6th. The gross amount of certificates for refunding taxes, issued by said auditor to each of said banks, or to the stockholders of each of said banks, under and by virtue of the joint resolution of the general assembly of the state of Ohio, passed April 16th, 1867, designating the amount of taxes to be refunded to each of said banks or the stockholders thereof, in each year prior to December, 1867. JOHN F. FOLLETT, Speaker of the House of Representatives. President pro tem. of the Senate. Adopted February 24, 1868. JOINT RESOLUTION, Relative to printing and distributing the general laws of this session. Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the secre tary of state be authorized and directed to have the general laws of this session of the legislature printed as soon as possible after enactment, in forms of sixteen pages, and that he cause five thousand copies of the same to be distributed as follows: Ten copies to each member of the general assembly, and the remainder he shall distribute to the county auditors of the several counties in this state in proportion to their representation in the legislature, unless otherwise directed by the senators or. representatives from such counties, said copies to be furnished under existing contracts, and out of the number now required to be printed by law. Passed March 3, 1868. JOHN F. FOLLETT, Speaker of the House of Representatives. J. C. LEE, President of the Senate. JOINT RESOLUTION, Authorizing the Attorney General to settle with Wm. Geller, late treasurer of Morrow county. Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the attor ney general be and he is hereby authorized to accept the state's pro rata proportion of six thousand dollars proposed to be paid by Wm. Geller, late treasurer of Morrow county, in full satisfaction and discharge of his liability as such treasurer, and on receipt of the state's said proportion of said sum of six thousand dollars, to release the said Geller from all further liability for moneys of the state which came into his hands as such treasurer and have not been accounted for. 19-LAWS. Resolved, further, That the commissioners of said county, on securing the county's proportion of said sum, be and they are authorized to execute a like release and discharge. JOHN F. FOLLETT, Speaker of the House of Representatives. President pro tem. of the Senate. Passed March 13, 1868. JOINT RESOLUTION, To suspend operations on the new lunatic asylum at Athens, Ohio, until April 1st, A. D. 1868. WHEREAS, It is continually asserted that the location of the new lunatic asylum at Athens has not been properly made, and that said location, which, it is rumored, has been brought about by some undue influences, is one not calculated to subserve the best interests of the state; and, WHEREAS, It is also asserted that the title to the land selected by the trustees appointed by the governor to locate this asylum, is not good, and is now being litigated in the courts of this state, a petition in error having been filed by certain parties in interest to vacate the decree of the court of common pleas of Athens county, under or through which the said trustees have derived their supposed title to said land, and certain parties in interest being also about to file a petition in equity to obtain a conveyance of the title to said lands from the state to one Geo. Coats; and, WHEREAS, The joint committee on benevolent institutions, authorized by a former joint resolution of this house to investigate the action of the said trustees, has made no report of the result of its investigations, and the time for which the action of said trustees was suspended is about to expire without such report being made to this house, therefore, Resolved, [by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio] That the trustees of said asylum be and they are hereby required to suspend the letting of all contracts and all other acts in any manner connected with or relating to said institution, until the 1st day of April, A. D. 1868. Resolved, That said trustees be notified of the passage of this resolution. JOHN F. FOLLETT, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Adopted March 13th, 1868. JOINT RESOLUTION, To provide for printing five thousand copies of the new road law. Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the secretary of state is hereby authorized and required to cause to be printed in pamphlet form, in advance of all other printing, five thousand copies of House Bill No. 112, as it passed, and forward three thousand copies of the same to the several county auditors, on or before the third Monday of March, 1868, and by said auditors to the trustees of the several townships; the remaining two thousand to be reserved for the use of the members of the general assembly. JOHN F. FOLLETT, Speaker of the House of Representatives. President pro tem. of the Senate. Adopted March 13, 1868. JOINT RESOLUTION, In relation to American citizens. WHEREAS, Certain European governments have claimed from those of their subjects who have become citizens of this country allegiance of a life tenure; and, WHEREAS, Our adopted citizens are by virtue of the constitution and laws of this country entitled to all the rights, privileges and immunities (except eligibility to the office of president or vice president) of our native born citizens; therefore, Resolved [by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio], That in our opin ion the congress of the United States should proclaim to the world that the moment a subject of any foreign power becomes a citizen of this country in the manner provided by the constitution and laws thereof, then all allegiance to said foreign power ceases, and that the government of this country will maintain such principle at all hazards. Resolved, That the arrest, imprisonment, or punishment of native or naturalized citizens of the United States by foreign powers for words spoken or acts done within the jurisdiction and limits of the United States, is in violation of the rights of such citizens, and a contempt of the government of the United States, for which such government should demand and compel redress. Resolved, That a copy of the foregoing preamble and resolutions be transmitted by the governor to each senator and member of the house of representatives from the state of Ohio in the congress of the United States. JOHN F. FOLLETT, Speaker of the House of Representatives. J. C. LEE, Adopted March 19, 1868. President of the Senate. JOINT RESOLUTION, Relative to printing five thousand copies of the report of the Commissioner of Statistics in English, and one thousand of the same in German. Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That there be printed and bound in muslin five thousand copies of the report of the commissioner of statistics in English, and one thousand in German; one hundred copies for the use of the commissioner of statistics; three hundred copies for the state library, and the remainder to be distributed among the members of the general assembly by the secretary of state, when the agricultural report is distributed. JOHN F. FOLLETT, Speaker of the House of Representatives. J. C. LEE, Adopted March 19, 1868. President of the Senate. JOINT RESOLUTION, To provide for taking immediate steps to agree upon the location of the Ohio agricultural and mechanical college, and for the appointment of a joint committee on the subject. WHEREAS, The congress of the United States, by an act passed July 2d, 1862, entitled "an act donating public lands to the several states and territories which may provide colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts," donated to the state of Ohio, land-scrip; and, WHEREAS, The general assembly of Ohio, by an act passed February 9th, 1864, (L. of O., vol. 61, p. 7) accepted said donation, subject to all the conditions and provisions contained in said act, and pledged the faith of the state of Ohio to the performance of all such conditions and provisions; and, WHEREAS, The state of Ohio has received from the United States, land-scrip for the purpose of establishing an agricultural college or colleges in said state; and, WHEREAS, The said land scrip has been sold, and there is now in the state treasury, to the credit of the agricultural college fund, the sum of $342,450.80; and, WHEREAS, One of the provisions of the act of congress making such donation, requires each state which may claim the benefit of said act, to provide not less than "one college, where the leading object shall be, without excluding other scientific and classical studies, and including military tactics, to teach such branches of learning as are related to agriculture and the mechanic arts, in such manner as the legislatures of the states may respectively prescribe, in order to promote the liberal and practical education of the industrial classes in the several pursuits and professions in life;" and, WHEREAS, The time for providing such college or colleges will expire on the 2d day of July, 1872, at which time, unless such college or colleges are provided, the grant to the state of Ohio will cease, and said state will be bound to pay the United States the amount so received; therefore, be it Resolved [by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio,] 1st. That it is important for the general assembly of Ohio to take immediate steps to provide one college for the objects and purposes aforesaid. 2d. That to this end a joint committee of the senate and house of representatives, consisting of four on the part of the senate and eight on the part of [the] House be appointed, with authority to receive propositions for sites for the location of such college, and examine the same; also propositions for experimental farm, and proposals of donations of such sites and farms; and also donations towards the erection of suitable college buildings. 3d. That the said committee shall have authority to meet, for the transaction of business, during any adjournment of the general assembly, at such time and place as the committee may agree upon. 4th. That the said committee shall report, at as early a time as possible, by bill or otherwise. JOHN F. FOLLETT, Adopted March 30, 1868. President of the Senate JOINT RESOLUTION, Relative to printing cei ain reports. Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That there be printed the following documents, to-wit: Report of the adjutant general, 4,500 copies, 2,000 for the use of the adjutant general, and 2,500 for the use of the general assembly; report of the secretary of state, 3,700 additional copies, 1,200 for the use of the secretary of state, and 2,500 for the use of the general assembly; report of Longview lunatie asylum, 1,800 copies, 1,000 for the use of asylum, and 800 for general assembly; report of commissioner of common schools, 3,000 additional copies, in the German language, 1,000 for use of school commissioner, and 2,000 for general assembly. JOHN F. FOLLETT, President of the Senate. March 30, 1868. JOINT RESOLUTION, Relative to appointing Senators Dangler and Onderdonk on enrollment. Resolved [by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio,] That Messrs. Dangler and Onderdonk, on the part of the senate, and Messrs. Neal and Lee, on the part of the house, be added to the standing committee on enrollment. JOHN F. FOLLETT, President of the Senate. Adopted March 30, 1868. |