JOINT RESOLUTION, Relative to printing and binding the reports of the commissioner of statisties. Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That there be printed in English three thousand copies of the report of the commissioner of statistics-for the use of the commissioner one hundred copies, for the secretary of state fifty copies, and for the state librarian three hundred copies, and the remainder to be distributed to the members of the general assembly; and in German one thousand copies, to be distributed to the members of the general assembly. All of said reports to be printed by the commissioner of state printing, under the laws, as to price, &c., passed March 24, 1860, and all of said reports to be bound in muslin, for the use of the librarian, the said commissioners, and the members of the general assembly. Passed February 11, 1862. JAMES R. HUBBELL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. B. STANTON, President of the Senate. JOINT RESOLUTION, Relative to the appointment of a committee to prepare joint rules for the government of the tro houses. Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That a committee of two on the part of the senate, and three on the part of the house, be appointed to prepare joint rules for the government of the two houses. JAMES R. HUBBELL, Passed February 13, 1862. JOINT RESOLUTION, Relative to the establishment of a branch clothing bureau, &c. WHEREAS, The state of Ohio is ever ready to contribute her just proportion of men and money toward the support of the federal government against the present rebellion; and WHEREAS, The burdens of this rebellion fall as heavily upon the western states as upon the eastern; and WHEREAS, The incidental advantages resulting from the expenditures of the government should be distributed upon the same principle; and WHEREAS, It is understood that an effort is now making to take from the western cities large contracts for the manufacture of clothing and other articles, and to transfer them to the cities of New York, Philadelphia and Boston; and WHEREAS Those contracts have been fulfilled in the cities of the west as well, promptly and cheaply as in the cities of the east; therefore, Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That this body, representing the people of Ohio, does most earnestly protest against su h un'air distribution of public patronage, and insists that injustice shall not be done the cities of Ohio in the removal of work performed for the army of the United States. 10-LAWS. Resolved, That the governor of the state of Ohio be requested to send copies of these resolutions to the proper civil and military authorities at Washington. JAMES R. HUBBELL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. President of the Senate. Passed February 13th, 1862. JOINT RESOLUTION, Relative to the opening of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. WHEREAS, The main trunks of railroads now in operation between the west and the cast are so blockaded by the immense amount of freights, that shipments can not be made from the several large shipping points for want of sufficient transportation, because of the closing of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, to the serious detriment of the commercial interests of the state of Ohio; and WHEREAS, The west is deprived of a southern market because of the rebellion in the southern states, and is now shipping its wealth of products eastward instead of southward, thereby increasing the necessity of greater means of transportation of the products of the Mississippi valley to the new markets; therefore, be it Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That our senators be instructed, and our representatives be requested, to urge upon the federal government the importance of giving to the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, at the earliest day practicable, such military protection as will insure the opening of the same. Resolved, That the governor of Ohio be and is hereby requested to transmit copies of this resolution to each of our senators and representatives in congress. JAMES R. HUBBELL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. B. STANTON, Passed February 14, 1862. President of the Senate. JOINT RESOLUTION, Relative to a vote of thanks to general Grant, flag officer Foote and others, for their courage and gallantry exhibited in the bombardment and capture of Fort Henry. Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the thanks of the people of Ohio be, and through their representatives are hereby tendered to general Grant and flag officer Foote, and the brave men under their command, for the courage, gallantry, and enterprise exhibited in the bombardment and capture of Fort Henry-a victory no less brilliant in itself than glorious in its resultsgiving our army a foothold in Tennessee, and opening the way for early advance to the capital of that state. Resolved, The governor transmit copies of these resolutions to said officers, with the request that the same be read to the men under their command. JAMES R. HUBBELL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. B. STANTON, Passed February 14, 1862. President of the Senate. JOINT RESOLUTION, Relative to purchasing chairs. Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the sergeant-atarms of the Senate and House be directed to purchase, for the use of the two halls and committee rooms, fifteen dozen chairs, at a price not exceeding $5.00 per dozen. JAMES R. HUBBELL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. B. STANTON, Passed February 14, 1862. President of the Senate. JOINT RESOLUTION, Instructing our senators and requesting our representatives to use their best efforts to secure a speedy passage of a bill, by the congress of the United States, providing for the issuing of demand treasury notes, and making the same a legal tender. Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That in the opinion of this General Assembly, the passage of a bill, by the congress of the United States, providing for the issuing of demand treasury notes, and making such notes a legal tender for all purposes, is important as a means of support to the government; and the representatives in congress from this state are hereby requested, and senators from this state hereby instructed, to use their best efforts to secure a speedy passage of such bill. Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be immediately telegraphed to our senators and representatives in congress, with a request that they lay the same before their respective bodies. JAMES R. HUBBELL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. B. STANTON, Passed February 15, 1862. President of the Senate. JOINT RESOLUTION, Relative to a vote of thanks to general Burnside and commander Goldsborough, the officers and men under their res pective commands, for their recent victories in eastern North Carolina. Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the thanks of all loyal people of the Union are due to general Ambrose E. Burnside and commander Goldsborough, and the brave officers and men under their respective commands, for their recent brilliant victories in eastern North Carolina over the rebel forces; and that this General Assembly, as the representatives of the people of Ohio, hereby proffer their heartfelt thanks and hearty congratulations on the beginning of what all patriots hope may be the speedy end of the "great rebellion." Resolved, That the governor be and he is hereby requested to communicate these resolutions to the officers named above, with the request that they be made known to their commands. Relative to re-districting the state for congressional purposes. WHEREAS, A bill has passed the House of Representatives of the United States, and is now pending in the Senate, giving to this state one additional member of congress; and WHEREAS, No action can be taken by the General Assembly to re-district the state for congressional purposes until the final disposition of said bill by congress; therefore, Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the governor be requested to telegraph our senators in congress, to use their best endeavors for an early and final disposition of said bill, with a request that they telegraph him the result so soon as ascertained. JAMES R HUBBELL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. B. STANTON, President of the Senate. Passed February 19, 1862. JOINT RESOLUTIONS, Relative to a vote of thanks to major general Grant, flag officer Foote, and to the officers, and soldiers and sailors under their commands. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Ohio, That the thanks of this General Assembly are hereby extended to major-general Grant and flag officer Foote, and to the brave officers, soldiers and sailors under their commands, for the courage and energy which they so signally evinced in the attack upon Fort Donaldson, which resulted in the capture of that fort and its garrison. 2d. Resolved, That we deeply sympathize with the families of the men who bravely fell in that victorious conflict; we deplore their loss, and shall ever hold them in honored and grateful remembrance. 3d. Resolved, That the governor be requested to forward copies of the foregoing resolutions to general Grant and flag officer Foote, with the request that the same may be communicated to the men under their commands. JAMES R. HUBBELL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. B. STANTON, Passed February 24, 1862. President of the Senate. JOINT RESOLUTION, Relative to a celebration of Washington's birthday by the two houses of the general assembly. Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the two houses will assemble in their respective halls on Saturday, the 22d day of February instant, at 10 o'clock A. M., when the farewell address of George Washington to the people of the United States shall be read by or under the direction of the presiding officers of said houses. JAMES R. HUBBELL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. B. STANTON, Passed February 24, 1862. President of the Senate. JOINT RESOLUTIONS, Relative to retrenchment in the public benevolent institutions of the state. Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, First, That, in view of the enormous expense incident upon the prosecution of the war to restore the government and put down rebellion, and thus preserve for us and our children the benefits of those free institutions of which we boast, (the expense of which must be borne by the people,) the strictest economy should be practiced in the management of all the benevolent institutions, as well as in every other branch of the government, and that the number of persons and officers employed should be lessened, and the amount paid to the officers and employees should be diminished, if the same can be done without injury to the public service or impairing the efficiency and usefulness of those institutions. Second. Resolved, That the trustees and superintendents of the different benevolent institutions of this state be requested to meet the committee of the senate and house of representatives on benevolent institutions, at the central lunatic asylum, on the 27th of February inst., for the purpose of scrutinizing the expenses, and determining what deduction (if any) can be made from the appropriations asked for said institutions, without impairing their usefulness, and that said committees report the result of their investigation at the earliest practicable moment. Third. Resolved, That the governor be respectfully requested to forward a copy of these resolutions to the superintendents and trustees of each of said benevolent institutions. JAMES R. HUBBELL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. B. STANTON, Passed February 25, 1862. JOINT RESOLUTION, President of the Senate. Relative to the admission of Mary Fry, a lunatic, of Tuscarawas county, Ohio, into the lunatic asylum of the state of Ohio. 1 WHEREAS, Mary Fry, a lunatic, now in the infirmary of Tuscarawas county, Ohio, having resided in Ohio for nearly twenty years, but, in consequence of a temporary absence for something over two years, (she having with her husband |