JOINT RESOLUTION, Relative to printing and distribution of report of the commissioner of railroads and telegraphs. Resolved by the General Assemby of the State of Ohio, That the supervisor of public printing be and he hereby is authorized to have printed three thousand copies of the report of the commissioner of railroads and telegraphs-three hundred copies for the use of the members of the general assembly, and two hundred copies for the use of the commissioner, to be bound in muslin, and the remainder to be bound in brochure. That a copy shall be sent to each of the thirty-seven states of this Union, and to each of the territories. JOHN F. FOLLETT, Speaker of the House of Representatives. J. C. LEE, President of the Senate. Adopted March 30, 1868. JOINT RESOLUTION, To provide for a more complete ventilation of the Ohio Penitentiary. Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the directors and warden of the Ohio Penitentiary be and they are hereby authorized to commence immediately the construction of the necessary tubing and such other works as will insure a thorough ventilation of the cells and halls of the Ohio Penitentiary. JOHN F. FOLLETT, Adopted March 30, 1868. President of the Senate. JOINT RESOLUTION, Relative to loaning flags to associations for reunion occasions. Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the superintendent of the state house be and he is hereby authorized and instructed, on the application of the president and secretary of any association composed of members of any regiment or battery of this state having flags deposited in the flag-room of the capitol, to deliver to any such association, or its authorized agent, upon their written order, the stand of colors of any such regiment or battery, to be used at the general meetings or reunions of such associations, and to be returned by the said officers within twenty days after said meetings or reunions, to the said superintendent of the state house; and on failure upon the part of any such association so to return any stand of colors, obtained under the provisions of this resolution, all further rights and privileges under the same shall be forfeited. JOHN F. FOLLETT, Adopted April 3d, 1868. President pro tem. of the Senate. JOINT RESOLUTION, Protesting against the reconstruction acts of congress, and against the passage of certain bills now pending therein; and instructing our senators and requesting our representatives in congress to vote for the repeal of the former, and against the passage of the latter. WHEREAS, The congress of the United States has enacted laws, and is now considering measures which, if enacted into laws, are, in the opinion of this general assembly, in direct conflict with the plainest provisions of constitution; therefore, be it Resolved [by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio]-1st. That this general assembly doth protest against the acts of congress, commonly called the reconstruction acts, because the same are subversive of the rights of the states, the liberty and prosperity of the people, and the constitutional powers of the executive and judicial departments of the federal government; and our senators in congress are hereby instructed, and our representatives in congress requested, to vote for the repeal of all said acts. 2d. That this general assembly doth protest against the passage of the bill now pending in congress, requiring the concurrence of two-thirds of the judges of the supreme court of the United States to pronounce an act of congress unconstitutional, because said proposition is plainly unconstitutional, and is an attempt to destroy the judicial department of the government. 3d. And this general assembly doth also protest against the passage of the bill, now pending in congress, to take from the supreme and other courts of the United States, jurisdictiction in cases arising under said reconstruction acts, because said bill proposes to deny to the people any redress for wrongs and injuries they may suffer, to destroy the just and necessary powers of the judicial tribunal, and to subject the country to an uncontrolled and uncontrollable military despotism; and our senators in congress are hereby instructed, and our representatives in congress requested, to oppose and vote against the passage of said bills. 4th. That the governor is hereby requested to forward a copy of these resolutions to each of our senators and representatives in congress, and to each of the judges of the supreme court of the United States. JOHN F. FOLLETT, Speaker of the House of Representatives. J. C. LEE, Adopted April 13th, 1868. President of the Senate. JOINT RESOLUTION, Relative to instructing the board of public works to investigate the alleged damages done to Mary A. High. Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the board of public works be and they hereby are directed to view and assess the damages to Mary A. High, as the owner of east half of the north fraction and the east part of the west half of the north fraction, of section number eleven (11), in township number five (5) north, of range number seven (7) east, in the county of Henry and state of Ohio, if in their opinion any damages have been sustained by said Mary A. High, as the owner of said lands, by the construction of the dam across the Maumee river, at Gilead, in the state of Ohio, and that they report to the next session of the general assembly. JOHN F. FOLLETT, Speaker of the House of Representatives. J. C. LEE, Passed April 9, 1868. President of the Senate. JOINT RESOLUTION, Relative to the use of Hay's electro chemical steam boiler protector, in connection with railroad locomotives in the state of Ohio. WHEREAS, It is the sense of this general assembly that every means ought to be adopted whereby greater security against accident may be guaranteed to the traveling public in the state of Ohio; therefore, Resolved [by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio], That a committee of three on the part of the senate and five on the part of the house be appointed to inquire into and report, by bill or otherwise, the propriety of providing by law that "Hay's electro chemical steam boiler protector' be used in connection with railroad locomotives in the state of Ohio. JOHN F. FOLLETT, Speaker of the House of Representatives. J. C. LEE, Adopted April 14, 1868. President of the Senate. JOINT RESOLUTION, Relative to transferring Junetta Dixon from the Ohio Penitentiary to the State Reform School. WHEREAS, Junetta Dixon, a small girl of about fifteen years of age, was, at the court of common pleas of Defiance county, May term, 1867, convicted of grand larceny, and sentenced to imprisonment in the Ohio Penitentiary for the period of two (2) years; and WHEREAS, It is understood that such provision can be made at the State Reform Farm, in Fairfield county, as would admit the said Junetta Dixon to that institution, and place her, without detriment to its interests, under such care as would secure her from the demoralization of the prison, and afford her opportunities for mental and moral culture, and proper instruction in domestic affairs; therefore, Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the governor be and is hereby authorized to issue his warrant for the transfer of the said Junetta Dixon from the Ohio Penitentiary to the State Reform School, there to be held and treated, so far as practicable, under the laws and regulations of that institution. F. W. THORNHILL, Speaker pro tem. of the House of Representatives. Passed April 16, 1868. President of the Senate. JOINT RESOLUTION, Relative to printing the report of the state board of agriculture for the years 1867 and 1868. Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the secretary of state be authorized and required by law, under and in accordance with a law passed March 24, 1860, to provide for the execution and supervision of the state printing and binding, under the joint supervision of the supervisor of state printing and the secretary of the state board of agriculture, to have printed and bound twenty thousand copies of the report of the state board of agriculture for the year 1867, and twenty thousand copies of the report for the year 1868, of which ten per cent. shall be printed in German, and the size of the type and mechanical execution to conform to the report of the said board for the year 1866; provided, that nothing shall be published in said reports except such matter as is authorized by law, not to exceed in size the report of 1866; 2,000 copies of the report for the year 1867, and 2,000 copies of the report for the year 1868, [to] be subject to the order of the state board of agriculture, for exchange and foreign distribution; 18,000 copies of the report for each of said years 1867 and 1868, the secretary of state shall apportion among the present members of the general assembly-the number of German copies for each member to be determined by a list to be furnished the said secretary of state by the committee on agriculture in each house, on which list shall be stated the number of German copies desired by the several members. Said report shall be boxed up and directed to the care of the county auditor in the counties in which they respectively reside; and it shall be the duty of said county auditors to notify the respective members within ten days after the receipt of said reports, and if not removed by the person to whom directed, or on his written order, within thirty days, then the reports are to be by the auditor delivered to the president of the county agricultural society for distribution. The charges for the transportation of the said reports, as well as the charges for lumber and making boxes, shall be paid for in the same manner as is or may be provided by law for the distribution of the laws and journals. JOHN F. FOLLETT, Speaker of the House of Representatives. President pro tem. of the Senate. Adopted April 30, 1868. JOINT RESOLUTION, Relative to requesting congress to take measures to prevent the loss of life on the waters under the jurisdiction of the United States. WHEREAS, The frequent appalling disasters on our lakes and rivers, by explosions and conflagrations, whereby the loss of human life, in its most terrible forms, has become absolutely shocking; therefore, Resolved by this General Assembly [the General Assembly of the State of Ohio], That our senators in congress be instructed, and our representatives requested, to make further provisions by law, at as early a period as practicable, for the security of life in vessels and steamboats navigating the lakes and rivers within the jurisdiction of the United States. Resolved, That copies of the foregoing resolution be sent by the gov ernor to each of our senators and representatives in congress. JOHN F. FÖLLETT, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Adopted April 25, 1868. JOINT RESOLUTION, Rescinding the joint resolution of the general assembly of the state of Ohio, passed April 5, 1866, relative to selling the public arms of the state. (Vol. 63, p. 23.) Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the joint resolution passed by the general assembly of the state of Ohio, April 5, 1866, relative to selling the public arms of the state of Ohio, be and the same is hereby rescinded. JOHN F.. FOLLETT, Speaker of the House of Representatives. President pro tem. of the Senate. Adopted April 25, 1868. JOINT RESOLUTION, Relative to the establishment of an institution for reforming and protecting unfortu nate and refractory juvenile females. WHEREAS, Numerous petitions from all parts of the state have been received, praying that measures be speedily adopted for the establishment of an institution for reforming and protecting unfortunate and refractory juvenile females; and WHEREAS, It is the sense of this general assembly that measures should be adopted to carry out the object prayed for; therefore, Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That for the purpose of establishing and erecting such an institution for girls, a joint committee, consisting of two on the part of the senate and three on the |