and pass sentences before it will be possible for the publication of the laws to be completed; therefore, be it Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the secretary of state cause all laws and amendments thereto affecting criminal proceed ings to be at once certified to the several judges of courts in this state having criminal jurisdiction. A., D. MARSH, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Adopted April 14, 1884. President of the Senate. [Senate Joint Resolution No. 44.] JOINT RESOLUTION Relative to appointing a committee to see that the industries of the state are represented at the World's Industrial Centennial Exhibition, to be held at New Orleans, in December, of 1884. Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That a committee of three be appointed by the senate and five by the house, to consider ways. and means for having the industries of Ohio properly represented at the World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exhibition, to be held in New Orleans, beginning the first Monday of December, 1884. A. D. MARSH, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Adopted April 14, 1884. [House Joint Resolution No. 61.] JOINT RESOLUTION Relative to the removal of the body of J. A. McGahan to his native state. WHEREAS, There has been appointed a special committee of the senate and house to inquire into and devise means whereby the body of J. A. McGahan, deceased, could be brought to this state, and buried in his native country; and WHEREAS, A special committee has been authorized to go to Washington and make the proper arrangements with the navy and state departments; therefore, be it Resolved, That there be appropriated the sum of three hundred dollars, out of any sum in the treasury not otherwise appropriated by law, for the purpose of paying any expense connected with the removal of the body of said J. A. McGahan deceased, and the amounts as needed to be drawn from the treasury upon warrants signed by the chairman of said first named committee, H. C. Greiner. Adopted April 14, 1884. A. D. MARSH, Speaker of the House of Representatives. President of the Senate. |
